This also ensures that the story is always evolving, even in the most minor of ways.Īlthough clearly designed with a mouse and keyboard in mind, a traditional controller more than gets the job done. The gameplay loop ends up moving at a great pace where audiences are never bogged down in one moment for too long. It's easy to solve everything just by paying basic attention to the plot and exploring thoroughly. Holding down Y also brings up anything interactable, allowing players to quickly cycle between major beats with ease. This makes examining everything in a single area a painless process. Simply hovering over an object or person on the script triggers an on-screen description that can be read without opening up a new screen. Gameplay itself is very fluid, wasting no time with trivialities. Amazing performances from the whole cast simply round out a thoughtfully considered group of characters. All four characters grow over the course of the story, bantering with one another while offering unique insight into the plot's events. Eli is a fire mage whose long life has disconnected him from his family Mandana is a Jinn who can't fully come to terms with her human heritage Logan is haunted by his brother's death, now capable of interacting with ghosts Vicki is the most ordinary member of the group, a cop desperate to save her city when no one else steps up. It helps that the cast is relatively small, leaving room for some great character development. Everyone feels three dimensional with a proper place in the world. The party shares strong chemistry no matter who's paired together, greatly raising the replay value. This keeps case progression dynamic, allowing audiences to come up with multiple solutions to a single problem. Likewise, they have their own motivations and histories that flesh out the plot in unique ways. Every character has their own set of abilities that can be used to solve puzzles. Although there are a total of four party members, only two can be brought along each case. Gameplay is divided between a total of seven cases where players can bring along different companions.
This is a point-and-click with an actual party system.
The protagonist's own backstory and gender are selected naturally through conversation - details that naturally affect how party members interact with the player.
Everything from dialogue options to pairing certain characters together, influences the plot's progression. Although a single playthrough is relatively short (roughly taking anywhere between seven and ten hours to complete), how the actual narrative plays out changes depending on one's actions. The point-and-click adventure genre is no stranger to strong storytelling, but Unavowed is on another level altogether.
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