What? Homos?

I had the cough MISFORTUNE of getting this game spoiled to me due to an awry tiktok that appeared in my feed a few months ago. Before I even knew what was happening, I had seen a crucial part of this game's ending. I tried to forget about it, but of course, the more I thought about it, the more it stuck in my head. But, despite that, despite knowing the twist from before I even downloaded it, I still had an awesome time here. I absolutely love the character writing, because it feels like it perfectly treads the line between portraying Misfortune as a perfect angel of a girl and portraying her as a big gross weirdo for the sake of shock value. I think it captures the pure essence of what weird little girls are like. I mean, she's basically a furry for god sakes.

The gameplay is simple, but I feel like it tries to overinflate its complexity and make it feel like it's more intense than it is. You make a lot of A/B questions throughout the game, as you do in a lot of games, and yet both consequential (''will you do this'' questions) and progression questions ("do you want to enter the next area" questions) are portrayed with the same screen-blurring, music-pausing effect that makes them feel like they have the same question. I think if the intention was to truly confuse the player over what choices have weight, it was accomplished, but I also feel like that's kind of lame. Otherwise, have the simpler preferential questions be portrayed in a more mundane way. I also think there were a few spots where the interact icon was a bit finicky, to where you had to stand at a distance to something in order to inspect it instead of right next to it. But these things never bothered me too much.

Overall awesome, totally nutty experience.

Reviewed on Apr 11, 2024


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