I have played this game since the original release and LOVED it. I'm in my late 20s and loved growing up with dress up PC games so I was really excited for this. The ORIGINAL story was engaging and not too childish. It was so mysterious and exciting. Combat is easy and the puzzles are easy too (some fairly finicky and challenging which I appreciate). Photo mode is probably my favourite aspect of the game (besides making cute outfits) as there is so much you can do creatively to make a beautiful picture. I love that you can pause poses, add filters and lighting. I also found it so cozy that it was a purely solo game with small aspects of community. Posting pictures and being able to join another player's photo and/or have people join yours was such a cute idea that I've never seen before (I wish it stayed that way). I loved how much there was to do, but after I finished the story and crafting the first miracle outfit I went on a hiatus for a couple of months.

I recently got back into it after the release on steam and I had no idea the amount of changes they had made let alone the volume of bugs.

Firstly: They changed the entire opening story - No more Nikki in her attic finding her mother's old clothes, no more interesting back story of who Nikki and Momo as character's are, where they came from, what their purpose is. Instead you're whipped into a new intro that is cinematically beautiful but lacking in story telling. You're pretty much just running through the collapse of a solar system? And Momo is not in sight. I was genuinely confused the whole time. My initial thought was that it was an event, but after reading about it - it's the new story line. I am genuinely shocked they scrapped entire lore behind the story.

Secondly: Adding an entire island for co-op - which on paper sounds fun, except it's not. It's a whole island based around childish play toys (seesaw, changing into animals, jumping on bubbles). Visually it is beautiful, however the implementation of co-op is severely awkward. Running up to people to "illuminate" with them just for them to run around with you aimlessly and making it impossible to capture photos with them. I had someone illuminate with me and we tried to sit on a bench together for a group photo and it wouldn't let either of us select the option for the photo mode. I've seen a few people on social media having similar if not worse experiences (being flown off into the ocean and dying).

Thirdly: The extent of the bugs in the game even when solo is disappointing to say the least. Nikki's dialouge is constantly being cut off (voice acting), the appearance of her in cutscenes or in world (bald, invisible, dyes not showing up the colour you changed them to etc). Momo's view saying there's a Whimstar around but when you track it, it's not there. Menu showing notifications that aren't there OR not showing them at all. Deletion of photos that you didn't delete, putting people in minus for their stars (stars cannot be bought with real money) and diamonds. Constant reconnecting to the server and game crashes. The launcher taking forever to exit and needing to use task manager to stop it from running.

People have been bringing up a lot of these issues with Infold however they are deleting comments and reviews regarding the state of the game and that is severely upsetting. They have also started making bot accounts for steam to leave good/recommended reviews. This company unfortunately does not care about their player base.

I'm not one to play gacha games but this has really turned me off them for a long time. I could speak a lot on how predatory the game has gotten since it's initial release, but it's not even worth my time.
I'm really upset they have plummeted this game into the ground. I have little hope that Infold will listen to their audience.

TL;DR: Game is a buggy mess. Devs are greedy and dishonest. Co-op sucks. Changed lore without letting anyone know. Don't waste your time or money.

I have played this game since the original release and LOVED it. I'm in my late 20s and loved growing up with dress up PC games so I was really excited for this. The [b]ORIGINAL[/b] story was engaging and not too childish. It was so mysterious and exciting. Combat is easy and the puzzles are easy too (some fairly finicky and challenging which I appreciate). Photo mode is probably my favourite aspect of the game (besides making cute outfits) as there is so much you can do creatively to make a beautiful picture. I love that you can pause poses, add filters and lighting. I also found it so cozy that it was a purely solo game with small aspects of community. Posting pictures and being able to join another player's photo and/or have people join yours was such a cute idea that I've never seen before (I wish it stayed that way). I loved how much there was to do, but after I finished the story and crafting the first miracle outfit I went on a hiatus for a couple of months. I recently got back into it after the release on steam and I had no idea the amount of changes they had made let alone the volume of bugs. [b]Firstly[/b]: They changed the entire opening story - No more Nikki in her attic finding her mother's old clothes, no more interesting back story of who Nikki and Momo as character's are, where they came from, what their purpose is. Instead you're whipped into a new intro that is cinematically beautiful but lacking in story telling. You're pretty much just running through the collapse of a solar system? And Momo is not in sight. I was genuinely confused the whole time. My initial thought was that it was an event, but after reading about it - it's the new story line. I am genuinely shocked they scrapped entire lore behind the story. [b]Secondly[/b]: Adding an entire island for co-op - which on paper sounds fun, except it's not. It's a whole island based around childish play toys (seesaw, changing into animals, jumping on bubbles). Visually it is beautiful, however the implementation of co-op is severely awkward. Running up to people to "illuminate" with them just for them to run around with you aimlessly and making it impossible to capture photos with them. I had someone illuminate with me and we tried to sit on a bench together for a group photo and it wouldn't let either of us select the option for the photo mode. I've seen a few people on social media having similar if not [i]worse[/i] experiences (being flown off into the ocean and dying). [b]Thirdly[/b]: The extent of the bugs in the game even when solo is disappointing to say the least. Nikki's dialouge is constantly being cut off (voice acting), the appearance of her in cutscenes or in world (bald, invisible, dyes not showing up the colour you changed them to etc). Momo's view saying there's a Whimstar around but when you track it, it's not there. Menu showing notifications that aren't there OR not showing them at all. Deletion of photos that you didn't delete, putting people in minus for their stars (stars cannot be bought with real money) and diamonds. Constant reconnecting to the server and game crashes. The launcher taking forever to exit and needing to use task manager to stop it from running. People have been bringing up a lot of these issues with Infold however they are [b]deleting[/b] comments and reviews regarding the state of the game and that is severely upsetting. They have also started making bot accounts for steam to leave good/recommended reviews. This company unfortunately does not care about their player base. I'm not one to play gacha games but this has really turned me off them for a long time. I could speak a lot on how predatory the game has gotten since it's initial release, but it's not even worth my time. I'm really upset they have plummeted this game into the ground. I have little hope that Infold will listen to their audience. [b]TL;DR: Game is a buggy mess. Devs are greedy and dishonest. Co-op sucks. Changed lore without letting anyone know. Don't waste your time or money. [/b]