I gotta say, Weird World is an excellent writer. Perhaps I'm a bit biased because I love everything about the universe he's built, but man is it great. So many little details that I don't even see in triple A games, let alone adult or indie. Let there be known, there will be some spoilers. Just skim past it if you don't like it, I'm too lazy to bother adding the little pocket tab.
The porn for those that wish to indulge is there, and might I say, at first I didn't really care for it. But as Weird World gets better and better in regards to everything, so does the porn. Whether that be art, dialogue, or how it plays out; there is a noticeable difference. And an a part I nearly forgot to mention, as far as I can recall, there are only 2 unavoidable sex scenes in the entire game. So if you just want to play the game for the sake of the storytelling, action, or concept, you can pretty much do that.
The art is amazing, a lot of people don't take into account that hand drawn is good. It shows the love put into something, especially considering it's done by one person. And while it may not be for everyone, I think it fits the given genre of action and storytelling. Could you imagine the action scenes or any of the uniquely identifiable characters portrayed by DAZ models? I don't think so.
The action, my favorite point by far, and by god is it good, and it always gets better and better! I swear, going back and looking at the fight with Kenny looks like child's play to the fight with Valravan, quite literally feeling like something straight out of a shonen manga. Whether it's seeing the military try to fuck shit up, or Michael hunting Thor all by his lonesome, it's a beautiful thing that I just don't see from playable anime or action anything.
The writing is probably the best part if I'm trying to be unbiased. As far as I'm concerned, it hasn't really changed in quality as far as the beginning to v0.92. I feel Weird World has always had a plan, and that plan is foreshadowed throughout the game constantly. Be it subtly hinted at in dialogue, or even being showed in dead ends; yeah, not just game over, but cool lore drops that you can actually miss if you don't fail. So far, I don't believe we've seen any plot holes, and that's pretty crazy considering how much mainstream subjects have that issue so prevalent with a full team of proofreaders and writers.
The characters are interesting. I use that term because I've never really had one character that's been showcased that I didn't actually hate hearing or reading about. Even some of the less notable characters like Alaric (I believe that's his name, Tiffany's betrothed) while generic; aren't completely hateable, you understand why he is the way he is and that's fine. The main cast is always interesting, and has a lot of secrets or info that even now we just don't know about. They have a past, a middle, and a current (sometimes an end) that just makes them fun to read; no matter how much you don't care about said characters, the info is always there to delve into, rather than be jammed down your throat (i.e villain backstory cliche, don't mention Klaus, we were killing him, and we all know how that works).
The game genre, it's a choice based Visual Novel. That is very hard to do, no matter how big it small the company or person makes it. It's noticeable here, it's noticeable in triple A, not much you can do about it. But I gotta say, Weird World does a phenomenal job, considering it's just them. Entire teams of writers and developers struggle to find a basis of which they can make a linear story, without branching too far off from the choices that are made. If they did make every little choice mean something, you would have THE BIGGEST ANYTHING imaginable, in fact, it could be considered endless even. And that thought process is just not going to happen, you have to substitute it with either dead ends, like Weird World does, or little to no impact. Now what I do like about Weird World's work, is that most choices are dialogue based, meaning you get to shape your character, rather than change the story itself and elements you can't control. I would assume more choices will be given based on how much stronger you become, while also sticking to a linear path, as Dr. Xanthe said, "The more people we have at level 5, the more there are to keep each other in check." (or something along those lines, you get the gist). It's a good way to go about it, and Weird World seems to do their best in leveling the impact of choices (i.e sparing Danica and Jake), whether those choices will make any noticable paths in the future; who knows, up to them.
These are 2 sidepoints to finish off this monologue, I'll probably submit this as a review after I edit out the spoilers.
A. The music- it's royalty free, but it's not the over used dogma you hear in every single adult game. There was even one in the sewer fight (some of you know the one) where I found myself jammin out while beating some ass! But what I really wanted to point out was that it fits, all of it fits. There was never really a time where I felt like I didn't like the music in the background for a given scenario (minus maybe that one with the small singing in the background, hard to read in my head when someone is telling me something like, "no you the man...DoodODOdoDodoDoDOdooo~" (y'all know the one) But that's all I wanted to comment on.
B. The Main Character, I feel like he's just built to be you, maybe that's just me but the way he responds and acts regardless of how you're trying to play him just fits. He's nonchalant, neutral, and that's GREAT! One of my biggest pet peeves in SOME games, is that I have to follow a certain persona or choices don't really matter because this character would never do this; it's already been laid out. But with this MC you really get to shape him into an absolute fucking MONSTER or a passive and sweet gentle giant. It's crazy, and I love it for that.
That's all I had to say, this probably belongs as a review rather than a comment but fuck you, I don't care. Read it, don't read it, it matters not. I just wanted to share my thoughts on the subject to potentially share the memories with some fans like myself, or bring potential new blood into the discussion. Have a good one guys!~
