I just finished watching ManlyBadassHero played this game to the end. And boy this game is confusingly confusing. First off, the plotline is simply everywhere. It's unfocused, and ultimately confusing to follow. It's not even intriguing-confusing, or mysteriously-confusing, it's just confusing-confusing, or more precisely trying-to-be-deep-but-failing-confusing. I spent almost seven hours watching the LP and I still don't get the whole story. One moment you go trying to save this girl and then next you're battling alpaca and calamities and then you're nowhere. I really want to get in-depth with how confusing the story is but couldn't do it without overly spoilering the game. Just trust me when I say it's one weird as hell of a story. I think devs is trying to go for the Earthbound-like story, coupled with this deep philosophical concepts that makes it seem so deeply intense but it ultimately just confuse the hell out of players. Looking at the Steam page and forums, seems like most of the players are thinking the same. Let's talk about the gameplay. The combat is just about what you expect from a game with 'RPG' on the name, very FF-esque. But the downside is, with every action you must play this minigame to determine your combos and dodges. Sure it's interesting at first, but just wait until you get to the grinding part of the game(oh yeah there's grinding) and you quickly wants to rage quit every time you missed that dodge chance. Let's talk dungeons(the one where you fight enemies). The first three are ok, the cave one is a bit frustrating with the acid pools, the first girl's mind dungeon is interesting, the second girl's dungeon is just annoying and the rest is just weird to say the least. Overall they are not bad, just tedious and a bit frustrating. And also the 'Mind Dungeon' is not really a dungeon in a sense. Like what Mordome said, the so-called Mind Dungeon is literally a level up screen. There's no battle here, just a bunch of doors to spend your skill points on. FINAL THOUGHTS: Overall 5/10 stars from me. If you like the 90's references, knockoffs hipsters, deep philosophical topics, and obscure confusing plotlines, you can try this game. But ONLY if you have a lot of free time and you have nothing better to do with your life(because this game is like 20 hours long). But to be totally honest? I don't think most of you will actually enjoyed it. You might be better off playing something else with more coherent stories. SEIZURE WARNING: Flashing lights in two of the levels.
As much as I love Earthbound/Mother 2 I hate most of the inspired games that come from it. It's because most are inspired by the weird and random aspects of the game instead of the deeper meanings and nuances especially in terms of Mother 3. This game seemed great and is well put together but it's really gimped by the "So DeEp" story and inconsistent atmosphere.
I have such a love hate relationship with this game. I'm not blind the faults, it's got a ton of them! it just has certain aspects that really gel with me like the art direction (not a fan of the character designs but the backgrounds can really pop) and I love the concept of certain areas like Vella's Mind Dungeon. TBH I think the main reason I still kind of like it despite it not really being that good is because, and don't take this the wrong way please, it reminds me a bit of my webcomic. I don't mean all the faults (hopefully!) but some of the background visuals and things such as the soulspace and mind dungeons are quite similar to my own work. In a way I think the game serves as both inspiration for me but also a reminder of what could happen if my own story gets unfocused and messy.
Did you download an exe file? When opening the exe, did you get a rar file, or am I missing something? If the above is true, you downloaded an ad, make sure you get the correct file.
Game is not bad, but also not good. I like the graphics even the sounds, but combat system is awful. Combo is in most time useless, minigames-like attacks are interesting idea but fights are sometimes too long and boring. Also leveling-up is strangly made- You level up in Mind Dungeon..dungeon doenst mean any fights here, you just level up some of your stats and it doesnt matter you dont know what is the best for your character. in my opinion It has no effect in game..
Eh I prefer my RPGs to have some cool badass mofo's. Seems good enough and I've been looking for an RPG to play but doesn't seem my type. Thanks anyway.
First off, the plotline is simply everywhere. It's unfocused, and ultimately confusing to follow. It's not even intriguing-confusing, or mysteriously-confusing, it's just confusing-confusing, or more precisely trying-to-be-deep-but-failing-confusing. I spent almost seven hours watching the LP and I still don't get the whole story. One moment you go trying to save this girl and then next you're battling alpaca and calamities and then you're nowhere. I really want to get in-depth with how confusing the story is but couldn't do it without overly spoilering the game. Just trust me when I say it's one weird as hell of a story.
I think devs is trying to go for the Earthbound-like story, coupled with this deep philosophical concepts that makes it seem so deeply intense but it ultimately just confuse the hell out of players. Looking at the Steam page and forums, seems like most of the players are thinking the same.
Let's talk about the gameplay. The combat is just about what you expect from a game with 'RPG' on the name, very FF-esque. But the downside is, with every action you must play this minigame to determine your combos and dodges. Sure it's interesting at first, but just wait until you get to the grinding part of the game(oh yeah there's grinding) and you quickly wants to rage quit every time you missed that dodge chance.
Let's talk dungeons(the one where you fight enemies). The first three are ok, the cave one is a bit frustrating with the acid pools, the first girl's mind dungeon is interesting, the second girl's dungeon is just annoying and the rest is just weird to say the least. Overall they are not bad, just tedious and a bit frustrating.
And also the 'Mind Dungeon' is not really a dungeon in a sense. Like what Mordome said, the so-called Mind Dungeon is literally a level up screen. There's no battle here, just a bunch of doors to spend your skill points on.
FINAL THOUGHTS: Overall 5/10 stars from me.
If you like the 90's references, knockoffs hipsters, deep philosophical topics, and obscure confusing plotlines, you can try this game. But ONLY if you have a lot of free time and you have nothing better to do with your life(because this game is like 20 hours long). But to be totally honest? I don't think most of you will actually enjoyed it. You might be better off playing something else with more coherent stories.
SEIZURE WARNING: Flashing lights in two of the levels.
I don't mean all the faults (hopefully!) but some of the background visuals and things such as the soulspace and mind dungeons are quite similar to my own work.
In a way I think the game serves as both inspiration for me but also a reminder of what could happen if my own story gets unfocused and messy.
When opening the exe, did you get a rar file, or am I missing something?
If the above is true, you downloaded an ad, make sure you get the correct file.
sincerely, a fridge