Nice game to end off the Riddle School series! Feels like a return to form in many ways, with the exception of the hexagon puzzle the way you engage with the environment feels like it hearkens back to the original ones, albeit with improved character writing; this is the first time any of the main cast have been to the first Riddle School in years, and even the cynical Phil seems to be fond of it - I love his interactions with characters seen as one-off like Chubb and Richy in particular.
The ending itself I could take or leave, Diz turning out to be evil kind of felt pointless; nothing really built up to it and I think Quiz just realizing what he had done at the school would have been adequate for his redemption, he absolutely did not need to lay down his life let alone on such a contrived plot twist.
For whatever reason, I don't feel the same about the budding relationship between Phil and Smiley we see in the credits; I wouldn't have thought of it in the way Jon puts it, but in the special features he mentions that Phil is reborn into his childhood body and appreciates it this time around, and thus the inciting incident of the whole series - him getting detention for making fun of Smiley who he perceived as weird - is prevented. That aside the pictures in the credits of everyone grown up and them getting married are just adorable.
I think Riddle Transfer 2 - maybe School 5 and Transfer 1 - is the only Riddle School game I played as it came out. I wish I could evoke some emotions from the time period but frankly I hadn't played Riddle School in years and never bothered to refresh my memory when it came out, I may as well have been in the situation I am now back then. All in all though, Riddle School is a nice if unremarkable nostalgic series and this is a nice if unremarkable finale.
The ending itself I could take or leave, Diz turning out to be evil kind of felt pointless; nothing really built up to it and I think Quiz just realizing what he had done at the school would have been adequate for his redemption, he absolutely did not need to lay down his life let alone on such a contrived plot twist.
For whatever reason, I don't feel the same about the budding relationship between Phil and Smiley we see in the credits; I wouldn't have thought of it in the way Jon puts it, but in the special features he mentions that Phil is reborn into his childhood body and appreciates it this time around, and thus the inciting incident of the whole series - him getting detention for making fun of Smiley who he perceived as weird - is prevented. That aside the pictures in the credits of everyone grown up and them getting married are just adorable.
I think Riddle Transfer 2 - maybe School 5 and Transfer 1 - is the only Riddle School game I played as it came out. I wish I could evoke some emotions from the time period but frankly I hadn't played Riddle School in years and never bothered to refresh my memory when it came out, I may as well have been in the situation I am now back then. All in all though, Riddle School is a nice if unremarkable nostalgic series and this is a nice if unremarkable finale.