Dustborn

So, where do I even start? If we manage to put aside the forced inclusivity - constant lines like ‘you’re free to be whoever you are,’ ‘choose your pronouns,’ ‘your appearance doesn’t define you,’ and similar messages that flood you from the prologue onward - the game is actually very enjoyable from a narrative standpoint, at least until Chapter 7. There’s a HUGE mystery, unanswered questions that genuinely pull you in, the identity of the missing girl, the origin of the Vox, the heist plan, the betrayal… all the ingredients for a great story are there. Then, suddenly, the abyss. Everything collapses into a messy pile of random ideas, and the game turns into nothing but combat - repetitive, poorly designed combat - which ramps up dramatically toward the end instead of easing off. You’re hit with a barrage of explanations that make no sense, decisions made simply because the script says so, weak and predictable twists. Honestly, despite what people call ‘woke,’ I would have recommended it up to well past the halfway point. But I really can’t. The last three chapters were extremely stressful to play through, and watching what unfolded without suffering was impossible (And not in t…

This game is a mess. It's a genre mashup and it doesn't really do anything well. I can't really get behind any of the characters as they are all pretty unlikeable.

I don't get the hate. The game takes some time to get started. Maybe the dialog is a bit on the nose, but the gameplay is nice, the story is unique. They could've dropped a gameplay element to streamline the whole experience.

The more I played this the more I compare it to Life is Strange: True Colours. Both games explore empathy and maniuplating people. Except LiS feels so sanitised and boring compared to Dustborn? I went into this with low expectations, and to be honest both of these games arnt that good. But I am more pleasently surprised with Dustborn. Characters are incredibly messy, and it just gets messier as it goes. Emotional honestly from yourself becomes key in improving your overall relationship with everyone and its not perfect or always bound to be positive, but I appreciate it a lot more than LiS. Anyways if anything you get this game on sale, its an interesting 10 - 15 hours of gameplay.

Honestly, I found this pretty enjoyable. The range of "fights," the characters and choice base routes is nice (the fact that you just aren't going to like every character) and the extra bits for upgrades is rad. It's colorful and fun, it's a game with a variety of messages. It's pretty, interesting, and cool to see this version of the world (a bummer obviously, if you actually pay attention to what's occurred over the real world these past years). Thanks for the game!

This game has soo many types of games within it that I'm actually astounded. There are soo many funny moments, there's tons of rep in different walks of life; religion, gender presentation, aesthetic, races, disabilities, I can honestly go on and on. It's very LGBTQ friendly, and a great time to get involved and turn your brain off for hours at a time. I love the superhero recaps and issue, despite not being a traditional superhero story. I love the world lore, I love the art, and I absolutely adore the dialogue system and how it changes your experience as it goes. There's a multitude of plot twists that made me gasp, and on top of that, I even ended up shedding a few tears. Like narrative stories? this game is for you. Like combat segments and boss fights? this game's for you. Like old school arcade games or turn based JRPGs? This game's for you. Like rythm games? I can keep going on, but I cannot rate it highly enough. There are a few glitches; I tried to wash the sink at the end and it crashed the game 4 seperate times, there was a weird bat visual glitch that made a light effect on the screen until another battle segment at one point, a lot of times when I threw anything but th…