Lumba is a classic tale of the absolute desperation of humanity.
Locked deep within this treacherous bullet hell is a story of betrayal and misery.

On the surface killing an entire office of your co-workers sounds like a blast.
But the voices that persuade you to commit these joyous acts that bring you ultimate happiness don't have your best interests in mind.
Proceed with caution as the moving tale of Lumba erodes away at your fragile humanity.

Boss fights set you in perilous encounters of which that last boss took me over half it's runtime to beat, not because it's difficult but because my sense of self had been stripped away by the deep philosophical nature of the story.
How could I bring myself to destroy the one part of myself that kept me going, the part that brought me so much joy in the previous hour of gameplay.
I've been loaded up on so much lumba when I wrote this review that even these words as I'm typing them look like they need shot in the head.
and as the "Post review" button stares at me disappointed in multiple of my life choices, I feel the need to just click it

Lumba is a classic tale of the absolute desperation of humanity.
Locked deep within this treacherous bullet hell is a story of betrayal and misery.

On the surface killing an entire office of your co-workers sounds like a blast.
But the voices that persuade you to commit these joyous acts that bring you ultimate happiness don't have your best interests in mind.
Proceed with caution as the moving tale of Lumba erodes away at your fragile humanity.

Boss fights set you in perilous encounters of which that last boss took me over half it's runtime to beat, not because it's difficult but because my sense of self had been stripped away by the deep philosophical nature of the story.
How could I bring myself to destroy the one part of myself that kept me going, the part that brought me so much joy in the previous hour of gameplay.
I've been loaded up on so much lumba when I wrote this review that even these words as I'm typing them look like they need shot in the head.
and as the "Post review" button stares at me disappointed in multiple of my life choices, I feel the need to just click it

Sorry We're Open is a breath of fresh air in the beloved RPG genre.

I (shamefully) played this before Oats earlier titles mistakenly thinking this was the first (by steam publish date).

But man what a good title to start with.

Taking notes from roguelikes and visual novels Sorry We're Open has a completely unique approach to how you progress in it's world.
And boy is it's world well crafted.
The most jarringly accurate representation of what working a job is actually like perfectly replicated.

This depiction feels borderline cathartic.
The entire soul sucking aspect of labor represented as the horror it should be.

Watching party members (co-workers) come and go all in their wild range of usefulness (and as someone who didn't use that many it was a bit of a treat when it was over).

Resource management is the name of the game and your job title! and it's good, finding new employees with Job Titles and Quirks that work well with each other is a bit challenging at first but once you figure it out, you'll have a well oiled team that can take on anything.
Which is again too accurate to how things work irl.

Sorry We're Open is a breath of fresh air in the beloved RPG genre.

I (shamefully) played this before Oats earlier titles mistakenly thinking this was the first (by steam publish date).

But man what a good title to start with.

Taking notes from roguelikes and visual novels Sorry We're Open has a completely unique approach to how you progress in it's world.
And boy is it's world well crafted.
The most jarringly accurate representation of what working a job is actually like perfectly replicated.

This depiction feels borderline cathartic.
The entire soul sucking aspect of labor represented as the horror it should be.

Watching party members (co-workers) come and go all in their wild range of usefulness (and as someone who didn't use that many it was a bit of a treat when it was over).

Resource management is the name of the game and your job title! and it's good, finding new employees with Job Titles and Quirks that work well with each other is a bit challenging at first but once you figure it out, you'll have a well oiled team that can take on anything.
Which is again too accurate to how things work irl.