Audio Companion
The only thing even remotely bad about Lain PS1 is the menu navigation. Which sounds good, but unfortunately the 'gameplay' is the menu navigation, and the issues with it get more apparent and irritating with time. The actual idea of experiencing these tidbits of audio logs and flipping between them to try to piece together a story is really cool! In fact, the story itself is great, the writing is well done, the voice acting is immaculate, and the few video clips are all damn great on top of that. I can't say that I like it more than the anime, but its fantastic in its own right. I wish I could have experienced it all, but I seem to have been hit with a game breaking bug while going through the postgame, so I possibly missed some important info locked behind the postgame. The 99% of it I was able to experience was great, but the menu navigation is almost comically bad at times, it really brings down the whole package. I'd love for a modernized version or remaster to be made, but I know there's no chance of hell for that to occur. Regardless, this game is something special, and I advise anyone interested to give it a shot.
PS: You can play the game in browser here
The only thing even remotely bad about Lain PS1 is the menu navigation. Which sounds good, but unfortunately the 'gameplay' is the menu navigation, and the issues with it get more apparent and irritating with time. The actual idea of experiencing these tidbits of audio logs and flipping between them to try to piece together a story is really cool! In fact, the story itself is great, the writing is well done, the voice acting is immaculate, and the few video clips are all damn great on top of that. I can't say that I like it more than the anime, but its fantastic in its own right. I wish I could have experienced it all, but I seem to have been hit with a game breaking bug while going through the postgame, so I possibly missed some important info locked behind the postgame. The 99% of it I was able to experience was great, but the menu navigation is almost comically bad at times, it really brings down the whole package. I'd love for a modernized version or remaster to be made, but I know there's no chance of hell for that to occur. Regardless, this game is something special, and I advise anyone interested to give it a shot.
PS: You can play the game in browser here
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@DeemonAndGames I was just as shocked when that video got recommended to me on YouTube, and even more shocked that I've listened to over 50 minutes of it since stumbling upon it.
DeemonAndGames
4 months ago