I Write Games Not Tragedies

a love letter to your emo phase from a distance of a 30+ millennial in form of a zine-like visual novel with rhythm game style songs art shines, songs are nice and compliment the story, and the story itself is great and does not overstay it's welcome. i completed the game only for one ending and liked that ending, so I will keep it that way. song sequences were cleverly done, although i still haven't figured out how to interact during sing-along part, so failed them all, which was kind of in-character. the language change in one of the songs was very cool! tone-wise it feels like playing an indie version of "life is strange", but very personal one, and i mean this in the best way possible. i don't think this game aims to be a commercial hit, i think it aims to be held close to the heart, and that's where it belongs

As a Chinese emo kid, My Chemical Romance got me through my worst times. This game brought back a lot of things. Thanks for the memories! Even though they weren't so great. See, he tastes like you only sweeter~

Within the first fifteen minutes of playing, I could tell this game would be such a love letter to the emo scene of 2007-2012, and I was right. As a emo kid from that time period, and an "Elder Emo" now, it absolutely has my stamp of approval. I wish I could attach all screenshots of all of the moments that plucked my heart strings, but I fear I would attach most of the game if I did.

This game was delightful, very much the "cringe but free / cringe is dead" vibes that I adore. The story was stellar and I loved all of the music a lot. I wish there was some mic settings for the part where you have to sing along since I donno which mic it was using but it didn't effect game play much. It was such a great time and helped me through some tough emotions. The art was absolutely the best too.

Needless to say I had to pause to cry more than once.

I grew up in the late 90s and 2000s, so I was there as a teenager when MCR got really famous. And yes, I know MCR hate the label emo and yes, I know there are many other emo bands (Sunny Day Real Estate, Foxing, Empire! Empire! among many others) but they're the ones that made it big, so sue me. Anyways, I listened to The Black Parade the same day I got Twilight Princess for my Wii and I still remember that day. I Write Sins Not Tragedies was the first CD I ever got for my horribly (even then) out of date CD player. I still know most of the words to that album even though I don't listen to it as much because Brendon Urie (as a person) sucks. What I'm trying to say is that this game hit me in the feels as an "elder emo" (if I even count lol) and if you're anything like me (and I know I am!) then it likely will for you too. Enough talk: Go play this game!