Teleported to a town and tried to rob a house. I saved and then saw how far I could make it before dying. Here's a story: Did everything I could on the beginning isle, then got cocky, got robbed, and lost literally everything I had.

Sort of like a less simulated Mount & Blade, but based around only a single person: You. The quest log is helpful to me in gauging when I should tackle which adventures - when I should buy a resurrection deal (among other blessings) - and knowing the reward ahead of time lets me create my own curated story. I just didn't realize I was in that great of stakes. I was shocked when my first character died - but it felt natural in the confines of what was actually going on at the time. The writing is evocative and the lands feel deep with content. This is great! Bought it last night and played until two in the morning. Overall I would give the game a 8/10 it really scratched the rpg itch I was looking for, hoping a sequel will add more ways to progress through consequences without instant ends. I think my biggest complaint would be that to really do an Ironman run, you need to really know the game, and that is a shame because by the time you reach that point you've spoiled so much of it for yourself the fun is already over. It's a consequence that leads to nowhere but frustration, and I dont think thats true good game design. I go into a temple and instantly die because the game rolled a 2, I do a deep sigh and I guess its time to f9 reload or actually I guess ill just quit.

I went into a temple and got a curse or plague? I think Ah man that was awesome, I should have been more careful, and roleplay out how my character would react to it and think about I go about trying to find a cure, it's a consequence that leads to more roleplay and more fun. I think this was supposed to be countered with the resurrection stones but to be honest you lose so much getting sent back and losing all your stuff that I imagine most players just resort to save scumming like I did and like the reviews I looked at talked about unless they're doing ironman where it's not really an option. I love the dialogue, the variety of quests and freedom to go where you want but I do think the game could do with less instant death as opposed to more restrictive consequences. I took a gander at the game because of this post and was really pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed it.

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