I saw some hype about the psychologically disturbing nature of this game, but none of the official content even hinted at it (I didn't want to dig because I didn't want spoilers... because look at that cover - no way I wanted to ruin any surprises). When it went on sale on PS, I bought it (and only afterwards did I find that it's apparently free to play on their site, but I am a console gamer).
The base game was boring, but I'm not into average dating sims. The psychologically disturbing bits were indeed as they promised (not disturbing to me - avid horror fan here, but certainly jarring given the bright and cheery backdrop).
Having to play such long periods of mostly boring dialogue had me on auto-pilot with the progression button to the point where any decisions I COULD make were made without me, because of the whole autopilot thing. There wasn't enough interesting or interactive content to keep me motivated to read along, and the creepy bits occasionally snuck right by me.
Still, I enjoyed the apex and the BtS stuff I could do to fiddle with the game. I might give it a few more runs, so long as I don't have to sit with Yuri for a whole weekend again!!
The base game was boring, but I'm not into average dating sims. The psychologically disturbing bits were indeed as they promised (not disturbing to me - avid horror fan here, but certainly jarring given the bright and cheery backdrop).
Having to play such long periods of mostly boring dialogue had me on auto-pilot with the progression button to the point where any decisions I COULD make were made without me, because of the whole autopilot thing. There wasn't enough interesting or interactive content to keep me motivated to read along, and the creepy bits occasionally snuck right by me.
Still, I enjoyed the apex and the BtS stuff I could do to fiddle with the game. I might give it a few more runs, so long as I don't have to sit with Yuri for a whole weekend again!!