Fantastic journey, but anti-climatic ending – Deathless: The City's Thirst Review

Title explains the reason why I gave this game 4 instead of 5 stars. When I first completed the game, the ending was written in such a manner that I was convinced that it was just an early death ending. Not the actual end of the game. Played through the entire game a couple more times till it hit me: that's the end! It's not as obvious, for lack of a better word, that you've reached the end like the first game. It's also not as satisfying as the first game's ending too. Despite that, the writing and imagery was utterly fantastic! As beautiful and poetic as the first game! In fact, whenever I replay this game it always feels fresh and lively thanks to the vocabulary. Characters were not as in-depth as the first game, and there wasn't enough story behind each individual to really enjoy interacting with each one. I did enjoy interacting with the 'Kind, it reminded me of the demons in the first one: misunderstood and fun to interact with if you play your cards right. Speaking of demons, I love the prosthetic arm/leg you can choose to have in the very beginning of the game- interesting mechanic to have tiny demons inside it, like hamsters in an exercise ball that generates power, I assume. To sum it all up, I did enjoy this game; great writing, visual imagery, and lore, but anti-climatic ending and almost one dimensional characters. A solid 4/5 with replay value!
Review by True Immortal on Deathless: The City's Thirst.