Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream

Love it, highly recommend!

The reason I've ticked no for recommendation is to give a bit more balance, as the overwhelmingly positive label is, I believe, not deserved. Don't expect a Shadow Tactics or Desperados 3 quality experience. That is what I was hoping for and I was disappointed. The priority in this game is graphics and presentation, and gameplay is secondary. It does get better in the second half when something resembling a challenge is presented to you, but the first half is insultingly easy. And it's full of the usual modern gaming traits that cater for the people who struggle to tie their shoelaces: Annoying characters that tell you how to solve puzzles - check White paint to tell you what to climb - check Pop ups that tell you what buttons to press FOR THE ENTIRE GAME without the option to turn them off - check Forgotten how to move up and down a drain pipe? Don't worry, this game will give you a comforting hand all the way. The story is fine. Just the sort of thing you would expect to see in a game like this. But some of the dialogue is awful, especially between the playable characters. Cringy forced conflict when there just isn't any. The sort of writing a teenager might come up with thinking they are being deep and emotional. And there is the usual thing of women being clever, talented, morally superior and just better at everything, and the men being nasty idiots or just plain idiots. The graphics are fairly impressive with lots of detail but a lot of it has that washed out look which seems very common in modern games, especially some of the interiors. The music is quite nice. Overall it's an average game which has convinced many people that it's a great game by having high production values. If you can tolerate the annoying voice of the main protagonist and the feeling of being patronised, you'll probably enjoy it.

Really good and simple stealth game. It works best when it gives you control of multiple characters that have to cooperate, those levels are simply the most creative. Might be a little longer, but maybe it is better to leave it as it is, avoiding the risk of running out of the new ideas to introduces in next levels.

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This was a delight of a game. A well written impactful story with loveable characters. I enjoyed the chapter set up and the puzzles were challenging but not too frustrating. I even got teary at the end. Would definitely recommend, especially if you're not looking for something super long but that pulls you in.

Příjemná příběhovka. Dobrý děj, ozvučení, mechaniky. Nepřátelé na sebe reagují, povídají si, říkají si jménem a je fajn se na to dívat. Užíval jsem si hudbu v misích. Jediné negativum bylo dvakrát automatické uložení v půlce akce. Doporučuji

This was a fun game! the story builds rather well, the puzzles are pretty good, and the overall design is enjoyable. It's also a gorgeous game, on top of everything-- each chapter is a portrait. There were some moments when I'd get frustrated with the timing of this or that, but I can safely chalk those down as skill issue complaints. I wouldn't mind seeing some other games in this vein (stealth/action with a narrative).