hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha i've been playing this without the fucking light spell because i apparently missed it in the warp maze and also there's a million things along the way and i also missed the bayohihihihi spell and also im meant to use up 3 spaces of my very limited inventory for it but also im meant to grind way more because apparently concussing arle for 5 levels straight to go fight schizo wasn't enough and i have to grind even more and more and more this game will ask for your soul your devotion your spirit and all your worldly possessions but it's not enough it's greed is astounding its avarice is bottomless you ask "how much until you are satisfied?" and you are only met with the cries of "more, you pitiful human" so you slave away and slam poor 16-year old arle nadja's head against the wall like a human piñata as she cries out in pain. you are dulled to the cruelty you are committing because the game doesn't care, the game just wants more and more violence it wants you to run arle through the mud it wants you to make her suffer the worst possible fates this game HATES you but it knows that it succeeds the enjoyable madou monogatari i so it believes it can get away with tearing at your sanity and savoring the chunks of lost time you will NEVER get back i feel nothing but emptiness as i stare at this god forsaken chain link fence that can only be bypassed by the bayohihihihihi spell that i missed somewhere around the way because this game fucking hates telling you shit and wants you to figure it out but also it hates that you try exploring so it goes out of it's way to make it GOD AWFUL to traverse. magic-draining tiles, slippery floors in dark rooms, fog rooms with FUCKING MINES ON THEM, incredibly convoluted warp tile mazes, the people who made this game hate you and think you must be the biggest sucker in the known universe that would willingly subject themselves to madou monogatari ii: 16-year old arle nadja. i feel so fucking bad for arle she can never catch a fucking break and i'm so glad she has a new home in puyo puyo because she can rest easy there and have a nice comfortable life with carbuncle and her friends where her biggest worry is trying to find a way to have fun because its so much better than here where she has to suffer and bash her head against a wall in order to summons scyllas that poison her and then you have to drag your ass through the stair prompt say no then go buy an antidote herb from that snail motherfucker who is ripping you off just to cure the poison only for you to have to go back through the stair prompt because if arle gets a concussion on the same tile as yoyoyo she summons the bastard again and you have to wait for his humdeedoo ass to slither his way into frame before you say "no i don't want your shit" but then he tries to sleaze you into buying something by saying "cmooon i got good deals" but clearly he doesn't realize that no means no so you have to remind him and show him the shape of italy through a practical exercise and then you have to repeat the process OVER AND OVER AGAIN JUST SO YOU CAN GET PAST THE BS FIGHT THAT IS SCHIZO THAT JUST SHOWS UP AGAIN AND AGAIN WHY THE HELL DOES HE SHOW UP SO MUCH AND WITHOUT WARNING if i was playing without rewind or save states i think i would've preferred a bullet to the mouth because what the fuck were the devs thinking trying to make such a convoluted system where you just stack diacute spells over and over but tough shit if you miss! but you're gonna get fucked because the monsters can just fucking steal your shit and leave because why not and you can't do shit about it get fucked this game hates you your entire bloodline and it even hates you, the reader. i cannot explain why such a hateful game even came into being it's nature is paracausal in nature no sane human being could have possibly created this necronomicon in the form of a game gear rom cartridge there is no scientific explanation as to how one game has managed to illicit such a painful response yet it kept dragging me in despite all the bullshit despite it all but the fucking backtracking broke me because i cannot DO this anymore i cannot stand any more abuse from this game i've had enough i will stand my ground and say no. i have had enough madou monogatari ii. your threats mean nothing to me and you will sit in my openemu library in shame of your actions.

So, yeah. It's better than Overwatch 2 at the very least.

Colorblindness Rating: A?
By the time I dropped the game, there were some colored gems. Presumably the same ones in the Carbuncle diagram which aren't really complicated but this is a tentative rating since I don't know if there is a legitimate problem or not with these gemstones but at the same time I am not willing to stick around any longer to find out because I am able to recognize toxic relationships with games and I only have room for one of those in my life and that's Destiny 2 thank you very much.

Good night.