a fool’s attempt at living an adult life

My name is Carolina, not Pilar!

Fun game with a very contained setting so it doesn't ask much of its players. Very beginner-friendly. Great music, fantastic art. I enjoyed a lot of the side characters and the peeks into their background / how they ended up dead.

Really enjoyed the lore of the Afterlife, their book clubs, their magical tools and how they ascend / get reincarnated. I love world building lore facts like those!

Saw another review that mentioned that there was no explanation why Carolina and Pilar's lives were so intertwined, which baffled me because I thought it was clear that Carolina was a reincarnation of Pilar. Yes, the timeline is wonky, but it's the afterlife, who really cares about that? Maybe it's just easier for me to suspend my disbelief.

Fantastic music and art design. I will say that I felt kind of juked from the cover art of the game and the actual pixel art - I prefer pixel art so this was a pleasant surprise, but the 3D design of the cover art made me expect an entirely different style of game.

In order of preference: art design, voice acting, lore. I think the actual plot of the story is not super impressive and it gets a little heavy-handed towards the end (I also thought it seemed a bit rushed at the end) but maybe this is irony poisoning? I also really liked how Damian was pronounced - because the team who made the game is from Spain hehe.

Favourite character: Emilia Velasco. Loved her and her bureaucracy, then when she turned out to be evil? Incredible. I support women's wrongs.

Favourite character design: No one stood out to me. Overall quite equal.

Favourite voice: GREGORIO. Love my advertisement hard seller ghost who died from climbing up too many TVs. What a guy.

Favourite part: When Emilia was revealed to be evil <3

Lady Unterwald has been murdered on the Reuss Express!

Really liked the story, the direction (the three protagonists and the different timelines were really neat touches), and the art. I think in order of stand out: the game direction; the art style; the voice acting. The voice acting was really phenomenal. Good, fun game, but Herman's voice did get a little grating towards the end. I enjoyed how the murder mystery was only a small part of the overall story because there were far more interesting stories to be told.

Favourite character design: Arthur A. Ackerman. I thought the blue suit really looked good on him! Peak moment was when he stuffed that massive umbrella into his suit the first time, took me by surprise. Diana Osterhagen's design is a close second, really loved her curves and the animation of her filling her pockets.

Favourite character: Arthur A. Ackerman. Sorry, once you put a lawyer in a game (even one of the more useless estate lawyers I've seen), they'll immediately have a few plus points from me. It's also very endearing how he was so relieved that there was paperwork at some point in the adventurous murder mystery.

Favourite part of the game: Herman's story, where you find out that a lot of the nonsense that went down in Arthur's story was put into motion by Herman.

Favourite voice: At first it was Arthur, but as it went on, I think I sort of forgot his voice because there were so many other characters. Diana's voice stood out the most to me at the end I think. Not sure I would consider it "favourite voice", perhaps most "stand out" voice?

Music was really good too! Paul Zimmerman did a good job.