Quality Dreams, Reasonably Priced

This game really blew me away! The art is incredible and the character designs are all so cool. I really loved the writing, it was so engrossing and the characters felt so real. It was so much fun to play (but also kind of stressful lol). I'm excited to try out more routes later and see what kinds of other endings there are!

This game should be used in school to teach Finances! The artstyle was cute and the worldbuilding interesting. The pacing was good but I still wish it had been a bit longer.

Very compelling story and characters. The art is so pretty and well done, and each of the characters have such a great unique story! I'm not a usually a big fan of visual novel -type games, but this was so captivating! Each of the characters have real depth to them, love exploring them, and getting to what the root of their issues is. The gameplay element of choosing between profit (for bunny health, job stability, and general comfort), vs being a compassionate player, adds a lot of complexity. It kinda reminds me of "Papers, Please!" in that it makes playing the game challenging. Doing the right thing is often punished irl, and this game feels like a great microcosm of life in a way.

Quality Dreams Reasonably Priced is a visual novel that combines the money management stress of papers please with an engaging story about themes of bodily autonomy, self worth, and cyberpunk dystopia. You play as Jin, a sales clerk who gets to decide if your clients can get their desired surgery for body modification. The game is more mechanically involved than most visual novels with it's up selling mechanic where after interviewing your client you can decide if you want to sell them more options to earn a higher commission. Sometimes those options don't align with what the client wants/needs. It's central conflict of earning a commission versus providing for client wants/needs is very relatable if you've had to work a job to survive. The writing and world feel succinct and lived in. Though it may not look like it small phrases can contribute immensely to the cyberpunk dystopia setting(some of which hit closer to home than I'd like). Each inter-viewable character explores a different aspects of body modification and it's societal implications. I highly recommend the game if you are interested in engaging story telling and budget management.

It's a fun game if you're a person who likes sci-fi and visual novels like myself. The characters are very modern and unique. The universe they built is extremely interesting, and I wish the game were longer because of it.

I think this game is good but it's deceptively short, like just long enough that you can't refund it but not a bit longer

Short and sweet. I am intrigued about how some of these characters manage to have 4-6 endings, though. Even the most linear-seeming conversation apparently had 4 unique endings... food for a second read-through, I guess. I will say that I find the idea of an oppressive, transhumanist cyberpunk world totally immersed in our modern pronoun culture rather myopic. It's only a bit of minor cringe in the procession of gameplay, but I feel like a cyborg whose 50% metal body is powered by 100% nutrient slop would navigate gender differently than I do. Also, bunny surgery costs as much as a full-body musculoskeletal rework? Or More? I couldn't get that out of my head the whole time. Anyway, if those are the types of things I'm obsessing over, it should be clear that this one is worth your time. 10/10 work at making me feel like a slimy pharmaceutical rep pushing opioids, would feel very uncomfortable again.