deepfriedgoogs
This game provided me with the first boss I got severely stuck on. His name was Iwaoropenelep, he was a literal giant thunder bird. I seriously cursed this bird’s name. I got stuck on him for something like a year. I even asked my friends to do it for me. No dice, until I tackled him head on again and again and got fucking lucky hanging on by a thread. Seriously, that OH MY FUCKING GOOOOOOOOD feeling I got when the death animation played was the closest I have ever been to understanding why people play Dark Souls other than severe sadomasochism.
Most pertinent issues up front: 1) the translation of this game is super weird and, from what I can interpret, is quite literal to the Japanese text. 2) The text is chopped up into particles – oftentimes there’ll be three or four text bubbles per sentence – for no reason I can see, other than the Japanese text being that way (do Japanese teenagers all talk like William Shatner?)
The plot is your bog-standard “school club” and “scary rumour where a ghost girl shows up and kills you in real life if you meet these specific requirements” Japanese plotlines. I pretty much think everything about this game can be sorted by which cliché it is. That being said, I am a giant pussy, so I was scared by everything in this game and I did choose to not listen to the audio. Three times of having a ghost girl rasp 「誰でもいい」into my earholes was enough.
This game was the type of meh where it disappoints you to see it fall flat on its face, rather than provoking laughter.
The plot is your bog-standard “school club” and “scary rumour where a ghost girl shows up and kills you in real life if you meet these specific requirements” Japanese plotlines. I pretty much think everything about this game can be sorted by which cliché it is. That being said, I am a giant pussy, so I was scared by everything in this game and I did choose to not listen to the audio. Three times of having a ghost girl rasp 「誰でもいい」into my earholes was enough.
This game was the type of meh where it disappoints you to see it fall flat on its face, rather than provoking laughter.
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2020
The Perceive mechanic could be really cool, but… you know what all video gamed players really love to do? Go on spot the difference hunts over a gigantic sprite and search for the witness crying blood a little bit or whatever stupid poker tell they have.
Klavier was in this game and Capcom decided that actually he wasn’t that interesting GOODBYE KLAVIER and he hasn’t appeared since. I have a headcanon that he just prosecutes corporate finance law now and has a very cosy home life with Apollo and just listens to Apollo’s crazy ass stories
Klavier was in this game and Capcom decided that actually he wasn’t that interesting GOODBYE KLAVIER and he hasn’t appeared since. I have a headcanon that he just prosecutes corporate finance law now and has a very cosy home life with Apollo and just listens to Apollo’s crazy ass stories
2020
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Spiritfarer is such a wonderful game! It made me cry Several Times, but the worst one was Alice, as I have firsthand experience of dementia patients.
My only complaint is the end kind of dribbles along and I basically had to commit suicide so I didn't lose all will to complete the game, but it still made me cry so ¯\_ (ツ)_/¯
My only complaint is the end kind of dribbles along and I basically had to commit suicide so I didn't lose all will to complete the game, but it still made me cry so ¯\_ (ツ)_/¯
2019
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