Right from the beginning, it's easy to see the extensive work and effort that make The Thaumaturge feel like players are stepping back into the 20th century. From the rough-looking, wet, and older-style buildings found in the countryside of the time, to the beginning of 1905 in Warsaw, developer Fool's Theory put a lot of effort into creating a lived-in, gritty, and believable world. That realism juxtaposed with the ethereal nature of the various demons found throughout, and the magic practiced by protagonist Wiktor Szulski creates a new sort of reality that could be almost believable in the real world.