Kieffer Wilson
Animal Gods makes me feel empty after completing it in slightly over two hours. The gameplay is completely vacant of anything fun and the story tries to create a world through techniques that just don't work. The art is nice and the music even has a zen-like quality to it but they cannot redeem the frustration that this game provides.
The story and characters are written so well that when I think about the other endings I may have missed I want to go back and play again so I can see what else happens. It even has me thinking about the way that we treat players' thoughts about characters and how that isn't something that we should ignore.
I do not think that this game’s flaws outweigh what it is trying to achieve after finishing it though.
When I put my Vita down after completing Severed, my emotions felt like soft drink fountains at a gas station.
For anyone who is interested in playing Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIII, it is hard to recommend.