Reviews

• gamedeal user

  Aug 9, 2021

  A bit of background : I have played both acts of Shadows on the Vatican to the end. And I am also old enough to have played every Infocom text adventure when they first came out. So I was really looking forward to Nightingale. Alarm bells rang when I found I couldn’t save whenever I wanted but I must say the branching system works well whenever you wish to change any earlier decision. I have managed to get a few different endings in one playthrough – and not a save file in sight. I found the pacing of the text worked well, introducing a sense of tension that might not have been there otherwise. There are quite a few novelties in their text adventure system that appealed to me. Especially the music intro and outro, which created an appropriate atmosphere. For me, it did what all good games should – it left me wanting more. Although the game is short (I found the ‘proper’ ending in under an hour), I would certainly recommend it.
• gamedeal user

  May 26, 2023

  I'm not a fan of text based games, i got this as part of Shadows on the Vatican package and i decided to give it a go prior to playing anything else from the series. As i was thinking that this is too much for me the first achievement popped then the second and not long after i was sucked in by the plot and continued playing through completion. All in all it was intriguing, the writing was brilliant and not tiresome and at moments intense! It was a nice experience that i did not expect, i totally recommend it!
• gamedeal user

  Jun 19, 2022

  As developers suggested I tried this game after completing Act 1&2 and ohh.. boy, I did not expect this. Well, mainly because I did not read tags and description of this game before buying, but hey, not complaining. Well, honestly there is one moment to complain, because games like this I’m starting to “ get into “ text games with choices… and who is going to take responsibility for that? Alright, alright. Back to the game, I did not expect parts of it to be so chilling. Honestly the only actual downside is that it leaves desire for more, like what happens later after “spoilers”. So yeah, totally worth its money, if you like the genre then it’s a no brainer.
• gamedeal user

  Aug 20, 2023

  “Nightingale” is a text-based adventure (or rather a choose-your-story interactive novella) and part of the “Shadows on the Vatican” series. Though rolling text “blogposts”, you follow the story (and get to decide its next course at several points) of the mysterious Nightingale with her special ability, and her fateful encounter with an assassin that was bound to happen. The story itself, narrated from the protagonist’s perspective, contains a lot of suspense and is sure draw you in as you read through it, with melodious music underscoring the most dramatic moments. Developer recommends playing this game after the second episode – Act II: Wrath – of the series as it acts as a sort of intermezzo before the third game is out, but it can be still played independently. At any rate you shouldn’t leave this one out if you already have the other Shadows on the Vatican games in your library, and even if you don’t have them yet you can give this one a try too – it may pique your interest to get into the whole series.
• gamedeal user

  Aug 27, 2021

  I tried this game mostly because I really liked the Shadows On The Vatican -and- wanted a short game tonight: it was short, indeed! And a good story to follow, well told as in good writing and good story-telling. Not Litterature Nobel Prize good, of course, but good. To sum up, this game takes place in the same universe, but no worries, there's no need to have played Shadows... to understand what's going on here. Still, I had missed that this is a text game: please beware of that. Still, and while I'm not most into this type of game in general, this story was interesting enough to not see me leave very fast (which usually happens in such games). I had pleasure going back into the branching system, looking for the "real story". This system is really well made and easy to go through. Maybe because the game is so short, still easy. Beware though: this is a text-game, which absolutely deals with mature issues. A 16 years old can probably play it, but I wouldn't let a 12 years old in front of it, for instance. Also, and even if that's a text-game, I regretted that the background doesn't change sometimes. At the very least, we know that the action takes place in three different places: it would have been nice to see three different backgrounds, with different atmospheres for each and so on? Anyway: Would I recommend this game? Yes, absolutely. But as explained here, please beware that this is a text-game (with a good text, but text-game) + not for young kids + prepare to read without enjoying some "atmosphere background". And it's short, but it's cheap too, so that's ok.