All is Fair in Dust and Air

All is Fair in Dust and Air is a visual novel based on the Guns of Icarus Online game. I'll start with the good stuff. The artwork is great – lovely scenes and good character design as well. There are lots of references to GoIO and it is nice to feel immersed while reading it. But that's where I have to get to the negatives. The game (despite it's impressive word count) doesn't feel like a complete experience, even if you explore the entire dialogue tree. The actual length isn't even the issue as such. Rather the issue I have is that the story doesn't really get very far by the time you are entirely through it. The impressive word count is largely padding and exposition and by the time you reach the end of it, you've only really experienced plot-wise what feels like an opening act. You met some characters, but the story has no resolution, no tying up of any ends. From what I understand, the plan is to have the 6 DLCs – one for each faction with the related story. That's all fine, but the base game neutral arc isn't a complete story at all. And this lack of resolution is why I cannot recommend getting it in the current form. If you really enjoy GoIO, you will probabl…

I wish this was good. The reviews led me astray. This game has become a meme in the GOI community because it's so bad.

Where are comments???!!!! But anyways I enjoyed the story a lot just wish I would have known the story was incomplete

I don't know how others could breeze through this. Only got through part of a route so far and it was a bad end...which was rather dark. Really didn't expect it, there was no warning or death flags! Props to the author for the shock factor alone. This story is only the initial story of a bigger saga and it's clear as you go that there is a lot more to come in the future. More surprised this came from a small team too. I've actually checked out a few of their blogs and they really try to keep people up to date. More than a lot of bigger devs ever do. Overall, I'm enjoying the story despite hitting a bad ending. There is a richness to the world that makes me hope they really do come through with more in the future. I like the characters and the potential in each one of them. It isn't like other visual novels I've seen, nor is it a pure dating sim. It isn't geared for a younger age group either, however, it also doesn't try to go too adult or use a lot of repetitive cliches. Will continue plugging away at this in my spare time. Looking forward to seeing all the routes in this and then where these devs take it in the future!

a rly solid game whit multiple endings. they can be done quickly but theres a lot of them so you wont have trouble. hope the next game is as good as this one

Well, that was idiotic, off to jump off Junker Watch and lea...