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Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 42.1 hrs on record (17.7 hrs at review time)
Posted: 7 Jan, 2021 @ 4:59am

Most underrated unknown game. Played once on my switch and adored every second of it, then replayed with a friend the following year on steam and brought back so many memories. The storytelling is done in clever ways and the humour is amusing to say the least. The graphics are stunning and idea of combining ancient scenery such us Greek/Roman with rustic futuristic machines is an interesting twist and the reason i originally purchased the game.

I recently played the Road to Gehenna DLC which was quite interesting and introduced some new mechanics and ways to use the puzzle pieces. I do feel that there could have been more hints of some kind to learn how the new mechanics worked however before throwing me into a challenging puzzle. The idea of Gehenna reminded me of a messed up subreddit and that was very clever.

Spoilers below:

Elohim and Milton huh, Loved those guys
Elohim being a corrupt godlike character was very cleverly done, I loved how he was built to insist the player to Avoid the tower solely so he could stay alive in the world without having to watch his creations fall around him, that made the players betrayal somewhat emotional. by the end of the game however i was getting fed up with his "faith" bullshiz, more on that later.
Milton was by far the best character (except maybe for the shepherd) Even though he is simply words on a screen, i had an attachment to him. My first playthrough i tried to follow Elohim's will and ended up getting the "Silence the serpent" route, which i regretted right after. He was the only one persuading me to climb the tower and I ignored him which made me feel bad in a way when i ended up going up anyway. He was witty, clever, and exceedingly depressing :P

My first ending was the ascension route, I was heavily disappointed at the time, and immediately returned to my previous save to climb the tower. As soon as I entered i was washed with a wave of satisfaction, watching Elohim start glitching out for giving me all that "eternal life" crap and finding out the use of the Red Sigils. The story started to unravel as i ascended until the final floor where I met up with The Shepherd and Samsara (who at the time i hadn't clocked was actually trying to hinder my progress) and reached the top to be greeted with.... The same looking gate as the ascension route? I was pissed off until going up the gate and realising this was in fact something different, I tried to import Milton but of course i had silenced him so i couldn't and was once again reminded of my mistakes and then finally transcended into the Real world.
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