Epistory - Typing Chronicles, an atmospheric adventure typing game now fully released

Epistory - Typing Chronicles the unique atmospheric adventure typing game is now fully released. I have taken a look to see what you might expect. Disclaimer: Key provided by developer.

This is the first time I've been able to play Epistory - Typing Chronicles as I never touched it during early access, so to have the full version is quite the treat. I have to say that it's far better than what I was expecting. The graphics and voice acting are both top quality, and it's quite a different experience.

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The way the map and objects unfold as you play is really interesting, as it is all made to resemble bits of paper from a book. It's quite brilliant really, and I can't really compare it to any other game I've played before. It's really refreshing to play such a uniquely themed game.

You ride around on the back of a giant fox and listen to the story literally unfold in front of you.

Some parts are genuinely quite challenging, as you need to keep up your typing speed and accuracy to beat other animals. Doing tasks like this, along with removing obstacles will give you points to level up certain abilities as well, so it has an element of character progression too.

When I mention challenging, I mean it. At one point I had bugs coming at me from all angles. A massive one needed some pretty big words to take it down, all while I had to keep an eye on how close the little creatures were getting. It gave my fingers, brain and heart more of a workout than I thought possible.

I actually managed to fail a few of the typing tasks when facing a larger number of creatures too, so this might actually improve my speed and touching typing skills as I play.

Issues

Sadly, it's not perfect yet.

The game did quit to the desktop once when I entered a certain hole in the ground (trying not to spoil the story here). Luckily, it did save just before I entered, so I was able to continue.

The default music level was too high for some of the speech, and made me miss what the narrator was saying. It's all written down on the map so you don't miss it, but the speech needs an audio buff at times

I learnt some new words, explored a cleverly designed game world and typed quite a bit. I think it's a really charming game if you're looking for something truly different. It's just a shame about crash bugs.

You can pick up a copy of Epistory - Typing Chronicles on Humble Store and Steam.