Alright! I played through the update and, since the next one will be the last openly available, decided to finally stop procrastinating and write the gushing review I’ve been meaning to for months
This IF is nothing short of phenomenal. To begin with, while I have only a passing awareness of The Dark Tower, I’m a huge Souls fan and you’ve managed to capture the vibe perfectly: the end of the world as this slow decay which breeds despondency, the emptyness, the constant reminders of What Once Was , all tied together with great writing.
I also love how you brought common tropes of the series (dragons older than time, deconstruction of, usually gender-related, binaries), but made them your own. And it can’t be emphasized enough how the experience of playing through feels, almost mythological in a way, but at the same time grounded, just *chef’s kiss*
For the spoilery stuff:
Spoilers
I was pleasantly surprised to learn more about the Angels! I really thought the meeting in Dridgend would be left as a “mystery of the wider world”, but am glad to see them so connected to the plot!
Finally, here are my stats at the end:
Chulainn views you as a: lover Noemi views you as a: friend Styx views you as a: rival Your knight companion views you as a: friend Your knight companion is: Passerine (Arch got a silver bullet for what she did in Dridgend!)
You have this many injuries: 3 You have this many bullets: 1
Your westbound quality is: 68 Your knightly quality is: 68
I am confused, if Prince newt is a woman shouldn’t the title be “Princess” since she is a woman?
Also,
Sir Arch should be Dame Arch, right? Since she is also a woman.
PS:- Rant about English language.
I am not a native English speaker, and English is one of the hardest and one of the most frustrating language in the world, like why, why doesn’t it follow conventional rules like all the other languages, why? Why is C pronounced as K in cat, but as C in cylinder, why in constitution and in other words ending with -tion it’s pronounced with an “sh” sound and not a “t” sound, what’s the point of alphabets if they don’t mean shit and change all the times according to words, also the whole silent words thing like “knight”, etc., I know you all will probably not understand because you all are native English speakers, but this language is very frustrating to learn.Rant over.
The story is great, and I would love to see where it goes and how it progresses in the future.