Graceward - Complete Edition

This game was a rollercoaster. I bought it expecting a simple zombie game, but got so much more. A cyberpunk, corpo-fascist city full of trigger-happy police and mass graves. A wasteland of dead wood and angry spirits. A dying world and a last chance to save those who come next. Party members I cared about, who would muse about the unfairness of the world, the nature of faith, and making stew. The story kept me guessing and captivated me. I would rant about it to friends, comparing it to Disco Elysium without a hint of irony. Mechanically, it's... kind of cruddy. Not bad, but it's effectively trying to be a shooter inside an adventure game engine. Movement is awkward and janky, there's not much feedback for being hit or hitting with melee, guns tend to be inaccurate at the best of times, especially the machine gun being nearly-impossible to control without an upgrade. There's a dodge roll that I don't even know what it does, and I was 3/4ths through the game when I even discovered I c...

Amazing game. I never post reviews but it's criminal how few people have played this game. If you like playing games to feel feelings, I highly recommend you play this one.