Wanted to play this for a really long time and lowkey loved it. It defo isn't perfect, has frame rate issues in certain stages, but THE VIBEEEES!!! The only thing I'm mad about with this, is that we lack some tracks from the soundtrack on YouTube. And I take that personally, because the song right before the ending goes way too fucking hard and it is nowhere to be found on the internet.

The god damn animation in this drives me crazy. There is a shot where Ranko shoots her dad from a hotel window and the camera pans around her in 180° , before she slightly adjusts her violin-sniper, pulls out the fucking bow, rocks it on the strings and head-shots the guy. I was about to collect my jaw from the floor, but no, this game doesn't play and so he disintegrated into Mahjong pieces and the blood on the wall behind him was a fucking art piece.

Exactly what I mean with this game goes so fucking hard that you can overlook the sometimes a little stiff control scheme. It's fine and really fun, once you get the hang of it.
Even during gameplay do enemies explode in particle effects, chain their explosions into each other and fill your entire screen with graffiti-esque sticker designs.
Ranko Tsukigime's Longest Day is unstoppable, has the perfect length at about 50 minutes and still captivates me hours after completion. Play this, if you manage to grab a copy. Not even mad I payed as much as I did to get one honestly and it's also a blue-ray with the other 4 short peace films? I got my money worth for SURE!

Reviewed on Jun 09, 2023


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