UBUNTU GAMES
Waiting For The Raven
Written by Erik
Website: https:// store.steampowered.com/app/ 1380010/Waiting_For_The_Raven/ Price: $5 - $9 USD Blurb: “Become Master of Spies, plant connections and agents in the underworld. Who will you join? Who may be betrayed? Decipher Letters, Solve Mysteries, Manage Businesses, Spy, Bribe, Abduct, Murder, Seduce in an experimental atmospheric hybrid of first-person & top-down espionage experience.”
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you may feel a bit overwhelmed. Some people love this, some people hate this, just like the action wheel that has pictures of your actions. It was a bit of “meh” as it does not jump out at you, what each one is. That said, now you know the “not so great” stuff about the game.
tell you more about choices later. The game is a top-down view, with what I can only assume are hexes, but it also has some first-person parts thrown in. Do not expect an FPS though, the first-person parts are mainly to look for things in a room, which is the only part that feels a bit repetitive, but gives you a break from your map.
Now for the good stuff. The options feel like they could be infinite, that you could have many outcomes playing the same game. Replay-ability... check. I will
his little gem has just hit version 1.0 and deserves a review.
GRAPHICS The graphics are good, but nothing to write home about. Since you will be spending most of your
time on the map scheming and plotting, this does not detract any from the game. The cut-scenes are (or rather seem to be) hand painted and bring a hand crafted aesthetic to the game. The firstperson part seems to feel a bit 2000’s, and actually adds to the atmosphere of the game. To be completely honest, it feels a hit like those hidden object games. Not that I did not enjoy those games, I am just trying to let you understand what you are letting yourselves in for.
SOUND The sound is very atmospheric, but there is no dialogue (other than the voice acting during the cut-scenes). Prepare yourself for some ‘light reading’. Ok, I lied, there is a lot of reading. The plot unfolds through the story, which you need to read. At no point does the music feel repetitive, as it is this ambient sound that immerses you into the game. There is so much going on later in the game, that you would not find the pink panther theme playing odd.
Let me start off by saying this is a RPG management game, but your tools are on the darker side. Murder, seduction, counterfeiting, robbery – to rule a city all in the name of “business”. Each unlock brings a new mechanic, so the game is not just a rehash of the same game loop. This can be good, and this can be bad too. If your ADHD is on form, you will enjoy the game, otherwise as you progress, full circle magazine #165
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