Here we have the conclusion of the Lisa trilogy. In this one you play as Buddy from the second game and it mostly revolves around her and what she wants to do with her life. It's a pretty good story and wraps things up for the character and the larger world stuff decently enough.
The game is a lot more straightforward than Lisa the Painful. In this, you mostly just play as buddy and having a companion is more of a story thing than actually integral to the gameplay. You just play as Buddy and she's fuckin done with choices being made for her and she's out to kill EVERYONE to make a name for herself. Buddy mostly attacks with a sword with skills that you have to time a button press just right to do deadly precision damage. It seems kinda weird at first but there's a skill she has that allows her to flash enemies which temporarily leaves them dumbfounded because she's the only female anyone has seen in decades so it kinda works. More importantly that and her deadly attacks tie into her ruthlessness as a character who is on a path of violence and will do whatever she can to forge ahead. I think it works ultimately.
The story mostly is about Buddy finding The List of warlords who rule sections of Olathe and how she intends to rule it all by killing them and taking her spot on top. She has a bit of a messiah complex after the events of the last game and everyone telling her how she's humanity's savior since she's the last woman and all. So in that way it's all fairly simple. There's some other worldbuilding stuff that gets expanded on and, much to my enjoyment, characters whose arcs get fleshed out more and resolved. Part of what bugged me in the last game was how the story really only focused on Brad. It was fine but I wanted more from the characters introduced that CLEARLY had more to show and this game delivers. What's more important is that the stuff regarding other characters fits in with Buddy's story and doesn't really feel tacked on thanks to both her importance in the grand scheme of things and other character's ties to her in the last game.
I don't really want to say much more than that. I think this is a solid series that deserves to be played and experienced yourself. The final game is a fitting conclusion though I do think it loses some of the charm and humor of the last game in favor of telling a more brutal and slightly more serious story. I really enjoyed it though and enjoyed the shorter no-nonsense notions of Buddy. Definitely recommend the whole trilogy.
The game is a lot more straightforward than Lisa the Painful. In this, you mostly just play as buddy and having a companion is more of a story thing than actually integral to the gameplay. You just play as Buddy and she's fuckin done with choices being made for her and she's out to kill EVERYONE to make a name for herself. Buddy mostly attacks with a sword with skills that you have to time a button press just right to do deadly precision damage. It seems kinda weird at first but there's a skill she has that allows her to flash enemies which temporarily leaves them dumbfounded because she's the only female anyone has seen in decades so it kinda works. More importantly that and her deadly attacks tie into her ruthlessness as a character who is on a path of violence and will do whatever she can to forge ahead. I think it works ultimately.
The story mostly is about Buddy finding The List of warlords who rule sections of Olathe and how she intends to rule it all by killing them and taking her spot on top. She has a bit of a messiah complex after the events of the last game and everyone telling her how she's humanity's savior since she's the last woman and all. So in that way it's all fairly simple. There's some other worldbuilding stuff that gets expanded on and, much to my enjoyment, characters whose arcs get fleshed out more and resolved. Part of what bugged me in the last game was how the story really only focused on Brad. It was fine but I wanted more from the characters introduced that CLEARLY had more to show and this game delivers. What's more important is that the stuff regarding other characters fits in with Buddy's story and doesn't really feel tacked on thanks to both her importance in the grand scheme of things and other character's ties to her in the last game.
I don't really want to say much more than that. I think this is a solid series that deserves to be played and experienced yourself. The final game is a fitting conclusion though I do think it loses some of the charm and humor of the last game in favor of telling a more brutal and slightly more serious story. I really enjoyed it though and enjoyed the shorter no-nonsense notions of Buddy. Definitely recommend the whole trilogy.