Walkerman

First impressions: Scandinavian folklore premise. Interesting.

The battles against the monster and researching the is monster fun. Sadly, only about a half hour of the game consists of this. The other 3.5 hours is devoted to listening characters being racist, sexist, and spouting religious propaganda, while not making any decisions. I can certainly appreciate some world building. However, in this fantasy world with fantasy creatures that you are devoted to learning about and combating, almost zero time is spent on these fantastical monsters. The world isn't even that fantastical, as fantasy Poland just seems to be real life Poland from the descriptions. If you believe you will miss out of any of the main character's day you are mistaken. You play through them waking up, getting breakfast, getting lunch, drinking at the tavern, going on a date, having a spat with their cousin, going out to buy soap and so forth. You would hope that maybe some of the things you learned would be useful, but that is not the case. There is one character who basically has all the useful information on the creature. And when I say the creature, I mean the only one. There is two if you count the one the story doesn't let you make any decisions on, but this is no d…

Way better than I was expecting. So far, a great story that deserves more attention. Solid writing, intriguing characters, its fresh take on monster hunting and a well-drawn setting set this VN up to be something special. While it's easy to draw comparison to the Witcher, I'd say it sets itself apart as its own thing. I enjoyed taking note that the writer seems to have done more research than average on how the medieval setting would work creating a wonderful grounding for the more supernatural elements. This world feels cohesive and not just a mishmash of tropes from other sources. Well done. The main character is more than just a self-insert as he has his own issues and worldviews to grapple with, often contrasting to the world and events around him making for interesting situations and juxtapositions. His view may come off as abrasive to some, but I can't say that they don't make sense considering the hints we get about his past and the world around him. I'd say it was a good choice for the character and it makes for a better story overall. I really hope this doesn't get cancelled, seems like it's been quite a while since the last act came out. Way shoddier works have lived t…

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If Walkerman could ever get to 30-35 hours of storytelling while maintaining and maybe improving upon the first two Acts, it would be an amazing series. For the moment, it is a good VN with a fascinating story and unique gameplay mechanics. Walkerman takes a very unorthodox approach to lore building, character development and gameplay. The concept of a Walkerman itself seem to have some inspiration drawn from the Witcher. However, the divergence from the later is refreshing and creates an interesting logic-driven way of fighting the chief antagonists of the game - the creatures from the weird. The fights never feel boring or unnecessarily grindy and one is always on the lookout for some item throughout the VN parts, which will give one an advantage throughout the fights. The lore building itself is unique as the story challenges the players to piece together the world state by drawing inferences from the conversations and not by frequent info dumps. The main character is unnatural in that he is not really a knight in shinning armor nor a defined badass anti-hero. The writers are brave - brave in that without the leaps of character progression towards the end of Act 2, I would hav…

Cool game, dev is in jail tho :(