Faerie's Bargain: The Price of Business

[h1][b] Faerie's Bargain: The Price of Business [/b][/h1] [b]Summary:[/b] • In the world of the fey, anything can be bought or sold as a good. As a merchant, you know this better than anyone else. In this game you barter for your heart’s desire (whatever than may be), and you might get attacked by assassin, tussle with other merchants, or meet a queen along the way. [b] Thoughts [/b] It's not bad, but it's not for me. It’s a fine execution of (what to me is) a kind of convoluted concept, but I personally wouldn’t suggest it. That being said, I still have positive things to say about it, I just wouldn’t say I personally enjoyed the experience. [b]The Good:[/b] - [b] The Character Creator [/b]: Honestly, this was the thing that made me buy it while playing the demo. Gone are the standard, humanistic characteristics that I’m used to. For example, I chose to have pearls for eyes and fog for hair. I thought the way these elements were described was really compelling and lyric...

Where to begin. Ultimately, I wish I could give them a meh review, rather then a straight thumbs up or down. I really wanted to love and enjoy this title, being a fan of magic, folklore, fantasy, etc. But in the end, I've had more bad then good. To begin with, the story at times is very dense with unfamiliar terms and strange convoluted choices. Halfway through the first chapter, it was so hard to really understand exactly what was going on and what my choice options would do that I resorted to reading the coding just to get a better idea. But even that became a convoluted mess, as the labeling for choice stats and their effects is so odd that even with the code guiding me, I never really knew what outcome I would get. A seemingly obvious devious decision (even using the term devious in its text) would fail despite my devious stat being higher then my forthright! And a choice you think would obviously boost a stat (like being compassionate), at times instead boosted ambition. Making...

In short: Faeries-Bargain is a masterpiece. By far the best that has come out on the platform for ... i can't quite recall what else i would compare it to. It is definitely better than anything that has come out recently, including the vampire the masquerade novels (which aren't bad, but a bit run-of-the-mill with the things that have come out for VtM over the past year) I used to buy every CoG on release day, I even tried to finish most of them. Sadly many CoG have fundamental flaws that are just unacceptable for a good book. Or game for that matter. Many authors write as if they never heard of "elements of style", much less actually read any guide on writing. Anyways, what makes Faeries-Bargain special? For me its three things: it is [b]crafted[/b], consistent and has world-building that feels as if the world is really bigger than whats in the book. Oh and the writing is absolutely beautiful. It has a Susanna Clarke vibe but still feels surprisingly fast paced. The world is belie...

I enjoyed it, but there were a number of instances where choices one made completely broke, and splintered off into story paths that were entirely not what the choice would denote. (i:e, talking to a character, and then moving to talk to another one, only to talk to the same character again, and never talk to the character the option had stated.) Which, frankly, is a shame, because it completely ruined a plotline I'd been angling towards for most of the game.

I did enjoy my first playthrough, as flawed as it was. Let me detail : [b]Flaws :[/b] - The plot is all over the place and the ending just feels rushed. - The characters are rather uninteresting and the romance is poorly handled. - The choices don't really seem to matter. [b]Qualities :[/b] - The settings are detailed and enjoyable (though a tad too much lore dump). - The stats are well-used. I wouldn't have posted a negative review had my second playthrough been as nice as the first. Unfortunately, the replayability of the story is terrible. Different choices lead to the same outcomes and it doesn't matter who you build a relationship with since nothing changes. All in all, I'm disappointed as it seemed like a great story.

So this one caught my interest, when it was First posted on Steam and I added it to my wish list. Then there was the inevitable delay, and Id honestly forgotten about it, until It showed up on the list of new releases. Was it worth the wait? Yes and no. The story was interesting and contorted in a way that only stories involving the Fae can be. The writer has a solid understanding of the lore (well the bits the story involved anyway) and did a great job of bringing life to the characters and events of the story. Nothing is ever straight forward, trying to focus on and persue any one line of action is nearly pointless. The reader is forced to juggle constantly trying to keep up with the changing events around them, and sometimes it feels like you will never get back to what ever it was you were doing, or trying to do in the first place. And there is a bit of railroading involved too. I wont get into details as it would definitely be spoilering, but trying to avoid interacting w...

Steam forces us to select a positive recommendation or a negative judgement : there is no option to be neutral, hesitant. Consequently, I do not wish to be a nuisance to a developer's sales by selecting a thumb-down option. This game is an example of a product I am hesitant to recommend, but also, hesitant to reject. I may only give my very personal, subjective feedback -- opinions not applicable to all types of players. I am mostly an emotional role-player, so, to enjoy a game, I must feel immersed into my game persona -- as soon as possible. The problem here is that I am told that I start as a "goblin merchant" ... but I am given, at the beginning, no information whatsoever on what a goblin ethno-biologically is, and no information on my mercantile trade. Also, gender selection happens much later, so I do not know what psychological identity I can role-play with. The game does not make me feel immersed, from the start, in the specifics of a species. a gender, a trade. What becomes...

9/10, would romance an aspect of reality again, but needs more opportunities to take tea with aspects of reality.

*I played this game in the Choice of Games omnibus app* In "Faerie's Bargain: The Price of Business," Trip Galey has embarked on a magnificent undertaking, a glorious feast of language and imagery, a twisting of history and folklore in a way that testifies to boundless creativity, lucid erudition, and deep love. And for the most part, he succeeds. For the most part. There's a good plot and some intriguing characters, but this game's strengths lie in the worldbuilding and the sheer ecstasy of Galey's enchanting prose. If you think of fairy tales as charming little stories about people who live happily ever after, you're in for a rude awakening here: Galey's Victorian London - both the mundane city Above and the magical one Below - is driven by some harsh realities, foremost among them greed. Above, factory owners exploit prepubescent laborers; Below, the ruthless goblins and fey of European folklore - the kind of folk who go around tricking desperate mortals out of their firstborns -...

Faerie's Bargain, quite the Bargain it is indeed. Was a little surprised when i opened this particular tome, but i ENJOYED, EVERY, SINGLE, PAGE. A story full of much intrigue to say the least. Who do you side with? What aspect of reality do you align with? Are you a man or Fay? Do you put profit above all else, or do you have a moral fiber? The choice is yours.