Yeah, this isn't for me.
I stopped after getting to the end of the first route. There's just a lot of stuff here that seems tailor-made to make me want to quit: multiple endings, requiring replaying large chunks, a map and UI that is borderline illegible to my colorblind and astigmatic eyes, and an action combat system that has me resorting to button mashing ZR and holding down R in an uncomfortable grip.
I read the major plot beats online and I actually like what I saw. At the very least, it seems like a less creatively bankrupt and depraved version of Xenoblade 3 (afaik this is also about unending war and the questions of existence) that doesn't take 80 hours to get to the point, and actually uses its medium as a video game as an asset to its storytelling. The entire aesthetic design of post-apocalypse earth and the bunker are additionally very beautiful. Even though I thought combat and traversal were cumbersome, I do still appreciate the overall visual design.
Unfortunately, I just found myself fatigued at every little sequence; being forced to replay essentially the same scenarios in order to hear retreaded philosophical arguments that were obvious the entire time isn't how I want to spend my winter break.
I appreciate what it's going for, but I'm out. At least I got a free t-shirt for preordering.
I stopped after getting to the end of the first route. There's just a lot of stuff here that seems tailor-made to make me want to quit: multiple endings, requiring replaying large chunks, a map and UI that is borderline illegible to my colorblind and astigmatic eyes, and an action combat system that has me resorting to button mashing ZR and holding down R in an uncomfortable grip.
I read the major plot beats online and I actually like what I saw. At the very least, it seems like a less creatively bankrupt and depraved version of Xenoblade 3 (afaik this is also about unending war and the questions of existence) that doesn't take 80 hours to get to the point, and actually uses its medium as a video game as an asset to its storytelling. The entire aesthetic design of post-apocalypse earth and the bunker are additionally very beautiful. Even though I thought combat and traversal were cumbersome, I do still appreciate the overall visual design.
Unfortunately, I just found myself fatigued at every little sequence; being forced to replay essentially the same scenarios in order to hear retreaded philosophical arguments that were obvious the entire time isn't how I want to spend my winter break.
I appreciate what it's going for, but I'm out. At least I got a free t-shirt for preordering.