Omensight

Omensight is a "Hack and Slash Time-Travel-Murder-Mystery", in which the players goal is to find out who killed the "Godless Priestess" and how her murder is linked to the forthcoming end of the world. You play as the "Harbinger", a creature with mystical powers, the most important one beeing the ability to travel back through time, or more precisely, the day before the apocalypse. All this is happening in a dark fantasy setting with beautiful environments and a likewise beautiful soundtrack, if you are into sightseeing you will get plenty of opportunities to visit places such as the imperial prison or the emperors temple, or take your favorite character with you and go for a walk through the battle scarred forests and cities. Yes you are not alone on this quest, each time you travel through time you are able to start the day with one of four vastly different characters, gameplay and story wise, which are essential to the mystery, these can not only take you through their day, but your presence can have various influences on them, perhaps multiple characters will cross each others path and its up to you on how to solve such situations, especially when the characters are fighting on opposite sides. Even if you arent into the Hack and Slash combat of Omensight, the story, likeable characters and decision impact that the game offers makes Omensight deliver beyond its asking price.

Unfortunately this spiritual successor broke the already fragile combat balance of the original title in a result that is simply not fun and that quickly leads to frustration. Story progression also suffers from a lack of clear narrative path and heavily relies on discovering hidden info on characters to attempt a bond with what feels like shallow figures. As a huge fan of the previous title this was hard to write but in the end not having fun is a death sentence for any game.

An enjoyable game and a good story, however, the keyboard/mouse controls are abysmal so I highly recommend using a gamepad. Even with that, the camera does some *really* annoying things, especially when you're trying to avoid obstacles or hazards.

Another great one from the creators of "Stories". Gameplay is fun, gets a bit repetitive in the end though. Nonetheless, a great way to tell their story. I had a great time!