Windy Meadow - A Roadwarden Tale Reviews

It's a pleasant read, with just alright visuals (some animations looked too stiff) and the most boring cripple AND a bard story you could think of. Both huntress and herbalist are decent characters with their struggles (tho Iudicias anger issues seem to be random and with no actual epilogue it's a bit strange), but the dual nature of choices are what hurts the experience the most. With every character having two paths both in their story and a tie in last chapter, you are left with one playthrough of decent decisions and the other full of the stupidest decisions one can make, because the "bad" or less ambitious choices and endings are long paths of teen drama, foolishness and emotional immaturity (both from protagonists and NPCs). While I love the world of Viaticum and understand it was a VISUAL NOVEL (some people go over that fact thinking that one dev has to stick to the same genre and formula or simply are unfamiliar with the VN concept...) made mostly to get a breath before some another RPG, I wish it would be more entranched in the world, had some interesting lore behind all the filler talk and had some more depth than "this is your path and you have to choose it because the other one is just dumb so don't be a dimwit". btw everyone who says Vena is not supposed to ruin her relationship with father and go to the city is just wrong, he's too irresponsible and immature to be an authority and deserves what comes for him if you drift apart, also going to the city just makes more sense I enjoyed it, though it's bit short even for a VN and supporting any game from Viaticum universe is a pleasure (even if I like to complain a bit too much).

Good but short game with a lot of charm, expanding the universe of Roadwarden. I recommend it to everyone, that liked the previous game.

Windy Meadow is exactly as advertised - a slice of life visual novel with some light decision making. The pixel graphics are very nice and the music is solid. It doesn't have the same impact as Roadwarden either in style or narrative, but it's an interesting take on the same world.