Werewolves: Haven Rising Reviews

Sadly, not very good. It came up as a recommend from Night Road and Book of Hungry Names, but this one is deeply inferior. For one, despite being a "choice of games" it has very very little choice at all. Most of the deaths are set, all the plot beats are, most of the dynamics are fixed, and most of the effects are superficial. For instance you might fight a group of soldiers, and regardless of how good your combat is, lose...because the plot needs you to. There is no satisfaction of beating enemies you couldn't on your diplomatic play because...the plot determines which fights you can win. No deep spoiler, but you can find a few choice enhancements early in game that basically are a super serum, a cybernetic enhancement and a cloaking device. None of these ever seem to do more than provide a stat boost, so despite taking super serum you still get tired when you normally would You can be a diplomatic silvertongue, and you get basically the same result as a blood mad murder machine. For that matter some stats just seem to get tested constantly, while others don't. It's really annoying. And, as others have said, despite being a "choice" you basically choose what sort of character you play in the first three chapters and commit *hard* to that with no real variation. Maybe on a deep, deep sale