The Cryptkeepers of Hallowford

Ehhh. This wasn't a BAD game, though some characters are maybe a bit too telegraphed. As a story, it was really sub-par, but Hero of Kendrickstone was a fun enough game that I wanted to play through the continued story. As a sequel, though, it was even MORE lacking. Hero of Kendrickstone is LOADED with easy to understand decisions that affect the development of your character, which are completely lacking in this game. I didn't feel my character changed at all, probably because he didn't, aside from some extra gold at the end. This teases at a 3rd installment, but I think I'm good without it.

[h1]Update:[/h1] Sadly CoG has decided to take away our ability to mod and bugfix our games for no apparent reason. This had been happening to some players of some games already but I, running Linux Mint, hadn't been affected immediately. Now though, after a recent round of updates for all CoG games attempting to fix a blank screen bug that some linux players had, I too no longer have access to the scene files that I had used to fix and/or mod my games. For reference, here's the discussion where we realized what was happening: https://web.archive.org/web/20230720234059/https://steamcommunity.com/app/1290270/discussions/0/3199240675527224092/ And here's a couple instances where the ability to see and modify the scene files helped fix, or would have helped fix, game-breaking bugs: https://web.archive.org/web/20230519122839/https://steamcommunity.com/app/1290270/discussions/0/5350815203295610478/ https://web.archive.org/web/20230720234237/https://steamcommunity.com/app/1290270/discus...

Disappointingly short(only took couple of hours for a playthrough), and none of the things I did mattered, leading to the same result(except for the very ending). Second half of the story feels needlessly rushed and ends abruptly.

I enjoyed the previous story "Hero of Kendrickstone" so I eagerly bought "Hallowford". I have tried several times but I just can not get interested in the story. Personally I do not enjoy stories that throw you into an almost impossible situation and expect you to somehow make it work. Having said that, I noticed there are several people who really enjoyed the story, so maybe it's just me. On that note I will recommend it if you think you might enjoy the challenge. One minor complaint: "Hallowford" lacks a female romance option, with a guy and a transgender being the only options I saw. There is another story apparently coming in the future but I doubt I will bother.

I found The CryptKeeppers of hallowford to be a worthy successor to The Hero of Kendrickstone. While it is not as good as Guns/Swords of Infinity by the same author, it is well worth the money to play. In addition, If you play the Hero of Kendrickstone first, you can continue your character from the first game. Who doesn't want to continue their Mage/General?

I was thrilled whenever I started readin this and found out that it was a part 2 for the Hero of Kendrickstone. I really enjoyed the characters in this story, although I don't feel that this one had as much effort put into it as the first one did. The ending seemed really rushed. I hope that there will be a part three to continue onto this. Overall, I'd give this a 7/10.

A definite improvement over the first game, focusing a lot more on characters and a single adventure, but still not as good as Paul Wang's other works. The skill system is still extremely simple and pigeonholes players into very specific paths. I would just say that this game is good if you're looking for some simple pulpy fun in a cool fantasy world with some really nice writing, but don't expect much more. I think its clear Paul Wang has a lot of potential writing but this series really needs a redo gameplay wise, there's just not enough to do and your character really feels very cookie cutter and narrow minded. Regardless it was a fun read and I am actually excited for the sequel.

Good

A decent sequel to "Hero of Kendrickstone". It has less character development and it's a bit short. Still worth the money if you liked the first game though.

This story was short, offered few character advancement options...but was still entertaining. Honestly, I felt like it would have been better suited as something like the setup of Choice Of Vampires, sold as DLC to the original. Also, I hope it follows through on teasing a third installment, because lacking or not, I would like more of this storyline, and my characters.