If you want a visual novel that has some picross, then this would probably be up your alley. If you want a picross game with a story, this isn't it (from what I saw.)

Initially I read through all of the dialogue, but realized that I didn't think a puzzle was going to come up soon. So I decided to just click through all of dialogue after that and after 15 minutes of playing I didn't get to the third puzzle.

I was hoping it'd be a puzzle game first with some story elements to drive it forward and maybe some gimmicky puzzle things in and out of the picross to keep it interesting. It seems much more to be a story first game with the puzzle secondary.

I really enjoyed Underlords and the original Dota 2 mod for this. Overall I think they've done a good job with the game and balancing. The issue I had is that they were making so many changes, that I couldn't really keep up and stopped playing for a while.

Now that it's gotten into it's official release, I think they're in a good spot.

There's still some minor things I'd like to see (e.g. if two players are knocked out on the same round, have them battle again to see who gets what place, rather than it being essentially random based on timing who was knocked out seconds before the other.)

I don't play this as much anymore, but it's still a game I'll pick up from time to time and enjoy.

Incredibly fun and a great time sink. Has enough depth to keep it interesting, but not overly so that it's impossible to get into.

Highly recommend to anyone who'd thinks they'd like this style of game.