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felt just as empty finishing this as i did vlr
even though i enjoyed the majority of this game way more (more enjoyable puzzles and less repetitive) the tail end of it is so........... so............. Bad
like zero escape games quality to me hinges on the twist it forms itself around Duh but it can make or break the game entirely as seen with 999 and vlr for me
not that the rest of the plot was perfect because i hated the story presented in vlr anyways but i was having a moderately good time before sigma and diana fucked in the pod and had babies and then it all totally went downhill, all i could do is laugh at how ridiculous it was
the twist that delta was with q-team the entire time is so stupid i dont care how much it was hinted at, it just felt so so silly for them to suddenly just start acknowledging him
and the rest of the story with brother and sigma and diana and phi and all and mind hack and the snail and shifting and mira and. Whatever man it was just not fun to sit through. just like vlr i was desperately trying to get to the end to get things over with it was like pulling teeth
i didnt really have a problem with the flowchart system like yeah it was odd but it was preferable to vlr's incredibly repetitive system, though it certainly does take some of the impact away when you dont have that feeling of replaying through segments as much as you did in that game
the worst part of this game that has nothing to do with the story or characters is the absolutely abysmal animation
it looked so so bad and completely sucked the immersion and soul out of any scene trying to be emotional
i understand they had a small budget but i think it wouldve been just as okay if they kept the visual novel presentation and stuck with sprites or hell even still images that would have 1000% more life than these cutscenes did
the jarring art style change isnt terrible but much less preferable to the nonary games art style for sure. certainly doesnt help the bad animation at all or look all that great in the 3d models (carlos, diana, and akane especially) but the promotional and key art is really really great, creates a much better atmosphere than whatever is actually going on ingame though i do have qualms with how odd some female characters look in comparison to the male ones
i really really missed the whole Novel aspect. the writing and description were really good and added an extra layer of immersion and closeness to the characters that this game certainly lacks
highlights of this game are the puzzles, sigmas muscles, c team's dynamic, and the cool doll/figure portraits for each character that was really neat
even though i enjoyed the majority of this game way more (more enjoyable puzzles and less repetitive) the tail end of it is so........... so............. Bad
like zero escape games quality to me hinges on the twist it forms itself around Duh but it can make or break the game entirely as seen with 999 and vlr for me
not that the rest of the plot was perfect because i hated the story presented in vlr anyways but i was having a moderately good time before sigma and diana fucked in the pod and had babies and then it all totally went downhill, all i could do is laugh at how ridiculous it was
the twist that delta was with q-team the entire time is so stupid i dont care how much it was hinted at, it just felt so so silly for them to suddenly just start acknowledging him
and the rest of the story with brother and sigma and diana and phi and all and mind hack and the snail and shifting and mira and. Whatever man it was just not fun to sit through. just like vlr i was desperately trying to get to the end to get things over with it was like pulling teeth
i didnt really have a problem with the flowchart system like yeah it was odd but it was preferable to vlr's incredibly repetitive system, though it certainly does take some of the impact away when you dont have that feeling of replaying through segments as much as you did in that game
the worst part of this game that has nothing to do with the story or characters is the absolutely abysmal animation
it looked so so bad and completely sucked the immersion and soul out of any scene trying to be emotional
i understand they had a small budget but i think it wouldve been just as okay if they kept the visual novel presentation and stuck with sprites or hell even still images that would have 1000% more life than these cutscenes did
the jarring art style change isnt terrible but much less preferable to the nonary games art style for sure. certainly doesnt help the bad animation at all or look all that great in the 3d models (carlos, diana, and akane especially) but the promotional and key art is really really great, creates a much better atmosphere than whatever is actually going on ingame though i do have qualms with how odd some female characters look in comparison to the male ones
i really really missed the whole Novel aspect. the writing and description were really good and added an extra layer of immersion and closeness to the characters that this game certainly lacks
highlights of this game are the puzzles, sigmas muscles, c team's dynamic, and the cool doll/figure portraits for each character that was really neat