Review of Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Heart of the Forest
| Subject | Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Heart of the Forest Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Heart of the Forest |
| By | Helpfulness: 0 Vote: 7publicnuisance on 2024-08-13 |
| Review | Heart of the Forest has some really good buildup. The game spends about half of it's length introducing characters, setting up Maia's backstory, and giving you context and an idea of what the main plot is about. Then just as the game starts getting really interesting and you start your journey as a werewolf it is over soon after. It just seemed like a lot of setup for so little payoff. I would say that there was maybe thirty minutes of story left after choosing a tribe. Choosing a tribe should be the start of something not signal pretty much the end of the game. I was hoping for more time with my new pack and tribe. I would have loved to know more about the inner workings of it. Aside from my nitpicks on the second half the game had a lot of good things going for it. The dialogue was well done. Different Tales has always seemed to have a knack for describing and detailing environments and people. The music was well done although maybe a bit repetitive. The visuals were well done although they were just still images with little to no animation. The game made up for it with atmosphere though. I liked the character sheets detailing my own attributes and how I was viewed by others. I played Heart of the Forest on Linux. It never crashed and I didn't notice any spelling errors or any bugs. The save system could have been better. It has one save slot that gets saved over each time. I don't really know when it saves to be honest. I thought it saved on exit but sometimes when I exited and loaded I would be a little back from where I exited on. I would have preferred a manual save system with multiple slots. The game seemed to max out my GPU but at the same time it ran fine. I just don't see how a visual novel can max out the GPU usage on a 7800 XT. There is a setting for resolution and one other graphics option. Game Engine: Unity Graphics API: OpenGL Disk Space Used: 925 Mb Game Version Played: 1.0 (R3120.10.19/1537) (GOG) Input Used: Keyboard and Mouse Game Settings Used: 2560x1440, highest GPU Usage: 97-100 % VRAM Usage: 554-577 MB CPU Usage: 5-10 % System RAM Usage: 2.7-4.2 GB Overall I can recommend Heart of the Forest. My dislike of the rushed ending doesn't erase my enjoyment of the journey there. It showed me that Different Tales can really build a good world based off of White Wolf. It just needed a little more depth and fleshing out of the second act. I finished my first play through in two hours and twelve minutes. I paid $9.60 CAD for it. I don't know if I can recommend it at it's current normal price of $19.77 CAD. It's not a bad price for it but $15 CAD would be a better sweet spot. My Score: 7.5/10 My System: Intel i5-12600K | 32GB DDR4-3200 CL16 | Gigabyte RX 7800 XT 16GB | Western Digital Black SN850X 2TB | Artix | Mate 1.28.2 | Kernel 6.10.2-artix1-1 | Mesa 24.1.5-arch1.1 | MSI G2730QPF 2560*1440 @ 165hz |
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