Posted on: March 26, 2018
MotherKojiro
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Doesn't Understand its Themes
I admire what this Adventure was trying to do, but it missed the mark so badly. It's a story about depression and suicidal tendencies, which is a great theme that could truly use exploration. So many people get depressed because their dog died or whatever, and think that's the same thing as depression; it isn't; I've lived with it almost all of my life. There were moments when the game did an excellent job of capturing what depression truly feels like; moments that would shine like a full moon on a snowfield. Then, she'd have a psychotic episode, because reasons; that's not what depression is like. It did a pretty bad job of addressing the issue of suicidal tendencies, as well; even the parts where depression was addressed were few and far between. Not to spoil anything, but the ending (all of them, actually) was even worse; not to spoil anything the resolution isn't something that can realistically happen to help you manage depression. There were also all sorts of weird effects that the game had, like slowdown, jump-cuts, and a few chapters where you're jumping back and forth in time for no real reason, other than that it's "interesting". In fact, there's one entire scene that comes and goes, never having to do with ANYTHING else in the story. The whole thing comes off like some experimental film made by college freshmen, who were really just so excited to tell you about this revelation they'd had while smoking weed one night. Downfall was all over the place, too, but that actually fit the mental illness that it was portraying. The pacing was glacial, too; there's a LOT of stopping to talk, which would be fine, but most of the conversation isn't particularly engaging. The puzzles were often obtuse, as well. I do have to give it credit, though, for those few moments where they actually remembered to be engaged with the subject matter, and when they didn't forget the actual plot they'd spent so much time setting up, and the artstyle was wonderful.
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