[NO SPOILERS] What is the mood of this game?

[Jamjars]

Is it a scary game? A sad game? a cheerful game?

[Guido]

it's a mix between horror, cute, and surreal stuff

[Afishog]

It's everything you wrote. The thing is - cute and sweet things contrast with the creepy and purely terrifying stuff. Both of these things help you enjoy and look forward for the change of the atmosphere and you just don't get too bored. Creepy parts are in Yume nikki style, I would say (but not that abstract ofc) and they are indeed creepy and if you tend to have nightmares after horror-games\movies - you will have them after the game! Jk... idk. Not a huge fan of horror myself - but I find every part of the game fun.
And honestly I think it has lots of sadness in it, but you don't feel despair or anything. There's hope.

[RGB]

Really creepy

[BDtetra]

Here is how I would put it (I beat the game), 80-90% of the game is extremely cheerful and happy that makes you smile. the remaining 10-20% is dreadful and/or creepy. There are barely any jumpscares (if you can even call them that, the game does a really good job avoiding this pitfall), but the psychological element to the horror is pretty real. The game is well worth it if you can handle games like Yumenikki.

[𝑆𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑎 ☆]

yes

[alyssa.vloedman]

Originally posted by Jamjars:

Is it a scary game? A sad game? a cheerful game?

I cried 5 times

[GrandTickler]

sad and uncanny, sometimes slight horror

[Dea]

Yes.

[Jamjars]

Thanks for the info.

Someone spoiled the big twist to me anyway, so I'm not going to bother.

[lessthanoff]

Originally posted by Jamjars:

Thanks for the info.

Someone spoiled the big twist to me anyway, so I'm not going to bother.

That's a shame. If it changes anything for you, I also had the twist spoiled for me about halfway through the game. But even knowing what it was, I still found myself feeling all of the things the game obviously wanted me to feel at the end. And I still consider it to be one of the best, if not the best, stories I've ever experienced.

[Av]

Depressing.

[J.T.Dawgzone]

Originally posted by alyssa.vloedman:

Originally posted by Jamjars:

Is it a scary game? A sad game? a cheerful game?

I cried 5 times

I cried all day when I beat it and kept crying throughout the week afterwards.

[Retroween]

Bought for the horror. Stayed for the story