Spoiler warning: if you have not played the game yet, do yourself a favour and stop reading this post, don’t look up anything about the game, and give it a go. You will not regret it.

Last warning. For real. :D

I tried the game out a couple of years ago when it was free on PS+ Extra and liked it a lot. Didn’t end up playing all too much and once my Extra subscription ran out, I lost access to the game. I still wanted to keep playing it so I bought the game on sale for I think 10€? Still didn’t keep playing the game further than Act 2 because I wanted my SO to play the game with me and experience all the twists and turns of this awesome game. We haven’t played it further together still, and what better way to try out my new PC than with Inscryption. :)

I had watched a playthrough by Northernlion back when the game dropped and was amazed by the depth and complexity of the game but also of all the kinds of different genres that were blended into tight package. Act 2 distilled the already basic premise of the game down to its core and introduced all the different mechanics the rest of the game would be showing. The inclusions of the ARG component made the game even more special.

The ending when Grimora deletes the game and all the bosses reappear for a final battle was amazingly done, and I even teared up a little when Leshy showed up for the final time for another battle. It just felt so heartfelt when he even went so far as ignore the health points just so we could play a little longer before everything vanishes.

The ending was a little open-ended, I feel like. Luke is killed by an agent of GameFuna, but ultimately, the video game equivalent of the physical card game Inscryption still exists, so maybe a sequel would make sense to tie up the few loose ends? Then again, maybe it would invalidate the experience as a whole if a sequel is shoehorned into existence.

I havent’t really thought about what to write exactly - just wanted gush about the game a little and maybe inspire some people to give it a try too if they haven’t yet.

How did you like the game? Did you enjoy the different genres mixed into it? Any act that you especially liked? Act 3 is probably my favourite gameplay-wise.

  • GrantsGhost@piefed.zipEnglish
    8·
    5 days ago

    Really great game. The worst part is finishing it and trying to find a similar experience. The closest itch I got to it was through some Lucas Pope games like Papers Please and the Return of Obra Din.

    • yermaw@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      4 days ago

      Im not sure I’ll ever find another game that hits me like that. For me it came on gamepass and that was the first id heard of it. I had no idea what it was going to do.

      I did doki doki literature club a long time ago, but it was famous for doing a thing. Everyone was talking about it. They wouldn’t tell you what the thing was oh no iykyk lol bro u just gotta play it bro. It was great but I went into it knowing that something was coming, so when it did I just went “huh neat.”

      Ive been told the guy dev team that made inscryption also did other things that are also hella cool, but im refusing to pay attention to any of it. For these things to hit right, they need to be stumbled into by accident. Its not an incredible surprise if you go into it knowing.