The idea behind this game is excellent, and I applaud the developers for conceiving of it, but the game is unrefined and it feels like they ran out of budget. For gameplay, the style of a deck-builder seems like a good choice, and the basic components are there, such as different characters with unique playstyles, random cards that allow you to choose a particular playstyle in each session, and monsters that you learn the behavior of in order to defeat next time. But the RNG doesn't work in your favor, and you're left with choices that don't compliment your previous decisions. So it feels like you're being penalized for those choices. The translation from French into English is unrefined. Many small errors abound. For example, on the Ramen card, where it says, "This ramen are tasty." When it should say, "This ramen is tasty." They should have hired a native speaker. The story is unrefined. The premise of the game is that you're using the Neurodeck to conquer your fears and anxiety and become a better person. But the game's limited narrative is full of sadness, anxiety-ridden dreams, and emptiness. There's no positive reward for defeating each monster, and you don't feel a sense of accomplishment, nor that you're overcoming your concerns in real life. There's no positive reward for defeating the final boss. In fact, for the one unlockable character, when you beat the game with her, she laments about how she divorced her husband, the kids have left the house, she's sad and alone, and only has the Neurodeck, which as she just discovered, is incapable of solving her problems or removing the existential dread of emptiness and the ticking of time that is slowly creeping her toward her inevitable fate of death. Is that the feeling the game developers wanted to instill in the player? That your choices are worthless, including in this game, and that you're going to DIE soon?! This game has potential, but the developers needed to put more effort and thought into it.
