Recent reviews by warp!

first TRPG that could keep me entertained.

(day 136 in the death game timeline) very interesting premise that gets incredibly dull and overdrawn. the game is filled with 70% empty conversations that lead to nothing, just filler until the next event which is incredibly grating when there are 180 days to get through.
With all these conversations you would think it would get you attached to characters but I just feel nothing when they die which is odd. This game cannot immerse me in the story or characters which makes you feel completely detached from the reality they are in. There's also zero suspense when it comes to finding a body since it either just happens or you can see the death from miles away. Your character, seen as a complete ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ joke gets dog walked through every investigation with (i know its a VN but plenty other have engaging minigames) zero gameplay besides pressing a button to answer with no consequence of getting it wrong.
There's also the treatment of the killers which alienates me After Valerie is knocked out how is 4 stab wounds seen as self defense? I know people have different ideals but how is it acceptable for most people to imprison torturers in a fully furnished room and see that as "punishment", Harrison talks to them like, for the most part completely normal people. I feel like it gives the investigation minimal steaks if they get caught off to prison they go to be side characters.
Some nitpicks are using the same CG for every burial when it does not make sense, imprisoned or dead characters are in certain events when you catch fish. I also feel the illusion of choice, for example Choosing to investigate with Eva over Annika, I thought this was a pretty big and interesting choice, but choosing to investigate with Annika still leads to choosing Eva in the end Besides the change in what show you are on I don't see any other impacting decisions
Besides all the negatives I really do enjoy most of the characters, their complexity and the immense diversity in the cast, too bad the game doesn't do any justice to them. Maybe the other routes are better and it was my mistake for expecting a thrilling death game but (iirc) if you wear your influences so proudly the game has to be up to snuff.
There is some good buried under here but i'm not sure if I have the patience to finish, maybe its worth 50$ for all the time and effort put into it but the outcome is worth no more then 20$. Maybe if i ever take this game out of my backlog it will change.

after finishing the death game route, I feel like this game has so much potential but does not capitalize it the whole thing was so interesting, the reveal of everyone being involved in the murders had me smiling so hard after this huge high for me in this game it just ends, 40-50 days skipped right to the conclusion that leaves me so unsatisfied, it gave me hope only to take it away again.

gameplay is an absolute SLOG to get through, music at its all time high and pretty good to see toko develop.

Fantastic character and story, but for me the first 2/3 is really good and the last 1/3 falls off. it turns into heavy info dumps that I just wasn’t prepared for, the ending was kinda corny to me but overall a very good game.

game can definitely get slow but the characters, plot, and endings are all worth it

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ on a fantastic series (minus UDG), disappointing loading took at least 5 minutes, was bored through my whole first play through the only good things are the friendship spaces would have just been better off leaving the franchise alone.

puzzles can get annoying but good game

Very good game so far, worth buying if your a fan of the series.

First game really good second game pretty good.

Worth the money, 100% on par with the other games, maybe better.