I really just don't get it.
The gameplay is fine, sure. But I can't really get invested in anything I'm doing when I'm playing as a faceless blob of pixels in a story that feels half-assed at best and genuinely insulting to people who actually suffer from depression and anxiety at worst.
This game is extremely "so retro!!" and I'm not sure why people don't really complain about it. Sure, it's an indie game, but it costs $20! I'd expect the pixel art to be at least competent, these sprites feel like they were drawn by someone who's never seen an old game in their life. The 3D world map is the only part of the game that looks unique or interesting and it makes me wonder why they chose pixel art for this at all.
The story just feels really generic and lazy. Like it's a normie's idea of what being mentally ill is like. I genuinely don't know why they didn't just do something more original for the story and drop the whole indie game that's an allegory for depresion thing if they weren't even gonna go all the way with it. Was this just easier than coming up with a story? Was this more marketable? Well, I guess it worked...
Yes, I know none of this is related to gameplay, but if everything outside of the gameplay is so bad that I have literally zero investment in anything I'm doing then I can't really give the game points for that. I'm aware other people are able to ignore these things and just enjoy the gameplay but this is my review and I can't do that! Story, presentation and design are a big deal for me and this game just does nothing but frustrate me in those aspects.
The gameplay is fine, sure. But I can't really get invested in anything I'm doing when I'm playing as a faceless blob of pixels in a story that feels half-assed at best and genuinely insulting to people who actually suffer from depression and anxiety at worst.
This game is extremely "so retro!!" and I'm not sure why people don't really complain about it. Sure, it's an indie game, but it costs $20! I'd expect the pixel art to be at least competent, these sprites feel like they were drawn by someone who's never seen an old game in their life. The 3D world map is the only part of the game that looks unique or interesting and it makes me wonder why they chose pixel art for this at all.
The story just feels really generic and lazy. Like it's a normie's idea of what being mentally ill is like. I genuinely don't know why they didn't just do something more original for the story and drop the whole indie game that's an allegory for depresion thing if they weren't even gonna go all the way with it. Was this just easier than coming up with a story? Was this more marketable? Well, I guess it worked...
Yes, I know none of this is related to gameplay, but if everything outside of the gameplay is so bad that I have literally zero investment in anything I'm doing then I can't really give the game points for that. I'm aware other people are able to ignore these things and just enjoy the gameplay but this is my review and I can't do that! Story, presentation and design are a big deal for me and this game just does nothing but frustrate me in those aspects.