isa please kiss me my catboy charm can only last so long isa im dying of gay deficiency isa please the star blorbo is going to post on their twitter account how much of a loser i am isa think of my follower count ISA

The funnest thing this game has ever done is make me cry : '( sniff-

But! This game isn't perfect- and I want to get through the flaws first before I highlight the good.

I'm just going to be honest. I. Hate. How tedious this game is. And- I get it- it was a deliberate choice! One thing this game excels at is really putting you in the mindset of someone trapped in a timeloop. Forced to repeat the same things again. And again. And again. And again. And I can't stand it. Oh, it just makes my blood boil everytime I need to loop back to Dormont or an earlier floor because oh-so-conveniently- the thing I need RIGHT THIS SECOND whilst I'm on floor 3 about to finish the run is juuuust out of reach, sorry! Better loop!

BARK. BARK. GRRR. HISS.

Anyway, like I said- it works thematically. But does it make for an enjoyable gaming experience? Uhhh- no, not really. I stopped being impressed at my ability to relate to Siffrin's pain twenty loops ago. Now... I'm just tired.

...And the developers know its tedious! Why do you think they have a skip option for most dialogue and cutscenes? They KNOW if they made it EVEN MORE TEDIOUS THAN IT ALREADY IS no one would like playing this game. There has to be a balance. You can tell your themes- you can make us relate to Siffrin- without making us dread even continuing. I like the skip function- I wish you could do it more and I wish that- oh stars- you can't accidentally skip dialogue you've never seen before. AAA!! THATS WHAT IM HERE FOR! THE NEW STUFF! DONT PENALIZE ME FOR A MECHANIC YOU ENCOURAGE THE PLAYER TO USE AAAAA HOW DO DATING SIMS KNOW HOW TO MAKE A BETTER SKIP FUNCTION THAN THIS GAME NOOOOO

Alright, so I've had my mental breakdown. Is there anything else bad about the game?

YES ACTUALLY BECAUSE WAIT TILL I TELL YOU ABOUT THE SECRET TRUE ENDING AND HOW YOU CAN ENTIRELY MISS IT IF YOU DONT DO THIS ONE THING THAT THE GAME BARELY WARNS YOU TO DO UH OH YOU DIDNT DO IT? OOPS! NOW YOU DONT KNOW THIS VERY VALUABLE THING ABOUT THIS VERY IMPORTANT CHARACTER YOU LIKE SO MUCH EVEN THOUGH YOU TRIED SO HARD WITH THEMBAND THOUGHT YOU DID EVERYTHING ELSE RIGHT BY THEM ooh im so mad. im so mad. catboy hours are over it is time to KILL

Okay, okay. It's not all bad. In fact- that last part only got to me so much because of how much I just love these characters. I love this story. So much! It's so good! These characters are SO good! It's SUCH a great game and it's frustrating that I have to give a game that I think deserves a perfect 5/5 score a 4/5 score instead because of its frustrating game design. I want to replay this game. I want to discover every little thing I might've missed- to learn more to experience more- I don't want the loop to end- I love it here!

...But I'm not going to replay the game. It's just. Too. Frustrating. And it's been so long. And I think... once is enough for me.

I guess I really do know how Siffrin feels. Despite the frustration- I'm glad I got to experience this with him. It touches so deep for me- as someone who is also going through the motions- just like he is.

If you ever feel like you're stuck in a timeloop in your life- and if you're afraid of change- this game does a really good job of making you feel seen.

I had so much fun, despite everything. I don't want it to end. But all things do. Maybe- that's a good thing.

It's VRChat. You put your headset on and you chat. Pretty self explanatory. There are games you can play inside of VRChat- if that's your fancy. Depending on where you look and the people you play with- it can be a great time.

Lets step away for a moment and talk about some flaws before I highlight the good aspects and even better- what you can do, as the player, to make your time even better. Because that's what VRC is. You make your own fun. At least- mostly. Again- the platform has its faults outside of player control.

To highlight the main flaws: VRC is rather janky. Rather buggy. Optimization is rather poor and it can be better if you have a good PC and good avatar and you go to good worlds-- but it still just chugs sometimes, okay? Loading can be horrendous too sometimes. We get it. Every world is built different. But still. And- I cannot stress this enough- the public lobbies are a nightmare.

If you want to have a good time- do NOT go into public lobbies. If you want to find good people to hang out with- join discord communities. Attend their events. Moderators will weed out the undesirables and you'll find your share of sane, sensible people. You just have to be patient and a little bit outgoing.

So I mentioned earlier that there are ways to make your experience better (discord being one of them) And- I'm not saying to sink all your money in if you're already not happy with the base level of the game. If you put your headset on and don't have fun- don't go out and buy trackers. It's that simple. That being said- if you do see the magic- then- yeah. Go get trackers. (Do your research first!) Cause VRC is a lot more fun the more immersed you get. Don't do Quest Standalone- you're gonna want a link cable and you're gonna wanna plug it into your PC. You'll get access to TONS of PC exclusive worlds and avatars and it's the best way to play VRC.

And- if you get motion sick- turn on the accessibility features. Don't just power through. Be sensible. If you're a newcomer to VR- limit the hours you spend playing in a day. If you play so much you make yourself bedridden- you're not going to want to keep playing. And- if you get motion sick- don't go to worlds where you have to do a lot of walking and turning and definitely not jumping. At least- not right away. Save the fun Among Us time for when you're more experienced moving in VR.

This is another given- but- go to fun worlds? (obv??) You'd be amazed the shit you can find in VR! Concerts, movie theaters-- you can even make coffee and it works just like a real espresso machine you see the baristas at Starbucks use. It's nuts.

Not sure where to look to find the good worlds? There are tons of youtube videos highlighting them. And discord doesn't hurt either. Look and you'll find them.

And please don't play VRChat without a VR headset. It's-- VR is in the name. common man :( its designed for VR immersion in mind bro

What's bad about this game that hasn't been stated already? Absolutely nothing, every other review on this page sums up clearly the issues this project faces.

Allow me to give you a TLDR.

-Incompetent developer
-Janky gameplay
-Poor optimization
-Bad animations
-Boring. It's just so goddamn boring.
-Incomplete and it's going to stay that way. This man is never going to complete anything ever in his whole life.

I feel sorry for all of the unpaid volunteers that tried to help this game get finished and that poor outside developer that quite literally REWROTE the spaghetti code this game had only for the main developer to kick him to the curb because he didn't understand it. just get good bruh or hand it over to someone else you're just not good enough swallow your pride your fans are more important than your ego you asshole

also are we all really that surprised the developer has accusations against him this game literally has a panty shot mechanic for its HIGHSCHOOL characters and two of the rivals for the teen boy are teachers WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON?!

anyway the concept for this game is good if anyone can do it better please do it better and dont set it in highschool leave teenage girls alone bro