DreamEater 噬梦者

It saddens me to advice people to not buy this game (at least in it's current stage/form). As the phrase "Do not judge a book by it's cover goes" I tend not to quickly think negatively over something, but believe me when I say I've judged this "Book" poorly when I decided to buy it. It pretends to give you choice: Option A: You continue on the liniar pre-determened path Option B: YOU DIE, GAME OVER. (I hope you saved otherwise you'll have to start all over again.. and even if you saved wich is.. anoying, there is no quick save/load feature, you still waste time. I'm a pretty slow reader, and for the amount of content I've seen.. it wouldn't be 10 min for the average person to speedrun it. I've both lost time in my reading, but more so in 'checking the option to see if it would actually give me a game over again.. and again. As far as gameplay goes. It's very dull. Basically like a fetch quest. Go here, Go back. Tasks are fairly vague, even if the objective is clear once your there. Interaction with items is frustrating (Entering different areas) I have to sometimes stare at a wall, in a very specific angle because apperently.. thats the door. Or to try and pick up an item, hope the 'bed' doesn't get in my way! I haven't really seen any of the naughty content as of yet, so I can't comment on such, but it feels very slow paced and not worth the investment to receive 'the reward'. Especially as the story (for me) seems to be off putting, but they do warn you about that on the store page. To me it's just kind of stupid how: ((SPOILER: You don't have a choice in the matter and the character you wanted to pursue, or rather where forced to interact with finds themselves 'within a dream' a GORY death without you being able to change, prevent or avoid it. Let alone that if i'm promted a choice: A: Stutter without an excuse, B: Stutter with excuse. And I make the wrong choice.. I end up leaving the convo and get hit by a bus. Yeah.. Fun interactivity.)) To me it feels it would have been better as a strait up visual novel, or a 3D animation. The enviroments are great, the characters and Jiggle physics are great, but the gameplay leaves A LOT to be desired. On the flip side: It's super cheap, and made by a small team. But I can't call this a game.