(My review from Steam)
Listen, I wanted to like this game, especially because I paid $8 on it. But I didn't. I am convinced all the positive reviews didn't actually play the game, and the first one that appears as I am typing this received the product for free but convinces everyone else to pay "for everything."
Note: I am a woman, who loves women, and find the relationship between Amber and Marina not to be healthy in the slightest.
The pros:
- I do find that expanding on Tess' depression that was apparent in the original game was interesting
- Having Marina have more of a voice was wonderful as I was sick of listening to Amber's shit
- Cassi is a cool character
The cons:
- Despite having some Marina insight, it is pretty focused on Amber's voice still, unless we are in the sections that talk about "The Trio" (Joe, Mariah, and Tess).
- There were SO MANY TYPOS AND MISTAKES. The original game had them too, but it was much more apparent in this DLC.
- The worst offender for a mistake was when it was supposed to be Marina's POV, and then after one minute, they switch to Amber's POV without acknowledging it was her POV.
- A minor offender, but an annoying one: The Rainforest Cafe is not in the MGM Casino anymore.
- Amber is borderline abusive to Marina, wondering why she gave money to her family and talks to them? Like girl.
- The fight that happens, the whole buildup, it lasted 5 minutes. I don't like people fighting but they made this a much bigger deal with lackluster results.
- The creators didn't seem to know how to end things or expand on stuff because every storyline seemed to end flatly. Another negative review (the only one at the time of this one) mentioned something similar.
- Marina's inner thoughts just kept ragging on Amber yet she says she loves her. Like girl, that isn't love. Comparing her to the fucking Mariah means you need to RUN.
- Mariah's viewpoint was terrible and I am not just saying that as an avid Mariah hater. Also, Mariah needs to be in jail and the only reason she's not is because of white privilege.
- Amber was so fucking stupid and didn't learn from her mistakes.
- Amber clearly wants to bone the other girl, Cassi. Marina kept saying that she wasn't upset about Cassi but she clearly was.
- The game ends thinking we should support this relationship but we really, really shouldn't. I kind of thought this at the end of the original game after Amber lied about orgasming but I thought things would be different in this game. Nope, they really aren't.
Overall, don't waste your time unless this game is like, $3 and you have nothing else to do.
Listen, I wanted to like this game, especially because I paid $8 on it. But I didn't. I am convinced all the positive reviews didn't actually play the game, and the first one that appears as I am typing this received the product for free but convinces everyone else to pay "for everything."
Note: I am a woman, who loves women, and find the relationship between Amber and Marina not to be healthy in the slightest.
The pros:
- I do find that expanding on Tess' depression that was apparent in the original game was interesting
- Having Marina have more of a voice was wonderful as I was sick of listening to Amber's shit
- Cassi is a cool character
The cons:
- Despite having some Marina insight, it is pretty focused on Amber's voice still, unless we are in the sections that talk about "The Trio" (Joe, Mariah, and Tess).
- There were SO MANY TYPOS AND MISTAKES. The original game had them too, but it was much more apparent in this DLC.
- The worst offender for a mistake was when it was supposed to be Marina's POV, and then after one minute, they switch to Amber's POV without acknowledging it was her POV.
- A minor offender, but an annoying one: The Rainforest Cafe is not in the MGM Casino anymore.
- Amber is borderline abusive to Marina, wondering why she gave money to her family and talks to them? Like girl.
- The fight that happens, the whole buildup, it lasted 5 minutes. I don't like people fighting but they made this a much bigger deal with lackluster results.
- The creators didn't seem to know how to end things or expand on stuff because every storyline seemed to end flatly. Another negative review (the only one at the time of this one) mentioned something similar.
- Marina's inner thoughts just kept ragging on Amber yet she says she loves her. Like girl, that isn't love. Comparing her to the fucking Mariah means you need to RUN.
- Mariah's viewpoint was terrible and I am not just saying that as an avid Mariah hater. Also, Mariah needs to be in jail and the only reason she's not is because of white privilege.
- Amber was so fucking stupid and didn't learn from her mistakes.
- Amber clearly wants to bone the other girl, Cassi. Marina kept saying that she wasn't upset about Cassi but she clearly was.
- The game ends thinking we should support this relationship but we really, really shouldn't. I kind of thought this at the end of the original game after Amber lied about orgasming but I thought things would be different in this game. Nope, they really aren't.
Overall, don't waste your time unless this game is like, $3 and you have nothing else to do.