Recent reviews by nova

Definitively and unequivocally, this is the BEST Chilla's Art game.
10/10. There is a cat you can feed and a dog you can pet.

Real talk though I liked this one. The storytelling was simple but impactful and the elements of psychological horror were at the forefront with the gradual distrust you start to feel for your neighbours and their rooms. Also the cans were a nice touch :) collectables with sound effects are fun. I think my main criticism is that localization for ending 1 needs some work, it was hard to understand the conclusion.

This is my least favourite so far but even in saying that there are elements I still enjoyed. The bike ride atmosphere is definitely still creepy and overall art + world setting is great as always. I do love how weird and just generally offbeat this one is.

But... the scares were not particularly scary, I didn't feel that sense of tension and the narrative / general build up just was not there. I felt constantly frustrated at my inability to do anything about the situation at hand. Moeka kept calling for help, and I apparently couldn't care less?

In fact, the karaoke mini-game kind of broke all of my suspense and took away from my enjoyment as it was a bit obnoxiously forced onto me. I can appreciate the tension of repeating monotonous tasks, like in The Closing Shift, but this didn't hit that mark. For 9 bucks and how short it is, there's heaps of other games I'd recommend over this.

Damn you think I would have learned not to trust exs by now?
Chilla's Art out here exposing us all.

Also here's the song you're looking for
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmC2zHC6OEE

Relaxing, light-hearted and has the Chrono Trigger (but tweaked) battle system that we all know and love. Can't really go wrong, unless you're expecting out of this world landscapes and character development.

I have a few complaints:
Combat is too easy. If you are at all experienced with classic JRPGs, you will breeze through this as I did.
The ending made me lose motivation to beat the final boss. The story seriously goes downhill in the last hour or two of the game.
The scenery is way too repetitive. Towns are copied and pasted models, dungeons and caves are pretty much all the same and the only outdoors environment is snow and ice. I'm ok with the repeated environment due to an aspect of the story that it falls into, but they could have at least worked a little harder on building and dungeon design.
Also there seems to be no real point in singularities and fluxations. I unlocked so many, but they rarely occur and don't give you any real battle advantage at all.

Granted this isn't the most amazing game on the market, it's a relatively fun, easy and standard take on the modern warfare theme prevalent in the shooter genre. It has its slight flaws and bugs, but for a free to play game (albeit slightly suffering from microtransactions) it's definitely worth checking out, or at least worth the two hour download and ~4gb hard drive space.

In regards to the microtransactions, you also have the option to unlock all of the add-ons in the game through points acquired via gameplay. Therefore, no real money has to actually be spent and people with credit cards are not at a real advantage (hooray!). It is, however, faster to unlock things with real money... but isn't that the case with all mt based games?

Starting out in multiplayer is pretty easy. Some games, such as titles in the Battlefield franchise, are quite daunting to start out with as you are paired against multitudes of experienced players with all of the most advanced loadouts. Here you get put through bootcamp, where you're able to develop your skills, become accustomed to the maps and get a feel for the game without having to face any unfair match ups. Also, helpful unlocks come pretty quickly and the starter loadouts are pretty alright to begin with. So if you're a noob to shooters, never fear.

TL;DR Noob friendly, easy to get into, microtransactions don't negatively affect the game, and generally as fun as a Tom Clancy third person shooter can get.