CITADEL

“Flashes of golden lightning stretch their jagged hands across the heavens. The smell of ozone charges the air”. I could not recommend with stronger language that you play CITADEL and that you play it now. The less information you have on what awaits you the better off you’ll be. In fact, don’t even read this review. Or any of the reviews, for that matter. Scroll up this instant, press the shiny green “Add to Cart” button, and fetch the silver American Express credit card from the wallet of your mom’s new boyfriend. As Tame Impala (who is just one guy, if you didn’t know) once said: the less you know the better. And, as Jim Carrey from the live-action Sonic movie once said: “play CITADEL”. The art, UI, and music are all exceptionally directed and stylistically consistent. Every facet of CITADEL’s expression maintains a personal and tight-knit humility while hitting the nail on the head consistently when it comes to execution. The writing is so effortlessly descriptive that you will see, taste, hear, and feel every moment as though you too were born into a hole in the ground filled with embryonic fluid. More than anything, CITADEL is a breath of fresh air. An experience that asser…

I went in completely blind to this game, and I found it pretty interesting. Its certainly worth experiencing, with good writing and pacing for the ominous atmosphere.

10/10 would exist all over again

Fun lil existential visual novel-type game Great pixel art visuals with a limited color palette, some felt like modern renditions of old paintings to me The audio/music helped with the atmosphere, which didn't feel as flat as I initially thought it would Worldbuilding was interesting and some of the choices did make me sit for a moment to think through Sadly the game is quite short and some of the mystique is lost on replays 8/10 would citadel again

Good game.

art is fantastic and the music is also rlly nice