In the new version, I can't in good faith rate this any higher, not because of how many times the game force closes as a joke or takes me to the title screen that I had to save often out of fear that the game would exit. But because the final straw was when I went to the right at the starting point and left the "quest", and it corrupted all my saves. Being called a narcissist too was an insult to injury.
But for the old version, I would have rated this maybe a 3 star because at least that version doesn't corrupt all my saves, although it still force closes or takes me to the title screen before I get a chance to save. The gameplay is pretty fun once you get past those hiccups, particularly interacting with all the items and exploring the vast dialogue on each item. And finding all 3 gems as well. The maps look pretty nice too, especially the glacier, and I thought the split-path puzzle was pretty clever. Beating Dimitri was enjoyable as well.
I can feel that the author put a lot of passion in this project and had a lot of fun making it, and it can be seen especially in their dialogue. And thats what made me keep playing. But the game (especially the new version) doesn't respect player's time that much, with all the force closes but especially the file corruption was the worst. If the file corruptions are changed I likely would change my rating back to what I would've initially scored it.
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