There’s nothing more tantalizing than a game with potential. Be it a unique mechanic, a novel setting or an innovative twist on familiar tropes, originality can sell players on new worlds and unproven concepts. Originality can also cause problems in production. A unique mechanic can lead to design headaches. Untested locales can quickly become stale and tiresome. Sometimes, tropes are tropes for a reason. Despite…
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Cohesive graphical style that fits the world.
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Interesting and natural sounding dialogue from Amber.
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Plenty of ambitious gameplay ideas.
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Shallow follow through on those ideas.
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Console versions have technical issues.
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Puzzles are too restrictive.
