Sister Other Paranoia

TLDR: It's not Needy Streamer Overload, but it's alright and even more than alright in some parts. 3-5 hours length. Worth the price in my opinion. I absolutely loved Needy Streamer Overload so as soon as I found out that another game from the same creator is coming out, it was an instant "Add to Wishlist" from me. Now when I finished playing it... The Good: 1. The atmosphere and the MC. It is artsy, adorably pretentious and (pseudo)philosophical. VN draws a lot of inspiration from the classics. Hasuya-kun is a Raskolnikov wannabe, an aspiring writer (but he is already a published author, which he will remind you every second of the game) who claims to be able to read other people's thoughts. He is so full of himself, but it's not a bug, it's a feature. I couldn't read the novel in one go, he's so insufferable, I needed to take breaks and touch grass (author's intent, no doubt). The game does its best when it remembers it's the psychological horror. 2. The routes. In the game Hasuya explores the relationships with various people in his life and uses this to pass judgement and share his very insightful (if you're 14) thoughts. The cast of characters and their designs are great. 3. THE SOUNDTRACK! An absolute highlight for me. Some people are saying that it reflects the Nyalra personal struggles, especially of coming up with the sequel for Needy Streamer Overload, so do what you will with that information. The Bad: 1. The titular Sister. Sahana is basically a non-character. She exists solely to say "onii-chan(˶ᵔᵕᵔ˶)" and periodically spout the same pseudointellectual nonsense her brother does. Meanwhile she's supposedly a gifted child who does absolutely nothing, but she's gifted. because...? I kept waiting for some kind of twist involving her. Is she real? Is she alive? Is MC projecting his own feelings and co-dependency towards a girl who wants nothing to do with him? But nope. it's pretty straightforward. She's just an imouto incarnate. My good faith interpretation: a lot of classical novels have the pure innocent female character who acts as a voice of reason and conscience for the male character. She loves him unconditionally and has zero personality except for loving and redeeming MC. Bad faith interpretation: it's a bait for a certain type of audience. 2. Second ending. I don't want to call it true ending, because it's so saccharine sweet, boring and entirely unearned. If [spoiler] "go outside and touch grass" [/spoiler] is a profound revelation to you, you 'll find it poignant...It reminds me of one of the endings for Needy Streamer, except in Needy Streamer your gameplay choices lead you to that. The ending feels earned through your actions, here it just happens. It actively cancels out your whole playthrough. It makes me wish again that Steam had neutral reviews, it was just so...bad and wish-fulfilling. 3. It feels unfinished in some places, for example, two characters have alternative endings to their routes, while others don't. Minor complaint, really. [spoiler] Dokudami [/spoiler] alternative ending is the best though, it doesn't overstay its welcome and actually feels hopeful and human-written.

I'm not one for reviewing simply because I haven't had many games entice me enough to leave feedback, recommend, or judge, but I've noticed a lot of people leaving negative reviews. I can't definitely say whether or not I recc, but what I can say is; *I* liked it!! AND I wanted to share some info and a smidge of what I thought about it !! 1, No. There is NO incest or anything more than a familial relationship with Sahana (*our* sister) so pls do not get this if that's what you were expecting... yuck! Pervss 2, Its actual playthrough time is quite short... but I did really enjoy how I got sucked into the story 3, MC is quite edgy and sometimes I found it hard to decipher their 'true' feelings (simply bc they change seemingly fast) Personal opinions; There are SO many art, literature, and social media metaphors and refs. (Why are there not reviews or discussions properly speaking about this???) I think outside of the actual game's artwork, the way traditional classical art finds its way into this game are literally absolutely beautiful. I admire how the comparisons, scriptures, and texts are put into the literal throughout the whole game. After looking through some of the creator's personal socials, I like to believe he, himself is also super genuinely into classic/masterwork art. I do praise this game for allowing the author+creator to express his thoughts through art, and that is LITERALLY SOP+NSO. Tbh, this being Nyalra's 2nd game is pretty freakin cool. I'm really psyched to see what else he will create!!

不代入的话前面的部分还挺搞笑的，感觉就是nyarura在平等地攻击所有人（包括男主的行为也是在攻击自己），纯纯的自传。 几个角色的剧情线的话，黄毛的剧情线从开头到结尾是逻辑上比较合理且说得通的，而且作为双分支角色感觉这个角色很明显更用心啊。 其他角色就感觉，他们的行为和动机真的有必要最后到那种程度吗，感觉有点没道理，爆的莫名其妙的。（当然你要说这些部分和隐藏结局根本不是顺序发生的话那其实就沾点梦结局有点low了，可能是nyarura其实也没觉得有啥能变好的方向吧大概） 回到男主，男主其实从一开场就不是一个让玩家真正代入的角色而更像是一个嘴替。个人感觉是个小丑角色，男主自己就不是一个知行合一的人，一直在振振有词但感觉每句话说的其实都是自己。 一周目来讲的话，前言和每个章节的因为基本都是男主的碎碎念，单从攻击一切来讲的话，其实还挺有乐子的。但是后面把每个角色立体起来后就有点不自觉的去思考角色背后的逻辑性了，然后就感觉文笔水平太简略了支撑不起这个逻辑性。说到底overdose本身也不是以文笔和剧本见长的，所以在这部作品里nyarura的文笔能力占比被放大后会感觉剧情就多少有点问题。（孩子们天竺姐真的是好女孩） 妹妹其实是最无感的角色了，感觉是个魔丸+催命鬼。感受不到主角对妹妹有特别多的依赖的，描写太少了也对这个角色没有好感。倒是妹妹又不上学又天天想和男主一起似的，更多的是妹妹依赖男主吧。 至于隐藏结局，其实也讲得很清楚了男主的读心能力跟人感觉也不是啥读心能力，更多的是生活在一个压抑的环境下培养出来的认知滤镜，这也说明男主确实很有观察人的才能。而在这么个压抑环境下其他人的行为倒也确实符合这样一样勉勉强强混着过日子的处境，但心中都或多或少有点不满、想要打破现状但无可奈何导致的。这也是为什么最后男主出国了反而读不了心了。（虽然如果相处一段时间男主又能对这些人读心了吧，毕竟确实有点才能） 总结大概就是，作为一个比较纯粹的情绪输出的话，是很有乐子的地图炮（攻击所有人），但是因为有留了一点想要把角色丰富化的想法和希望向善的想法导致这种直接一路爆下去的情绪有点差点意思了（其实就是个人角色隐藏结局有点影响一周目结局观感了，不过男主后续性格转变也是好事，但因为没有给篇幅其实感觉不如不写）；噱头大于逻辑，更多的是图一乐的作品，太上心就输了而且文笔水平其实太上心的话就会发现问题很大了；本质还是照着overdose那套模版在写剧情，所以其实没啥足够的信息量和代入感，很多东西都是空话无法引起共鸣。至于值不值得购买仁者见仁智者见智了。 你问我为什么给好评？因为久见是我爹！（但有几张图久见画的也太敷衍了我昏倒了没有人类了）

失望 不斷在狗吠的男主

So I beat Sister Other Paranoia. So, by the end it did turn it around a bit. I guess. Honestly.. it hard to say I really enjoy it. Like I will say the VN did execute what it wanted to do with it theme and lesson. This VN, although selling it as product, really feels like a more writer personal's story. And by that, I wouldn't say it was vent piece. But you can tell this is like writer trying to figure out his own thing in life and want make it into a story and he channel his energy into this work. But he also decide he want to sell this as a commercial product to public which, okay fair, but I would at least have effort showing it trying to be digestible or make pacing better if he going be telling this type of story. It seem like he doesn't care if VN doesn't jell with popular crowd if they get "filter" by the angst/depreciated writing which is 95% of the entire game. Which I understand, but If I'm going recommend this to someone, this is a very hard sell. But yeah the angst/depreciated writing really drag everything down after awhile. I was open to it first considering context and situation the protagonist is. However, after 2nd hour I really started get tired of it. Especially since there very little variety of gameplay or things to break up the pacing. Once intro is over even though you can "pick your own path" it become very formulaic. And sometime there illusion of choices at some part, which make you think you should try prepare or do something. But nah it all linear. Not till you beat it once can you do something different so keep that in mind if you do decide play it. The one thing that could break up pacing or help game more if your Little Sister was in the game more. But sadly she really not there till near the end. Which was I feel like is mistake especially since quite marketing you assume she have bigger part in terms of content. So like, It hard to really sell this to anyone unless your "fan of the writer" or really into Denpa-style writing... but even then. Though I guess why I kind of did pick it up and try stick with it. But still it kind of disappointing overall but.. I guess there was some cool lines, zingers, moments, and philosophy I took away with it. So I guess I give it " =/ out of 10"

玩了新作现在已经深信这位完全是没有才能的人了 离开了专业公司营造作品氛围，他自己做的东西真的啥也不是，之前被扒的推上的一些言论现在我也是相信这确实就是本人特色了 鬼知道当初这人被WSS踢出去了我还转了很多信息打抱不平，现在都不知道到底有几句真话 男主作为作者皮套，搬运大量文学作品话题展开却离不开繁殖交配，指点资本的同时又嘲笑普通劳动者，认为人这辈子不升华自己的生命就毫无价值，瞧不起普通文艺工作者认为苦难才会诞生文学，却又觉得世间的批评全是人云亦云，高高在上引用佛教概念却知行不一，愤世嫉俗小肚鸡肠。 看不起人类的普通情情爱爱却要把地雷女吐舌头翻白眼漏尿画一个超长CG，完全就是毫无哲学文学功底纯纯乱叫的嘉豪一枚。 隐藏HE突然出国旅了个游就被净化了，狗叫了几个篇幅的资本，很清醒吧？ 最后二周目直接被AI炒股的哥们儿接走了（唉，资本！） 妹妹起到一个什么作用？这tm还没有垃圾手游开局屏幕旁边的寻路小精灵有存在感，就只会说我懂你的忧郁深沉我知道你是一个缺爱的男孩儿，没关系哥哥我爱你 呃……你和你笔下描述那学长的区别是？ 当然有人会说，其实最后nyalra是在通过暗喻一直骂自己伤害自己呀~大家快来看穿它的脆弱呀…… 我就直说了，去了那么多国家，在向日葵里净化心灵，很神圣吧？但你笔下的普通劳动者一辈子都没有资源环游世界。 市场也是残酷的，同样你文中那些亚文化女粉丝和coser就是不会追随你一辈子的。 哪怕给自己叠甲这也是不争的事实，你就是一个写不出第二本书的东西。 *我也叠个甲，主播女孩没火之前就购买通关，后续DLC成就第一时间补完 国内快闪消费不多但也差不多3K+ 但是就这个东西，玩家付30块钱当nyalra情绪垃圾桶，CG没几个还要看成名赚钱之后的全球旅游照片，何异味？ 还好意思和海馆一起捆绑包卖，不要拉低海馆的档次了

开局那段情绪输出真不是把玩家当情绪垃圾桶吗

[h1]并非妹妹[/h1] 说在前头：我并不推荐任何近期处于情绪低谷或是精神状态不佳的人游玩本作，正常游戏大都是输出正能量，再不济也是正负对半分，但本作可不是这样，这款游戏100%地在输出负面能量，因此我只推荐近期生活没有太多烦恼的人游玩本作，权当体验一下另一种精神状态下，看待人与物的视角。 如果确认要玩了，那请看接下来的文字——本作在玩法上属于一款视觉小说，区别于“gal”与“adv”，比起“视觉”，本作更接近“小说”这一概念，文本密度会比正常游戏高上不少，需要一定的耐心去阅读。 除去以上这些题材方面的“缺点”，本作实际上有很多亮点。 首先就是阴晴的转换，游戏流程中，在绝大多数情景下，厌世的男主视野中，总是充斥着阴翳，可一旦切换到妹妹的场景，游戏包括画面与BGM在内都会变得轻松明快——这对于玩家而言，在面临一个个极度压抑的场景后，算得上一个短暂的休憩与奖励。 其次就是出色的演出效果，本作在“战斗”中，采用了非常意识流的处理，这也造就了独特且极具辨识度的“处刑”场景，处刑的剧情是否够精彩我不好评价，但视觉冲击力绝对是没得说的。 综合体验下来，本作无疑是一款极具特色的视觉小说，但“得益于”它的题材，它并不适合所有玩家——或者说，所有精神状态下的玩家。 [quote]关注「[url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45580968] 月の赏 [/url]」[/quote] [u][b] 月揽千游，一赏知味 [/b][/u]