arthouse cyber-horror. immaculate psx vibes. uncomfortable forms of flesh. tiny inventories.

the modern resident evil 1 style game i didnt know i wanted.

achtung

achtung

achtung

Bar none the prettiest visual novel I've experienced. The japanese voice acting had such a great range of drama and comedy, while the time traveling plot thickened more than a sunday gravy.

While I wish the game was a little shorter, I appreciate having the limited amount of freedom for which characters' storyline I get to go through. The combat sequences could be a little fatiguing with the myriad of upgrade/skill choices and constant waves of enemies. I'm not the biggest fan of the hybrid tower defense mechanics, but it certainly felt effective in conveying the urgency and scale of each scenario. Especially the last the mission.

Definitely my favorite 2019 playstation game I wasn't able to play until the switch port came out this year. Thank you Yakisoba Pan Angel.

The Gunk feels very inspired by ps2 era 3D platformers. In particular, this has feels very much like a Ratchet n Clank game, but with a fraction of the tools/weapons and overall much less emphasis on combat. Honestly the scifi premise and the environmental art were the main aspects driving me forward.

None of the mechanical features felt very good. The jump is ok, but they do the thing where you can only mantle on to things with the a yellow mark which feels much more out of place as a 3D platformer compared how to they do it in Uncharted. You also have to spend resources to use a dash and its a pitiful one at that. For a game all about collecting resources, you don't really have a lot of upgrades that you're excited to use it on.