The Midnight Crimes

I wish there was a neutral option. It is a cool idea that I want to give it a chance and wouldn't go so far as to give a negative review as I know how harmful negative steam reviews can be for new games and I have hope this game will get better. Chapter 1 is all that is available right now. I wasn't rushing through and was taking my time. It took me not even an hour to complete chapter 1. That just feels really short to me. Are all chapters going to be this short? I honestly felt like I was playing a demo. In this 50 minutes of gameplay, I hardly did anything or experienced too much story. A good chunk of that time was walking through the city which was painfully slow until at the end I found out how to run.

This reminds me heavily of TellTale games, especially Wolf Among Us, which is my favorite. The visual style is great, I enjoy the music and sounds.. The voice acting isn't bad and I am interested in Emily. The writing does feel a bit awkward to me at times, almost a little robotic and inconsistent in flow.

I will not refund this because I have hope it can get better in its subsequent chapters, I am certainly intrigued by all means on the setting and where the story will go. Chapter 1 however was a disappointment for me and knowing its a bit of a longer wait for the next chapters is a bummer. I very hesitantly recommend this game, only because I do think it has potential to be good in its next chapters.

Update 2:

Buyer be aware, this game is not complete, it is in releasable chapters. Chapter 2 was supposed to come out 4 months after the first. in 3 days from this update 1 year would have passed with only radio silence from the devs after announcing another delay. Buy at your own risk

Update 1:
I still wouldn't recommend this game. the Chapter 2 release was supposed to come out at 20th of April and the Delayed it twice to September.
With this pace it will take them minimum 3 years to put out the full game.
First Chapter came out 25 December and if they put out Chapter 2 on September that means 9 months per episode. with 4 remaining episodes amassing to 36 months.
I would gladly come back and change my review if they pick up the pace but until this game finishes there is no chance i will be even remotely interested in playing it.

I wouldn't recommend this game currently. i got it as a gift from a friend. I cannot really say that i enjoyed Chapter 1. far too few interactions, empty places and it ends so abruptly without actually doing things.

Price is steep for the amount of content even if it's less than 16 euros. maybe after 2-3 chapters where released and only if the interactions of the characters show that choices matter.

The aesthetic is wonderful, characters looks nice, combat cannot really tell. It is a really promising game by the looks of it but currently too devoid of any choice and consequences as well as interactions.

The good: The world is very novel and interesting. Stylistically the game looks great. The story thus far is captivating and I'm looking forward to more of it.

The bad: (all of this being my personal opinion) It's no wolf among us. The first chapter feels very empty with little to interact with. Choices do not seem to matter much up to this point. Little things like mouth animations to match the voicing are way off. The game is about a step from unpolished and likely could have benefited from more development.