Forgotten Fables: Wolves on the Westwind

Paths are somewhat limited and reply between the to available MC overlaps bur overall a good experience. The vampire dlc is just a pdf so I would recommend against that.

I am playing the game with Nadime (Female Mage) as the player character and hence till now, it felt like "The 13th Warrior" to me. Music is nice and the illustrations portray the dark fantasy setting perfectly. Looking forward for more such visual novels/games from the developer.

The story is interesting, but that's it. The game itself has zero presentation at all aside from a few effects. No character animations, no voice acting, nothing. You just click through the texts while listening to the background music. But what really spoiled the fun for me was the trial and error. You have to fight battles while managing your MP/stamina while making the "right" decisions to avoid getting hit too often, otherwise it's game over. The thing is, the autosaves are totally messed up, you can even load a savegame where you go straight to the game over screen. So my tip is that you save the game before each chapter. If you've been hit multiple times due to an arbitrary game decision and your HP is low, forget it and just load a previous saved game. At many points in the game, you will lose HP regardless of your decision, so if your HP drops below about 5, you have already lost. Plus, there are not the options a VN should have, like skipping dialogue or see a log of past dialogues. And lastly, I want to say I couldn't even beat the game. There is one point in the story where every decision you take gets you hurt. I chose to play Nedime (the mage) with much less health than the fighter character, and I swear you can't get through the 3rd act (except you try all the options out multiple times until you get the one perfect way I guess...)