Left a lot to be desired! Short and bitter-sweet.
another steam game! this game is really good and gorgeous looking but its honestly so upsetting 😢
Depressing game.
good story
Heartbreaking, cried so hard
A very realistic scenario that happens to thousands of people every single year. Never forget to check up on the ones you love and be kind to others.
kk fiquei triste em 20 minutos, mas muito curto
Almost paradoxical how much this feels like a project started in the early COVID era but isn't.
Not that character-driven visual novels dealing with isolation/depression weren't dime a dozen even cutting it down to just the Western ones but the main crux of the story hinges on how 2 different people handle being mostly by themselves.
Your choices ultimately leading to very drastic outcomes is obviously overdone but it works for the very brief runtime, there's also a bit of a timeloop thing implied but I'm assuming that's just to incentivize multiple playthroughs since the first thing I instinctively went for caused definitely the worst result.
Evidently overhated as another le epic cringe video game about young people with their dumb slang in the tune of Life is Strange which is funny in this case because this one literally costs you nothing except half an hour at most and 50 MB.
I have to wonder what it is about games like this that keeps drawing in dolts that can't put down their guard for even a second or worse just preemptively decided what they'd think ahead of time, it'd be funny if it wasn't mostly sad.
Also possibly the only work that'll ever exist to say trans rights and namedrop Harry Potter, this actually could not have happened at any other time.
Not that character-driven visual novels dealing with isolation/depression weren't dime a dozen even cutting it down to just the Western ones but the main crux of the story hinges on how 2 different people handle being mostly by themselves.
Your choices ultimately leading to very drastic outcomes is obviously overdone but it works for the very brief runtime, there's also a bit of a timeloop thing implied but I'm assuming that's just to incentivize multiple playthroughs since the first thing I instinctively went for caused definitely the worst result.
Evidently overhated as another le epic cringe video game about young people with their dumb slang in the tune of Life is Strange which is funny in this case because this one literally costs you nothing except half an hour at most and 50 MB.
I have to wonder what it is about games like this that keeps drawing in dolts that can't put down their guard for even a second or worse just preemptively decided what they'd think ahead of time, it'd be funny if it wasn't mostly sad.
Also possibly the only work that'll ever exist to say trans rights and namedrop Harry Potter, this actually could not have happened at any other time.
Got two endings, it's a bittersweet story about life, death and caring for others. I liked it, the art is good too.
cute art style but the writing is quite overly simple and shallow leading to a lot of it feeling gratuitous
Gosto da ideia mas não gosto nem um pouco da execução, acho muito visual e muito explicito beirando a um grande desconforto.
Ham-fisted. Not the best descriptor for a game tackling a sensitive topic, yet here we are.
It hurts to not rate it higher, but I feel like it mishandles the theme at hand by being too melodramatic.
In a way, it becomes a bit problematic due to it.
In a way, it becomes a bit problematic due to it.
simple, but effective
Definitely a project that the creator put a lot into, and while yeah it's not groundbreaking storytelling, if it really is based on/inspired by real life then sometimes that's how it happens, you know? Would love to see the ideas expanded on into a larger project, but if that isn't the creator's goal then like I Get That. Love to see good character art regardless, though, I'm not gonna lie.
i will kill myself
A pretty sad hard-hitting story with interesting visuals that complimented the gameplay.
girl if u sing happy birthday at me one more time
It's not trying to be much, what It's trying to do it's excelling at, and it's a wonderful piece of art. Genuinely such a heartbreaking and warm game.
This review contains spoilers
a short story game about suicide, honestly got me thinking about a few things in life when I played it. Also, I loved the vibes at the beginning.
Yes this did make me cry
Missed Messages é uma visual novel que não arrisca ao tratar de temas como depressão e relacionamentos. Na verdade, ele é até bem mais do mesmo, mas realizado de forma de tão natural que mostra essas questões como realmente são, com a devida seriedade e sem artificialidades.
Através de uma boa narrativa, com ilustrações à mão e com um excelente trilha sonora, veja e entenda como as missed messages existem.
Através de uma boa narrativa, com ilustrações à mão e com um excelente trilha sonora, veja e entenda como as missed messages existem.
Comically short with terrifically bad endings that resemble an old AVGN bit. The 2016 memes and unintentionally funny voice-acting only compounded the hilarity, and left me entertained for all the wrong reasons. The true ending feels disingenuous and inorganic. Home run on the art, though!
The trigger warnings kind of undersell just how directly this deals with the issues in question.
"Oh hell yeah imaginary sex, here I come!" and then the thing happened
the idea is good but i feel like it could’ve been executed better. it’s really pretty though, and pretty touching
[Played on SteamDeck (playable), I didn't have any issues with it.]
The game gives a trigger warning that says "Warning: contains mentions of suicide and self-harm." Suicide and self-harm are not just "mentioned", a hanging body and open self-harm wounds are shown on screen depending on your route. The game is pretty and you can tell that this game is full of heart, I really want to recommend it but I just can't. I've played through every route and I just don't personally agree with how the themes are handled. I know there is no perfect way to handle these kinds of situations, and it's hard to portray such a complex topic in just 10-30 minutes, but I still can't in right mind recommend this game.
The game gives a trigger warning that says "Warning: contains mentions of suicide and self-harm." Suicide and self-harm are not just "mentioned", a hanging body and open self-harm wounds are shown on screen depending on your route. The game is pretty and you can tell that this game is full of heart, I really want to recommend it but I just can't. I've played through every route and I just don't personally agree with how the themes are handled. I know there is no perfect way to handle these kinds of situations, and it's hard to portray such a complex topic in just 10-30 minutes, but I still can't in right mind recommend this game.
This game isn't subtle about its message, to the extent that makes you deal first with the consequences, before really grant you the power to change the outcome, and I think is a good thing, because it really helps to put in perspective the problem and to show how simple actions can go a long way to help someone you love. Maybe can be too blunt to some (I also have my nitpicks here and there), but honestly, sometimes is better to simply speak about something instead of burring it under layers of metaphors or symbolism
Point and click game worth playing. Quite emotional too as I remember and it was fun exploring the different endings.
aesthetics were really really good too :D
aesthetics were really really good too :D
I thought that this tiny visual novel seemed to mean well, but it comes off as melodramatic at best and perhaps even problematic with how it handles sensitive issues. The game intentionally tricks and manipulates you on your first run-through to make its point, since you don't know what the main storyline is really supposed to be. This sort of material is told much, much better in other places. It is only about 20-25 minutes to see everything, though, so it won't take a lot of your time if you're curious.