Cav's Place

This is clearly intended to serve as the backstory for the game, not to be a novella to read on its own. Taken like that, as something that would belong in the manual of a game from those days, it definitely does its job and then some. But I didn’t read it because I’m just starting to play the game, so I’ll also review it as a regular novella or short story, in which case the impression it leaves is far poorer. While it can be somewhat engaging for the half an hour or so it may take to read, all the events and revelations it rushes through over such a brief span of time are basically just there to tick some boxes, and it may be said that this even applies to the one section where the author seems too determined to prove that he can use the sort of phrases that tend to be seen as typically belonging in books. So, again, do read it before playing the game, but don’t expect to be left with anything from it otherwise.

Rating: 2/5