I'd recommend janky amateur garbage like Velaya or Returning before Odyssey.
I can agree with Velaya, but I personally wouldn't recommend Returning. Tried playing a few different versions as they were coming out, but always gave up. It's not just the gameplay, but from what I played, the story it added felt like some bad, teenage fanfiction.
Can totally recommend Wanderer though. Tried playing it with a dictionary when it first came out (because it was Gothic with guns) and shit was great even though I couldn't understand anything.