This game was great from the gameplay to the music to the characters. This is easily one of the best looking PS2 games and one of the best PS2 games in general. I loved the story and it often has me thinking off it when I am bored. From start to end it had me interested in the world Spira and the people who live there. The scene with Auron in Yunalesca chamber where he says "Die and be free of pain or live and fight your sorrow! Now is the time to shape your stories! Your fate is in your hands!" will forever stick in my mind.

I don't know how to currently feel about this game it had a really rocky start with the first 2 cases however the 3 case come along and easily becomes the best case in the game and then case 4 is just a solid case and case 5 left me kinda confused as it seems like it was setting up for things for the second game. I personally feel like I will like this game more when I beat the second one however since I haven't yet my review is as it is.

Case Ranking from best to worse
3>5>4>1>2

This game is good however I find some of the characterization of the main characters to be slightly off. I definitely believe that characters like Gumshoe become better in the later games. This game does make up for it for the cases (especially the Fourth case) and the music. With this replay I was enjoying Case 5 a lot more then I did the the first time

Case Ranking
4>5>2>3>1

This is a really good start to this VN and I hope the quality will stay consistent throughout it all. Every moment had me intrigued. The characters were great, the setting was great and the highlight of the VN to me was the soundtrack. I can't wait to read more

Edit: Increased rating from 4 to 4.5 after giving more time to think i really like how this episode is set up more like a regular mystery with only a small few instances of magic being shown compared to the episodes after this.

(I might give a change after i finish reading the entire VN)

This game is has a very fast paced gameplay loop and while the main story become slightly repetitive near the end the game makes it up with it by adding a rouge steel mode that allows you to platy through randomly selected maps and makes you pick from randomly selected modifiers that can change gameplay change drastically and definitely makes a bit more fresh

This game is really good I love nearly all the stages except meat circus and brain tumbler. I love the characters and that the levels are designed around certain trait the characters have or is themed around something that ruined their life. The art direction is definitely unique and to me the colour scheme look very earth/muddy looking colours such as green and brown. That could just be me though

Honestly I thought this game was gonna be worse than i thought. Most of the side characters and killers in this game are forgettable but this game makes up for it with a great main cast of characters and the ost.

Case Ranking
2>4>1>5>3

This game was such a disappointing finale to two great games but I like all the returning and SOME of the new characters. Not Q team though. FUCK EVERYONE in Q team

It is a bundle of 2 great escape room visual novels. I love these games

This game is a bully and I keep coming back to it

In recent years my love for this game has been vanishing.

The best Deadrising in my opinion it is always fun for me to replay. it has a charm to it

This is a really good chapter to start off the VN and a good intro to all the characters. I enjoyed delving into Keiichi paranoia and hearing his thoughts and understanding the back and fourth of him wanting to trust his friends but he always finds a way to become suspicious of them again. I like that he is an unreliable narrator and that i get a better understanding of his character.