Herald is a choice-driven adventure set on colonial tides.
Board the HLV Herald and uncover its dark secrets in an intriguing tale about tyranny and servitude.
Despite a few quirky animations, Herald provides an excellent story supplemented by a beautiful art style. This is a small scale point-and-click affair; if you're looking for a bite-sized drama, you've found your game.
Suffice it to say, Herald's narrative focus and somewhat dark themes may not be everyone's cup of tea. Having said that, I really can't stress enough how well-done the game is within this scope.
While Herald: An Interactive Period Drama has some incredibly annoying issues, it's still shaping up to be an interesting experience overall. With some of these rough edges filed down, this could be one of the most compelling visual novels around. Hopefully, the next two books take what this game excels at and makes them even better, with feedback from...
Herald is a wonderful blend of point and click adventure mixed with player choice that creates an intense story with complex characters and tough decisions.
Herald is a diverse point and click adventure game that handles subjects with a deft hand, but stumbles over the tiniest pebble in the road.
