Recent reviews by spookoy witch

of the Devil is a fascinating look at society and our desire as a culture to put security over privacy. Highly recommend this game if you're a fan of either Danganronpa or Ace Attorney.

While I did notice a few bugs, I suspect those are only because of my machine and not because of any inherent problems with the game itself.

I'm getting lost as hell but the vibes are exquisite, I love just walking around and jumping and long-jumping

Do you like combos? I know I do.

Do you like Metroidvanias? I certainly do.

Do you like it when a goat who teaches you the ways of the Luchador tries to hit on your mom? I mean, I don't, but maybe that's up someone's alley.

Look, the point I'm trying to make is that this game is pretty good. You should buy it.

It's hard to say whether or not I recommend this. On one hand, the tactics and mechanics are solid and easy to grasp.

On the other hand, the graphical glitches and some missing functionality make me want to suggest you save your money.

Several character models are broken. They have floating bits constantly at least a few inches from their body, and at least a few feet in the case of one Shocktrooper character. The drill sergeant's eyepatch moves from a few inches in front of his eye to in the middle of his face to aaaaaall the way over there. Hell, the main character has a circular object (I'm not sure what it is, exactly), floating about a foot away from his hand at all times.

In addition, the cursor moves unbearably slowly on map screens, taking far too long to go from one end of the battlefield to the other. Also, the enemy turns are long enough that, if I neglect to press any buttons, my laptop's screen will go dark. There is no in-game option to increase the speed of either of these.

Oh, and the main character's lipsynch at the start of EVERY mission is, uh. Well, it's bad. And I'm not going to say charitable things about the rest of the mouth movements in this game, either.

However, you could charitably argue that these are minor details, and I'm honestly not sure if it's just my laptop doing it.

As for the game's actual presentation, well, I had to sit through ten minutes of cutscene (chopped up into three "chapters" for some reason) before I got to actually play the game.

And when the game needs to advance story but doesn't feel like putting actual effort into all the cutscenes the game shows you, the characters will be reduced to talking heads.

While I'm not far enough in the story to safely say one way or the other, I've seen enough anime to smell a dating sim on the horizon, and I'm definitely not looking forward to telling the adopted sister character that I'm not interested in dating her when there are reporter ladies to potentially date.

Oh, and the main character seems a little milquetoast. When told his squad is fighting with each other, his first thought is, "gee, should I really stop these people who are supposed to be acting like a united fighting force from shouting at each other?"

A lot of these are minor flaws, but they add up.

Regardless, the game is still enjoyable despite its flaws, and if you can catch another sale, then pick this game up.

Not enough shadows, but a good amount of running. However, there isn't much returning going on, unless the player character has been to Seattle at some point.

Features a Luchador's quest to save El Presidente's daughter and a dastardly villain from the world of the dead, and while there aren't MANY side characters, the ones that are there are very memorable. Definitely worth it.