I suppose I'd feel uncomfortable rating this without having finished it, but I'm also not sure I'll ever get back to it. While I appreciate the themes its exploring, particularly the social anxiety and alcoholism that can bubble up from a brief college experience that goes about as poorly as it possibly could have (spoiler: I can relate!) I just didn't find the interactivity that pleasant. I got stuck wandering around for a progression point multiple times in my six or so hours, which is maybe on me for being a bit of a drunk idiot but...I didn't THINK so! There, channeling my inner Mae for a moment.

Less acceptable but no less true is that I was simply tiring of the art style after a while. I'm not anti-cartoon nor anti-anthropomorphic art direction, there was just a certain kind of Nickelodeon vibe I was getting from this that didn't fully magnetize me.

Actually, no, I'll rate this. I'll rate it 3.5/5. Why? Some of the absolute worst in-universe band music I've ever heard and an absolutely terribly rhythm game to match it, getting lost from time to time despite an incredibly small map and an art style I can appreciate but will never love. And yet..."I GOT NIGHTMARE EYES!!!!"

I hope something nice happens to Mae in the end. Maybe I'll see it one day.