Do washing and research help / are needed to finish the game? (spoilers)

[Caelus]

I've unlocked the platforming section, in another post I read that it's the final part and if you complete it you beat the game.
Now I'm wondering, can I somehow make it easier by unlocking the advance research or by earning lots of tokens, or are the two things completely separate?

[Frinky]

you can perhaps get the movement speed buff to make some of the jumps harder, but no, they're mostly separate things.

however, we don't delete your save after finishing, so you can just finish the game, and then keep playing how you were!

[Caelus]

Thanks. To be honest I'm kinda disappointed. Usually neither procedural generated dungeon crawling and work/factory simulators are my cup of tea, but I was really enjoying my time with this game as it combines both of them with a really good creepy atmosphere and mysterious plot.
I loved the balance between these parts, alternating between the dungeon looting, planning for the best way to earn tokens and advancing the plot, but now knowing that I can simply finish the game ignoring the other parts I don't feel motivated to do the rest anymore, lol.
Just when I was starting to really get into the automation part of the dishwashing I now see that it would be just for the sake of it, rather then helping me to escape. I would just earn lots of tokens, but for what use?

Maybe it's just me, but I'd have liked it much more if you had to combine all the gameplay elements to finish the game, integrate them rather then keeping them separated.
For example, having the platforming end part to be really difficult, but it could be made easier by using the dishwashing/dungeon exploration. Like maybe having to find the scraps to research an item that could give you a double jump and then having to buy the parts to build it from the shop at a very high token prize.

Also, I found the survival part to be quite imbalanced, as after just few days I bought the farming plot, planted watermelon seeds and since they grow so fast I was already set for life, removing any need to find/cook/fish for food.

Btw, I played the game in vr with UEVR, visually it's perfect, it's just the shop that's it's not really usable in vr since you have to type and the cursor is unusable to buy stuff.

[bertpigeon]

Originally posted by Frinky:

you can perhaps get the movement speed buff to make some of the jumps harder, but no, they're mostly separate things.

however, we don't delete your save after finishing, so you can just finish the game, and then keep playing how you were!

Movement buffs to make jumps harder? dont' you mean easier?
Its already very difficult with base movement. the first movement buff doens't seem to change your movement all that much either.

[TheCat_3]

turn your fov up when platforming