Sanctuaries. Secrets. Serious consequences. A solo-developed psychological horror/drama visual novel.
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The art and writing are impressive but it was like... painfully brutal. I don't want to spoil the ending but like, approach with massive caution.
Its like SO CLOSE to being incredible.... But ultimately I think it fails to synthesize its two plots(Magda's ostracization/alienation within the Haven and Nils imprisonment and exploitation at its very foundation.) Also, for a game called Bad Faith, religion is very noticeably absent in the Haven. Nils and her realm are treated very matter of factly, no one prays, the members fear "insanity" and not sin(I know they're essentially standing in for the same fear of social contagion). Its all very secular. Again, the game is called bad faith, you can't just not call out the evils of Christianity with a title like that. To compare it to another Vn about teen religious/social violence and angst. We Know the Devil, also not about the biblical god or satan, is much more honest about its themes than this.
2.5 stars but still you just cant go wrong with a murder fusion rebirth revenge fantasy.
2.5 stars but still you just cant go wrong with a murder fusion rebirth revenge fantasy.
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Really felt like this game was moving towards trying to work through the traumas of being raised in an environment where faith is used as a form of control. However, the direction that the second half goes really just ends up making most of those points hollow for the sake of a very very gory revenge fantasy.
Also like.....you can definitely write a story about how queerness is punished in certain religions.....but making it so you tease a wlw relationship and then resolve that relationship by having the protagonist kill the love interest......without much reason for doing so.....just really not great imo.
Super disappointed.
Also like.....you can definitely write a story about how queerness is punished in certain religions.....but making it so you tease a wlw relationship and then resolve that relationship by having the protagonist kill the love interest......without much reason for doing so.....just really not great imo.
Super disappointed.
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Overall, I enjoyed my time with Bad Faith a lot - the pacing is good and the artstyle is very nice
My main issue, and it's more of a me thing rather than the game doing anything wrong, is that I personally thought the story was going to be more of a mystery. I played the demo a few months back, which is like half the first act, and I felt like the story was going be about the covent hiding Nils and how they did it, and maybe conspiracies or something like that. Although I enjoyed it, and think the gorey torture scenes absolutely hit, I kinda didn't expect this to be a revenge fantasy plot
The only part of the story I felt was kinda underwhelming was the ending, since it just sorta...ends
My main issue, and it's more of a me thing rather than the game doing anything wrong, is that I personally thought the story was going to be more of a mystery. I played the demo a few months back, which is like half the first act, and I felt like the story was going be about the covent hiding Nils and how they did it, and maybe conspiracies or something like that. Although I enjoyed it, and think the gorey torture scenes absolutely hit, I kinda didn't expect this to be a revenge fantasy plot
The only part of the story I felt was kinda underwhelming was the ending, since it just sorta...ends