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Such a polished and cool visual novel. I was a bit disappointed on how fast the horror elements dissipated, the prologue is definitely the strongest part of the game, and where I was most engaged. The rest of the cast is still great, and their takes on various mystery genres/tropes were fun. The ending could have used more tension, everything kind of reached such a clean and absolute conclusion that it was satisfying yet underwhelming. Overall a very solid experience and I hope for more in this style.

This game has a great sense of humor. The mechanics are all really clever and used to their fullest potential. I am still trying to place exactly why I like Paper Mario a lot more. Even Mario RPG I would consider better, but that has way less mechanical charm. Maybe the new characters aren't as strong, all the beans and chuckles and hoo hoos or whatever just aren't as interesting as the cast in other Mario RPGs.

The battle system while very good also gave me some trouble. The battles can drag on too long due to the fact that every enemy has to telegraph every attack. It is fun but adds a lot of time. I learned far too late to just never use the regular attacks, the BROS moves are the only ones that get you anywhere. So you better be ready to do the same QTEs hundreds of times.

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AMAZING