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Epistory - Typing Chronicles
9 hours playtime
43 of 55 achievements
i didn’t really expect a game focused on typing to be much of a game, but wow did i ever enjoy epistory! the two-handed movement controls were pretty cool once i got used to them, and i appreciated not needing to move my hands when going into battle mode where you have to type words as fast as you can. i can type pretty quickly, but that’s less true when what i’m typing is a bunch of random words versus sentences or at least phrases. maybe that’s not true for everyone, so if you’re faster at typing random (usually short) words you might get the two words-per-minute achievements i didn’t.
from the title i expected the story to be about writing, or to at least have a lot of focus on story. while it wasn’t what i expected, it definitely pulled me into its world and the vague struggle it seemed to portray. i wouldn’t say i came out having experienced a story, but i definitely got to explore an interesting world. i definitely recommend this one!
I really enjoyed this game too. I think the difficulty in the words and lines change based on how you are doing, if I remember correctly. So it’s a good typing-related game for most people. I had been keeping my eye on the sequel too, different world, different story, I believe.
it has a setting for adaptive difficulty, which i left on. at one point it gave me a word so long it went most of the way across the screen, but also there were other words in front of it so i couldn’t fully read it.
i also appreciated i could set it to dvorak keyboard layout, though i think they forgot about it in some places because i had to type something like zxcv 8 times in a row to open bridges.
i put the other typing chronicles game on my wishlist.