Is YIIK becoming somewhat of a cult classic?

[day]

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[Sneeze]

As somebody who likes it quite a lot, I think so. With increased attention comes more and more people realizing it was actually something they were interested in. It has and has always had a unique appeal in it's storytelling, overall design, and for some folks the combat. It's baggage makes all of this fail to reach people.

I mean in terms of unique appeals here's one of the biggest positives for me, it's one of the few games I've played that outright refuses to spell out what it's trying to convey. Normally, the urge when writing delusional characters is to show contrasting perspectives or to grab you by the head and point it out. "Look! What he said makes no sense and he's crazy!". Even a lot of other famously cryptic games have more direction, and less player manipulation. It is instead fully commited to the bit, showing the world of a self-deceptive, self-absorbed nostalgia freak who thinks all the ♥♥♥♥ he reads online is real, and it stick to it from beginning to end.

Consequently, this is also why so much of the aforementioned baggage sticks so well, if the game doesn't answer questions, it's not hard to peddle lame headcanon as truth, because the individual cherrypicked parts support the reading even when the game's whole disproves it.

[Something Else]

Yeah it's quickly becoming the Earthbound of quirky jrpgs

[Friggin' Taser]

It's the new YIIK of YIIK-type games!

[linguisticspaceship]

In terms of how people talk about it being "so bad its good" yeah it already is in that way. Like The Room. Though YIIK definitely has a lot more artistic merit people give it credit for. I'd like to see it become a cult classic in the way that it was critically panned on release, but realized how great it really was years down the line.

Maybe I.V will make people realize that all of the things it points out were always in the story.

[Hellkrai]

Yeah making it the only true Earthbound-like

[Friggin' Taser]

I'll be honest: I came for the So Bad It's Good and I'm seriously looking forward to I.V which just looks So Good it's Good

[*unanini]

Just like va-11 hall-a predicted

[Αη Ιnτellecτual Tsiραr]

Years from now people will be calling games a YIIK-like etc. I think people made fun of it initially because Alex Yiik is an unconventional protagonist, but once they delve into the game itself they learn it's actually quite the innovative experience.

[Noblesse☮Oblige]

YIIK has definitely carved out a place in the gaming world. I think people will look back at this game and fondly remember it for what it is and not hate it for what it isn't.

[monstertofu007]

I think so, yes. I find it probable the game will eventually become well liked and as a example of what not to do and what should be done for a indie game. Pretty rough start though.

[day]

should i buy

[Αη Ιnτellecτual Tsiραr]

Originally posted by Day:

should i buy

You know the answer to that question..

and let me inform you that the developers of YIIK are working on an enhanced edition of YIIK which is going to be free to owners so you're getting a double dose of YIIK all for what looks like 13 dollars American. Might just be one of the best deals in the summer sale.

[CasioPSX (TASKI MAIDEN #1 FAN)]

Originally posted by Αη Ιnτellecτual Tsiραr:

Years from now people will be calling games a YIIK-like etc. I think people made fun of it initially because Alex Yiik is an unconventional protagonist, but once they delve into the game itself they learn it's actually quite the innovative experience.

what would define an rpg as a yiik-like, out of curiosity? especially when yiik is a mother/earthbound-like already

[Artur Ditu]

Originally posted by linguisticspaceship:

In terms of how people talk about it being "so bad its good" yeah it already is in that way. Like The Room. Though YIIK definitely has a lot more artistic merit people give it credit for. I'd like to see it become a cult classic in the way that it was critically panned on release, but realized how great it really was years down the line.

Maybe I.V will make people realize that all of the things it points out were always in the story.

Why "so bad it's good"?

[linguisticspaceship]

Originally posted by Artur Ditu:

Why "so bad it's good"?

It's something I disagree with for sure. A lot of people read Alex's monologues in earnest for some reason? So when he says a lot of silly stuff, people read it as if the author was not aware that it was silly. As well as the general absurdity of the plot, which people do not read into at all and just accept that its a bad, so it's funny to laugh at.

But it IS meant to be a funny game. It's a cringe comedy about millennials.

My comment is moreso how a lot of people are reading this game, especially in 2022-2023 discourse.