Despite the clunky gameplay and being a game mostly revolved on audios it's something amazing. Mindblowing as expected with Lain. Both her and the counselor are great characters and witnessing (or listening) their evolving relationship and descent to madness is the big highlight of the game. The voice acting is really good too. I recommend psx Lain a lot, especially to Serial Experiments Lain anime fans, I believe both works are complementary despite having wildly different plots
I find this game (if you can even call it that) so unusual and dense that I don't really know how to talk about properly. It really shook my heart and made me feel a certain way even if I didn't entirely understand what was going on. I'm still sort of reeling from the experience. Lain PSX presents a lot of existential questions and scenarios that I found deeply moving and disturbing at times. With how intimate the diaries and files are in this game, Lain and Touko come across to me as some of the most believable and human characters I've seen in a game. It really showcases how profoundly loneliness and isolation can affect a person's mind, especially a child growing up. The game makes a lot of use of psychiatric terminology to go about this. It clearly feels very well researched. Never gonna forget this game.
If you love the anime, I urge you to play this game. If you love the game, I urge you to watch the anime. Many of their themes and ideas are tightly intertwined and certain concepts that are mentioned or can be inferenced in one medium are expanded or elaborated upon in the other. The two are definitely most rich when experienced hand in hand.
If you love the anime, I urge you to play this game. If you love the game, I urge you to watch the anime. Many of their themes and ideas are tightly intertwined and certain concepts that are mentioned or can be inferenced in one medium are expanded or elaborated upon in the other. The two are definitely most rich when experienced hand in hand.
A fractured story told through audio logs, diary entries, and the occasional short video clip. It tackles similar themes to the anime of identity, memory, and mental illness, but in a much more directly psychological fashion, with less of the tangents into the outright weird and conspiratorial. It's a more personal story, diving into the minds of its two main characters as they, and their relationship, evolve over time.
I consider this an essential experience not just for Lain fans, but fans of psychological media in general.
I consider this an essential experience not just for Lain fans, but fans of psychological media in general.
I dont know what else I could say about this game besides the fact that I adore the light it shines on mental illness and the help you can recieve for dealing with said illnesses through the protagonist of Lain herself. By the end while it did worsen my mental health I cant help but appreciate what the game set out to do
While I think it's an absolutely untraditional game that won't appeal to everyone, those who are willing to explore it and give it a chance will find one of the most mind-bending narratives in a video game...and it's kind of one of my favorite anime games out there (which frankly isn't saying much as I've only touched the Fullmetal Alchemist games on PS2 and this.)
If you liked the anime and wanted more Lain and are willing to put up with some very unconventional game design...I'd say it's worth it. You can play it for free here: https://3d.laingame.net/#/
If you liked the anime and wanted more Lain and are willing to put up with some very unconventional game design...I'd say it's worth it. You can play it for free here: https://3d.laingame.net/#/