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Overall I fucking loved it but there was a few parts of the ending that felt a bit anti-climatic. I get they wanted to structure the story is such a way that even players who fucked the investigation up could find the killer, but it is weird that there’s really no way to really solve the case before shit goes down and then you just, find the guy. But I guess that feeds into the narrative that no single person is really in control of much outside of themselves.
Also didn’t like there wasn’t a “I’m turning I my badge” option for Harry (if there was one I didn’t see it). That seemed to fit the best into my RP. But idk maybe Harry wants to sober up entirely before he makes such a decision. I did get Kim to agree to be my partner tho which made me happy. I also also expecting as sort of “trial” at the end where my psyche makes an analysis of what kind of cop I turned out to be, but we just got in the motor carriage and left.
Kinda tempted to reload a save from before I encountered Ruby cuz I’m pretty sure there’s shit I missed, I was playing things kinda safe cuz I was sorta RP Harry as trying not to fuck things up and I think that bit me. Also I’m bummed I never got to meet with Steban again, don’t think I timed that right.
Anyway I’ll probably do a fash play through in a month or so.
Alright as far as I can tell these are skills that are smart to invest in: perception, logic, visual calculus, physical instrument, volition, empathy. Inland Empire is definitely interesting and useful, plus there’s a lot of items that boost it.
Endurance isn’t bad. Encyclopedia is meh. I don’t think there was any skill that was straight up useless, but I used Visual Calculus and Empathy a lot.
What kind of stat spread at the beginning? Thinking 5421, but idk
Mine was something like that.
3333 is what I went with. There's items to boost your stats and the primary game mechanic is coming back to try again later after you fail a roll. With an even spread all of your character's inner voices will get an even amount of screen time so you'll really get to know them.