Maybe The Real Devil Was the Friends We Made Along the Way
man this game seems like it was made from depths of hell itself now i get what they meant with that title
genuinely feel like this is great yall dont think the score means i didnt like it at all but i guess maybe it didnt land for me as much as i wanted to
this is a visual novel that clocks in at like 1 hour and honestly its kind of a breeze to go through due to some mostly interesting writing and fast paced narrative with something happening behind every single corner and even if you WERE getting bored the fucking industrial electro soundtrack will remind you that the devil is watching and wants a piece of your ass
the artstyle and music genuinely take the cake for most interesting artsy neo tumblr ism dark academia wicca people-who-scavenge-animal-bones-core and the characters have this sketchy style that somehow really suit and/or contrast the real life pictures put as a background for this disgustingly terroristic narrative and i swear to fucking god the soundtrack is pretty much the highlight here theres some bomb tunes here and there that sometimes dont even suit the scene at hand but you will be gripping at your chair because the fuck do you mean by this masterpiece i SHAT my fucking pants when this came on the very first time the fuck
so the story is absolutely out of my knowledge but the basic premise is 3 girls are hiding from the devil and in the meantime they could also develop some lesbianism on the way which is always a good addition to a plot if you ask me now if you come to me and ask so falco what do you think the story is about i would try to change the subject matter so fucking fast like i have NO idea the rampant christianity here and there is for me kind of a metaphor but when you get to the endings you go umh so what was this actually all about also theres different endings and i kind of enjoy the venus ending the most out of every one due to me loving angels if you played it yknow what im talking about so anyway the lore is completely hidden to me BUT i can say that i enjoyed the surface level interactions and little characterisation for each one of the cute gals so thats alright
cool stuff it gave me some hello charlotte / milk bag outside a bag milk whatever the fuck vibes so yknow whats up unfortunately it wasnt long enough for me to actually care for these characters or really let the story sink in so we are left with a nice little niche visual novel about the hardships of being LGBT in a heterosexual camping group
should i check out heaven will be mine i saw some people willing to nail their testicles to a wood chair instead of playing that game so should i start saying goodbye to my junk /gen
man this game seems like it was made from depths of hell itself now i get what they meant with that title
genuinely feel like this is great yall dont think the score means i didnt like it at all but i guess maybe it didnt land for me as much as i wanted to
this is a visual novel that clocks in at like 1 hour and honestly its kind of a breeze to go through due to some mostly interesting writing and fast paced narrative with something happening behind every single corner and even if you WERE getting bored the fucking industrial electro soundtrack will remind you that the devil is watching and wants a piece of your ass
the artstyle and music genuinely take the cake for most interesting artsy neo tumblr ism dark academia wicca people-who-scavenge-animal-bones-core and the characters have this sketchy style that somehow really suit and/or contrast the real life pictures put as a background for this disgustingly terroristic narrative and i swear to fucking god the soundtrack is pretty much the highlight here theres some bomb tunes here and there that sometimes dont even suit the scene at hand but you will be gripping at your chair because the fuck do you mean by this masterpiece i SHAT my fucking pants when this came on the very first time the fuck
so the story is absolutely out of my knowledge but the basic premise is 3 girls are hiding from the devil and in the meantime they could also develop some lesbianism on the way which is always a good addition to a plot if you ask me now if you come to me and ask so falco what do you think the story is about i would try to change the subject matter so fucking fast like i have NO idea the rampant christianity here and there is for me kind of a metaphor but when you get to the endings you go umh so what was this actually all about also theres different endings and i kind of enjoy the venus ending the most out of every one due to me loving angels if you played it yknow what im talking about so anyway the lore is completely hidden to me BUT i can say that i enjoyed the surface level interactions and little characterisation for each one of the cute gals so thats alright
cool stuff it gave me some hello charlotte / milk bag outside a bag milk whatever the fuck vibes so yknow whats up unfortunately it wasnt long enough for me to actually care for these characters or really let the story sink in so we are left with a nice little niche visual novel about the hardships of being LGBT in a heterosexual camping group
should i check out heaven will be mine i saw some people willing to nail their testicles to a wood chair instead of playing that game so should i start saying goodbye to my junk /gen
A killer soundtrack and art direction means that vibes are off the charts here, and the themes are super great too, but I couldn't really get much into the minutiae of the writing sadly. The dialogue's not terribly compelling to me and these characters just aren't really given enough time to shine, even going through all the endings. I don't know how exactly to describe it but this feels less focused on telling a story and more about communicating a message? It's hard to explain.
Still definitely liked overall, just not as much as I had hoped.
Still definitely liked overall, just not as much as I had hoped.
Interesting queer visual novel that reflects around themes of acceptance, freedom of personal expression, and social conventions that turn into judgmental actions and exclusion of those who appear to be different. The game structure requires you to make choices that subsequently result in the various endings and correspond to the exclusion of a scapegoat among the three main characters. However, it's only by managing not to exclude anyone that the true ending can be reached in which the true uniqueness of the game lies: only by refusing to play by the rules of the game and choosing, rejecting those who seem worse than we are we can all accept ourselves for who we really are, and be truly free from our own judgment and that of others.
vn games are far from my bread and butter but I enjoyed my first playthrough of this - the atmosphere is very potent, pairing stark polaroid backgrounds with a dark, pulsing synth soundtrack. the writing is good too, and the themes - while hard to fully grasp on first go - have a ghostly power to them that makes me want to come back again.
It is not often that games as short as this one can grab my attention as soon as I start playing. The oppressive atmosphere created by the game's haunting soundtrack and excellent writing quickly made me interested in what was about to happen. The number of themes such as faith, self-love, and depictions of the devil is done well and in a way, I haven't really seen a whole lot. These themes are also presented through an LGBTQ lens that adds even more subtext to the story that I am still unpacking for myself. Each of the four endings frightened me in a different way and gave me, even more, to think about as well as making me love the characters even more. It's hard to write a review for this game without spoiling the story so all I can really say is go play it. It's short, cheap, and will hopefully stick with you as much as it did me.