Recent reviews by Aronai (Arokha)

I wasn't paying a lot of attention when I purchased this game and thought I was going to get a 2D graphic novel or something. I bought it based on the reviews, pretty much.

Boy was I surprised. Good production quality, voice acting, and game design kept me interested the whole way through the story's twists and turns. Definitely worth a look if you like murder mysteries, interactive novel sorts of games, and especially if you like both.

From the description of what you do, I didn't think the game would be very interesting, but I was proven wrong. There's actually a good amount of satisfaction to be had from delivering packages, building structures and roads, and unlocking more equipment. Whenever I think the game has given me 'the last thing', it gives me another thing to do/use/find.

So many mods, so addicting...

I stayed up far too late with this game for the past two days! It's not a very long game. I see that my play time was about 8 hours, and I'm the type that maps out areas in my head so that I can make sure I've talked to every NPC and visit every room in every area.

Don't let that put you off though, since some of the best games are the short, impactful ones. This game was very moving for me in the short time it took to play through it. It started out with a few unique elements which seemed almost silly or childish but by the end it had more gravitas for me than many 60+ hour CRPGs build up to. I definitely felt very personally invested and involved by the end.

I won't even scroll down to the review section to see how many people compare this to Undertale. But, it does remind me of Undertale. In a good way! I'd hazard an estimate that if you liked Undertale, you'd probably like this game too. Maybe that's a generalization, but I think it's a pretty safe one.

So, overall. Great game. Definitely worth the price of admission.

A few (very) spoilery things I felt ... ways about. You reaaaaally shouldn't read this if you haven't played the game yet. It's best to just experience it. It's not that long, so you won't be waiting too long to find out.

It was ... interesting that they opted for the choice between 'Save the World' and 'Save Niko' to have not much information input to think about. I get that your 'mission' is to return Niko home, and Niko's 'mission' is to save the world, but, like, more information about what leads to what would have been nice. As it is, it's aaalmost just a leap of faith choice. I'm fortunate I had a friend that hinted to me what I should probably do there, as I'm told you can't continue the game if you make the 'wrong' choice?

I mean, the computer who appears to be stifling you is the one who reminds you of this at the end, so it seems like you SHOULDN'T listen to them? I dunno. The fact that the choice doesn't really hint much about which option leads towards the more satisfying conclusion is kinda meh. Maybe that's just me not picking up on some context or I missed something.

It's also pretty nice that after the 'complete' ending, they let you restart the game, complete with an 'anti-Undertale' restart system, where you're told that it's just a recording of events and such rather than actually involving the characters again.

Just play it. No really, just, just do it. Like, now. Please. TRUST ME? Please? Just do it.

An improvement over GTA4 which turned me off of the series for a while. More things to do, more places to see, and San Andreas was always my favorite GTA city anyway.

The game is well optimized for PC it seems. I don't have a particularly amazing rig and it runs on (almost) all the highest settings with a good framerate. Hard to not reccomend it.

The controls work well too, which is always a fear of mine with PC ports.