Enshrined: Sword of Fates

God, I loved exploring each and every one of these characters and this story. We love a badass protagonist that can hold their own in every way. I'm still chasing all the achievements and still missing at least one ending (Dyma's bad end), and I'm having an absolute blast exploring this world. Pros: - Only $8!! - Great systems for rewinding and trying again (the Log is your best friend for my fellow achievement hunters and those chasing every line of fantastic dialogue). - Raw, emotional writing with great characters that do not hold back (Niko's banter had me cackling CONSTANTLY) - Pro voice talent bringing the characters to life (SungWon Cho, Jonah Scott, and Dave Fennoy all absolutely killed it, as usual)! - Challenging dialogue choices (I had to really work to get Jun's good end; it's always the quiet ones!) - Dark Fantasy (it's so refreshing to see writing not shy away from dark themes! Yes it's a visual novel with romance themes but each of the romance choices are awful people in their own rights) - Tips and hints of varying degrees when a bad end is received; no need to go digging through walkthroughs if you don't want! - Content warnings in both broad and specific strokes …

Dyma and Niko should make out crazy styleeeeeeeeeeeee! 👅

rocked w this heavyyy. normally don't like voiced games but the voice actors hit it out the park. i liked how it ended despite how short it was, though i wouldn't be opposed to learning more about the characters ^.^

Came for three hot dudes, stayed for the very entertaining dialogue, perfect voice acting deliveries and solid worldbuilding. 100%'ing wasn't too daunting, especially since it led me to experience a lot of the game's excellent writing. The save/load system is helpful, but I especially appreciated being able to jump back via the log whenever I wanted to quickly try different dialogue options. And the hint system feels ideal to properly figure out each character without giving too much away if you'd rather save the surprise! All in all, a very lovely game that I'm happy to have played.

I really like certain elements to this game. The concept is intriguing, the art is beautiful, and the characters have diverse motives, albeit we don't get to explore them hardly, and it's voice acted! With that said, my biggest complaint and the main reason I wouldn't recommend this game to anyone, is that getting the "good endings" for any three of these characters is stupidly challenging and rage inducing. I was seemingly doing everything right, according the the hints provided once you fail, and was still falling short. There are forced "right" and "wrong" answers, but even those choices aren't clear enough in my opinion. I had to look up guilds to get all three good endings, which takes away the excitement of playing and forces anxiety of choosing the wrong answer into the mix. I wish you weren't railroaded into a "correct" route. The crashout is real folks. My other big gripe is that the character's depth falls extremely short, and they're all kinda rude jerks. Sure you can use the excuse that everyone are strangers to one another, but these characters are baseline NOT likeable at all. By the end of the eventually obtained good ending, they're still rude asses. That to me fe…

Bought this on sale, and it was such a fun experience! Did take some trial and error for Jun's good ending, but the other 2 LI were fairly straightforward with discerning good from bad. Lots of choices, fun dialogue choices, and excellent voice acting! Highly recommend this on sale, and I would have been content if I had bought it at full price.