I feel bad giving this game anything less than 5 stars but I don't believe it's a masterpiece like a lot of other people.
I have thought really hard about this game and I feel like at some point my review may change. As it stands, I haven't finished my first playthrough, I am very close to the end after taking my sweet time with it, talking to everyone, exploring as much dialogue as possible, etc.
In order to play this game I feel like I need to wake up in a specific mood, the sun needs to be at the right angle in the sky, I have to commit mentally to launching it. It's extremely dense and slow and admittedly my brain has been corroded by decades of mostly enjoying competitive first person shooters and action games. When my idea of relaxing with a video game is to raise my blood pressure as high as possible, asking me to read this much is like asking me to push a boulder up the hill. It's not a knock against the game, more a reflection on me as a person, but it explains why I find it so hard to even just sit down and play this game.
Its world is so well realised, characters are fleshed out, the voice acting is phenomenal, you can tell so much passion went into this. There are so many dialogue branches and ways to interact with the characters and your own player character.
There is no doubt that this is an extremely well made game. I find the time mechanic to be the worst part of it, having to find items to interact with or retread conversations just to make time pass is quite boring but admittedly I am really struggling to find more consequential criticism.
What I have experienced so far hasn't been an earth shattering experience or even a game I would put in my top 10 list. However I don't at all blame anyone who thinks I might just be stupid. There is a lot to love about this game, I am just not the right person to love it.
I have thought really hard about this game and I feel like at some point my review may change. As it stands, I haven't finished my first playthrough, I am very close to the end after taking my sweet time with it, talking to everyone, exploring as much dialogue as possible, etc.
In order to play this game I feel like I need to wake up in a specific mood, the sun needs to be at the right angle in the sky, I have to commit mentally to launching it. It's extremely dense and slow and admittedly my brain has been corroded by decades of mostly enjoying competitive first person shooters and action games. When my idea of relaxing with a video game is to raise my blood pressure as high as possible, asking me to read this much is like asking me to push a boulder up the hill. It's not a knock against the game, more a reflection on me as a person, but it explains why I find it so hard to even just sit down and play this game.
Its world is so well realised, characters are fleshed out, the voice acting is phenomenal, you can tell so much passion went into this. There are so many dialogue branches and ways to interact with the characters and your own player character.
There is no doubt that this is an extremely well made game. I find the time mechanic to be the worst part of it, having to find items to interact with or retread conversations just to make time pass is quite boring but admittedly I am really struggling to find more consequential criticism.
What I have experienced so far hasn't been an earth shattering experience or even a game I would put in my top 10 list. However I don't at all blame anyone who thinks I might just be stupid. There is a lot to love about this game, I am just not the right person to love it.
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@Red_cloud
Thanks for the comment, glad to know I am not entirely alone!
Nowadays I actually don't play too many games (I mostly cycle between a handful at a time) but I only recently discovered Backloggd. I used to consistently write a lot of Steam reviews for games so a few reviews I have are copy-pasted from that. According to Steam's year in review for 2023 I played 64 'new' games, and had a total of 1,179 sessions.
Otherwise, I mostly document games that I have played at one point or another for my own recollection. It also helps that my job is quite boring with some down time, so it gives me time to reflect and put together some reviews on here.
Thanks for the comment, glad to know I am not entirely alone!
Nowadays I actually don't play too many games (I mostly cycle between a handful at a time) but I only recently discovered Backloggd. I used to consistently write a lot of Steam reviews for games so a few reviews I have are copy-pasted from that. According to Steam's year in review for 2023 I played 64 'new' games, and had a total of 1,179 sessions.
Otherwise, I mostly document games that I have played at one point or another for my own recollection. It also helps that my job is quite boring with some down time, so it gives me time to reflect and put together some reviews on here.
Red_cloud
20 hrs ago
@spicebag also a personal question. How many games do you play each day? As you have so many deep reviews constantly?