How do you ruin a 'could have been good' game?
As far as the gameplay is concerned, I agree with everything Gamespot said (yeah, for the first time). Looks like Gamespot writes the truth only when reviewing Indie titles (just browse their review and judge yourself).
The game has interesting premise, and you feel excited about the fact that you can talk to the dead, and learning about the deceased before talking to their soul is an interesting concept.
Interesting yes, but the game fails to actually make the process fun. The whole thing feels like a chore. The worst part is that the world is so insanely static, linear and SMALL (really, the whole town can be covered on foot in less than 20 seconds) that you will feel like screaming after exploring the 'forests', the town itself or the graveyard. You end up with noting but another generic location which serves a purpose only when the game designer feels like it. Even then, serves as an another location to hit you with a terrible voice acting and a wall of text.
Now I don't hate reading. I spent ages going through Baldurs Gate, voice acting or no voice acting (infact, you shouldn't have a voice acting if you can't afford good voice actors). The problem is that there is nothing interesting in the dialogues, except the part about talking to the dead maybe. Even that part gets over really fast and is really unlike what you'd have imagined it in the first place (that is, not a chore).
What is funny is that this game has more interesting story than Devil may Cry 4 (which I have been playing recently), but fails in so many areas. Could have used more combat, more enemies, a 'living' world, more town people, more quests, more more more..
Oh and the models used are fine, but seem out of place because they are so clean and use blurry textures for some reason. Sound effects are terrible, so is voice acting, and the engine lighting sucks. Artist could have at least faked the normal mapping effects but the textures were just plan and terrible.
IN THE END:
4.0
I would recommend it since it's Indie but I won't recommend it because there is nothing interesting available in the end. You don't feel satisfied with the ending, you don't have the answers that you'd seek as a player (mainly, answers about the history of our hero).