So, a little background.
I first saw this game featured on Splattercatgaming just before I left to start basic training (US Army)
Little down the road now, i graduated this friday and had the weekend off. I bought this to tide me over for the weekend.

Knocked it out in one night. Couldnt put the thing down; the story and characters are clearly the focus here rather than the RPG elements, and theyre done exceedingly well. Not many pixel-games could make me feel invested enough to spend an hour running around town collecting stray cats for a side quest with no reward other than making the main character feel happier. And yet, thats exactly what I did.

The game puts a lot of questions in your face about values, morals, the decision and fine line between when it is or isnt right to take a life. The game is mostly light-hearted, but it touches a bit on dark dark topics - war crimes, how combat affects the mental state of a soldier, serious topics that many of us like to shy away from. Its also highly reminiscent of Final Fantasy 7/Crisis Core, as "The Core" organization appears to be an hommage the FF series 'SOLDIER' program, but set in a grittier, more down to earth universe with grenades and snipers rather than buster swords and katanas.

Cannot recommend the game highly enough if you want an amazing atmosphere, story, and character focused narrative with a lovely twist on the classic JRPG style combat system that allows you to target specific limbs like fallout VATS. However, there are no random encounter-style enemies, everything is set in place so i will concede that there is little to no replay value. no levelling up, no shops, you can do absolutely everything on your first run meaning theres not much reason to replay.

So, a little background. I first saw this game featured on Splattercatgaming just before I left to start basic training (US Army) Little down the road now, i graduated this friday and had the weekend off. I bought this to tide me over for the weekend. Knocked it out in one night. Couldnt put the thing down; the story and characters are clearly the focus here rather than the RPG elements, and theyre done exceedingly well. Not many pixel-games could make me feel invested enough to spend an hour running around town collecting stray cats for a side quest with no reward other than making the main character feel happier. And yet, thats exactly what I did. The game puts a lot of questions in your face about values, morals, the decision and fine line between when it is or isnt right to take a life. The game is mostly light-hearted, but it touches a bit on dark dark topics - war crimes, how combat affects the mental state of a soldier, serious topics that many of us like to shy away from. Its also highly reminiscent of Final Fantasy 7/Crisis Core, as "The Core" organization appears to be an hommage the FF series 'SOLDIER' program, but set in a grittier, more down to earth universe with grenades and snipers rather than buster swords and katanas. Cannot recommend the game highly enough if you want an amazing atmosphere, story, and character focused narrative with a lovely twist on the classic JRPG style combat system that allows you to target specific limbs like fallout VATS. However, there are no random encounter-style enemies, everything is set in place so i will concede that there is little to no replay value. no levelling up, no shops, you can do absolutely everything on your first run meaning theres not much reason to replay.