EBBIL: Alternative Bible

EBBIL: Alternative Bible is not a game, it's an e-book that's been dumped on Steam masquerading as a game. As a visual/interactive novel, this doesn't feature any notable gameplay, it's just a lot of clicking through badly written dialogue that would never have been accepted or published in print, which poses the question, "How did something this badly written end up on Steam?". When someone hoping to become an author is unable to get published in print, they spend $100 and dump their high school fan-fiction onto Steam, under the guise of a game. This badly written, cringey e-book is a collection of three storylines translated really badly from Russian, and illustrated with what looks like "My First Wacom Tablet". There's a theme about the afterlife and supernatural, but none of that gets through the godawful high school dropout fanfiction writing and mangled translation. Visual novels/e-books are tedious at best... imagine the best novel you ever read, be that Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy or 2001: A Space Odyssey or Twilight (if you have terrible taste in literature), but then translate that to a format where the words dribble out and you have to click your mouse every tim…

Didn't finish this one. The art is great, but the translation is a little rough and clinical, and it sometimes gets in the way of actually understanding the story. The story itself is just the ARG The Mandela Catalogue. As I played, I was wondering when the story would deviate, but it appears the dev just lifted someone else's idea. I'm all for making work that's similar to another creator's project, but you MUST provide a unique perspective. Sadly, if there was a unique perspective here, it was lost during translation, possibly literally. Hope the artist gets involved in more original projects soon!

EBBIL: Alternative Bible is a narrative-focused psychological horror visual novel that takes familiar celestial imagery and reshapes it into something considerably darker and more uncertain. Rather than presenting Heaven as an unquestionable sanctuary and its angels as flawless servants, the game builds a supernatural world marked by mistakes, broken relationships, corruption, fear, and moral uncertainty. Developed and published by First Choir, it is clearly designed for players who value unusual storytelling, disturbing atmosphere, branching decisions, and reinterpretations of religious mythology more than traditional action-oriented gameplay. At the center of the story is Archangel Gabriel, whose existence changes dramatically after a serious mistake results in the loss of his wings. His situation becomes even more complicated when he must pursue Lucifer, a figure connected to Gabriel by far more than celestial duty. The two were childhood friends, turning their confrontation into a deeply personal conflict rather than a straightforward battle between representatives of good and evil. Gabriel is therefore forced to confront not only Lucifer but also his memories, responsibilitie…

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So, I want to get a few things out of the way as a TL;DR~ 1. This is a visual-novel, NOT a game 2. I don't see anything in this being a "simulation" of any kind. 3. If you want easy achievements, go ahead and grab this. 4. There are multiple endings and only some endings get you into the "second" story with many leading to dead ends as well as what can be seen as the only True/Good Ending so make use of save slots when choices appear if you want to try and get everything. ------------------- Now, lets get into the meat and potatoes. The story here is...interesting. I thought this would be a short experience but I was wrong. Instead, 5.4 hours later and I have everything except the last 6 hidden achievements which I am too tired to get. The pros of this project is that the art style is good, the story is actually interesting, and the music fits the themes of what is happening very well. There is minor horror but nothing that I would see as being too scary. It has more gore than anything. The bad parts is that the story really does go on too long, there are panels where the art is messy and boring, and because the story was translated into English, there are a lot of spelling err…

Incredible art and story