It's kind of crazy how Monster Prom has reinvented and perfected the genre of "Anthological fluff with no relation to itself" in just three installments over 4 years. This is just such a cozy hug, like I'm seeing a friend I haven't met in a few years again. I know the series well so the... um... "illicit content" doesn't really phase me anymore, but I'm still able to laugh my ass off in a lobby of my friends right from the get-go, and still have 90%+ of the game to look forward to after that. No one has such a knack for sacrilegious creativity like Beautiful Glitch.
I was very surprised by this game, After being fairly mid on the first two games I found myself really liking this game. Its focus more on the resource element and not the dating mechanic made me enjoy it way more. The game being less obtuse on what you need to get to the various endings also made it very enjoyable. I also found the writing to be the best of the three, while not always good it had the most enjoyable writing. I do wish it had more locations and the hitchhikers were a little less random ( I regret getting the player character as hitchhikers dlc pack since they are all I get now) but honestly not a huge issue. That is where I would end the review and give this game a 4 out of 5 but then I got to the End of the Road update stuff. I do not want to spoil anything that happens in it so I will just say while I saw the media do what it did better the way it happens and the way it took me totally off guard made it an amazing experience. The fact that these are characters by now you have grown close too makes the emotional stakes actually hurt a little. Of all games I did not expect the monster prom series to make me feel so sad and depressed, and for that I have to applaud the game and the people that created it. I am very curious on how MP4 is going to be now that this was such a turn in direction (in a positive way)
In my opinion, the best game Beautiful Glitch has put out to date. Main game is a hell of a lot of fun. There's an incredible cast of characters, both new and recurring. The scenarios are just as silly and zany as ever. The 'End of the Road' storyline was... something else, man. This is game's gonna stick with me for quite some time. Won't be fading away anytime soon...