This review contains spoilers
*Reviewing the demo build released during 2022.
I'd advise you to play the demo right away on Steam before reading this review.
It's a game that is worth checking out even with the least known details as possible.*
This game is incomplete, but finally seeing a demo of this trippy game had me finally smile. For a game that is currently unpopular at this time, it has a impressive amount of dedication put to it with its trippy, surreal themes. Looking at the trailers alone and stuff it peeked on my interest, highly reminiscent of the surrealness found in Shigesato Itoi's MOTHER series but 250% stinkier, nastier, crazy, dumb, weird... but it manages to settle off from the usual Mother formula and not just making the usual Undertale-like. In the wave of weird RPGs, it all began with MOTHER, then OFF came in, which was a breakthrough in the RPG Maker fandom due to its particular hand drawn style, then Lisa: The Painful and then Undertale, which for me was a game that spanned even more attention towards the MOTHER series for its heavy inspiration and humor. This, however, could potentially be a title that would manage to be as good as Undertale and MOTHER, due to its new originality and the overall theme introduced in this game.
The game talks about an ordinary guy who moves to Bright City, looking for a job. And the premise just ends here... BUT wait, that's not it. You have some strange blue guy who talks to you as you move through the game world as he discusses about your future... ok, end of premise for real. The hilarity ensues right in the prologue of the game when you [ok, i'll be honest, play the fucking game. you don't want to spoil yourself the surprises.].
Moving on the gameplay, majority of the game as of the demo doesn't feel much of a generic RPG but it's linear story has you do random things, but one of the central points of this game is the battles that are mostly fueled by minigames ala WarioWare, which is a kind of evolution from Toby Fox's Undertale battle sequences where you can only dodge bullets like in a SHMUP, except in this game the microgames can be literally anything than just dodging bullets. If you're a master of microgames this game might be even easier to play, otherwise you'll need some reflexes as this isn't the usual MOTHER-like RPG that acts out like Dragon Quest. Think of it like it's some trippy experimental movie.
Outside battle, even the overworld can and will have numerous zany and unique sequences consisting of minigames, hilarious dialogues, and overworld events that managed to surprise me to an extent. One example of something that managed to impress me was the dancing minigame.
Yes. This game is totally worth, even if the demo will only get you very few playtime that doesn't last much for you.
I'd advise you to play the demo right away on Steam before reading this review.
It's a game that is worth checking out even with the least known details as possible.*
This game is incomplete, but finally seeing a demo of this trippy game had me finally smile. For a game that is currently unpopular at this time, it has a impressive amount of dedication put to it with its trippy, surreal themes. Looking at the trailers alone and stuff it peeked on my interest, highly reminiscent of the surrealness found in Shigesato Itoi's MOTHER series but 250% stinkier, nastier, crazy, dumb, weird... but it manages to settle off from the usual Mother formula and not just making the usual Undertale-like. In the wave of weird RPGs, it all began with MOTHER, then OFF came in, which was a breakthrough in the RPG Maker fandom due to its particular hand drawn style, then Lisa: The Painful and then Undertale, which for me was a game that spanned even more attention towards the MOTHER series for its heavy inspiration and humor. This, however, could potentially be a title that would manage to be as good as Undertale and MOTHER, due to its new originality and the overall theme introduced in this game.
The game talks about an ordinary guy who moves to Bright City, looking for a job. And the premise just ends here... BUT wait, that's not it. You have some strange blue guy who talks to you as you move through the game world as he discusses about your future... ok, end of premise for real. The hilarity ensues right in the prologue of the game when you [ok, i'll be honest, play the fucking game. you don't want to spoil yourself the surprises.].
Moving on the gameplay, majority of the game as of the demo doesn't feel much of a generic RPG but it's linear story has you do random things, but one of the central points of this game is the battles that are mostly fueled by minigames ala WarioWare, which is a kind of evolution from Toby Fox's Undertale battle sequences where you can only dodge bullets like in a SHMUP, except in this game the microgames can be literally anything than just dodging bullets. If you're a master of microgames this game might be even easier to play, otherwise you'll need some reflexes as this isn't the usual MOTHER-like RPG that acts out like Dragon Quest. Think of it like it's some trippy experimental movie.
Outside battle, even the overworld can and will have numerous zany and unique sequences consisting of minigames, hilarious dialogues, and overworld events that managed to surprise me to an extent. One example of something that managed to impress me was the dancing minigame.
Yes. This game is totally worth, even if the demo will only get you very few playtime that doesn't last much for you.