I had put off playing this game for a while for a multitude of reasons. First of all, While I did play and enjoy 999 and VLR, I wasn't quite in love with them like a lot of people. I discovered Uchikoski through Somnium Files and much preferred those games and that series. Second, I had heard this game was a huge step down in the franchise, and, while it was a miracle it even got made, certainly showed that. I did try to go into this with an open mind, but by the end I was just desperately wanting it to be over.
The game starts off very slow, and very uninteresting. The way it's fragmented out, so you can do it in any order you want, and it throws the timeline all over the place is a bold move that certainly does not pay off here for me. The Q team, and in particular, Eric, is one of the more unlikeable characters I've played in a video game in a while, and he's just pure comedy gold with how bad he is (especially with the awful English dub). By the end of the game, it does get a little bit better, Sigma and Phi are the only characters that I was semi invested in and wanted to see what happened to them.
I understand the game was made for 10 dollars and a 2 for 1 baconator coupon, but the game is shockingly bad from a visual/ animation perspective. Why they wouldn't just do a more simplified VN and do this awful budget-looking telltale game is beyond me. It took emotion out of some of the few moments I did like, and really just doesn't work for me at all.
The gameplay, like the other ones did nothing for me. I'm just not a fan of the escape room style puzzle mini games.
I understand how hardcore fans might like this more, and the closure they get from this, but as someone who liked but not love the other games this was just torture for me, and one of the worst "visual novels" I've personally ever played. A huge shame and a massive miss for me.
Oh, and the ending is horrible too. Couldn't even end it well.
The game starts off very slow, and very uninteresting. The way it's fragmented out, so you can do it in any order you want, and it throws the timeline all over the place is a bold move that certainly does not pay off here for me. The Q team, and in particular, Eric, is one of the more unlikeable characters I've played in a video game in a while, and he's just pure comedy gold with how bad he is (especially with the awful English dub). By the end of the game, it does get a little bit better, Sigma and Phi are the only characters that I was semi invested in and wanted to see what happened to them.
I understand the game was made for 10 dollars and a 2 for 1 baconator coupon, but the game is shockingly bad from a visual/ animation perspective. Why they wouldn't just do a more simplified VN and do this awful budget-looking telltale game is beyond me. It took emotion out of some of the few moments I did like, and really just doesn't work for me at all.
The gameplay, like the other ones did nothing for me. I'm just not a fan of the escape room style puzzle mini games.
I understand how hardcore fans might like this more, and the closure they get from this, but as someone who liked but not love the other games this was just torture for me, and one of the worst "visual novels" I've personally ever played. A huge shame and a massive miss for me.
Oh, and the ending is horrible too. Couldn't even end it well.