![]() Sins are significant, affecting dialogue choices and potential endings, but having a Bad Deeds counter is an overly-effective deterrent. The visible sin counter was enough to dissuade me from ever truly using my chorts on others, instead choosing upgrades that allowed me to distract some of them. You can choose to send them out on sinful errands, or leave them idle - but then they'll end up torturing you instead, inflicting debuffs in combat. These are the little devils that accompany every koldun. Even if it, too, isn't quite what it seems, you do get to arrange a wedding.Īs Vasilisa, you start off each day in the izba you share with your grandfather, Old Egor, where you talk to him (and any companions you may have picked up), maybe play some card games, and organise your chorts. ![]() Many people aren't who they seem to be - including your cat - and it's apparent that Vasilisa isn't the only person willing to make terrible bargains to get what they want. It even puts away its card battles entirely at one point to play detective: who's the leshy disguised among the villagers? It's a fun interlude, and stops the main loop from feeling too repetitive.Įach of the sections has a self-contained story, but as both Vasilisa and her book become more powerful, it becomes clear that others are interested in the artifact she wields, or the wish gated behind its final seal. It's part adventure, part card-battler, and despite its clear cut framing device, Black Book plays around within each chunk. ![]() One seal is to do with water, so Vasilisa needs a powerful water demon to break it, and so on. And that’s how Black Book begins: on one of the worst days of Vasilisa’s life.Įach seal is accompanied with a kind of riddle, which sets up the "monster of the week" sort of structure that holds the game together. Legend states if she breaks all seven seals on her mentor's black book, her wish to retrieve her betrothed from Hell will be granted. When her fiancé unexpectedly dies by suicide - being buried in unhallowed ground as a result - she crosses the line from theoretical knowledge to practise, and steps into Hell to become a koldun, a witch. ![]() Vasilisa was raised by her grandfather to be a knower, a kind of wise woman. But its card battles, while fun, are a bit off-balance at times. ![]() Black Book has a playful approach to a dark story and is a very cool introduction to Slavic folklore. ![]()
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