This review contains spoilers
I don't know enough about the community to know whether this is a hot take or not; but here it goes:
I loved this game and its characters, but I HATED playing it and will most likely never do so again.
The themes and personality this game portrays feel very real and get dark af. Noone in this game gets a happy ending, but the message still manages to be positive and hopeful.
9S' development in the story is one of the craziest I've ever seen. He started off being the quirky goofy sidekick and turned into the most emotionally broken, resentful character in the entire game.
The music is heavenly. God tier OST.
What I absolutely HATE about this game is the gameplay. I don't really know how to put it into words, it's just so boring to play. I always find myself complaining the second a cutscene ends, cus I know it's back to mashing buttons and just waiting for the health bars to drop. The only hard parts in this game are not so much challenging, but tedious and annoying. Mostly enemy spam tbh.
Strangely however, I feel like the amount of suffering I go through when playing makes me connect more with the characters (?). I still hate it, but it's somehow perfect.
All in all, a masterpiece, but I can't bring myself to give it 5 stars.
I loved this game and its characters, but I HATED playing it and will most likely never do so again.
The themes and personality this game portrays feel very real and get dark af. Noone in this game gets a happy ending, but the message still manages to be positive and hopeful.
9S' development in the story is one of the craziest I've ever seen. He started off being the quirky goofy sidekick and turned into the most emotionally broken, resentful character in the entire game.
The music is heavenly. God tier OST.
What I absolutely HATE about this game is the gameplay. I don't really know how to put it into words, it's just so boring to play. I always find myself complaining the second a cutscene ends, cus I know it's back to mashing buttons and just waiting for the health bars to drop. The only hard parts in this game are not so much challenging, but tedious and annoying. Mostly enemy spam tbh.
Strangely however, I feel like the amount of suffering I go through when playing makes me connect more with the characters (?). I still hate it, but it's somehow perfect.
All in all, a masterpiece, but I can't bring myself to give it 5 stars.