It took me 1 hour and 20 minutes to finish the beta, while somehow managing to skip a large chunk of the last chapter. So I don’t think that’s too bad for $2. It’s not an epic like Slammed! but it is a complete story in its own right and I did find it interesting.
Most of the choices impact the ending, from what I recall. There’s a vast number of possible outcomes you can have there, and they’re reliant on previous actions. The fate of Willow Creek is very much in your hands. So it is replayable on account of the multiple endings, and the shortness of the game does support that type of replayability. It’s more feasible to replay a short game trying to discover all of the endings, then it is to do so with a longer game. Four romantic interests to pursue too, which again adds a bit of replayability.
I’m not into detective stories, or Westerns, but I did still enjoy it. It’s not a game I’ll rave about (like Slammed!) but it’s a good, solid game.
Heh, I just read my beta feedback and apparently I enjoyed it immensely while playing. There was also the option to take a diplomatic, or more violent path through the game. I did like that.