Tsunagari Chess School

Okay, this one's been in my backlog for a while. In fact, I bought it back in winter sale '24. I wanted to try a VN in my backlog so here I am. No spoilers, don't worry. But no spoilers means no details. Tsunagari Chess School is something like Doki Doki Literature Club. It presents itself as some cutesy dating sim VN with steroetypical anime girl types only to throw you off with some shocking twist and a darker story in reality, and yeah it does that but, man it's just below mediocre. Plot feels like it's moving at a thousand kilometers per minute, it keeps you guessing and throwing you off, but it feels more like the write is throwing random stuff at you to try to surprise you. Unfortunately, I caught onto what's going on very quickly and saw a couple twists coming. It's something that I'm not laughing with. I'm laughing at. It just comes off as ridiculous. Relationships and character development happens in the blink of an eye and I seriously don't understand how no one is having a realistic human reaction to what's going on. Morbid curiosity is the only thing that kept me going through this lol. It feels like weeb trash. Junk food for weebs. I don't know of any other way to describe it. Art is okay though. It's pleasing to the eyes and that's more than good for me. [i]Please remember to check other reviews to make a properly informed decision about purchasing this game. I am but one man speaking from my own experience and with my own preferences.[/i]