1000xRESIST

1000xRESIST เป็นหนึ่งในเกมที่ส่งพลังอันรุนแรงให้กับเราอย่างมาก มันเต็มไปด้วยมวลของอารมณ์อันหลากหลาย และซับซ้อน ความเศร้า เหงา ความหนาวที่สะท้านขั้วหัวใจ แต่ก็ยังมีทั้งความหวัง การยอมรับ และการเคลื่อนไปข้างหน้า หลังเล่นจบ เหมือนได้ผ่านการเดินทางอันยาวนาน ยากที่จะลืมเลือน ประทับใจจังหวะการเล่าเรื่อง การนำเสนอที่มันเท่เหนือจินตนาการเรา มีหลายครั้ง ที่ทำให้เรานั่งอึ้ง จับจ้อง พร้อมหยุดหายใจในสิ่งที่ได้เจอ บวกกับเหล่าตัวละครที่ครั้งแรกรู้สึกแปลก แต่ยิ่งเล่นกลับยิ่งเอ็นดูพวกเธอที่ทั้งเหมือนกัน และแตกต่าง ไม่พิมพ์ถึงเพลงประกอบก็คงไม่ได้ และคิดว่าเป็นส่วนที่เรารักที่สุดในเกมนี้ มันถูกสร้างมาให้เสริมพลังของเรื่องเล่า และถ่ายทอดอารมณ์ ที่บางครั้งเราไม่จำเป็นต้องนิยามมันก็ได้อย่างยอดเยี่ยม //จะไม่มีวันลืมโน้ตเหล่านี้ไปอย่างแน่นอน มีส่วนที่อยากพิมพ์อีกเยอะ แต่ก็ไม่อยากชี้นำคนที่มาเห็นมากกว่านี้ กับมีบางพ้อยที่เราอาจจะยังไม่ได้เข้าใจมันอย่างถึงแก่น ใดๆ ถ้าไม่นับการควบคุมที่ง้องแง้ง แมป hub ที่ชวนหลง 1000xRESIST เป็นเกมที่เล่าเรื่องลึกล้ำ งดงาม และทิ้งอะไรบางอย่างให้เราหลังจบ ควรค่าแก่การสัมผัสมันมากๆ Hekki Grace

TL;DR: Play the game, don't expect an action game, it's mostly narrative and therefore doesn't offer a high-octane, dynamic gameplay. But it's a GREAT game. With an astonishingly interesting world waiting to be discovered. Give a try. I started playing this because I saw a Daryl Talks Games video where it appeared. He praised it and it looked interesting enough for me to try it. Now, I write this hoping to be the reason someone else decides to play this game. While this hasn't been my first rodeo with visual novels or (principally) narrative games, I have to admit it's the first time a game (as in any genre or any work that uses "a game" as the medium) hasn't let me sleep. And not only because I've been playing it into the darkest hours of the night, several nights, skipping on some rejuvenating sleep, but mostly because when I forced myself to stop playing and go to bed I couldn't keep my mind away from it. I just kept exploring possibilities, theories, trying to put together the pieces of what I had just experienced to form a cohesive picture... It was GREAT. I think the writing, story and it's telling are SUBLIME. I find myself quite torn, since I want to do the game justice and review it's narrative in depth, picking away at it's characters, their motives, personalities... However I'm trying to convince you to PLAY it and I know just how wrong it would be of me to rob you of the experience of living this first-hand. So, telling you that the narrative elements of this game are SUBLIME will have to do. Now, about a "controversial" topic, the gameplay. While it's not mechanically challenging, or challenging in general (as there are a few "puzzles" but they are quite trivial), the gameplay serves as an aid towards the storytelling. It's a tool, it has a function, it's there to serve the narrative and to link both you, as the "watcher", and the game, as the "watched". This wording might make it seem like the gameplay is passive; but nothing further from the truth. I think you'll realize what I mean as you play the game and how YOU end up being tied into this world through the gameplay. Admittedly, I'm quite partial to minimalist, futuristic and "aseptic" aesthetics so I won't say much about that specific choice other than it's cohesive with the story. But I was blown away by the magnitude of work and detail put into designing the spaces and clothing. Even the usual "filler" items in a stage seem like they have been purposely put in place in a specific way to convey something, to tell a story by themselves. I was also pleasantly surprised by the voice acting. Pretty much every single line of text you'll read is dubbed. And, honestly it's pretty good. Voice acting is one of those things that sadly don't get much attention unless they aren't done good enough, this is a clear case of the opposite. Hekki grace, sister.

deceptively short game. not many hours of gametime, but i had to play for 1 hour and then stare at the ceiling for 3 hours. absolutely stunning from start to finish 10/10

This has probably the best story in a video game I've ever played through. I'm so glad they stuck to their guns with an interactive storytelling experience rather than adding some middling action-RPG elements or obligatory minigames, because it just means more time for great characters, great environments, and shocking emotional gutpunches.

This is what happens when a group of artists wants to express themselves through a video game. The result is a pretentious, painfully slow art performance that touches a lot of topics without deeply exploring any of them, combined with terrible gameplay. Even as a walking simulator, it’s not particularly good. The environments during the narrative sections are mostly boring, with only a handful of genuinely interesting shots reserved for the most important story moments. And once you reach the “hub” area, navigating it becomes an exercise in frustration, even the map doesn't help. A complete disappointment for me. I can see how someone might enjoy this kind of pretentious artistic performance, but as a game, I found very little to enjoy.

I do not know how or why this game has as many recommendations as it does. I also have no idea why it's not listed as either a visual novel or walking simulator. The core gameplay is go talk to this person, or if we're being fancy, press L1 repeatedly to go talk to this person. Don't worry there are puzzles which also consists of go talk to this person. This game is a very linear story where your choices do not matter until the very end where you commander shepherd your favorite color. The story, it's only selling point, is very weak. Essentially, a space invader invaded but it can't speak english so it has to convey in memories but since people have emotions it causes them to explode. OG is to much of a sociopath and is immune, makes a deal with the illegal, killing everyone left and starts cloning herself cause she's lonely. She is a terrible person and unfortunately, the clones you play will feel just as irritable and short-sighted as her. Oh god, the voice acting. Remember that squeaker in cod lobbies? That's your companion for like half the game. I think the moral of the game is something family trauma? Don't let women have power? Don't trust the Chinese? Idk man, play Signalis.

A masterpiece in all aspects.

ゲームプレイ部分はかなりの虚無なので、そこを許容できるかどうかかと思います 僕は無理でした。 ストーリーそのものについては、特別好みというわけではないが、 扱われている題材は比較的珍しい（中国政治とかアジア系移民のティーンエイジャーの悩み的な部分）ので興味深く見れる部分もあった。 ただ、問題はゲームプレイのほうで マップ探索がとにかく面倒くさい。 ゲームとして面白い操作やシステムがあるわけではなく、 特に必要性のない移動やお使いがほとんどなので、 だったらもっとリニアにテンポよくストーリーを見せてくれるほうが個人的にはよかったですね。 あと結構な頻度でプレイヤーに会話選択肢を選ばせるわりに、 あんまり意味のない選択肢が多かったのもわりと嫌でした。

Hekki Grace