I genuinely do not understand the positive reviews for this. Visually, it is awesome. That is true. The art team has nailed really cool designs... but that's it. The characters look amazing. The art of the world is interesting but it stays this sort of washed out, drab color the entire time that honestly felt hard on the eyes after awhile. That's where the good all ends. The tags are also a straight up lie - it is not an RPG in the least.

The story is nonsensical. It parades itself as deep and meaningful and like most other "disturbing, dark surreal" indie games it is the same schlock. It just is all flash and promise of more with not a hint of substance. I understand this is just "chapter one" but it doesn't hook me at all, it ends abruptly.

The "gameplay" really isn't. There's a few (very simple) puzzles and VERY few actual "bullet hell" moments (which are painfully easy). I was given a ton of healing items that I basically didn't use. Most of the actual action moments are in the trailers already - it is not most of the game. Most of the game is just walking around poking at stuff with some "ha ha so weird" dialogue that mostly doesn't land.

Many of the characters show up exactly once never to show up again. One character's personality shifts so rapidly that it felt like they combined two different characters. She starts off trying to end her own life and is all drab and sad, then suddenly she's afraid to die, then she's indifferent again, and then again fighting to live. I am not illiterate nor am I able to read between the lines. I love analyzing games and plots and characters. This is just one of those "oh so quirky!" kind of characters and I don't care for it. I understand that English was not the native language of this and it shows (the translation is a little rough), but even that aside this hard to justify.

I've seen some reviews praise the voice acting - I want to be clear, this game doesn't have voice acting. I'm starting to think a lot of the reviews are fake or just attempting to generate hype.

Being "Free" and "cute" isn't enough to make something "good." Is there potential? Sure. A lot of games have potential. But as it stands, right now? No. Hard no. This "game" barely is, and the story currently goes nowhere with no real hints of anything more interesting to come.

TIme may change my mind, but if you are looking for a game right now, this product is more Illusion than Carnival.

I genuinely do not understand the positive reviews for this. Visually, it is awesome. That is true. The art team has nailed really cool designs... but that's it. The characters look amazing. The art of the world is interesting but it stays this sort of washed out, drab color the entire time that honestly felt hard on the eyes after awhile. That's where the good all ends. The tags are also a straight up lie - it is not an RPG in the least. The story is nonsensical. It parades itself as deep and meaningful and like most other "disturbing, dark surreal" indie games it is the same schlock. It just is all flash and promise of more with not a hint of substance. I understand this is just "chapter one" but it doesn't hook me at all, it ends abruptly. The "gameplay" really isn't. There's a few (very simple) puzzles and VERY few actual "bullet hell" moments (which are painfully easy). I was given a ton of healing items that I basically didn't use. Most of the actual action moments are in the trailers already - it is not most of the game. Most of the game is just walking around poking at stuff with some "ha ha so weird" dialogue that mostly doesn't land. Many of the characters show up exactly once never to show up again. One character's personality shifts so rapidly that it felt like they combined two different characters. She starts off trying to end her own life and is all drab and sad, then suddenly she's afraid to die, then she's indifferent again, and then again fighting to live. I am not illiterate nor am I able to read between the lines. I love analyzing games and plots and characters. This is just one of those "oh so quirky!" kind of characters and I don't care for it. I understand that English was not the native language of this and it shows (the translation is a little rough), but even that aside this hard to justify. I've seen some reviews praise the voice acting - I want to be clear, this game doesn't have voice acting. I'm starting to think a lot of the reviews are fake or just attempting to generate hype. Being "Free" and "cute" isn't enough to make something "good." Is there potential? Sure. A lot of games have potential. But as it stands, right now? No. Hard no. This "game" barely is, and the story currently goes nowhere with no real hints of anything more interesting to come. TIme may change my mind, but if you are looking for a game right now, this product is more Illusion than Carnival.