Ark Noir is not very good. As an RPG it is unfair levels of difficult, with many situations being unbeatable without the benefit of hindsight. As a story it is segmented and weird, with no resemblence of pacing due to the high difficulty. Visually it is disjointed, with some out there, hard to explain monster designs placed in deeply repetitive environments

And yet despite, or maybe because of that, I grew weirdly fascinated with this game for a few evenings, trying to find a way to break through the sheer insourmountable difficulty as I go through the exact same levels and events over and over again.