As I’ve said more than a few times, typically story-driven games aren’t my bag. Whether the issue is with a lack of player agency, too many walls of text to work through without relief, or just storylines that may be popular in some way but don’t work for me. That isn’t to say that I haven’t run into those that I’ve found to be interesting, and the original Werewolf: The Apocalypse on Switch, Heart of the Forest, was at least different and pretty engaging overall.

Now, many years later, we have Purgatory, and it feels like the developers have made progress in pretty well all areas. It looks more polished, it feels like the player has been given more up-front choices to make that define your character, and the story itself is also more intriguing. Granted, when you pull the supernatural and werewolves into the mix there’s automatically at least a hook of something a bit more wild and unpredictable.

While it didn’t bother me, and if anything I actually thought it added something unexpected and more thoughtful, I will warn those that could be put off by some threads that would be considered political in some way that there could be issues. With elements of sexual identity and immigration on the table, rather than appreciating the fact that some of these themes could likely match up well with the plight of lycanthropes, it may not be what everyone is looking for. That said, if you’re down for solid writing, a cool visual style, and perhaps some great bits of metaphor, it may be a great match.