▁characters ▁enjoy able , ▁and ▁in ▁some ▁cases ▁" stell ar ", ▁while ▁Ben ▁Moore ▁of ▁Game Tra ilers ▁noted ▁the ▁story ' s ▁a version ▁to ▁take ▁ris ks ▁despite ▁interesting ▁tw ists , ▁and ▁found ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁bog ged ▁down ▁by ▁advanced ▁for esh adow ing ▁of ▁major ▁plot ▁tw ists . ▁Game ▁Inform ers ▁Jeff ▁March ia f ava ▁found ▁the ▁game ' s ▁story ▁and ▁characters ▁to ▁be ▁" r ife ▁with ▁cl ich és ", ▁and ▁called ▁the ▁dialog ue ▁" ex cess ively ▁word y " ▁despite ▁the ▁late - game ▁develop ments ▁impro ving ▁on ▁both ▁aspects . ▁Simon ▁Park in , ▁writing ▁for ▁Euro g amer , ▁found ▁the ▁story ▁less ▁" un us ual " ▁than ▁other ▁aspects , ▁but ▁pra ised ▁its ▁willing ness ▁to ▁send ▁itself ▁up ▁and ▁enjoyed ▁Hay ashi ' s ▁subt le ▁sub version ▁of ▁genre ▁trop es . ▁Game Sp ot ' s ▁John ▁Robert son ▁was ▁fairly ▁negative , ▁saying ▁that ▁it ▁started ▁out ▁poor ly ▁and ▁never ▁managed ▁to ▁throw ▁off ▁that ▁initial ▁impression . ▁David ▁Evans ▁of ▁I GN ▁pra ised ▁the ▁characters ▁for ▁their ▁strength , ▁but ▁found ▁that ▁the ▁story ' s ▁p acing ▁strugg led ▁at ▁times . ▁Daniel le ▁R iende au ▁of ▁Pol ygon , ▁despite ▁finding ▁many ▁characters ▁appe aling , ▁called ▁the ▁story ▁" more ▁like ▁a ▁past iche ▁of ▁trop es ▁than ▁its ▁own ▁unique ▁take ▁[ on ▁the ▁genre ] ". ▁Ch andra ▁N air