Where the Water Tastes Like Wine

Finally reached the level of boredom required to enjoy this game smh Once u give in to this pace, it’s actually really relaxing X) Don’t force it tho.Someday... hopefully, someday ull know it’s time May boredom find u, my friend

[h1]Played on Steam Deck[/h1] I was really looking forward to [b]Where the Water Tastes Like Wine[/b]. I love a great story-driven game, and trekking across Depression-era America while collecting and sharing stories sounded fascinating. The storytelling itself is quite good, with great voice acting and a strong soundtrack. Unfortunately, the game falls very short in the gameplay department. The majority of the gameplay consists of slowly walking across a poorly optimized map that stutters frequently. On Steam Deck, I also had to press the "interact" button twice almost every time I wanted to interact with something. There's a whistling minigame that lets you move faster, but it's weak and doesn't do much to make traversal less tedious. Yes, there's an auto-walk button, but this isn't supposed to be an idle game. The other major mechanic is meeting characters and telling them the types of stories they want to hear. The problem is that many of the stories are surprisingly difficult to categorize into the game's five story types, turning what should be an interesting system into trial and error unless you use a guide. That might have been tolerable if traveling around the map wer…

I REALLY WANT TO LIKE THIS!!!!! Fantastic idea!!!!!! I adore many of the characters and stories!!! I understand the themes and what the developers are trying to do!! But after being asked for a funny story five times in a row when I have three max in rotation is so annoying, and the music becomes so repetitive (especially after spending an obnoxious amount of REAL-LIFE-TIME-THAT-I-NEED required to get from point A all the way back to point B), and i find myself skipping through all of the voice-acting segments because I am just BEGGING to get on with the actual stories!!!!!! Is this a game about storytelling, or a game about sitting your ass in a chair and hitting "W" and "Ctrl" until your hand goes numb? I want to like this so bad!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I desperately want to like this! But so much on the user's/player's end was ignored or not thought of. If you have infinite time and patience then maybe! But I probably won't be finishing, which is a shame!

I will give it a good review. Despite the fact I really can't play it. It's unfortunate. But because of the horrible movement I better just watch the stories on youtube. I dig the style of 2D illustrations, it's very sketchy, bot I get it ok, it can be a style. But the 3D map... the one question in my head is "why does it look like this"? When the game was supposed to be about atmosphere and slow rhythm then it'd made sense if you get to enjoy the view. But this looks horrible. I heard about the artists that left midproject, maybe that is the case. It looked great in the trailer. But I think that a crafty and soulful 2D would be enough. Great idea, bad decisions.

Honestly, I am torn between how I should vote on this. Realistically, if Steam had the neutral reviews, this would be where I categorized it. The start of this game is strong, as you are quickly put into your objectives after losing a game of cards to what I assume is some sort of demon. However, I simply do not see much of the appeal for sticking around. There are some pretty scenes, but the art isn't something I would praise beyond the fact that it is unique and hand drawn with great care. Character designs were interesting as well, but at times I still felt that I was looking at the same person or hearing the same story but in a different font. You traverse slowly across the USA, trying to hear smaller stories in order to tell them to people you meet at campfires to get their larger stories. While this is well enough, and the short vignettes are entertaining, they are too short to be overly impactful. In fact, I often had troubles recalling what the titles were related to when recounting them as many did not stay in my mind. Although there were many outliers to this, and I did adore a few, it just seemed to me the majority were too similar or had such inconsequential matters in …

It does taste like wine