Great
Awesome story. I have no personal interest in planes, but the story drew me in. The only complaint I have is the stat system: I personally prefer individual stats, rather than the this-or-that system. It does work in the context of the game, though, and despite what some people have written, there are plenty of ways to customise your character, and there are lots of choices. Good job. AMRO AND HIS MOUSTACHE FOR LIFE, YO
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Great world. Bad plots
The game does not actually give you any real choices and you do not feel the eight of any choices you make. Ultimately you are forced to work alongside the revolution no matter what. The options for romance is so benign that there really isn’t any. No matter what choice you make the story goes on regardless and you with it.
It gives lots of names with no effort to actual have dialog with them. So your left with a strange informality with dozens of characters with as much character depth as a kiddy pool. Ultimately really disappointed and not worth the 6 bucks.
It gives lots of names with no effort to actual have dialog with them. So your left with a strange informality with dozens of characters with as much character depth as a kiddy pool. Ultimately really disappointed and not worth the 6 bucks.
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Story is great, stats are awful
It's tragic that a game with such a good story and unique setting is ruined by awful stat designed.
Seriously, for most of the choices in the game you have to guess which stat correlates with it, and the stats themselves are just confusing sometimes. Some choices I can't even tell which one is reaction or vigor, or which one correlates with finesse and not vigor. It honestly ruins the game when I make every single decision incorrectly because I don't even understand what stats are being used.
Besides this, this game is great.
Seriously, for most of the choices in the game you have to guess which stat correlates with it, and the stats themselves are just confusing sometimes. Some choices I can't even tell which one is reaction or vigor, or which one correlates with finesse and not vigor. It honestly ruins the game when I make every single decision incorrectly because I don't even understand what stats are being used.
Besides this, this game is great.
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Excellent Storybook Game
All the characters are well-written and your choices actually feel like they have an impact. You grow to care about the characters, however the story is a tad cliché.
My one complaint is that it throws you into the story without amy background. I recommend reading through the encyclopaedia beforehand to truly get a handle on the world you're diving into.
My one complaint is that it throws you into the story without amy background. I recommend reading through the encyclopaedia beforehand to truly get a handle on the world you're diving into.
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Very Good
I really like the story and found it easy to get attached to the characters, very well written. Some of the mechanics didn't really make sense and sometimes it was hard to properly envision the setting, but all-in-all it was a great game.
Bugs
It's a good game honestly, but throughout the game I have been encountering a bug that causes the screen to just go blank so I have to go to menu screen and back to "fix" it. It's not just this game where I encounter this bug. I encountered it in other games by choice of games after the change background colour update. It's still a good game though, it's just that the bug is annoying.
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SOOOO Good
I want to see all the endings but I'm physically incapable of choosing not to hang out with Wesh. She's just amazing.
Great story and world, bad gameplay
I loved the world building and story for Empyrean. The author did a great job of creating an interesting dieselpunk world and filling it with interesting characters and a dramatic political crisis narrative.
Unfortunately, as far as CoG games go this one was disappointing. The stats were confusing given the choices offered during scenarios and I never really felt like I understood what my characters strengths and weaknesses were. In fact, I don't know if my character had any strengths because every choice I made seemed to backfire/go wrong and allow an NPC to save the day in my clumsy wake.
As a result, when I should have been enjoying the story I was just getting annoyed at how little information I was being given to make good choices as my character failed every choice I made.
Unfortunately, as far as CoG games go this one was disappointing. The stats were confusing given the choices offered during scenarios and I never really felt like I understood what my characters strengths and weaknesses were. In fact, I don't know if my character had any strengths because every choice I made seemed to backfire/go wrong and allow an NPC to save the day in my clumsy wake.
As a result, when I should have been enjoying the story I was just getting annoyed at how little information I was being given to make good choices as my character failed every choice I made.
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A gripping world with vivid characters
One of my favorite Choice of Games pieces - a rich setting, meaningful choices, fun characters, and a great deal of depth!
Worth it
Beautifully written characters and plot. Wordy, but exciting. Definitely one you'll want to play over again. The stats are kind of difficult to understand? I still can't figure out exactly what will affect them
