Never in my life have I felt so used by a game. Feels dirty. The video game equivalent of emotional abuse.
5 stars, would recommend.
It’s all fucked up heartwrenching bullshit and/or confusion through the main game, AND THEN you play the “plus” stories and they’re fucking incredibly empathetic and thoughtful with positive messaging about neurodivergence and also feel like they might fall into a lesbian porno at any minute
I played the freebie version ages ago, any thoughts on if the Plus -version’s content worth revisiting it? The shock value of the game is kinda one-and-done I feel.
IMHO the Plus version is a downgrade since it is made for consoles and does not require you to modify files on your own system.
Yeah the 6 prequel stories are cute but $15 is outrageous. I’m sure you can just watch them on youtube.
I bought it specifically to support the dev, which is way more effective regarding small games by small publishers than big games by big publishers.
Remember when it just came out i’ve seen “psychological horror” in steam tags. Thinking that’s probable there for luls but decided to check the game anyway… i wasn’t ready for it.
I think the experience is diminished a lot by knowing what the twist is. Especially considering that twist is the only reason most people tried it in the first place when it went viral a few years ago.
I played the original and it was such a trip that I bought Plus when it came out, but haven’t gotten around to playing it because I know the twist and it doesn’t hold the same.
I had literally no idea what it was when I played it, so it really span me out. My wife played it first and recommended it to me.
And yeah, it’s a trip.
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Oh shoot my partner and I started that and got a good way through and completely forgot about it! The writing is very good. I’ll re-ass that to my list!
Auto-correct or Freudian slip?
Either way, I’ve assed “re-ass” to my vocabulary list.
Oop, autocorrect! Hahaha
I just finished Echo and Arches last night and holy shit.
Echo is a bit odd with the pacing, the choices and a general vibe of “this was made up as they wrote it.” It wasn’t particularly scary, either. Meanwhile, Arches, knocks it out of the park. The main story is pretty scary, and then the “alternate reality” part makes for a good buddy cop type show premise with a horror twist to it; I wonder if the author plans to do more with that whole thing. I saw them post about how they really like writing Devon and Cameron, so I hope to see more of them in the future.
Now I’m about to start up The Smoke Room. Echo Project is awesome. Might as well also check out Adastra while mentioning them. Not horror, but emotionally harmful still. Lol
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Well… Did you think the monsters were scary or Brian and Duke? Because Arches has less supernatural horror and more of the realistic kind, and with the whole romance between the main characters along with the themes of PTSD and trauma, the action sequences are so much more visceral and realistic.
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I still remember the first time I played it. I was still living with my parents, and they left for a few days. I started the game in the evening, and couldn’t stop until I reach the end of it … in the morning. It’s very uncommon for me to do so (even at the time), but it was so … captivating. I could not stop and go to sleep 😅.
If you liked DDLC, check out You Me and Her a love story. Also Slay the Princess has a lot of weirdness going on and is a super good VN.
I thought Inscryption was great as well, which is great if you like both DDLC (in terms of weirdness) and Slay the Spire (in terms of gameplay). It’s not nearly as intense as DDLC, but the dev also made Pony Island, which is a bit closer to DDLC (not quite though).
Also I’m playing you on linux via wine from a pirated repack, video game. How the fuck am I supposed to know what’s supposed to be happening here and what’s my janky-ass setup?
That may actually complicate things for you. Not sure if you’ve truly finished the game or not, because there comes a point where you’re instructed to poke around the actual game files to make some changes to them during one of the endings.
No I played the Plus version, it abstracts out the filesystem stuff. The game made it pretty obvious what needed to be done.
That game is so good. I went in knowing it was a horror game, and even still that reveal in Sayori’s room caught me off-guard. Seriously, anyone here who hasn’t played it yet, do it. The game is free.
I love the musics. After finishing the game, I played the main theme in my car again and again and again.
