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I fucking love this game. It's a "so bad it's good" title to me, but in a way that this is my earthbound. I've replayed it 3 times, I have the Wrong Soul Requiem book, I bought the Deviation Perspective album the day it came out, I own multiple pieces of merchandise INCLUDING the Alex plush. So why only 1.5 stars? Because it SUUUUUCCCCKKSSSS.
It's a complete slog from beginning to end. From the boring and long combat, to some of the drawn out and awkward conversations. There's a lot more to go into, but describing the experience of YIIK would take many, many paragraphs just scratch the surface. Go watch the many different video essays describing this much better than me (I recommend Running Shine's review in particular).
Despite all of the shit in this game, there is something here. There is earnestness in the way everything is presented. Some of the environments are genuinely beautiful. There are some great surrealist moments in the dialogue. It's clear that the intention was to make a great RPG here, but something went really wrong during development (If you know, you know.)
A revision in combat would immediately bump this game to 3.5 stars, a close 5 if some of the dialogue was changed. Thankfully, it seems like the developers are actually listening to complaints and fixing more with an update titled YIIK I.V. With revised combat and a tweaked story, I look forward to the update fixing the core issues with this broken gem.
It's a complete slog from beginning to end. From the boring and long combat, to some of the drawn out and awkward conversations. There's a lot more to go into, but describing the experience of YIIK would take many, many paragraphs just scratch the surface. Go watch the many different video essays describing this much better than me (I recommend Running Shine's review in particular).
Despite all of the shit in this game, there is something here. There is earnestness in the way everything is presented. Some of the environments are genuinely beautiful. There are some great surrealist moments in the dialogue. It's clear that the intention was to make a great RPG here, but something went really wrong during development (If you know, you know.)
A revision in combat would immediately bump this game to 3.5 stars, a close 5 if some of the dialogue was changed. Thankfully, it seems like the developers are actually listening to complaints and fixing more with an update titled YIIK I.V. With revised combat and a tweaked story, I look forward to the update fixing the core issues with this broken gem.