Harmony: The Fall of Reverie Reviews

not the best story from dont nod. very compelling visuals kept me playing when the story was painful to get through.

I'm kinda mixed on this. It's just a choose nodes and see the consequences of them type of game. The lore and world is interesting but you feel a little detached from it with the gameplay. I only went through it once so don't know how other choices might impact the story but I felt my choices only nudged the story in directions instead of guiding it. I'd get this on a pretty decent sized sale, if you're into narrative and node based games.

I liked it a lot! The artstyle is absolutely gorgeous, especially during the animated cutscenes. The story has some very interesting themes about activism. I see that there are some reviewers that feel like there isn't a lot of wiggle room in choices and I can see that, but all in all I didn't mind that so much. If you like choose you own adventure stories, this is a good one.

A nuanced and engaging story about the choices we make and how the consequences affect us and those around us, well-written and well-voiced. Mechanically frustrating at times. The constant returning to the Augural when choices (and there are so many) are made pads the playtime significantly, and the lack of a manual save feature is simply a negative. For a game about choices and consequences, being unable to reload a certain point to see the path not taken is vexing, especially when the game's alternative is to force you to replay the entire chapter (and, given how many of the consequences of your choices don't appear until you're past the chapter, it can frequently result in you being straight out of luck).