
『Discouraged Workers』 is an independent progressive kinetic novel created by YGGDRASIL STUDIO. The episode is the fifth in the Project DW series, a satirical story based on the popular Korean soap operas-styled plot. It compares Ga-yeon’s bleak everyday life to the dark side of youth.
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Well the game is delisted but I guess if you already had this in your library just listen to everyone else. You aren't missing out on anything here lol. The story was pretty mid and forgettable. I've had this on the backlog for a while and glad to get it out of the way. 100 Backlog Games of 2025: 53/100
[b]“Отчаявшиеся работники”[/b] - визуальная новелла, пытающаяся поднять серьезные социальные темы в контексте современного капиталистического общества Южной Кореи. В центре сюжета - история 28-летней [b]Цуи Га-Йан[/b], которая после увольнения стала затворницей-хикикомори. Игра затрагивает важные проблемы: депрессию, безработицу и сложности поиска своего места в жизни. [b]Плюсы:[/b] [list] [*]Серьезная тематика и попытка социальной критики [*]Интересные детали корейской культуры и общества [*]Несколько концовок [*]Дополнительные мини-игры и достижения [/list] [b]Минусы:[/b] [list] [*]Слабый, местами банальный сюжет [/list]
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Languages: English, Korean, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese
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---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☑ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☑ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☑ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☐ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☑ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Difficulty }--- ☑ Just press 'W' ☐ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☑ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☑ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☑ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☐ Average ☐ Long ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☐ Worth the price ☐ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☑ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☐ Never heard of ☑ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ Significant, nothing but a big terrarium for bugs ☐ Call the exterminators ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☑ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☐ 9 ☐ 10
I was really hoping that this game would be a bit more like a drama game and I was very excited to see that it was going to have mature themes that include depression, anxiety, and pressure to perform to societies wants. Spoilers ahead: I would not suggest this game to anyone with major depression, or with suicidal ideations, as you plan out and go through with suicide MANY TIMES! There was questions that I had in the game that never got answered. In one ending it told me that the heroine jumped off the bridge and the ending told me the love interest jumped in after her...He was not mentioned once in the entire scroll up to that point. After playing it again through another path, it made more sense why he was there. I do realize (now) that this is the fifth in a series and I will say that that is my fault, but while working through this game, I would not be interested in the previous stories or any after it.
7/10
No decisions, just story. Pretty boring.
주인공의 행보와 심리는 공감하기 매우 어려웠습니다.
Я осилила лишь полчаса и это за два захода. Руссификация плохая, читать текст тяжело, похоже на машинный перевод. ГГ моя ровесница, но мне вообще не удалось как-то к ней проникнуться или вроде того. К сожалению я не сразу после покупки решила в неё поиграть, а значит, вернуть деньги не получится. Очень жаль, придётся просто удалить её с аккаунта.
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