Cursed Order

Very good so far.

I have played the demo and have played the game up to now too. My review is slightly lengthy but I hope it is worth reading! I personally would say it is a good game and it has been given enough room to continue a lot of chapters if it is done carefully, leading into a lot of fun situations while remaining immersive with it's quirky characters as long as you can find your way around. With the way the game is going I think it could be an enjoyable experience if it gets the opportunity to progress and I can tell it has passion put into it since the characters were given so much personality no matter how they looked. (Maybe intended to be a backhanded roast?!?!) Some feedback in the review is based on my experience during my first playthrough: Although navigating can be confusing and the personality-based damage system doesn't seem super impactful, the atmosphere of the game and the witty humour is the blood and bones here, and a few tiny things that surprisingly increased the experience for me beyond the comedic events taking place between all the characters introduced was: There was an area to the right of Hitomi as she was giving the tutorial which had apples you could steal. As you kept taking them one by one, it eventually exposes you for being greedy and I think that concept of your decisions mattering (even when they don't) should be constantly placed through the next chapters! I enjoyed the hidden heartwarming events and although I wont spoil how to get them I will still hint they exist. In the next chapters, I hope the player feels more in control of the narrative and have their choices seeming impactful with different routes here and there. I think the game should progress like that along with having all these little secrets (hard not to spoil but it is really cool) so not only the map of the game feels so much more rich (whether with lore, indirect criticisms of the player, content, or random decisions becoming a repeatable joke throughout the run like hitting your head on walls), it also means the game will be focusing heavily on the main things that make this game enjoyable.. The interactions between characters, the consequences of decisions or punishments for lack of exploration, and perhaps intensity of fights. Finally, I personally hope the next chapters have the potential for the player to get swarmed and that the amount of enemies in certain locations whether it be a fort or a town can be reduced by doing things in the world of Cursed Order before immediately moving on with the story, which would reinforce the idea that seems to be a potential path in the game where you can talk to enemies and make them change their minds. (Which could have new dialogue options for persuasion if the player finds things around the world, allowing a whole different way to play the game! I genuinely look forward to future chapters.