Good Bones

This is a mixed review for sure. I did enjoy my playthrough but there is alot left to be desired that would have improved the game overall. Pros: I really enjoyed the art design of both the background environments and of the characters. A lot of creativity and thought was put into these elements and it looks awesome! I do think while the story isn't perfect in terms of a mystery or closure at the end, that it was still engaging and had twists and turns I did not expect! I do wish we got more from the ending but it was a fun ride. I also loved that almost everything in the environment was clickable and led to unique character dialogues. That is always a plus for me in point'n'click games. I also dig the diversity and representation in this game! Let's go queer moms <3! Cons: My biggest complaint is the way in which you engage with the environment for finding items. Some objects you are searching for are visible and relatively decent to find when you seach through the game. Other items are not visible at all and you have to check every single box, shelf and drawer to determine if an item you are looking for is there. This is often unclear and sometimes the hints were too vague…

The game was fun but could be quite heavy for some people. Dang that ending though, jeez! lol

I really wanted to like the game because of the representation but it really started to lose me at the end. I was excited to the Brujeria then lost the excitement by the negative turn of it. Followed by having a "you didnt teach your daughter spanish??" dialog as someone that experienced a lot of negativity in my life because my grandparents chose assimilation over culture it wasn't a great reminder especially when Brujeria was already being turned into the bad guy. Just wasn't for me. I was first excited seeing "mija" used in a game for the first time ever for me and it brought warmth of how my family is but the warmth turned by the end. It's a game that I wouldn't recommend but it isnt inherently bad.

Love getting to explore and slowly uncover a story.

Really nice visual novel that has some options and small puzzles to do. Also your options matter. Deals with grief and domestic abuse, but they have a really good trigger warning at the start, which is great to see. Love the art style. The vocal noises aren't full voice acted, but it gives it a little extra interest and depth to the characters. Kind of wanted to know or see more about certain things or a consequence for one thing. (hard to say without spoiling). But in the end and overall really satisfied with how the story went.

I really wanted to like this game, but numerous issues prevented me from doing so. Other users have described the same thing, but while dialogue changes for certain items in the game, and you have to interact with items multiple times at different points, some of the dialogue remains the same no matter what. This took me out of the game play because the dialogue in some items didn't update when characters learned new things, and in certain instances, the dialogue was advanced beyond what they should have known. I was also bothered by the sounds the characters made. There were four or five reactions that basically amounted to cloying "aw" sounds in various tones. Especially when you are having to move through the same dialogue over and over because you don't know what items are going to change with the storyline, this can get extremely annoying. I finally stopped playing the game with any sound. All of that I could have put up with, but the bad ending of the game made me angry. This is a game about grief and the developer made it so that [spoiler]the main character's child commits suicide and the ghost tells her that she's a bad parent who is callous and cruel and then taunts her…