"This is my love's guiltless gambit."
GOD WHAT A LINE. I had to go back and find it again even after I had finished LOL A beautiful, powerful line for a beautiful powerful game.
I know I can always expect theatrical-style beauty when I play one of your mythology games hahaha. And this was no exception. Stunning presentation, lyrical words, painting-like artwork, and amazing voice work. I could just sit back and experience it as though attending a tragic play.
My heart wept for Andromache the whole way through. To be placed in a position like this... admittedly I may not have had to think quite as hard. Though I don't have any children myself, even imagining if it were, say, a family member of mine on the line, I would do just about anything to keep them from being killed 💦 I suppose Andromache is the same, just that a part of her simply can't reconcile the fact that Pyrrhus himself is the man who killed her husband and put her in this position to begin with... GUH. Anyway... it was a great moment to portray for this little VN to really get across her grief and pain and conflict. To get across so much agony in such a short period of time!
The art is just gorgeous. Literally like stepping into a painting. And I actually gasped at some of the effects you used, such as when the screen went red! So effective??? And how you timed it with the different thoughts. Or for instance the cracking sound and music fadeout for her son's final plea towards the end. Just so effective. Really sent chills down my spine! AND THE VOICE ACTING, GOD. It was just fantastic. SOOOOOO much emotion in some of those lines. I could actually feel as though Andromache was speaking those words of anguish right in front of me...
Great music choice as always. I love your choice of classical piano for these little games. It amps up the theatrical tragedy even more and really gives them such a powerful vibe.
Just a fantastic game. I almost struggle to call it a game because it feels more like a theatrical experience LOL But truly. Really wonderful. A polished, haunting, powerful piece.