A boring game with the worst writing I have ever seen that sadly wastes some incredibly strong visual design.
The main (only) mechanic loses its charm at about the two hour mark, only occasionally mixing things up, with like the annoying character that asks for his drinks in riddles. However, even then it is kind of a nuisance, never a challenge, it’s never fun nor rewarding. And while this may be the point to a different game, I’ll argue that here it doesn’t make narrative sense. Jill clearly likes her job, she enjoys her day to day and even prefers it over her normal activities outside of it. So the dullness is not intentional. And it doesn’t quite work as means of enjoying the rest of the game, for reasons that I will discuss in a moment. Actually, it lessens the visuals by making it apparent how little animation the is.
However, the game could’ve been fine despite this, if only because it is aesthetically outstanding. Perhaps too much for its own good, as it has seemingly tricked so many people into thinking this is a great game. But here’s the thing, shallow pretty games HAVE to be short. They have to. Otherwise the lasting impression is that of monotony. Yeah, this looks pretty, but so what? Character design can only get you so far. But this game drags to north of the TEN HOUR MARK. TEN FUCKING HOURS. Which makes me think that the developers believed they needed the game to be that long because games were seen as an investment in leisure, which would be bad, or, the writer or writers actually thought that their writing was good enough to merit that length so they over indulge in it, which is absurd. Whoever wrote this can’t write for shit.
And that’s the main issue. Every component one can appreciate in good writing is not missing here, it is utterly attacked. This is a literary crime. World building? Shallow and uninteresting. Characters? Annoying and perpetually horny. Character interaction? A fourteen year old fantasy where girls talk about their tits once every couple of days and only like to make sexual innuendos or talk about their sex life. Intimate drama? Rushed (HOW THE FUCK DO YOU RUSH THESE THINGS, BUT YOU MANAGE TO GIVE ENOUGH TIME TO THE CHILD SEX WORKER TO DESCRIBE THE ONE TIME SHE WAS FISTED?) and poorly delivered. Humorous moments? Do you remember 9gag?
The writing is juvenile, internet obsessed, vulgar, shallow, dumb, and worst of all, overly confident in its quality. If I was the person in charge of the character designs I would sue.
The main (only) mechanic loses its charm at about the two hour mark, only occasionally mixing things up, with like the annoying character that asks for his drinks in riddles. However, even then it is kind of a nuisance, never a challenge, it’s never fun nor rewarding. And while this may be the point to a different game, I’ll argue that here it doesn’t make narrative sense. Jill clearly likes her job, she enjoys her day to day and even prefers it over her normal activities outside of it. So the dullness is not intentional. And it doesn’t quite work as means of enjoying the rest of the game, for reasons that I will discuss in a moment. Actually, it lessens the visuals by making it apparent how little animation the is.
However, the game could’ve been fine despite this, if only because it is aesthetically outstanding. Perhaps too much for its own good, as it has seemingly tricked so many people into thinking this is a great game. But here’s the thing, shallow pretty games HAVE to be short. They have to. Otherwise the lasting impression is that of monotony. Yeah, this looks pretty, but so what? Character design can only get you so far. But this game drags to north of the TEN HOUR MARK. TEN FUCKING HOURS. Which makes me think that the developers believed they needed the game to be that long because games were seen as an investment in leisure, which would be bad, or, the writer or writers actually thought that their writing was good enough to merit that length so they over indulge in it, which is absurd. Whoever wrote this can’t write for shit.
And that’s the main issue. Every component one can appreciate in good writing is not missing here, it is utterly attacked. This is a literary crime. World building? Shallow and uninteresting. Characters? Annoying and perpetually horny. Character interaction? A fourteen year old fantasy where girls talk about their tits once every couple of days and only like to make sexual innuendos or talk about their sex life. Intimate drama? Rushed (HOW THE FUCK DO YOU RUSH THESE THINGS, BUT YOU MANAGE TO GIVE ENOUGH TIME TO THE CHILD SEX WORKER TO DESCRIBE THE ONE TIME SHE WAS FISTED?) and poorly delivered. Humorous moments? Do you remember 9gag?
The writing is juvenile, internet obsessed, vulgar, shallow, dumb, and worst of all, overly confident in its quality. If I was the person in charge of the character designs I would sue.