Artis Impact

개꿀잼. 진짜 여행 다니는 것 같았음. 너무 짧다는 사람 많던데 개인적으론 12시간 동안 알차게 즐겼고 딱 좋은 부분에서 여운 남게 끝났다고 생각함.

First of all, the pixel animations are brilliantly done. They are lively & swift, great work there. The combination of the pixel art & the manga styled art panels during some special events or dialogue scenes is a great touch, adds a unique flair to the game when others would've not bothered. Honestly makes me wish this were an anime, it certainly has the makings of one. I, unfortunately, played this wrong. There're two difficulty modes, Easy & Normal. Easy is REALLY easy. Like "you-one-hit-kill-everything-and-can't-die" easy. In a way, I guess it makes sense, your character is meant to be strong, but the combat being so easy makes it feel unrewarding. If you're wanting an easy game that really is easy, this is a must. Can't say anything about the turn-based combat under Normal because I've not played it. Sometimes, the direction of what to do is unclear. For instance, if you best a certain enemy, you're sent to this spa & I was really confused. There was no Log Book or Quest Book or anything to tell me what I was there to do & the spa region's scouting mechanic was poor, I'm sorry to say. Your character can scout the vicinity "once a day", which reveals a new location for you to clear of AI enemies. (Will be honest, the AI enemies are very well done). It feels like it could've been a simple "go here, kill all this" quest, but it felt like it dragged on longer. The spa was okay, there was lots to do, characters to meet, but the mechanic of only scouting the region "once a day" just felt silly. The train was another moment where it was unclear what I was to do. The game told me nothing about which station to get off, it's Honeydew Station, I had to look that up; & that whole Silverlake thing I thought would've gone on longer after the Commander said I could be there for weeks or even years. Can't help but think this was all part of the demo, or is from the demo & was left in. All that aside, everything else about this is good. The combination of manga panels & pixel art style is outstandingly excellent, the turn-based combat, the characters are great, if a little stereotypical (though I'll be honest the sexism got a little annoying, but that can be toggled off). Akane is a fun badass character, Bot is a perfect companion cube. Will play this again one day on Normal difficulty.