Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk is a short visual novel that allows you to see the distorted reality in the protagonist’s eyes which leaves you immediately feeling uncomfortable realizing that what she sees is not what any typical person sees. The first track that plays in the game is an eerie ambient noise that will give you the vibe of something not being right and that there is a clear issue with Milk Girl (the protagonist). While you’re not told what Milk Girl’s diagnoses are for her mental conditions, it is quite apparent that she definitely has some deep-seated trauma. I think the writing behind her not telling you her conditions was quite clever, actually. You are left to learn more about the character through her dialogue by paying attention and reading in between the lines. The basis of this game is simple; you’re a voice in her head that helps her with one objective: buy milk. You can either be the words of encouragement that help her finally achieve this goal, or you can be the words of discouragement that have some outright insulting and quite painful dialogue that you can say to Milk Girl that would completely destroy hers and anyone’s self-esteem… or what is left of her little self-esteem.

I will give you a fair warning though: this game is not by any means a happy or light-hearted game. It’s a downright sad, depressing, short visual novel that may leave you rethinking even your own sanity. That’s how it was written, and it achieves this very well in my opinion. It hits hard when you can relate a lot to Milk Girl. I’m not overly emotional by any means, but even this game and its sequel really hit me. If you like the first game, you should definitely buy and play the second game if you feel comfortable playing it. It’s much more fleshed out with massively improved visuals with a much more complex soundtrack that inhibits plenty more feeling behind it. Despite the sequel still being relatively short (roughly 45 mins to complete a playthrough), it has more story behind Milk Girl to make you more familiar with her and give a more complete understanding of her. Highly recommended, especially for only a dollar; or even less, if on sale.

[h1]An excellent, unnerving, short visual novel with a simple goal, but lots more to take in...[/h1] Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk is a short visual novel that allows you to see the distorted reality in the protagonist’s eyes which leaves you immediately feeling uncomfortable realizing that what she sees is not what any typical person sees. The first track that plays in the game is an eerie ambient noise that will give you the vibe of something not being right and that there is a clear issue with Milk Girl (the protagonist). While you’re not told what Milk Girl’s diagnoses are for her mental conditions, it is quite apparent that she definitely has some deep-seated trauma. I think the writing behind her not telling you her conditions was quite clever, actually. You are left to learn more about the character through her dialogue by paying attention and reading in between the lines. The basis of this game is simple; you’re a voice in her head that helps her with one objective: buy milk. You can either be the words of encouragement that help her finally achieve this goal, or you can be the words of discouragement that have some outright insulting and quite painful dialogue that you can say to Milk Girl that would completely destroy hers and anyone’s self-esteem… or what is left of her little self-esteem. I will give you a fair warning though: this game is not by any means a happy or light-hearted game. It’s a downright sad, depressing, short visual novel that may leave you rethinking even your own sanity. That’s how it was written, and it achieves this very well in my opinion. It hits hard when you can relate a lot to Milk Girl. I’m not overly emotional by any means, but even this game and its sequel really hit me. If you like the first game, you should definitely buy and play the second game if you feel comfortable playing it. It’s much more fleshed out with massively improved visuals with a much more complex soundtrack that inhibits plenty more feeling behind it. Despite the sequel still being relatively short (roughly 45 mins to complete a playthrough), it has more story behind Milk Girl to make you more familiar with her and give a more complete understanding of her. Highly recommended, especially for only a dollar; or even less, if on sale.