We should talk.

It's an okay visual novel with a ton of choices that don't seem to have as much of an impact as the game wants you to think. If you're going for all the 9 endings, it's not exactly fun since you can't skip read text or fast forward in any way besides slightly increasing the text speed in the settings. The story itself is fine and each run takes about 15 minutes.

i went into We Should Talk expecting a narrative where my choices would genuinely shape the story, but it really falls short of that. The dialogue system feels shallow and repetitive, and after a short time it becomes obvious that most choices lead to a very similar outcome.

I think 'We Should Talk' is a bit pricey for only being around roughly 30 minutes long but conceptually I like it's dialogue system, it gives me major Detective Grimoire vibes with the way you have to construct sentences to continue conversations similarly to how you have to make deductions and construct questions in that game. The actual game itself is alright, nothing to really write home about compared to other games although still enjoyable in it's own right but the dialogue system is what I'm the most interested in as it's really neat despite being pretty simple in design and I think it has tons of potential for interesting gameplay opportunities. Imagine having a dialogue system like this in a detective game like LA Noire where you have to not only ask the right question but be mindful of how you phrase them while interviewing people of interest otherwise they could clam up and stop talking to you restricting you from gaining more potentially useful information to help you in solving a big case. That'd be dope as hell and fix alot of problems with some detective games trying to hold the players' hand when doing detective work like cross-examining suspects/witnesses as you'd …

This game might as well be called 'Two Immature People with Issues Talking to Each Other' or 'Cheating Simulator/♥♥♥♥♥♥ Partner Simulator/Breakup Simulator.' The game mechanics are actually the only saving grace of this game. So far, it is pretty unique to me that you can customize your answers 'brick by brick'—that is genuinely cool. However, the graphics are awkward, the game is buggy, and the text speed is so slow that even when you adjust it, you cannot skip seen texts, which makes achievement hunting not worth it. A lot of the dialogue is just boring or cringey, and none of the characters within the story are interesting or relatable. I tried some different routes, and none of them were remotely interesting or memorable. The routes barely change with the texts, so it often feels like an illusion of choice. Just not worth it.

I don't love that this game's description doesn't mention that most of the dialogue options are pushing you into cheating on your partner.

For the price it's a little much for such a low amount of content. It's fine enough though I suppose. I just don't really feel the need or want to go back and try different dialog options after like the third time.