Epistory is a beautiful handcrafted game for which you explore an isometric landscape, exploring dungeons and of course type to destroy the infestation. How well does this work in motion? Surprisingly very well. The controls for moving your character may be a tad awkward initially -- it offers WASD but I found it to be inferior to using the game's recommended controls of ijfe which seem to be tighter. However once you get over that, you will find the game is very expertly crafted. Menu items, etc are all typable meaning that your hands will never need to leave your keyboard.

The game is challenging mostly in your speed of typing and lack of errors. If you make too many errors, your progress on a word will be reset. Towards the end of the game you are often sent a lot of enemies at once. There are powers which can help alleviate some stress however typing quickly and reading the screen quickly are very necessary.

The art style of the game is beautiful. Very reminiscent of orgami/paper mache. The animations are all very well done. Especially when revealing parts of the map.

Cons:
- Controls are initially awkward at first / WASD is less tight
- Map can be useless at times. I found it really hard to read in dungeons especially.
- Is a tad short (~4 hours for me to beat the story skipping two dungeon areas, with the rest of my hours doing achievements/completion)

[Key acquired via Humble Monthly]

Epistory is a beautiful handcrafted game for which you explore an isometric landscape, exploring dungeons and of course type to destroy the infestation. How well does this work in motion? Surprisingly very well. The controls for moving your character may be a tad awkward initially -- it offers WASD but I found it to be inferior to using the game's recommended controls of ijfe which seem to be tighter. However once you get over that, you will find the game is very expertly crafted. Menu items, etc are all typable meaning that your hands will never need to leave your keyboard. The game is challenging mostly in your speed of typing and lack of errors. If you make too many errors, your progress on a word will be reset. Towards the end of the game you are often sent a lot of enemies at once. There are powers which can help alleviate some stress however typing quickly and reading the screen quickly are very necessary. The art style of the game is beautiful. Very reminiscent of orgami/paper mache. The animations are all very well done. Especially when revealing parts of the map. Cons: - Controls are initially awkward at first / WASD is less tight - Map can be useless at times. I found it really hard to read in dungeons especially. - Is a tad short (~4 hours for me to beat the story skipping two dungeon areas, with the rest of my hours doing achievements/completion) [Key acquired via Humble Monthly]