I did only one ending so far and played about 10 hours. I normally wouldn't talk about unless I did two endings for a short game like this (only two hours) but I think I know enough of the game so far to talk.

In The Friends of Ringo Ishikawa Yeo put us in a simple town in a simple world but with complex characters and difficult situations occurring. Is a small town and because how small it is everything that happens have more punch. In Fadding Afternoon we have a adult world, everything is more complex, walking in the street, sleeping, fighting, relationships, doing anything is more difficult and bigger. You are not a teenager that just happens to fight a lot, you are a legendary yakuza and a slowing dying one. There is no time now and there is no reason, you are just free to do anything to spend the rest of your days. Want to start a war to compensate the clan helping you? Fine. Want to become the top dog in the yakuza? Fine. Want to kill yourself? Fine too. Fading Afternoon let you 100% free to do what you want and at the same time this can be a bit harsh for someone who just want to beat the game it also can be awesome.

If The Friends of Ringo Ishikawa is nihilistic, Fading Afternoon is absurdist. You don't have a reason to do anything but why not? What better option you have? What you can achieve in a short time? Is not that the game is more optimistic, Maruyama just don't show much of his feelings and can't think anything to do if not fight. Even his dreams are about him fighting a army by himself for all eternity. Is a complex game about a complex world where the only thing you can do is stop forever or move forward until you die.

Peak