This review contains spoilers
After seeing my friend finally finish their review of this game I felt the need to redo my original review which was mostly just a rant where I sounded like an old man screaming at kids, this was because of irl stuff happening with this game, and my friend group which caused more animosity towards this game than it deserved. Now onto this review
Playing TWEWY was one of the most painful gaming experiences I ever had, not only was the gameplay completely and utterly atrocious, the story of week 1 was really bad.
The week starts off with Neku being your typical asshole to Shiki, how they should team up and how being a loner will get you nowhere/killed. Your typical character arc. What I dislike is Neku almost killing Shiki and him getting away practically scot free. The only thing he gets is a slap on the wrist which really irked me, Shiki should not have forgiven him or trusted him as quickly as she did. I get it, it’s the theme of the game, but come on! He almost fucking killed you.
Moving on to the next big scene which was Rhyme’s death, the dialogue here feels like the game was just regurgitating the themes and message it wants to tell without any nuance. Plus are you really expecting me to care about Rhyme when they have 3 lines of dialogue? I hate when games kill off a character that was not built up for us to care about and this scene is exactly that. Yes the purpose of the scene was to show how socially isolated Neku is, but again the dialogue here is written like it’s slapping you in the face going “DO YOU GET IT, HE HATES PEOPLE”
The straw that broke the camel’s back for me on week 1 was the Shiki and Eri day. It feels like the writers prioritized the idea of individuality and added her inferiority complex as a side thing. So her final scene with Eri was more them resolving the story of this singular day in the most convenient way possible. Think about it, Shiki is in a city with god knows how many people, and not only does she run into the person that all her issues stem from, but she also hears the exact words she needed to hear from her. If this was like a kick-starter for her arc I’d be fine, but it isn’t. With Shiki, it was literally her conclusion and the game just goes “bye-bye lol”
These days plus the horrible gameplay of the switch version is why I decided to drop the game and probably never come back to it.
I’m gonna keep my old review up just because the comments are funny, but it’s not a good review. It just sounds like an old grandma malding
Playing TWEWY was one of the most painful gaming experiences I ever had, not only was the gameplay completely and utterly atrocious, the story of week 1 was really bad.
The week starts off with Neku being your typical asshole to Shiki, how they should team up and how being a loner will get you nowhere/killed. Your typical character arc. What I dislike is Neku almost killing Shiki and him getting away practically scot free. The only thing he gets is a slap on the wrist which really irked me, Shiki should not have forgiven him or trusted him as quickly as she did. I get it, it’s the theme of the game, but come on! He almost fucking killed you.
Moving on to the next big scene which was Rhyme’s death, the dialogue here feels like the game was just regurgitating the themes and message it wants to tell without any nuance. Plus are you really expecting me to care about Rhyme when they have 3 lines of dialogue? I hate when games kill off a character that was not built up for us to care about and this scene is exactly that. Yes the purpose of the scene was to show how socially isolated Neku is, but again the dialogue here is written like it’s slapping you in the face going “DO YOU GET IT, HE HATES PEOPLE”
The straw that broke the camel’s back for me on week 1 was the Shiki and Eri day. It feels like the writers prioritized the idea of individuality and added her inferiority complex as a side thing. So her final scene with Eri was more them resolving the story of this singular day in the most convenient way possible. Think about it, Shiki is in a city with god knows how many people, and not only does she run into the person that all her issues stem from, but she also hears the exact words she needed to hear from her. If this was like a kick-starter for her arc I’d be fine, but it isn’t. With Shiki, it was literally her conclusion and the game just goes “bye-bye lol”
These days plus the horrible gameplay of the switch version is why I decided to drop the game and probably never come back to it.
I’m gonna keep my old review up just because the comments are funny, but it’s not a good review. It just sounds like an old grandma malding
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