I Did Not Buy This Ticket

I Did Not Buy This Ticket

released on Apr 13, 2023

I Did Not Buy This Ticket

released on Apr 13, 2023

A short horror story about losing your identity. Face your traumas while riding a mysterious bus.


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Muy buen arte y atmósfera. Lo demás no me encantó.

It's a very surface level vn with little revolutionary alterations to the genre, but the aesthetic decisions, complicated portrayal of grief, and exceptional establishing of consistent tone make it stand out despite.

You play a professional mourner, using the hobby to reconcile with her complicated relationship with her own emotions. It's full of eerie folklore and urban weirdness that makes it fit in well with the Night Veil or Magnus Archives crowd, and offers a sympathetic lens to a difficult protagonist that leaves the moral rumination of the title sitting in your stomach for a good amount of time.

It won't change the minds of the visual novel repulsed, but it will offer a fascinating time for genre fans.

This game did cement my general dislike towards VNs as a genre, but the craft and narrative quality on display are clear regardless of that.

I wish more people were talking about this game. It is a wonderful exploration of loss, grief and self-reflexion and utterly, utterly beautiful to look at. The art style fits the uncanny atmosphere of the narrative perfectly - this is the first visual novel that ever got me excited to unlock new images in the game's gallery, simply because each one of them is a piece of art.

Sure, the game isn't without faults, far from it. There's very little replay value to be found, some endings are incredibly hard to find and require a few, rather repetitive playthroughs.

I'd still highly recommend it - it is a lovely experience with wonderful symbolism and refreshing art direction.

Apesar de possuir uma baita estética e um excelente trabalho sonoro, I Did Not Buy This Ticket me soou como uma falsa experiência; algo que eu a priori deveria sentir, mas que posteriori carrega um sentimento vago similar ao de um vazio por simplesmente não conseguir “se conectar a experiência imposta ao jogador”. É como se o jogo tivesse uma expectativa em mim de me conectar, e consequentemente, me imergir dentro dos conflitos e dilemas da protagonista. Entretanto, o resultado disso foram momentos muito inócuos que eu simplesmente respondia escolhendo qualquer opção à minha frente, tendo como principal reação uma fodenda expressão poker face das ideias. É irônico pensar nisso, pois um dos temas principais é a expectativa que há sob a pessoas que estão em um recente processo de luto.

Pondo bem a grosso modo (e um tanto quanto visceral/honesto), I Did Not Buy This Ticket provavelmente teria sido mais interessante como um conto do que uma VN.