steins gate is ultimately a coming of age story told with a very nontraditional framing. a lot of the reviews here are extremely critical of okabe... justifiably. i assume they didn't finish the game. and that's fine. he spends the vast majority of it shouting off escapist nonsense in every effort to deflect personal responsibility and avoid vulnerability. the latter half of the game forces him to evolve, and you are witness to it. it's completely understandable if you bounce off before you reach that point, given that my time with the game ended up passing 40 hours - that is a long ass time to read and watch anything. VN fans, please do not reply saying this is short for a VN, I legitimately don't care.
anyway, okabe isn't a perfect person. that's kind of the point. and a lot of the most aggressive reviews here brush up with it and bounce off it without broadening their scope enough to understand what it is getting at.
this game is targeted at the kind of people who know what an x68000 is without googling. the kind of people who don't even need to use the in-game glossary because the language is so ingrained in their brain. this game is aimed at - or at the very least, depicting accurately - people who are guilty of shitposting in the earlier sense - /b/ tier shit. this game is showing you how someone in the trenches of the internet can grow and develop - and i am sure that resonated with a lot of people who were less than perfect in that period of their life. i certainly am glad i didn't use a tripcode during that era.
i'm not in love with the game's characters or it's writing or even it's plot in general. but i think a lot of the "the game features characters who do bad things therefore the game is bad" comments are some of the most reductive shit i've ever seen in my life.
game is fine. wish it had more music variety.
i do kind of hate the whole faris chapter though ngl
anyway, okabe isn't a perfect person. that's kind of the point. and a lot of the most aggressive reviews here brush up with it and bounce off it without broadening their scope enough to understand what it is getting at.
this game is targeted at the kind of people who know what an x68000 is without googling. the kind of people who don't even need to use the in-game glossary because the language is so ingrained in their brain. this game is aimed at - or at the very least, depicting accurately - people who are guilty of shitposting in the earlier sense - /b/ tier shit. this game is showing you how someone in the trenches of the internet can grow and develop - and i am sure that resonated with a lot of people who were less than perfect in that period of their life. i certainly am glad i didn't use a tripcode during that era.
i'm not in love with the game's characters or it's writing or even it's plot in general. but i think a lot of the "the game features characters who do bad things therefore the game is bad" comments are some of the most reductive shit i've ever seen in my life.
game is fine. wish it had more music variety.
i do kind of hate the whole faris chapter though ngl