Calling this a game is a bit of a stretch. I think this is the only "game" that I ever bought that I ended up deleting from my console and even my Backloggery. At least it teaches me once again that buying physical games is always the best option, you can always resell it, although there wasn't much of an option here at the time. Anyway, I don't get it. What is the gameplay here? What am ICalling this a game is a bit of a stretch. I think this is the only "game" that I ever bought that I ended up deleting from my console and even my Backloggery. At least it teaches me once again that buying physical games is always the best option, you can always resell it, although there wasn't much of an option here at the time. Anyway, I don't get it. What is the gameplay here? What am I missing?! Again, I really don't get it. The only time I felt like I was playing a game was actually when I played the retro-themed game on the computer, inside the game, which again, I don't see as a game at all. It's just a bunch of tedious dialogue, usually, teenagers whining about first world problems or being selfish. The characters are not likable, they got no charisma and none of them appeal to me at all. The game itself is very boring. I hate to repeat myself here, but there is no game. Okay, so the mini-games showed up, and they sucked big time. I found none of the mini-games to be fun or appealing. And I remember exactly when I stopped. It was when the gay character started whining to me over and over about his relationship, his low self-esteem, and depression, and I didn't even know what was the point he was trying to make. I felt annoyed and wanted to get away from him. Then we went on to play a minigame on which we stabbed each other's hands repeatedly... I mean, who does that? Someone who is sick in the head. I felt disturbed, and not in a good way.
I bought the game because of its beautiful art style and it has that going for it, hence why I don't give it an absolute zero score. It is beautiful. If it had a good plot, I would consider playing it just for the story, but it doesn't. Judging by the many positive reviews, it did appeal to many people. And I respect that, I'm glad you had fun and enjoyed the game, I reckon everyone has different tastes. But at the end of the day, this is my review and for me, this game did nothing at all and I didn't like it one bit. I felt very disappointed because I was in the mood to play something completely different, but this is not what I had in mind. I really wish this game appealed to me because the art style is so great and I really wanted to like it. I really tried to. But like many other games, you can't just focus on good graphics and art style, then expect it to hold everything together without good gameplay to go with it. Look at games that have been popular in the past and present without relying on graphics, such as Minecraft, Fall Guys, and Among Us. Dead by Daylight is another example, the graphics aren't that great, but like the other games I mentioned, it has good and addicting gameplay. Because at the end of it all, the gameplay is what matters the most. And I found nothing here, just literally nothing that resembles good gameplay, or any gameplay at all, in my opinion. If I wanted to hear a good story (which is not the case here anyway) without playing much of anything, I would simply sit back, relax, and read a good novel.
Not that it has anything to do with the game or this review, but I'd like to mention briefly that reading about the development of this game and all the negativity surrounding it was very depressing and dark. And once again, I don't care which side you're on, politics in gaming always feels disingenuous, annoying, and downright unnecessary. You can't claim to hate capitalism while you're literally promoting and selling a product, it just sounds hypocritical and there's nothing to gain by taking such positions. I said it once and say it again: politics of any kind injected into anything is always going to alienate half the crowd, no matter what. That being said, I'd like to reiterate that those observations have no weight on whether I liked this game or not. I ain't like that. People you don't like make good stuff all the time. No, for me, it boils down to a beautiful art style and not much being done to turn it into an actual game, so it's a very low score from me.… Expand
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