Ghost of a Tale

Ghost of a Tale is a Stealth Adventure game (and very far from an Action RPG, as it sells itself for some reason) where you play as a mouse locked in a jail looking for your wife and a way out, or something. There's a lot of stuff to pick up and interact with, a lot of text to read if you care to look at items, talk to characters, and read papers you find, and a lot of running around looking for a way to progress. Except you have to be quiet so you're not detected and so you're more sneaking than running.

But what I found there wasn't a lot to do were meaningful things. I failed to find any sort of enjoyment in picking up items and running around doing whatever I needed to do. While I can't say that it was always easy and obvious what I had to do next, I never felt like I was solving a puzzle, but more like I was playing a guessing game. It wasn't challenging, it wasn't humorous, it wasn't fun. Neither was the story I read any captivating, but my lukewarm attitude towards story-based games is nothing new. What RPG elements remained in terms of equipment and stats were of no significant point either.

To conclude, a short review for a short attempt. I just couldn't bring myself to play it any longer, as there wasn't so much as a single aspect of the game I was enjoying. Combine that with the game being... not badly, but amateurishly made, and you might understand why it couldn't captivate me. I wouldn't recommend it, but maybe some people are bigger fans of mediocre stealth and story games.