Apr 14, 2023 - Day 104 - NewPlay Review
Total NewPlays: 111

Game: Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth

Platform: Steam PC
Release Date: Aug 16, 2017
Library Date: Jun 6, 2018
Unplayed: 1773d (4y10m8d)
Playtime: 25m

I feel like I should tread carefully here; while a voracious reader when younger, I've not encountered the works of Ken Follett, but apparently The Pillars of the Earth (henceforth, "Pillars") was a "worldwide best-seller".

Pillars came in a Humble Bundle, and it's not a game that I would have purchased on its own. I'm not familiar with the source material, or the author, so the branding isn't a hook.

However, if the storytelling and gameplay game can grab me early, this isn't necessarily an issue. Unfortunately, Pillars very much seems to lean into an assumed familiarity with the source material which was strike one.

Strike two was "Oh. It's a point-and-click adventure."

I've made no bones about my feelings towards point-and-click. The Full Throttle remaster hooked me. Deponia was a bit hit and miss.

Strike three was the game pacing. It's... slow. There's a lot of slow moving from place to place, a lot of things to click on that don't seem to do anything.

The thing that tipped me over the edge, though: the game made it almost impossible to quit out. In the end, I alt-tabbed and closed it.

Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth is a solid:

1: Nope.

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Ken Follet's The Pillars of the Earth ganhará versão para o Switch nesta semana

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🔗 https://universonintendo.com/?p=98805

Visual novel Os Pilares da Terra, de Ken Follett ganhará versão para o Switch em março

#DaedalicEntertainment #Indie #Nintendo #NintendoSwitch #ThePillarsoftheEarth

🔗 https://universonintendo.com/?p=98358

But okay, I keep reading because I've invested all this time and maybe the end will bring some peace of mind (only 100 pages to go)

Did the trying to break the character finally stop? Ofcourse not. She dared to get her life back together, so there was another rape scene after that, to that same character, again to drive the plot forward. 🤬

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When you're enjoying a big (1100 pages) book until there is another attempt to violently break the 'strong independent female'™️ character at about 2/3 in and all suspense of annoyance over the cliche characters comes tumbling down...

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