Imago Season

It's quite good! I appreciated the addition of a little pop-up telling you how you unlocked a particular dialogue option - it feels like a genuine innovation for the genre.

I really liked this game. Clearly inspired by Disco Elysium (dialogue-based mystery where you play as an amnesiac with history in the area that they don't know about) but first person with lots of insects. You're given a variety of ways to resolve different situations you're faced with such as bluffing, aggression, bribery, distraction, etc. The Story/Mystery takes about ~7-8ish hours and I'm pretty confident I did mostly everything before finishing other than finding one last diary page. It was a good story with satisfying conclusions that change based on your decisions. There are some interesting philosophical questions throughout the game that aren't overly ham fisted. A few tips that I wish I had known or took a bit to figure out: - You learn about something called Morphism pretty quickly. What wasn't explained (or maybe I missed the explanation) is that morphism is how you upgrade your stats. I had no idea until I ran into an NPC that explained it. - To get Morphisms, you either find a Morphism chip on the ground or exchange 5 credits (also found on the ground or guilted from NPCs you help via the "Buying your way in" skill) for a Morphism chip. - It's not hard to max y…

An excellent bite-sized Disco-like. Great writing, great worldbuilding, great bug people!

Imago Season is a bite-sized cRPG with inspirations ranging from Disco Elysium to Ursula Le Guin to Moebius - all very good and close to my heart. I love the world-building - a humanesque world seeded by other humans thousands of years ago but left to develop on their own, now stuck between allying with the space Union, accepting the "benevolent" yoke of a super-compute with robot minions, or attempting to liberate itself. The gist will be very familiar to readers of the Hainish Cycle. In particular, this planet has somehow developed genetic engineering - on humans - before any real industrial or technological revolution, and the problems revolve around bodily agency. I am not the biggest fan of the thin allegory here, but the setup is still cool. It's visually pleasing, and conveys information clearly. It has a simple cel-shaded style with a few touches of its own. It also uses very organic shapes, which fits the theme perfectly and gives it extra charm. No complaints here! The music was also pleasing, but nothing too interesting, and mostly in the background. The writing is not bad, but it feels a bit too naive, too blunt. The biggest problems, however, are how it feels like…

so far one of the more interesting disco-likes to come out. I quite like exploring the town in first person compared to an isometric experience. conversations are fun and the writing is surprisingly enjoyable. runs quite well on the steam deck also!

[h1] Spoiler-free review [/h1] I stumbled upon [b]Imago Season[/b] on a reddit post. It was presented as a 1st person [b]narrative[/b] driven game with [b]skill checks[/b]. The [b]sci-fi[/b] setting and the [b]art[/b] style seemed interesting so I gave it a go. I don’t regret it ! [b]Imago Season[/b] is a [b]short[/b] but [b]captivating[/b] experience. The gameplay consists of [b]exploration[/b] (1st person) and navigating [b]dialogue trees[/b] (with multiple options that change depending on your past actions). The town of Tempura is [b]charming[/b] and its inhabitants are even more so. There are a handful of [b]quests[/b] to solve (with multiple approaches possible). They were really interesting and well written. The world of [b]Imago Season[/b] feels [b]alive[/b] ! Failing skill checks pushes you to find [b]alternative solutions[/b] to a problem. [strike]There is no save scumming possible through the game (as there is only one save slot that gets autosaved regularly). I wasn’t bothered by this and it makes choices more impactful ![/strike] It’s possible to save scum if you deactivate the autosave features. I suggest going through the game a first time without reloading saves t…