Nainetsu
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Night in the Woods
2017
I have tried to finish this game 3 times and each time I end up shutting it off.
Almost every character in this game is painfully unlikable or acts like they were written by a quirky XD tumblr user.
I one day want to try this again and fully understand what people love about this, but if it eventually gets good, it is a slog to get there
Almost every character in this game is painfully unlikable or acts like they were written by a quirky XD tumblr user.
I one day want to try this again and fully understand what people love about this, but if it eventually gets good, it is a slog to get there
Disappointment. Too much boring and unecessary backtracking. Also, braindead combat, lack of QoLs and bad pacing. It is a game worse than the first and that one isn't some classic of the genre or anything. The visuals are still pretty for a GBA game and some dungeons are pretty fun to play but beyond that there isn't much interesting going on in this game.
The writing is pretty boring and bloated, also. So many infinite dialogues that could be better just going straight to the point.
The writing is pretty boring and bloated, also. So many infinite dialogues that could be better just going straight to the point.
I would never say I liked the first game. I think the soundtrack is amazing, and the potential was there for something great, but it's a game that ruined anything good it had going for it by being absolutely mean-spirited, and full of spiteful punching down.
But like I said, that potential was always there for something really cool, so of course I wanted to check out a sequel. And while the same year's NEO The World Ends With You gets a fond spot in my heart for managing to capture exactly what the original game had done, Caligula 2 gets a fond spot in my heart for managing to wash out every bit of the bad taste the original had left with me all those years ago.
It's engaging from start to finish in gameplay and storytelling, kind and humane in a way games seldom are, and has a ridiculously good localization behind it that sells all the emotional highs and lows of the script.
It's so hard to believe it's from the same writer as the original, but I have the utmost respect for the growth he's shown here, both as a writer and a person.
This game is fabulous and lovely, and I recommend giving it a chance, especially if you just couldn't stand to original.
But like I said, that potential was always there for something really cool, so of course I wanted to check out a sequel. And while the same year's NEO The World Ends With You gets a fond spot in my heart for managing to capture exactly what the original game had done, Caligula 2 gets a fond spot in my heart for managing to wash out every bit of the bad taste the original had left with me all those years ago.
It's engaging from start to finish in gameplay and storytelling, kind and humane in a way games seldom are, and has a ridiculously good localization behind it that sells all the emotional highs and lows of the script.
It's so hard to believe it's from the same writer as the original, but I have the utmost respect for the growth he's shown here, both as a writer and a person.
This game is fabulous and lovely, and I recommend giving it a chance, especially if you just couldn't stand to original.
