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Lord Rocket

Erudite
Joined
Feb 6, 2008
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OK I played this for a while.

Yeah it's nice and atmospheric but... it's boring. Everything is a guessing game, gameplay wise. What question do I ask this guy (and if you get it wrong, come back later!)? What traps do I need to get to fuck him up most effectively? What location do I need to go to now to advance the plot? Etc.
OK yeah clues are provided in some cases but mostly it's trial and error in true JRPG/dating sim fashion. Things would be much more interesting if the traps interacted in some way (maybe a razor after a strip does more damage or blowtorch post water tank or any number of combinations really) but as far as I can tell they don't, so you're really just plonking things down one after the other.
Oh and plus the writing is kind of shitty. Just from the excerpt above: 'bad habit specialist'? 'They were not few'?
Fuck off ESL.
 

Lesifoere

Liturgist
Joined
Oct 26, 2007
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I'm pretty sure the language is intentional.

Anyway, finished it. Not sure how to feel about it, but it was a... unique experience. The "plot twist" was interesting, and the lead-up to it nicely understated.
 

Lord Rocket

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I c0u7d 1nt3nt10na11y WR173 L1k3 d15 but hey guess what, it's still stupid.
 

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