Kami: Parade of Senses

~ A Thrilling and Intriguing Game with a Unique and Unsettling Premise ~ My first thought was that this game reminded me a bit of American McGee’s Alice. There are frequent Alice in Wonderland themes throughout, and even the way you progress through the game and have to solve each room is reminiscent of Alice making her way through wonderland. Except you’re making your way through what appears to be a Freudian nightmare. Overtly at least, Freudian psychology makes up the framework for the premise of the story, but under the surface, there’s a case to be made that this game is more thematically Jungian. For instance, a bunch of characters (basically everyone not dressed in a straight-jacket or working at a desk) seem to represent a Jungian archetype. Shadow, Mother, Anima, Trickster, etc. This game is psychology heavy. And if you don’t know who Carl Jung is, or you’re unfamiliar with Freud’s Id/Ego/Superego model, half the game will go over your head. That’s not to say you won’t still have fun. Your decisions might just be less informed. The game begins with you receiving an invitation from your brother (or sister, depending on the difficulty level) to come to this institute …

In short, pretty interesting game, there clearly are various paths you can take for certain quests (range is not that large though, with most rooms having binary or 3-way decisions, with 2 or 3 lacking any). Game does not have many endings, sitting at a as of now 4 or 5 that I could see (there may be secret ones I don't know of, but with the lack of new game+ as of now I find that it may be something for the future). TLDR 6.5/10. Now the longer version. [spoiler]No clue why the hell they left an incredibly obvious hint to a big twist in the store page, maybe this is hindsight but having one of the last cutscenes in the screenshot roulette sounds like taking a shot at your own foot. [/spoiler] Game also has quite a few bugs, I don't know if it was a lack of intense QA or just the play testers not being great, I found a crash, found a softlock (fixed in literally the first patch), found various grammar errors (English version) and straight up exploits (you could get infinite cigarettes due to a minigame having no play cap, now patched) so wait up till a discount comes along and hope most of these get patched? Anyway I hoped the ways the game would change would be more major, ther…

Very good game, with an interesting story and intriguing setting. It's not simply a visual novel, as it has many sections where you have to explore, talk with various people and figure out how to proceed. I liked how each room has different ways to solve it, based on your choices, your relationship with the characters and the stress meter. There are also several side-quests where you can learn more about the game's lore and characters. At the beginning you can choose to play as either of two siblings, Olivia and Oliver. There aren't many differences between the two of them but the games surely deserves a second playthrough so you can see the different ways to solve the rooms and reach other endings.

Yeah no this is awesome

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