The Blind Prophet Reviews

A very entertaining game, that mostly plays like an Interactive Visual Novel. The few choices you can make when given an option in dialogue, does not matter, as the end result is the same. The puzzles are rather easy, but no explanation of how to play them is given, however, they're generally easy to figure out. That point made it more entertaining for the fact one should not suffer any frustration, and the puzzles are mostly quick, so you end up back into the story, and some action. It is important to read almost all of the dialogue since there is no voice acting, except for some sounds the main character makes, and maybe the word "damn" once in a while. But if you like stories, reading the dialogue is very worth it. There is a lot of gore, mostly blood, but its cartoony, so no one should get sick from seeing it. However later in the story, there is one part that might cause one to reject the action they must do in order to get to the next part in the story. Since I'm unable to reveal the action so as not to spoil the game for readers, I hope instead to intrigue them in wanting to find out what it is. The game was a low price and very worth it. I even played it twice, one after the other, which I have never in the history, of playing video games ever done. This was my first time ever doing that, and I have been playing computer games for almost 30 years. I think almost everyone ought to enjoy this game, too because it is at one's own pace, no timers, no rush. I give the game 8 stars. Xeny

you walk as the blind apostle, cursed with sight that pierces veils men dare not lift, dragged through alleys of rot and temples of despair. 10/10

The Blind Prophet is beautifully atmospheric but sadly very flawed. This French indie game is very short and basic, even for the point & click genre. Just look at the one sentence description on Steam that explains nothing.. Firstly, I will praise the amazing comic book art style and great sound design. It is genius to promote your mediocre comic through a game as the comic book market is oversaturated and even somewhat decent works are easily buried under tons of Marvel and DC schlock. While the game sadly lacks any voice acting, the ambient music adds greatly to the comic book vibe. The puzzles were decent but very few and pretty easy. The timed events did force the player to act quickly but having to read makes it impossible to pass these events on the first try, so you have to die a few times to figure out the solution. I get what they were going for, but putting Action into text-based point & click games never made any sense or success. The story was interesting and some characters were somewhat funny and sympathetic but because the game was so short, it all felt very rushed. It is a point & click game, you could have made it longer for story's sake. This is a game, not an actual comic book, you don't have to care about pacing or feel cornered! Or maybe they simply wanted to be one and done with this project? ...From what we have seen, it clearly seems so. I started noticing translation errors appear more often in the 2nd half of the game. Many have complained about it. It has been 5 years and the devs didn't bother proof-checking their work?!? Shows their attitude towards their work.. Why should I check out their future games if that is how they treat their product? I get it, the developers are French, but even using Google translate would fix like 50% of the basic English grammar errors!! Don't buy at the ridiculous full price, on sale it is around $2 which is fine enough for such a flawed little game. Also no achievements? Shows the devs really did want to wash their hands off this project and leave. Check it out if only because of the art style. Otherwise, I would not recommend it.