ANONYMOUS || AGONY

peak

playing this feels like a haze - ye ye (ye)

"I think they thought it would be creepy and not funny!" - Rich Evans, Chicago Sun Times Four Stars

This ♥♥♥♥ sucks so much ♥♥♥♥ bro. but haze is pretty cool though (JK). he's possibly the most annoying ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ character ever. I want to kill myself every time he talks. it's like listening to a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥♥♥ that thinks hes the coolest guy ever (Nichoai)

I don't remember how I found this game. Pretty sure I was cruising for free games and saw 'Anonymous Agony' and thought "Well that's quite edgy.". I saw the RPG maker style and thought it might be a new indie title since that's pretty common for new devs. This is a perfect storm of a game. The game deals with a very serious, dark subject matter then completely delves into wish fulfillment to the point it's nonsensical. The writing is baffling. You can see what tropes and character arcs the author wants to set up, but it's so thin a veneer it's hard to see them as characters over concepts. The art style drastically changes from the overview portraits to in-game full screen art. Both styles have merit. The portraits are sharp and well done to bring a lot of personality in and the in-game cut screen type ones have a lot of expressiveness. The voice actors try their absolute hardest and deserve the credit for it. The music swaps between surprisingly good(then blasted into oblivion on loop) to RPG maker music cutting in at bizarre times. The gameplay...is not the best and crashes often. I was obsessed with this game. It obliterated me. I had it open copying script moments to rewrite, I made some memes, drew fanart, compared what little I knew of coding to other RPG maker titles. I am convinced Haze is literally named Hayes but decided to be edgy about it, that's the kind of main character he is. It's a condensed insane plot and for what I expected good god did Anonymous Agony deliver. It's free, it can be finished in a few hours, and it is EXACTLY what you're expecting. I need to go outside and put this beast to rest, goodbye. Generic pro-tips for the interested: -You need to do things at night to progress the story -Do NOT save outside of the house or a computer cafe -The game is more about narrative, not really combat/skillset focused -Ye ye

there's a surprising amount of personality and heart underneath all the edge. some parts are painful, and not in a good way, but I found it easy to forgive. it doesn't handle its subject matter tastefully, but it's not as gratuitous as I expected. the full script and design doc are required reading. they add a lot to the game. I can't really recommend it without giving you some qualifications, but it's free and you'll know within 10 mins if you're on board.

People can say what they want. It's cringe, edgy, etc. But I do like the concept and the vigilante storytelling. Haze is actually a great character, just trying to do good, but often misunderstood and treated like the bad guy. The only issue I have with it are the bugs, which I hope will get fixed in due time.

This game is so weird and I have a lot of things to say about it but at the end it was a enjoyable experience for me, is edgy but funny enough, the voice acting hard carrys the game, there are a lot of bugs and crashes that will never get fixed and you have to give the 100% of yourself to get to the end, It's so funny that to progress in the game you need to fix the location of the audio files. 10/10