This game is a plague upon my mind. Every few months I'll think about it and doubt it could be as bad as I remember and I'll get about 20 minutes in before it starts coming back and I wonder if a brain tumor is causing these temporary memory blockages.
Before I tear into it, lemme talk about what it has going for it. The art can be flat sometimes, but character/outfit design is on point. It's definitely the game's strong suit. The combat is 'puzzle-ish', which is preferable to standard rpg grinding, and the first minigame is fun, but they decline in quality past that.
Well I tried to be positive, not very hard, but I tried. Anyways, now for the reason I decided to write this review in the first place, the characters, or more specifically, the villains. The two protagonists, Ash and Meg, are fiiiinnnnne, but the villains fail completely at being interesting or engaging. They'll always make time to tell you how untouchable they are, or how little they care. Well ditto, bitch. If you don't care I don't care either. They can all be boiled down to whichever fetish they fulfill, which personally I find it hard for my fetishes to be fulfilled by cinder blocks with an assortment of bdsm gear taped to them.
Lost in Laminate is similar in content compared to 3072 and while Lost in Laminate lacks in original artwork, it more than makes up for it in writing. You get immersed in the setting and the culture of Torei. More to the point, you understand why characters are powerful or important, what they want both in general and from you personally. The a.i., who doesn't have a single line of dialog, commands more fear and respect than any of 3072's motivationally-challenged villainesses.
Back on topic to the game itself, it shows a less than rudimentary understanding of anatomy that could be solved by a quick google search. Completely unrelated, but did you know that there's a fluid in your inner ear that uses gravity and a collection of nerves to keep your balance and also BLOW-UP DOLLS AREN'T ACCURATE REPRESENTATIONS OF THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM.
Hopefully posting this review will remind me to never touch this game again.
Before I tear into it, lemme talk about what it has going for it. The art can be flat sometimes, but character/outfit design is on point. It's definitely the game's strong suit. The combat is 'puzzle-ish', which is preferable to standard rpg grinding, and the first minigame is fun, but they decline in quality past that.
Well I tried to be positive, not very hard, but I tried. Anyways, now for the reason I decided to write this review in the first place, the characters, or more specifically, the villains. The two protagonists, Ash and Meg, are fiiiinnnnne, but the villains fail completely at being interesting or engaging. They'll always make time to tell you how untouchable they are, or how little they care. Well ditto, bitch. If you don't care I don't care either. They can all be boiled down to whichever fetish they fulfill, which personally I find it hard for my fetishes to be fulfilled by cinder blocks with an assortment of bdsm gear taped to them.
Lost in Laminate is similar in content compared to 3072 and while Lost in Laminate lacks in original artwork, it more than makes up for it in writing. You get immersed in the setting and the culture of Torei. More to the point, you understand why characters are powerful or important, what they want both in general and from you personally. The a.i., who doesn't have a single line of dialog, commands more fear and respect than any of 3072's motivationally-challenged villainesses.
Back on topic to the game itself, it shows a less than rudimentary understanding of anatomy that could be solved by a quick google search. Completely unrelated, but did you know that there's a fluid in your inner ear that uses gravity and a collection of nerves to keep your balance and also BLOW-UP DOLLS AREN'T ACCURATE REPRESENTATIONS OF THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM.
Hopefully posting this review will remind me to never touch this game again.