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First of all, I loved the documents and notes that you can find, and I like how they were presented in-game. However, the dialogue for the NPCs needs to be cleaned up and there needs to be more clarity on what the player can do, or more limits on what a character can ask about. I was incredibly confused because I could ask about topics that I seemingly had no knowledge of and more than once, that led me into a fight I wasn't prepared for (Sister Calista is the biggest culprit for this). I also would have liked an introduction cutscene instead of just starting in the town with no idea what I should do other than just "ask around for help," because there is nothing asking me WHY I should care about the Daminik Family. And for such a story-heavy game, we need that question to keep us interested in what's happening, and we also need it to be answered. I got through the game, but that WHY was never actually answered for me. Why ARE we in Tidecrest in the first place, and how does the Daminik family even affect us as a player? How does the priestess at the end even play into the story? I felt like there could have been very good foreshadowing done for her, but she kind of just... shows up, and her part feels almost too abrupt for me. For a first game, this has serious potential. I just think you need to go back and either pare down what you can ask NPCs, or make it so that finding lore opens up potential new topics to ask the townsfolk.