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A really cool short psychological horror visual novel. The art style and character designs are amazing (I especially love Penny's design), and the story captures the helplessness of the PoV character as they succumb to the hellhole of late-stage capitalism. There are no jumpscares here, yet the horror of watching the slow corruption of the protagonist is extremely effective. It's free so there's no excuse, go read this!
I was pleasantly surprised by this one. I was expecting to maybe get a few hours out of it and then fall off it, but the campaigns retain their intoxicating addictiveness from the GBA days and were a joy to play through.
I'm not a fan of the unit visuals but after a few hours you stop noticing them as you're so focused on actually playing the maps. The rest of the visuals I actually thought were quite nice and well polished. The story is... well, almost non-existent - if you're expecting this to be "Fire Emblem with tanks" then you'll be disappointed. The characters are one-note but do their job of being likeable and cool. The updated music is fantastic re -imaginings of the original tunes (Sensei's theme a particular standout) - the music was a highlight of the originals and I'm so glad that they nailed it here.
There is also just a ton of content. I got around 50 hours out of the game with the two campaigns, and then there are bonus War Room maps and the challenge level campaigns if I want to hop back in later. The online is pretty lackluster so if you're looking for a mutiplayer experience then you'll want to look elsewhere.
Overall if you're looking for raw single-player strategic fun then I don't think you can go wrong with this version.
I'm not a fan of the unit visuals but after a few hours you stop noticing them as you're so focused on actually playing the maps. The rest of the visuals I actually thought were quite nice and well polished. The story is... well, almost non-existent - if you're expecting this to be "Fire Emblem with tanks" then you'll be disappointed. The characters are one-note but do their job of being likeable and cool. The updated music is fantastic re -imaginings of the original tunes (Sensei's theme a particular standout) - the music was a highlight of the originals and I'm so glad that they nailed it here.
There is also just a ton of content. I got around 50 hours out of the game with the two campaigns, and then there are bonus War Room maps and the challenge level campaigns if I want to hop back in later. The online is pretty lackluster so if you're looking for a mutiplayer experience then you'll want to look elsewhere.
Overall if you're looking for raw single-player strategic fun then I don't think you can go wrong with this version.
Though the "your choices matter" narrative-driven adventure game genre is old hat at this point, I still think this one is a worth a playthrough. The mystery itself is engaging enough but shortlived; where True Colors really shines is in its character interactions. Alex is a delightful character to be in the shoes of - both fantastically written and performed. It's also worth a shout out to the facial animation in this game which looks really good and adds a layer of dynamism to the character interactions.
Though there aren't a huge number of environments and the game is pretty short, it's clear the game was put together with a lot of care and attention to detail. Wandering the environments never feels like a chore as there's always lots of little nuggets to find. Also worth noting is the wonderful LGBTQ representation on display in the game, it's really nice to see queer people just existing in the world that the devs have built. Definitely worth the few hours a playthrough takes.
Though there aren't a huge number of environments and the game is pretty short, it's clear the game was put together with a lot of care and attention to detail. Wandering the environments never feels like a chore as there's always lots of little nuggets to find. Also worth noting is the wonderful LGBTQ representation on display in the game, it's really nice to see queer people just existing in the world that the devs have built. Definitely worth the few hours a playthrough takes.