I'd highly recommend this game, but I can only give it 4 out of 5 because what was the best game here for a long time, now feels like it's slowly slipping into a vanity project for the developer.
Initially this was a tight, engaging, extremely fun game; the writing was a joy to read, the renders were cool, the music was perfect, the characters were alive. But it's now littered with unnecessary features that detract from the story, and after an entire episode (that takes close to a year to develop now), the often story feels like it has only marginally progressed.
The first several episodes are a delight, whereas the last few have almost become a chore (almost). And the free roams have gotten to the point where the game almost needs a sandbox tag!
I don't expect the developer to ever go back to the initial style of the first few episodes, just like so many Hollywood sequels, each release is trying to be bigger and better than the one before, while forgetting what it was that made the first one so good.
It's still better than most of the games on this site, but it's just not the best anymore.
Initially this was a tight, engaging, extremely fun game; the writing was a joy to read, the renders were cool, the music was perfect, the characters were alive. But it's now littered with unnecessary features that detract from the story, and after an entire episode (that takes close to a year to develop now), the often story feels like it has only marginally progressed.
The first several episodes are a delight, whereas the last few have almost become a chore (almost). And the free roams have gotten to the point where the game almost needs a sandbox tag!
I don't expect the developer to ever go back to the initial style of the first few episodes, just like so many Hollywood sequels, each release is trying to be bigger and better than the one before, while forgetting what it was that made the first one so good.
It's still better than most of the games on this site, but it's just not the best anymore.