RUNT

I'm trying REALLY HARD to get through this game!! I really am! The story and setting and characters fascinate me to no end! But I almost wish this was a straightforward visual novel. The minigames frustrated me to no end. The goals aren't exactly clear (For example, I thought it would be enough to shoot the targets on the shooting minigame, but it turns out you're actually supposed to shoot them until they fall down, which was not mentioned anywhere). The UI for the skinning minigame made me miserable. The cursor takes the shape of the particular knife you're using (the knives that are very difficult to swap between btw) but the size of the functional clickable-cursor stays the same, so you end up taking forever just finding out the exact point on the knife that will actually be functional (and this spot changes based on where you cut). I really want to like this game!!!!! I know I like a lot about it, but the "gameplay" ended up being so tedious that this game feels more like a chore. I wish it were reasonable for me to sink countless hours into this and learn all there is to know, but as of now this is kind of a rage game.

Almost done with first attempt of the five days which I read happens twice more. The writing and world building is exemplary. Outstanding. The minigame segments where you perform a task such as cut up a steer, start a generator, thread a needle, are AWFUL. It nearly ruins my recommendation. They’re explained poorly, executed with the most pin perfect mouse click, and start over sometimes if you fail. Or you just fail and it moves on after a long time.

Best visual novel I've had the grace of touching. Definetly is now a hyperfixation-- Never had a game make me sob like this before. 11/10

I've only played through one whole playthrough as of writing this review, and this is definitely a game that has to be replayed multiple times to get the whole story. However, I already adore this game. The characters, environment, and atmosphere of this game is just to die for. Some of the puzzles be a bit tricky, however they're not the hardest to get through once you get familiar with them. I really hope more people play this game!

Absolutely fantastic narrative work, the scope of the project is absurdly ambitious, the art is simply incredible and the atmosphere is so thick you could cut it with a knife there are a few problems with the interface not being particularly snappy or comfortable, a lack of a text log/dialogue history, possibly a few bugged mechanics in how the "NG+" feature works, nothing actually game breaking on my end. Its already quite special and I can only hope some of the problems can be ironed out and made smoother over time, since my only complaint would be that while the user experience is *passable* it definitely becomes more grating once you realize the amount of content the game has, I adored this and I will keep reading a few more endings, but its starting to get tiresome, the little things add up and I'm missing like 40 achievements, there's a lot of flavor but its getting harder to chew, yeah? but still MORE than worth it biting in.

Absolutely incredible visual novel. Hauntingly dark, beautiful and memorable in ways I'm going to be thinking about for a long time.