Gothic 1881

[h1] Utterly Pointless[/h1] [i]Gothic 1881[/i] is a very short (less than 2 hours) RPGMaker game that really fails to deliver anything meaningful. For less than $2, I did not expect much, but I have played games that are less than an hour long that have left more of an impact to me than this game does. The ideas are definitely there to be elaborated on, but the overall execution of the ideas is really lackluster and bland. If I had to be perfectly honest, this feels like someone's college project. [b]From here on out I will go in depth criticism with spoilers.[/b] [spoiler] [h1]Pros[/h1] + The health items being period appropriate. The fact you use an opium-laced tonic and morphine to heal yourself is quite clever. + There are a lot of things to examine and some of the observations are intriguing. Generally they do a good job at showing you how backwater and depressing the town is while also adding in clever historical details to give the player an idea on what kind of town they've come to. + The use of a grayscale pallet is interesting aesthetic choice to give that feeling of being in a 1881 town. + The magic meter is now a bullet/ammo meter. Very good idea since you use a gun…

You can't kill the werewolf, only regular wolves. The sister's house is near the train station. not gotten to by avoiding the werewolf.

A story with a nice twist in the end, albeit it is short.