I had to rent a full sized CAT bulldozer just to move the elephant in the "Review Room" for this game. Why do half these 5 star reviews read so weirdly, Like "yup game good, models good, dev is actually the best on the planet, 5/5 for the thought provoking things." and then middle to lower starts actually give an explanation as to what is wrong with this game? Kinda Sus...
I want to get an honest opinion out of the way early so people who are skimming can move on with their lives. If you think the models are good looking than just for the love of good download a save file and look through the collection gallery while skipping dialog. The brain cells you save will thank me. Anyways on with it!
Well in fitting with rest I have a low review so let's talk about it. Part 1: The main girl and her first "pUzZle". It's always a good sign when half the people who download your game have to ask the forums how to get past the first puzzle and you proceed to never update it in 4 years. Spoilers, its borderline impossible to complete without an explanation. A 4 digit key code on no joke the other side of the explorable map is found on the exact opposite side with no connection whatsoever. Even worse it's hidden on 1 of 15 viewable pictures barely even noticeable to the human eye. That's the first hurdle you run into and the game does not improve from there. Every puzzle you run into from that point now has the possibility for the answer to be on the box of cereal you ate last month.
So many "real" reviews hit on it but the story and dialogue is more of an infliction or an active wound then anything remotely nearing enjoyable. Interactable things in the environment lower your out of game IQ when you click on them. EI: Window > Click > Character walks 30 seconds to the back of the room. > Text pops up. > "Window..." This happens for everything for some reason. But surely there's a cheeky review pointing out people just didn't know about "Space Bar" showing you interactable and what you should click on!? That would be useful... If it didn't bug on and break in half the rooms you go into.
So why the 2 stars? The renders and scenes, although painfully vanilla and riddled with dialogue that make your eyes bleed, are actually nice to look at. Also why the fuck is this game 15gb??
I want to get an honest opinion out of the way early so people who are skimming can move on with their lives. If you think the models are good looking than just for the love of good download a save file and look through the collection gallery while skipping dialog. The brain cells you save will thank me. Anyways on with it!
Well in fitting with rest I have a low review so let's talk about it. Part 1: The main girl and her first "pUzZle". It's always a good sign when half the people who download your game have to ask the forums how to get past the first puzzle and you proceed to never update it in 4 years. Spoilers, its borderline impossible to complete without an explanation. A 4 digit key code on no joke the other side of the explorable map is found on the exact opposite side with no connection whatsoever. Even worse it's hidden on 1 of 15 viewable pictures barely even noticeable to the human eye. That's the first hurdle you run into and the game does not improve from there. Every puzzle you run into from that point now has the possibility for the answer to be on the box of cereal you ate last month.
So many "real" reviews hit on it but the story and dialogue is more of an infliction or an active wound then anything remotely nearing enjoyable. Interactable things in the environment lower your out of game IQ when you click on them. EI: Window > Click > Character walks 30 seconds to the back of the room. > Text pops up. > "Window..." This happens for everything for some reason. But surely there's a cheeky review pointing out people just didn't know about "Space Bar" showing you interactable and what you should click on!? That would be useful... If it didn't bug on and break in half the rooms you go into.
So why the 2 stars? The renders and scenes, although painfully vanilla and riddled with dialogue that make your eyes bleed, are actually nice to look at. Also why the fuck is this game 15gb??