In Stars And Time

this game hurt me really bad and i haven't recovered! i think it's excellent but i also think it's going to be the topic of therapy for months now

Just finished this game, and it was one of the most engaging emotional rollercoasters I've ever had the privilege to be a part of. The character development and interactions are insanely good, and I often found myself emotionally reacting as if I was part of the group. I highly recommend trying this game out for yourself, with one caveat. As you might imagine from a game with a time loop premise, you will be doing a lot of the same things over, and over, and over again. While I often found the lure of the next story development enough to see me through, I know that there are some people who will not feel the same way. If the story and characters are your favorite part of a game, you probably won't have much issue, but if you're looking for action and exploration, you may find playing this game to be a bit of a slog.

OK! Do not go into this expecting deep, intricate gameplay. The RPG parts itself are relatively straightforward and become increasingly trivial as you go along. This is fine for reasons I can't really go into because--and I don't usually consider this valid--spoilers. I will warn you that this story's content warnings are quite serious. It's an emotionally heavy game. There's a lot of quality lore. It's worth, and often necessary, to interact with everything. If you're the kind of person who feels emotionally connecting to a game is 'lame' and 'cringe', just move on. This is not FOR you. You will not appreciate it. The game is very LGBTQ friendly. It's pretty leftist. And then, in some small ways, subtly scuffs a sacred cow or two. It's good, it manages to avoid a lot of the pitfalls of the genre, and I would say it offers a new way things can go that Undertale and Deltarune don't actually tread on.

Dream a dream of a dream of a dream. Its all the same. All youll ever see.

amazing

THIS GAME I SO CRABING GOOOOOOOOD

this game had obvious inspiration but was able to tie concepts from games like oneshot, undertale, and omori into its own unique twist which made it incredibly enjoyable. i especially enjoyed the world-building and how the player suffers with siffrin and emphasizes with their frustrations as the game progresses. i will say this game can have some cringe humor sometimes, but i grew fond of it as i explored the characters more and more. overall a great play and would definitely recommend. i see myself replaying this game in the future! (once i begin to forget everything that happened throughout my 119 loops) tl;dr: great game, great world building, and excellent character development. 100% recommend!

Worth every silver coin and tear that I shed. Absolute gem that will stay with you for a long time. Even if I could loop I'd still come back to play this. Even if I could loop I'd still come back to play this. Even if I could loop I'd still come back to play this. Even if I could loop I'd still come back to play this. You get the point. Dziekuje. Thank you for this experience.

Good plot, dialogue writing is abysmal though. Bad dialogue made the first 4 acts feel like a bit of a drag (act 3 especially), which is made worse since the loop mechanic is already repetitive (inb4 that's the point). Act 5 is incredible despite those flaws. Has strong metanarrative game mechanics that incentivise but don't force players to act in a manner similar to Siffrin's headspace, allowing the player to have both agency and still be forced to play a fleshed out character rather than a blank slate. I think these elements were well executed. I like the combat. Solid 7 or 7.5/10

Nice experience