It's an RPG which starts with a bit of a cliche -- a world-weary, alchoholic detective on a murder case. But beyond that premise, the game looks to be headed in totally fresh and interesting directions.
You have a sidekick, but the real members of your party are your inner voices, aspects of your personality. So at any given moment, one inner aspect might be perceiving a lead in the case, while another screams out for another drink, while a third insists on uttering a crude comment to a woman passing by. There are 24 of these inner voices, each named and each with a surreal visual representation.
https://zaumstudio.com/#features
Much like real life, these inner impulses compete with each other, making some choices easier and some more difficult -- even impossible.
When you level up, you choose which of these aspects of your personality to strengthen. Most contain both advantages and disadvantages.
Furthermore, over time, your decisions coalesce into formal "Thoughts." (I think I would have used the word "Ideas.") There are about 50 of them, with a limit on how many a character can hold at a time. Each of these also contains both advantages and disadvantages.
https://zaumstudio.com/devblog/
The game is open world and massive and all original -- no cookie cutter repetition. Visually, in my opinion, this game (at least the little bits I have seen) puts all computer gaming to shame, but then I may have unusual tastes -- this looks more like a painting than a movie wannabe.
Some people might not like it because it contains so much text. Massive amounts of text. Discussions of the game keep turning to Planescape Torment, but more so.
Some might not like it because it does not fit neatly into any existing box. I am always surprised at the extent to which fellow gamers start with a label like 4X or JRPG or whatever, and then evaluate the game by how completely said game ticks the required boxes for that genre. For such people, a game like this is going to be an affront.
And although there is some violence in the game, fighting is not front and center, it not the primary method of gaining experience, and it does not play out the way it does in pretty much all RPGs; you can forget about roaming around piling up XP by killing off roaming mobs and bosses.
However, to my eye, this game looks awesome beyond awesome. So much promise. More than any game I can remember, you really get to roleplay. You can try to be a hero or an ass or anything in between, and the limiting factors are mainly your own frailties and the general apathy of the world towards your endeavors. You can do your job or become a homeless addict or wander the massive city... which is kind of a 70s alternate universe which is still suffering from past political violence.
), I just waited for a sale, which came last week with those Epic coupons. I paid around $8 I think. 
