Las Gorditas 2 [Final] [SpicyDesu]
English Review
Okay, so obviously this is a sequel to the first game, and that means that it is significantly more ambitious. There's definitely a lot added, and while you could argue that not a lot of what it added was really that great, it did certainly add a lot. The first game was a very short visual novel where there was one gameplay element/missable scene (two if you count the first game soft-locking you for not smoking weed) where you were asked to remember something, and then 2 seconds later, you were asked what it was. For the sequel game, they’ve doubled the gameplay! Which means now, instead of being asked to remember something for 2 seconds, you get asked to remember something, and then you get an entire scene, and then you get asked to remember what it was. So it's hypothetically possible that some people have genuinely messed this one up instead of doing it out of curiosity. (Once again, giving the wrong answer doesn't mean you get any new scenes or anything, it just means you don't get the associated sex scene.) This happens twice! We also have diverging paths for the very first time! Which is to say that on your day off, you have the option to help Carnitas, and if you do, you get a sex scene with her. If you don't, instead, you get a sex scene with Fajitas and one of the annoying characters gets car bombed, so there's an actual choice as to whether or not you would prefer to have sex with the better fish taco sister or whether you want to have sex with the worse fish taco sister, but an annoying side character also dies. As for the actual story and content, I will say that this is one of the first games on here to make me feel genuinely old, so that's cool. For the actual plot, I would say that it's extremely meme-oriented if that makes sense. If that sounds up your alley, it's probably perfect for you. If that sounds kind of like a slog, you will not enjoy it. This means that the actual plot of the game is based mostly on subversions and characters who are annoying who are meant to be annoying. For example, the opening of the game is Miso getting arrested for mysterious reasons and everyone is super upset and also the cartel starts demanding money so you're clearly at a very very low moment and it's very dramatic and you seem to be in deep trouble with no way out, and then to start the next chapter they reveal, “Actually it was just for shoplifting and she just had to pay the $5 and also the cartel have decided to leave us alone because Kimchi prayed to Goku”. So the joke is the swerve. This is interrupted by iconic characters like El Farto (He's like a Bart Simpson silhouette but like gross perverted weeb and the game constantly comments on how unpleasant he is to talk to because he is unpleasant to talk to but I don't think that being self aware of that makes me any happier), the ugly prostitute with the bad personality, and the obnoxious guy that shows up to fish tacos stand to ask for cheeseburgers and then calls you gay and then it turns out his entire personality is asking for incorrect items at food trucks. There's a guy who ruined his entire life by shitting himself, and you get to help him get a massive penis by answering one question correctly or incorrectly. It doesn’t matter; things just happen. You also run into Natto (He was your government handler for the last game which is why you started working at the Taco Stand, because allegedly Miso was selling drugs and that was important enough to put an undercover agent in but then you never did any undercover cop stuff and quit immediately and I'm pretty sure that Miso just smokes sometimes and that's about it. I don't know why this warranted a massive undercover operation.) Anyway, he says that you quitting ruined his life, and then he threatens you and he isn't even drawn intentionally ugly so you know he's serious and not just a meme and then to start the next chapter he's apparently told all of the girls that you're a Fed and they're all devastated and betrayed and ask you to leave and not come back and then you get a sad walk through the rain until you get told by the fish taco lady that you should just go back and apologize to them (Again I don't think that you really did anything. Like what are you apologizing for? You did zero undercover work you just worked for them and immediately quit your job as a Fed). And then in the second dramatic fake out of the game, it's revealed that none of them actually care that much, and you're totally fine, yay! The joke is the swerve. It's a meme game. I don't know what to tell you. There is something rather charming about it, but I will also say not exactly my cup of tea.
As for the content and characters, there are now six girls, and the biggest issue is that I don't think that the game focuses very much on any of them. In the first game, the three women had pretty basic personalities, and that stays the same here. Kimchi is the nice golden retriever one with a bubbly personality that you end up sort of dating. Miso is the lazy stoner who constantly dips and shirks her work responsibilities. Kombucha is the loving and kind mother character who wants sex sometimes. As for the new fish taco stand characters: Carnitas is the nice golden retriever one with a bubbly personality that was fat once and was besties with Kimchi. Fajitas is the lazy stoner who constantly dips and shirks her work responsibilities. And Horchata is the STRICT and IMTIMIDATING mother character who wants sex sometimes. Horchata gets the most focus and is the most different character, but again, only one scene each, and that’s it, six in total. Like obviously, it would be nice if each girl got two or three scenes, but really, there's one scene for each of them. It very much leaves you wanting more. Overall, I still think the art is good, and if a meme Mexican food truck game sounds like something you would enjoy, then you're definitely going to enjoy it. Just turn your brain off for a little bit, and you'll have a good time with it. Either that or use the skip function for everything except the sex scenes, and you should be okay.
Reseña de Español
Bueno, en la reseña anterior de español, principalmente me quejé del arco del Torneo de Poder de Dragon Ball Super, y voy a ser completamente honesto contigo, aquí voy a seguir haciendo lo mismo. Realmente no saqué todas mis opiniones. Pero antes de continuar, se me olvidó mencionar en la reseña en inglés que sí me gustó cómo le dieron un poco más de personalidad al Nigel Thornberry mexicano en este juego. Eso estuvo bastante chido. Otra vez, el primer juego se sintió como una prueba de concepto, y este también se siente muy incompleto, pero de una forma diferente. Es difícil de explicar, pero realmente da la sensación de que debía haber más aquí, y por alguna razón no lo hay. No sé, espero que el artista esté bien. Estaba mejorando a una velocidad alarmante, así que no sé qué pasó.
Pudiéramos haber tenido un montón de enfrentamientos chidos y tipos de peleas diferentes, no solo 1v1, pero casi no le echaron ganas en eso. Si ves toda la saga, no solo los mejores momentos, vas a acabar viendo el celular varias veces. El concepto está padrísimo y pudieron haberlo hecho mil veces mejor. Y bueno, Jiren tuvo una entrada y un diseño bien cool. Tenía aura y misterio, pero entre más salía más lo echaban a perder, volviéndolo genérico y medio aburrido. Al final creo que ya casi a nadie le importa Jiren, lo cual está gacho porque cuando salió era un súper boom, para ponerlo en fundas de celular y fondos. Ahora básicamente es un meme con una historia súper genérica. Y la animación… pues no fue la gran cosa. Sí tiene momentos muy buenos, pero ve cualquier toma del público: o sea, muchos cortes al campo de batalla completo, animación medio fea con estelas sónicas encima para que parezca que pasa algo cuando realmente no pasa nada. Le recortas como el 60% y queda un arco muchísimo mejor. Cuando revisito DBZ, veo Vegeta, Namek y Cell bastante seguido (saltándome el relleno. ¿Para qué queríamos el Namek falso?), y hasta veo Broly y Zamasu varias veces. Pero el ToP no lo revisito; solo veo clips y recopilaciones. No debería ser así. Y lo raro es que el anime salió mejor que el manga. Sé que soy un ñoño por leer el manga, pero el anime salió primero y estaba mejor escrito. Jiren tiene un poquito más de personalidad ahí, pero es lo único. Y pues eso, no lo odio; solo me importa y quisiera que hubiera sido mejor. Se siente mucho como Super en general: buenos momentos con muchísimo potencial perdido.
English Review
Okay, so obviously this is a sequel to the first game, and that means that it is significantly more ambitious. There's definitely a lot added, and while you could argue that not a lot of what it added was really that great, it did certainly add a lot. The first game was a very short visual novel where there was one gameplay element/missable scene (two if you count the first game soft-locking you for not smoking weed) where you were asked to remember something, and then 2 seconds later, you were asked what it was. For the sequel game, they’ve doubled the gameplay! Which means now, instead of being asked to remember something for 2 seconds, you get asked to remember something, and then you get an entire scene, and then you get asked to remember what it was. So it's hypothetically possible that some people have genuinely messed this one up instead of doing it out of curiosity. (Once again, giving the wrong answer doesn't mean you get any new scenes or anything, it just means you don't get the associated sex scene.) This happens twice! We also have diverging paths for the very first time! Which is to say that on your day off, you have the option to help Carnitas, and if you do, you get a sex scene with her. If you don't, instead, you get a sex scene with Fajitas and one of the annoying characters gets car bombed, so there's an actual choice as to whether or not you would prefer to have sex with the better fish taco sister or whether you want to have sex with the worse fish taco sister, but an annoying side character also dies. As for the actual story and content, I will say that this is one of the first games on here to make me feel genuinely old, so that's cool. For the actual plot, I would say that it's extremely meme-oriented if that makes sense. If that sounds up your alley, it's probably perfect for you. If that sounds kind of like a slog, you will not enjoy it. This means that the actual plot of the game is based mostly on subversions and characters who are annoying who are meant to be annoying. For example, the opening of the game is Miso getting arrested for mysterious reasons and everyone is super upset and also the cartel starts demanding money so you're clearly at a very very low moment and it's very dramatic and you seem to be in deep trouble with no way out, and then to start the next chapter they reveal, “Actually it was just for shoplifting and she just had to pay the $5 and also the cartel have decided to leave us alone because Kimchi prayed to Goku”. So the joke is the swerve. This is interrupted by iconic characters like El Farto (He's like a Bart Simpson silhouette but like gross perverted weeb and the game constantly comments on how unpleasant he is to talk to because he is unpleasant to talk to but I don't think that being self aware of that makes me any happier), the ugly prostitute with the bad personality, and the obnoxious guy that shows up to fish tacos stand to ask for cheeseburgers and then calls you gay and then it turns out his entire personality is asking for incorrect items at food trucks. There's a guy who ruined his entire life by shitting himself, and you get to help him get a massive penis by answering one question correctly or incorrectly. It doesn’t matter; things just happen. You also run into Natto (He was your government handler for the last game which is why you started working at the Taco Stand, because allegedly Miso was selling drugs and that was important enough to put an undercover agent in but then you never did any undercover cop stuff and quit immediately and I'm pretty sure that Miso just smokes sometimes and that's about it. I don't know why this warranted a massive undercover operation.) Anyway, he says that you quitting ruined his life, and then he threatens you and he isn't even drawn intentionally ugly so you know he's serious and not just a meme and then to start the next chapter he's apparently told all of the girls that you're a Fed and they're all devastated and betrayed and ask you to leave and not come back and then you get a sad walk through the rain until you get told by the fish taco lady that you should just go back and apologize to them (Again I don't think that you really did anything. Like what are you apologizing for? You did zero undercover work you just worked for them and immediately quit your job as a Fed). And then in the second dramatic fake out of the game, it's revealed that none of them actually care that much, and you're totally fine, yay! The joke is the swerve. It's a meme game. I don't know what to tell you. There is something rather charming about it, but I will also say not exactly my cup of tea.
As for the content and characters, there are now six girls, and the biggest issue is that I don't think that the game focuses very much on any of them. In the first game, the three women had pretty basic personalities, and that stays the same here. Kimchi is the nice golden retriever one with a bubbly personality that you end up sort of dating. Miso is the lazy stoner who constantly dips and shirks her work responsibilities. Kombucha is the loving and kind mother character who wants sex sometimes. As for the new fish taco stand characters: Carnitas is the nice golden retriever one with a bubbly personality that was fat once and was besties with Kimchi. Fajitas is the lazy stoner who constantly dips and shirks her work responsibilities. And Horchata is the STRICT and IMTIMIDATING mother character who wants sex sometimes. Horchata gets the most focus and is the most different character, but again, only one scene each, and that’s it, six in total. Like obviously, it would be nice if each girl got two or three scenes, but really, there's one scene for each of them. It very much leaves you wanting more. Overall, I still think the art is good, and if a meme Mexican food truck game sounds like something you would enjoy, then you're definitely going to enjoy it. Just turn your brain off for a little bit, and you'll have a good time with it. Either that or use the skip function for everything except the sex scenes, and you should be okay.
Reseña de Español
Bueno, en la reseña anterior de español, principalmente me quejé del arco del Torneo de Poder de Dragon Ball Super, y voy a ser completamente honesto contigo, aquí voy a seguir haciendo lo mismo. Realmente no saqué todas mis opiniones. Pero antes de continuar, se me olvidó mencionar en la reseña en inglés que sí me gustó cómo le dieron un poco más de personalidad al Nigel Thornberry mexicano en este juego. Eso estuvo bastante chido. Otra vez, el primer juego se sintió como una prueba de concepto, y este también se siente muy incompleto, pero de una forma diferente. Es difícil de explicar, pero realmente da la sensación de que debía haber más aquí, y por alguna razón no lo hay. No sé, espero que el artista esté bien. Estaba mejorando a una velocidad alarmante, así que no sé qué pasó.
Pudiéramos haber tenido un montón de enfrentamientos chidos y tipos de peleas diferentes, no solo 1v1, pero casi no le echaron ganas en eso. Si ves toda la saga, no solo los mejores momentos, vas a acabar viendo el celular varias veces. El concepto está padrísimo y pudieron haberlo hecho mil veces mejor. Y bueno, Jiren tuvo una entrada y un diseño bien cool. Tenía aura y misterio, pero entre más salía más lo echaban a perder, volviéndolo genérico y medio aburrido. Al final creo que ya casi a nadie le importa Jiren, lo cual está gacho porque cuando salió era un súper boom, para ponerlo en fundas de celular y fondos. Ahora básicamente es un meme con una historia súper genérica. Y la animación… pues no fue la gran cosa. Sí tiene momentos muy buenos, pero ve cualquier toma del público: o sea, muchos cortes al campo de batalla completo, animación medio fea con estelas sónicas encima para que parezca que pasa algo cuando realmente no pasa nada. Le recortas como el 60% y queda un arco muchísimo mejor. Cuando revisito DBZ, veo Vegeta, Namek y Cell bastante seguido (saltándome el relleno. ¿Para qué queríamos el Namek falso?), y hasta veo Broly y Zamasu varias veces. Pero el ToP no lo revisito; solo veo clips y recopilaciones. No debería ser así. Y lo raro es que el anime salió mejor que el manga. Sé que soy un ñoño por leer el manga, pero el anime salió primero y estaba mejor escrito. Jiren tiene un poquito más de personalidad ahí, pero es lo único. Y pues eso, no lo odio; solo me importa y quisiera que hubiera sido mejor. Se siente mucho como Super en general: buenos momentos con muchísimo potencial perdido.
