Explore Olathe and its dark and twisted secrets with Lisa: The Definitive Edition, including the original story-driven RPG game Lisa: The Painful and its sequel Lisa: The Joyful
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Maybe it's because I"m coming off of Omori, a really narratively complex and starkly interesting game, but this feels a lot less genuine. At times it can feel like "torture porn." My reasoning behind this is that a lot of plot points are just left in the air, never to be addressed. There's a lot of plot holes like Yado's plan or the flash that are just used as vague setpieces or fake motivation. It feels like there's a lot of context just ripped out of this game and constant toying with all these sadistic and horrifying things but never really following through on them. It tells a decent story but it doesn't really say or do anything very profound.
This game sucks
Overall, these are excellent remasters of the LISA games. The core gameplay is still there with solid improvements and some quality of life. Both games have additional super bosses and added lore bits, which are super great for anyone revisiting the series.
Still just as good as back when I first played in 2016, and I was very happy to return to it all.
Still just as good as back when I first played in 2016, and I was very happy to return to it all.
This game is so sad and bleak, but so so funny. This is a game that understands that rpg battles can be difficult for reasons outside of the enemies having high health and attack.
as the buddy to a brad, joyful's ending made me cry in a way i haven't cried for a video game before. the game is definitely worth the hype. that said, i wish the new definitive edition stuff could've been unlocked through painless mode, as i 100% the og game and sometimes the rpg mechanics--while fun--can take a while. but maybe that's a me problem.
literally peak fiction