This is like Walmart brand Suda51.
I like the gameplay. Mechanically, it's fucking rad and quite addicting to see how much faster you can beat each mission. Problem is that the game is also trying to have a very involved narrative alongside it, as you're cut away from the game a lot to watch the VN-like cutscenes. It sucks. But what makes it suck more is that there's a little bit of something charming there and it's just not fully explored in favor of a bunch of cringe-inducing anime references and a piss-poor dating sim addition which is there because "WOAH KAWAII ANIME DATING SO SUGOI UWU!" Every game wants to be Persona when it doesn't need to be at all.
As if it wasn't bad enough, maxing out all the relationship stuff is mandatory to achieve the good ending of the game. This requires obtaining every gift collectible, which is the worst addition to the actual good part of Neon White since it slows everything down and makes you have to check every corner of the levels so you can find these dumb things. I hate when games purposely inconvenience you in order to get the ideal ending.
I like the gameplay. Mechanically, it's fucking rad and quite addicting to see how much faster you can beat each mission. Problem is that the game is also trying to have a very involved narrative alongside it, as you're cut away from the game a lot to watch the VN-like cutscenes. It sucks. But what makes it suck more is that there's a little bit of something charming there and it's just not fully explored in favor of a bunch of cringe-inducing anime references and a piss-poor dating sim addition which is there because "WOAH KAWAII ANIME DATING SO SUGOI UWU!" Every game wants to be Persona when it doesn't need to be at all.
As if it wasn't bad enough, maxing out all the relationship stuff is mandatory to achieve the good ending of the game. This requires obtaining every gift collectible, which is the worst addition to the actual good part of Neon White since it slows everything down and makes you have to check every corner of the levels so you can find these dumb things. I hate when games purposely inconvenience you in order to get the ideal ending.