I've waited way too long to write a review, so I'm just going to get straight to the point: I loved this game, it had a bunch of very memorable characters, entertaining minigames, and compelling mysteries. Despite being full of references to other games/stories, it very much felt like the Game of Fourtune was its own unique story, and I would strongly recommend the game.

A more detailed analysis of the game:

-For such a large cast of characters, this game does a really good job at fleshing out each character’s personality and backstory. I definitely have my favorites, but on the whole every character has depth to them and is enjoyable in their own right. Additionally, Bell is a very fun “quirky host” character and is constantly entertaining throughout the game.

-The death games the player's play are quite fun! There's quite a large variety of different death games the characters play, creating a bunch of unique scenarios for the characters to be put into. Additionally, within each death game, there are often alternate choices you can make that can give you a different experience through certain games. Often making different choices in death games will have you spend more time with one character over another, and give you different hints towards their own mysteries. They also often just give some nice variance as to what happens in the games and add a lot of replayability to the games.

-My play time is way higher than usual (I'm both a slow reader, repeated stuff a lot, and went back for nearly all alternate decisions in the game), It is still quite a long game though, which is worth knowing going into the game to know what you're getting yourself into (I would not be surprised with a 100+ hour playtime). It never felt like it really dragged though- I was entertained from start to finish.

-So one thing of note is that I played the game in accordance with the “Route Order Guide” provided in the Steam Guides section, based on what other reviews said about the game. This is something I’m mixed on in retrospect- on one hand, going in order means you’ll avoid spoilers for other routes, and I feel like I was able to appreciate certain scenes more due to playing the game in its “proper” order. On the other hand, there’s some fun to be had with going out of order, and you could get a unique experience going in a non-standard order.

On the whole I think it’s a matter of personal preference: I would personally advocate for playing in order, although that’s the only order I ever played it in so I can’t exactly attest to what it is like out of order. (minor spoilers): Out of all the choices where you have to choose a door to go through with what people, something of note is that often you don’t even end up going with who you chose, as either the game will swap POVs to Devon, or the characters will end up swapping who goes through what door anyways. There are some branching decisions that happen inside of the games: those I would understand wanting to make yourself. But for what door to go with what people, the choices you make honestly don’t end up mattering that much.

-The game also has a great soundtrack. The game has a very nice flowchart, and profiles section to keep track of information on each character. Once the game is finished, markers will appear on the flowchart to hint you to where missing achievements/CGs are, which I thought was a nice feature.

On the whole, I would say the game was very much worth the full price: it’s been a while since I finished the game and yet I still keep thinking back on the experience.

I've waited way too long to write a review, so I'm just going to get straight to the point: I loved this game, it had a bunch of very memorable characters, entertaining minigames, and compelling mysteries. Despite being full of references to other games/stories, it very much felt like the Game of Fourtune was its own unique story, and I would strongly recommend the game. A more detailed analysis of the game: -For such a large cast of characters, this game does a really good job at fleshing out each character’s personality and backstory. I definitely have my favorites, but on the whole every character has depth to them and is enjoyable in their own right. Additionally, Bell is a very fun “quirky host” character and is constantly entertaining throughout the game. -The death games the player's play are quite fun! There's quite a large variety of different death games the characters play, creating a bunch of unique scenarios for the characters to be put into. Additionally, within each death game, there are often alternate choices you can make that can give you a different experience through certain games. Often making different choices in death games will have you spend more time with one character over another, and give you different hints towards their own mysteries. They also often just give some nice variance as to what happens in the games and add a lot of replayability to the games. -My play time is way higher than usual (I'm both a slow reader, repeated stuff a lot, and went back for nearly all alternate decisions in the game), It is still quite a long game though, which is worth knowing going into the game to know what you're getting yourself into (I would not be surprised with a 100+ hour playtime). It never felt like it really dragged though- I was entertained from start to finish. -So one thing of note is that I played the game in accordance with the “Route Order Guide” provided in the Steam Guides section, based on what other reviews said about the game. This is something I’m mixed on in retrospect- on one hand, going in order means you’ll avoid spoilers for other routes, and I feel like I was able to appreciate certain scenes more due to playing the game in its “proper” order. On the other hand, there’s some fun to be had with going out of order, and you could get a unique experience going in a non-standard order. On the whole I think it’s a matter of personal preference: I would personally advocate for playing in order, although that’s the only order I ever played it in so I can’t exactly attest to what it is like out of order. (minor spoilers): [spoiler]Out of all the choices where you have to choose a door to go through with what people, something of note is that often you don’t even end up going with who you chose, as either the game will swap POVs to Devon, or the characters will end up swapping who goes through what door anyways. There are some branching decisions that happen inside of the games: those I would understand wanting to make yourself. But for what door to go with what people, the choices you make honestly don’t end up mattering that much.[/spoiler] -The game also has a great soundtrack. The game has a very nice flowchart, and profiles section to keep track of information on each character. Once the game is finished, markers will appear on the flowchart to hint you to where missing achievements/CGs are, which I thought was a nice feature. On the whole, I would say the game was very much worth the full price: it’s been a while since I finished the game and yet I still keep thinking back on the experience.