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(Follow-up to this post can be found here.)
It's a point-and-click adventure game, and probably the best one yet made by Wadjet Eye Games. It's set in the same universe as the Blackwell series (EDIT) and The Shivah (/EDIT), though you don't have to have played those at all to understand the story of Unavowed. At most, there are callbacks to the previous games (the biggest one being that one of the main characters is a "Bestower of Eternity," which is what Rosa and Lauren Blackwell were in the Blackwell games, and his spirit guide is a character directly from those games, too).
The story's great, the characters are great, the music's great, and the gameplay... is what it is for a point-and-click adventure game. If you like that sort of thing, as I do, then you'll like this. If you don't care for point-and-click adventure games... well... *shrug* The story, characters, and music are still great.
The only thing I didn't like is that you're limited to only two other party members, in addition to the main player character, once you get more than the two you start with. On the other hand, that makes new playthroughs in which you see new character interactions a completely viable thing. I went through the whole game with Eli and Logan (and KayKay), but it'll be interesting to go back through using Mandana and Vicki. And then, again, with Eli and Mandana (the two characters you start with), or Eli and Vicki, or Mandana and Logan (and KayKay). You can't do a run with Logan and Vicki, since at least either Eli or Mandana have to be in the party, apparently. For me, at least, always taking Eli and Logan just felt "right," to me, and I was never disappointed that I chose them over the others, but it will definitely be interesting to see how the other characters handle the same situations, given they have different abilities (for example, only the Bestower can talk to ghosts at all, and only the Fire Mage can read burned documents and do other fire-related things). There's definitely going to be at least one more playthrough for me, for the creator commentary.
There are definitely some interesting twists and turns in the story, which I will not spoil here, so... yeah.
In conclusion, I highly recommend Unavowed. (And I recommend playing the Blackwell series beforehand, if you can and haven't already done so, even though it's not a requirement to play Unavowed. It's cool seeing all the references to the previous games. Also, if for no other reason, the Blackwell series is awesome on its own merits.)
It's a point-and-click adventure game, and probably the best one yet made by Wadjet Eye Games. It's set in the same universe as the Blackwell series (EDIT) and The Shivah (/EDIT), though you don't have to have played those at all to understand the story of Unavowed. At most, there are callbacks to the previous games (the biggest one being that one of the main characters is a "Bestower of Eternity," which is what Rosa and Lauren Blackwell were in the Blackwell games, and his spirit guide is a character directly from those games, too).
The story's great, the characters are great, the music's great, and the gameplay... is what it is for a point-and-click adventure game. If you like that sort of thing, as I do, then you'll like this. If you don't care for point-and-click adventure games... well... *shrug* The story, characters, and music are still great.
The only thing I didn't like is that you're limited to only two other party members, in addition to the main player character, once you get more than the two you start with. On the other hand, that makes new playthroughs in which you see new character interactions a completely viable thing. I went through the whole game with Eli and Logan (and KayKay), but it'll be interesting to go back through using Mandana and Vicki. And then, again, with Eli and Mandana (the two characters you start with), or Eli and Vicki, or Mandana and Logan (and KayKay). You can't do a run with Logan and Vicki, since at least either Eli or Mandana have to be in the party, apparently. For me, at least, always taking Eli and Logan just felt "right," to me, and I was never disappointed that I chose them over the others, but it will definitely be interesting to see how the other characters handle the same situations, given they have different abilities (for example, only the Bestower can talk to ghosts at all, and only the Fire Mage can read burned documents and do other fire-related things). There's definitely going to be at least one more playthrough for me, for the creator commentary.
There are definitely some interesting twists and turns in the story, which I will not spoil here, so... yeah.
In conclusion, I highly recommend Unavowed. (And I recommend playing the Blackwell series beforehand, if you can and haven't already done so, even though it's not a requirement to play Unavowed. It's cool seeing all the references to the previous games. Also, if for no other reason, the Blackwell series is awesome on its own merits.)
