I have to say, should this game have ended upon MC going back into the real world, this would've been a much more mid game. Sure the plot would've still been quite original and fun to play around with but it wouldn't have been anything as jaw-droppingly spectacular as it is with the twist. The twist is spectacularly set up and keeps the player intrigued. The liminal feeling of post-valentines is so perfectly matched to how MC would feel; confused on what's going on and why the game hasn't "ended" yet. And the twist is cool, I can't quite describe narratively but it is. Just the way that little brother is set up to be the only character MC can "trust" since they're not a yandere, only for him to turn out to be the one and only true threat!(able to hunt him outside of the game). Also loved how all events are revisited from Little Brother's point of view AFTER he kills MC; it's a nice way to tell the story!
FUCKING LOVE Newt as a character tho. There's clear set up to see more of his adventurers, and hell if I'm not hyped asf! As a little add on, I do greatly appreciate just how tragic his story is written. Poor kiddo.
I do have a few critiques, however. These don't take away from my appreciation at the innovativeness, creativity and sheer LENGTH of the game, but I feel they need to be said for the sake of constructive criticism.
Most, if not all, of the Voice Acting is annoying as hell. I'm sorry, there's just no nicer way to put it. Could've done with more actual lines and less, random sounds? Especially MC's "oh noo"s and "AAAAAAAA"s, those get annoying so very quick and were so grating to the ears. I get they were supposed to be funny(which they went from being so to being annoying pretty quick) but I cannot understand the choice to use the same voice blips in more serious scenarios?
Functionally, the post-game so to speak(ie getting anything but the bad ends for the yanderes) I found to be extremely difficult, to the point of making me seriously consider putting the game down early; which I really wish I didn't, the second half is really the meat of the content! I just feel one of two options could be a great improvement: either adding a walkthrough/guide to the game page, or working in better hints to the game itself on how to progress. It wouldn't have struck me I'd have to PRECISELY balance Leon's and Vincent's routes; the game very much leads towards avoiding Vincent(him seemingly being able to do more bad things to you, that kinda thing).
I do wish some parts of the narrative were a little more clear/less underbaked. For example, Reme. I understand that she gets more of a spotlight in the afterstory, but even there I feel like she's so heavily underused and underexplored/explained. The game doesn't choose to go forward with her very interesting obession with understanding human bodies and instead waves it away as "the problem she's trying to fix by summoning demons with Little Brother". I also find Leon's bad end with her so very confusing like, it makes no sense? There is NO build up to it and it comes completely out of the blue?
I feel quite similarly on MC's "irl" backstory and the deal with the demon, atleast I'd assume so? Little Brother's involvement and deal with the occult is perfectly understood however MC's relationship with that ginger character is very puzzling to me. It seemingly starts, and as soon as it starts, it just abruptly ends to switch to the plotline with Little Brother.
Also, I find the way the Yandere's were written to be a good mix of tropey for the plot's sake(ie being literal video game characters) and with an actual level of depth. I would be keen to find out about Leon's backstory with Big Bro, however I can tell that is left ambiguous for a reason and enough is said to satiate the story's purposes.
This game really, really could be the next DDLC. I believe that from the bottom of my heart. Maybe it isn't as Meta as doki doki was, but hidden deep in the game doki doki also touched on occult themes like this did. In my eyes, this is the occult version of DDLC.
Thank you very much for your comment/review! <3 I love DDLC and it was an inspiration for me making this game, so I'm happy to hear you noticed the similarities!
OK so I just created an account to comment on this just to say a couple things. (spoilers below btw)
I really enjoyed this game a lot more than I initially thought I would! I play a lot of yandere games and I like games where characters are self aware so I already had high hopes going into the game but- wow. I loved seeing all the cliches in the game and I also enjoyed seeing the mcs reactions (both his initial ones and the ones he has after some loops). I also really liked how the yanderes have more to them besides y'know being obsessed with the mc, and that they were actually able to change (obviously only because of Newt but thats besides the point). It was just so interesting and I found myself (who was strictly going for Leon's route) getting interested in Vincent too because we started to see more of him.
Also idk if it's because I play wayyy too many yandere games but I had already confirmed to myself that the mc was also a yandere because of the conversations we had with Vincent and Leon after they started going to therapy. Like the mc had questioned if he would be a hypocrite during a conversation with Leon and had also related to how Vincent felt about his feelings. (The cutscene where Mc was talking about how he also took pills kinda clued me in too). Then I basically confirmed this a SECOND time when the full backstory between the mc and the coworker was revealed, So when I got the mc good ending I wasn't really surprised by the mc being a yandere but more surprised that we finally got to see his real face.
ONE LAST THING, something I've been wondering since Vincents second(?) bad ending. WHAT THE HELL WAS THE UNCLES PROBLEM WITH US?? Like idk if I missed something in the dialogue but I was waiting for there to be some sort of reveal about why the uncles hates us so much?? He literally kills us in one ending and in the good/true end routes he tries to convince Vincent not to go on a date with us. The ONLY thing that gives any back story with the uncle is the cutscene where Vincent talks about when we met as kids but I don't think there's anything a kid would've done back then that would've warranted so much hatred? Can someone please explain this has been GNAWING at me ever since I got that ending.
Thank you for the comment, I'm glad you enjoyed the game! And to answer your question, I left it open to interpretation, but I discussed my original plans here.
I don't play a lot of yandere games, but this one caught my attention - and now that I've completed it, it absolutely blew me away!
I wound up racking up bad endings pretty quickly (and repeatedly), but had a lot of fun playing through despite that (the 'skip to choices' feature helped a LOT, really appreciated that!). Once I finally broke the loop and got through to the true ending, I was anticipating a twist of some sort but absolutely did not see the twist that was delivered coming. Fantastic ending, left me a mixture of grinning in delight and jaw-dropped.
And the side story? Strong contender for being my favourite part; after seeing everything from the MC's perspective, it was great getting that extra lore and perspective from another viewpoint. The game very clearly foreshadowed that there was Something Else about that character, and it was so satisfying getting so many questions answered.
Really enjoyed the story, the pacing was great, there was a good amount of lore shared without exposition-dumping, and the humour in particular really worked for me.
Well worth a play, you'll have more fun than the MC does!
It's my first time writing a review and i really HAD to do it. At first i just downloaded the game for fun and I wasn't really taking it seriously. I made real terrible choices and got 4 bad endings right after another. It didn't really matter to me. I laughed a lot during the story (when I hadn't got killed yet lmao) and the MC's reactions were hilarious everytime. But then again, after breaking the bad endings cycle i finally got the true ending and man...I didn't AT ALL expect such a masterpiece. It really caught me off guard and i was on the verge of tears after reading the side story. It was GREAT and i absolutely loved all the characters (especially the little bro)
So I've just found out about the good ending and DUDE...that was such a whole damn plot twist. Now I love this game even more and more.
at first, I didn't expect much... BUT HOLY SHIT, WOW. I died so many times 'cause I wanted to date leon that I imediatelly got the true ending lmao ALSO, US ALSO BEING A YANDERE CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD LIKE??? WOAH TF
I love leon sm uhg also, I got so sad when our brother came to kill the real life us- like,... I'M SORRY I JUST WANTED TO DATE THE HIMBO I DIDN'T KNOW YOUR BROTHER WOULD DIE
also, I didn't really like vincent at first(as a demissexual, I didn't facy the idea of dating someone I just met) but he's such a complex character??? like- damn
ik leon is too(really troubled and complex), but vincent really caught off guard.
ALSO, I WAS SO HAPPY THEY MOVED ON
THE THEREAPY REALLY SEEMED TO DO WONDERS TO THEM, THAT IS SO NICE!!!
anyways, I ranted a bit, but great gamt. I loved it. 10/10 already recommended to my friend
I have to say that when I played the demo 2.1 I did not expect AT ALL this kind of masterpiece. The good endings got me twirling and giggling, amazed how the characters turned out (and holy shit did the MC ending got me-). But, the true ending is a different whole thing, like, HELLO?? I was shocked and didn't understand a thing but then I viewed the side story and all just clicked and also still shocked me (It's so funny to me how Newt got his name). It's a precious game with it's art, story, characters... I loved playing every second of it and if I could turn back time and play it all over again without knowing when or what was going to happen I would.
I have been counting the days and currently crying the amount of twists the endings the characters, voice acting, art everything just *chefs kiss*. The foreshadowing for all of the ends left me absolutely flabbergasted. I can’t wait to see what you make next!
This month is a good month. Why? well let me explain its was my birthday 4 days ago, wuthering waves comes out on the 22 or 23 depending on time zones and lastly my favorite yandere novel is getting fully released soon. 😁❤️
Im so hooked and this game has been in the back of my mind for weeks! Are you planning on having good endings? Maybe once the mc has reached a certain amount of bad endings, or when they're looking to expand the lore? Even if not, im still excited to see where this goes and will totally have my credit card ready for the final product
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I have to say, should this game have ended upon MC going back into the real world, this would've been a much more mid game. Sure the plot would've still been quite original and fun to play around with but it wouldn't have been anything as jaw-droppingly spectacular as it is with the twist. The twist is spectacularly set up and keeps the player intrigued. The liminal feeling of post-valentines is so perfectly matched to how MC would feel; confused on what's going on and why the game hasn't "ended" yet. And the twist is cool, I can't quite describe narratively but it is. Just the way that little brother is set up to be the only character MC can "trust" since they're not a yandere, only for him to turn out to be the one and only true threat!(able to hunt him outside of the game). Also loved how all events are revisited from Little Brother's point of view AFTER he kills MC; it's a nice way to tell the story!
FUCKING LOVE Newt as a character tho. There's clear set up to see more of his adventurers, and hell if I'm not hyped asf! As a little add on, I do greatly appreciate just how tragic his story is written. Poor kiddo.
I do have a few critiques, however. These don't take away from my appreciation at the innovativeness, creativity and sheer LENGTH of the game, but I feel they need to be said for the sake of constructive criticism.
Most, if not all, of the Voice Acting is annoying as hell. I'm sorry, there's just no nicer way to put it. Could've done with more actual lines and less, random sounds? Especially MC's "oh noo"s and "AAAAAAAA"s, those get annoying so very quick and were so grating to the ears. I get they were supposed to be funny(which they went from being so to being annoying pretty quick) but I cannot understand the choice to use the same voice blips in more serious scenarios?
Functionally, the post-game so to speak(ie getting anything but the bad ends for the yanderes) I found to be extremely difficult, to the point of making me seriously consider putting the game down early; which I really wish I didn't, the second half is really the meat of the content! I just feel one of two options could be a great improvement: either adding a walkthrough/guide to the game page, or working in better hints to the game itself on how to progress. It wouldn't have struck me I'd have to PRECISELY balance Leon's and Vincent's routes; the game very much leads towards avoiding Vincent(him seemingly being able to do more bad things to you, that kinda thing).
I do wish some parts of the narrative were a little more clear/less underbaked. For example, Reme. I understand that she gets more of a spotlight in the afterstory, but even there I feel like she's so heavily underused and underexplored/explained. The game doesn't choose to go forward with her very interesting obession with understanding human bodies and instead waves it away as "the problem she's trying to fix by summoning demons with Little Brother". I also find Leon's bad end with her so very confusing like, it makes no sense? There is NO build up to it and it comes completely out of the blue?
I feel quite similarly on MC's "irl" backstory and the deal with the demon, atleast I'd assume so? Little Brother's involvement and deal with the occult is perfectly understood however MC's relationship with that ginger character is very puzzling to me. It seemingly starts, and as soon as it starts, it just abruptly ends to switch to the plotline with Little Brother.
Also, I find the way the Yandere's were written to be a good mix of tropey for the plot's sake(ie being literal video game characters) and with an actual level of depth. I would be keen to find out about Leon's backstory with Big Bro, however I can tell that is left ambiguous for a reason and enough is said to satiate the story's purposes.
This game really, really could be the next DDLC. I believe that from the bottom of my heart. Maybe it isn't as Meta as doki doki was, but hidden deep in the game doki doki also touched on occult themes like this did. In my eyes, this is the occult version of DDLC.
4/5
There literally is a guide man.
WHERE?!?!?!
There's an area above the comment section called "Development Log", where you'll see the post called "Full Game Guide".
Thank you very much for your comment/review! <3 I love DDLC and it was an inspiration for me making this game, so I'm happy to hear you noticed the similarities!
There is a guide for the full game here, if you haven't found it yet btw!
OK so I just created an account to comment on this just to say a couple things. (spoilers below btw)
I really enjoyed this game a lot more than I initially thought I would! I play a lot of yandere games and I like games where characters are self aware so I already had high hopes going into the game but- wow. I loved seeing all the cliches in the game and I also enjoyed seeing the mcs reactions (both his initial ones and the ones he has after some loops). I also really liked how the yanderes have more to them besides y'know being obsessed with the mc, and that they were actually able to change (obviously only because of Newt but thats besides the point). It was just so interesting and I found myself (who was strictly going for Leon's route) getting interested in Vincent too because we started to see more of him.
Also idk if it's because I play wayyy too many yandere games but I had already confirmed to myself that the mc was also a yandere because of the conversations we had with Vincent and Leon after they started going to therapy. Like the mc had questioned if he would be a hypocrite during a conversation with Leon and had also related to how Vincent felt about his feelings. (The cutscene where Mc was talking about how he also took pills kinda clued me in too). Then I basically confirmed this a SECOND time when the full backstory between the mc and the coworker was revealed, So when I got the mc good ending I wasn't really surprised by the mc being a yandere but more surprised that we finally got to see his real face.
ONE LAST THING, something I've been wondering since Vincents second(?) bad ending. WHAT THE HELL WAS THE UNCLES PROBLEM WITH US?? Like idk if I missed something in the dialogue but I was waiting for there to be some sort of reveal about why the uncles hates us so much?? He literally kills us in one ending and in the good/true end routes he tries to convince Vincent not to go on a date with us. The ONLY thing that gives any back story with the uncle is the cutscene where Vincent talks about when we met as kids but I don't think there's anything a kid would've done back then that would've warranted so much hatred? Can someone please explain this has been GNAWING at me ever since I got that ending.
Thank you for the comment, I'm glad you enjoyed the game! And to answer your question, I left it open to interpretation, but I discussed my original plans here.
I don't play a lot of yandere games, but this one caught my attention - and now that I've completed it, it absolutely blew me away!
I wound up racking up bad endings pretty quickly (and repeatedly), but had a lot of fun playing through despite that (the 'skip to choices' feature helped a LOT, really appreciated that!). Once I finally broke the loop and got through to the true ending, I was anticipating a twist of some sort but absolutely did not see the twist that was delivered coming. Fantastic ending, left me a mixture of grinning in delight and jaw-dropped.
And the side story? Strong contender for being my favourite part; after seeing everything from the MC's perspective, it was great getting that extra lore and perspective from another viewpoint. The game very clearly foreshadowed that there was Something Else about that character, and it was so satisfying getting so many questions answered.
Really enjoyed the story, the pacing was great, there was a good amount of lore shared without exposition-dumping, and the humour in particular really worked for me.
Well worth a play, you'll have more fun than the MC does!
It's my first time writing a review and i really HAD to do it. At first i just downloaded the game for fun and I wasn't really taking it seriously. I made real terrible choices and got 4 bad endings right after another. It didn't really matter to me. I laughed a lot during the story (when I hadn't got killed yet lmao) and the MC's reactions were hilarious everytime. But then again, after breaking the bad endings cycle i finally got the true ending and man...I didn't AT ALL expect such a masterpiece. It really caught me off guard and i was on the verge of tears after reading the side story. It was GREAT and i absolutely loved all the characters (especially the little bro)
So I've just found out about the good ending and DUDE...that was such a whole damn plot twist. Now I love this game even more and more.
The MC pisses me off so bad, but other than that, game's relatively alright.
Please keep discussions civil.
(I've deleted posts that lean towards hostility.)
PLS THIS VN IS AMAZING THE ENDINGS WERENT ENOUGH IM SO OBSSESSED WITH THE GRAPHICS AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
found the game by accident and OMG I LOVED IT??? I DID NOT EXPECT ALL THIS LORE, just wished to play a funny game and got slamed with a masterpiece
my friends. what a game
(spoilers!!)
at first, I didn't expect much... BUT HOLY SHIT, WOW.
I died so many times 'cause I wanted to date leon that I imediatelly got the true ending lmao
ALSO, US ALSO BEING A YANDERE CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD
LIKE??? WOAH TF
I love leon sm uhg
also, I got so sad when our brother came to kill the real life us- like,... I'M SORRY I JUST WANTED TO DATE THE HIMBO I DIDN'T KNOW YOUR BROTHER WOULD DIE
also, I didn't really like vincent at first(as a demissexual, I didn't facy the idea of dating someone I just met) but he's such a complex character??? like- damn
ik leon is too(really troubled and complex), but vincent really caught off guard.
ALSO, I WAS SO HAPPY THEY MOVED ON
THE THEREAPY REALLY SEEMED TO DO WONDERS TO THEM, THAT IS SO NICE!!!
anyways, I ranted a bit, but great gamt. I loved it. 10/10 already recommended to my friend
this game have a grip on my soul and its SO GOOD. OLDER SIBLING GUILT DESTROYED ME. WAUGHHHH
I have to say that when I played the demo 2.1 I did not expect AT ALL this kind of masterpiece. The good endings got me twirling and giggling, amazed how the characters turned out (and holy shit did the MC ending got me-). But, the true ending is a different whole thing, like, HELLO?? I was shocked and didn't understand a thing but then I viewed the side story and all just clicked and also still shocked me (It's so funny to me how Newt got his name). It's a precious game with it's art, story, characters... I loved playing every second of it and if I could turn back time and play it all over again without knowing when or what was going to happen I would.
Thank you for this amazing game !! *chef kisses*
Man 100% the game and still didn't learn the name of Big Bro? More like Big Sad.
Bro im crying so damn hard over getting the true ending pls... the older brother guilt hit me harder than a truck help
also I love this game, even though im crying
i love this sm omg!!! true end literally made me scream i did not see that coming at all
Spoilers:
what's the deal with the coworker??? are they a demon too?
He's more akin to a god.
>.< guys we made it!! the full games here
hiiii love the game, do you have the entire soundtrack? like this game making me dance ngl
All of Oneul's tracks can be found on their youtube! The ones used in the game are specifically listed under the credits (Click the triangle)
Blackcatskulls' track will be released along with a future game!
thank you
I have been counting the days and currently crying the amount of twists the endings the characters, voice acting, art everything just *chefs kiss*. The foreshadowing for all of the ends left me absolutely flabbergasted. I can’t wait to see what you make next!
gosh this was amazing, i never put it all together when playing the demo like there were so many plot twists??
Thank you very much for the support and hype over the past few days!! I hope you enjoy the full game!
OMG IM SO HAPPY!!! I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS GAME FOR 2 YEARS, I'll play the game when It comes out!! >< <3
Im so glad it will come out finally yayay
This month is a good month. Why? well let me explain its was my birthday 4 days ago, wuthering waves comes out on the 22 or 23 depending on time zones and lastly my favorite yandere novel is getting fully released soon. 😁❤️
I'm currently playing but so far I find this game good. The protagonist is enjoyable and the interactions are also entertaining to watch.
Can't wait to see the full release!!!!
SO CLOSEEE I CANT WAIT RURGUH ITS BEEN A YEAR SINCE IVE COMMENTED HEREE
is this bl omggggg??
you killed lil bro
i hate you so much, youve single handedly ruined my day.
Se ve bueno!
cant WAIT for the full game
i wanna see more of leon :3
straight up forgot this was even a demo while playing 😭 well done man
i cant wait full the full game! i love the story so far!
While playing in this game it was so hard to me not to laught in the middle of the night beacuse of the voice MC
Im so hooked and this game has been in the back of my mind for weeks! Are you planning on having good endings? Maybe once the mc has reached a certain amount of bad endings, or when they're looking to expand the lore? Even if not, im still excited to see where this goes and will totally have my credit card ready for the final product