you can tell it wasn't playtested. it's like a video game based off the design philosophies of parents who see their kid complain about school and go "yeah whiny pussy? you think THAT'S tough?? when i was a kid we had to eat buckets of rusty screws and clown wig hair and we had to host worms in our bodies... heh, you've got it easy." a real 'suffering builds character' type of game with levels that, technically, were at least a little designed at some point all hiding behind a few initially fun stages, some cute aesthetics, and a nice soundtrack.

"This is the character that is going to do it for Saturn!”
- Steven Spielberg

this quote is the most famous thing about Bug! because it is very, very funny. no one really cares about Bug!, not even enough to check if this quote was real - it's not. that is how little the world cares for Bug! and i say that as someone who fully completed Bug!. Bug! just isn't very fun, regardless of how many exclamation points are in its title. its cramped camera, tedious and labyrinthian level design, crushing difficulty, lack of continues, insufferably slow pace, and abundance of bugs really bugged me. Bug! is an interesting landmark in the history of 3D game development, its quality is the result of an insane development timeline at a point in game history where the 3D platformer didn't really exist. it's an incredibly impressive and unique experiment. the prerendered graphics are really fantastic, the concept and design for Bug! as a character aren't that bad - but the game doesn't take advantage of the character or theme. he's supposed to be a movie-star on a filmset but every level is just a generic game level, it's a huge missed opportunity for charm and flavour. a green little quippy film guy was neat conceptually, but would be done better later with Gex's 3D games. but Bug! has more exclamation points than Gex did, so maybe not.

a couple of friends like to get drunk and piss off miserable people in comp, i joined this night and i can say it was one of the most miserable experiences i have ever had with a game. fundamentally, this game feels bad. it feels like I'm stuck in snow. every weapon (except for Orisa's) feels like doo doo and the game's visuals are so unclear and stuffed with shit going on i find it hard to know what to shoot sometimes. the matches are slogs to get through, i feel it would benefit from something about 6v6. the monetization and loot box shit is nasty. i don't think I've EVER seen a game so utterly devoid of charm and character like this one is. everything looks, feels, and plays bas. i got a migraine after playing, i was not drinking. it was so miserable it was almost sobering, like it awakened a sense of appreciation for the things and people in my life.

we didn't even get that many funny people, did get called a slur by a guy named "family event" which was a bit haha hehe.