This one's hard to classify. Yes, some of the jokes are juvenile, the art direction can certainly be questioned, and the less-than-saintly characterization of the archangels is going to raise an awful lot of eyebrows. And yet...
If you stick with this one through to the end, you may get to watch as the leads text about reviving a defunct restaurant chain, or making a getaway on a caper in Paris, or keeping an uneasy eye on the Pentagon as a self-aware AI announces itself to the world...and those aren't the only stories. Not to mention that each main story has its own subplot. And if you opt to give the game a second or third playthrough, well, I won't spoil it, but...you SHOULD try this more than once.
The writers did their homework. That part is obvious. I could nitpick a bit on how they wrote Raphael (and, seriously, what's with the hair?!), but for the most part, the characterizations are fairly close to what you might expect: even Gabriel's veritable "It's Pat" act isn't entirely unsupported.
So what exactly does that add up to? Well, the app works as it should, so technically, it's fine. The writing is imaginative, yet still backed up with shown work. And there's some replay value, too. The artwork, on balance, is good enough to be the icing on the cake.
So while I can't honestly give this a tepid five stars, I can certainly give it an enthusiastic four. It does what it says, and if you like the subject matter, there's much to enjoy.
