doesn't take full advantage of its premise, doesn't seem to have anything new or interesting to say. some of it works decently, but the repetition is so brutal and the most interesting stuff (the vampire origins, the restaurant stuff) just never gets explored. the third playthrough was long in the making and heavily teased and then it was the shortest and least interesting. really kinda felt like i was getting strung along for nothing.

i love that it's so connected to the community that it's for and came out of, but i'm not involved at all and i dont know any streamers so it just feels sort of alienating to me and undercuts any hope of getting into the mood of the game. just furthers my feeling of "this game is not for me". which is fine! but it seemed like there would be more than that?

also, the fact that this game asks you to leave steam reviews and play their other games to unlock content is kinda desperate. that being said, i kinda wanna try their ER game. i feel like i'd like a game like this if it was less focused on being clever and referential.

ALSO, the screenshots and videos on steam showed several interesting looking sections that i just... never saw. probably because i got tired of poking around knowing that i was probably going to get killed and have to restart all over again. it was encouraging and punishing exploration simultaneously and neither ever felt quite worth it.

the protag is hot though. i have a lot of disgusting violent gay fanfic to write