Life is Strange and Night in the Woods had a dino-baby and I loved it! Truly we are blessed to have queer folk in this world. Beautiful coming of age story during the end times, when so much is out of our control, and we see all the more clearly the importance of our connections to those we love. The only reason this isn't a 5 star from me is because for much of the game it seems like you're making choices that can shape how much your character will accept certain decisions their friends make, but the game seems to force drama in the latter parts regardless of your decisions. Even so, the ensuing friendship make-up sequences were really touching and I dug the soundtrack which I felt elevated the scenes in a really good way. If you like the high school indie vibes of the original Life is Strange you'll know what I'm talking about; and it's also got playable musical segments a-la Night in the Woods but more mechanically engaging in a way I thought was pretty cool. This game seems to have some of the production value I felt was sorely missing during my playthrough of Stray Gods. You could say that the animation here is flash animation level stuff, but I still felt the art was gorgeous to look at, and I felt that it helped to elevate the game above the typical still images we get from most visual novels. Apparently there was some kind of 4chan driven anti-LBGT "parody" game made of this and I really hope that's not what's driving down the average rating on here, because I really thought this game was a treat!

Reviewed on Sep 02, 2023


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7 months ago

Unfortunately it only takes a bit to show some of that is definitely driving down the rating.