[h3]QT-1[/h3]
It’s too stereotypical for me. The name Lucy with all the connotations or flashing the Asimov’s three rights of robotics right there at the start. I’ve always been impressed how much he was able to convey with these three basic statements, but that was back in 1950 and now is now. Then, there’s the protagonist who is prejudiced against robots and finds the titular Lucy discarded on the scrapyard. He obviously, and despite his repeatedly proclaimed distrust for robots, takes Lucy home, she predictably turns out to be compatible with the USB chargers and an unavoidable slapstick scene of her imprinting on the protagonist as her master follows. At that point I’ve resigned myself to the narrative.
And then the game crashed as I’ve tried to alt-tab to write this mess of a review down.
[h3]EM-5[/h3]
Lucy’s graphics are somewhere above decent but below great. The menus are pretty and nicely animated; the locations look excellent, there’s plenty of them, and they often appear in day and night variants as well. The characters’ design is as mid as they get, but they don’t stick out too much in windowed mode. On the other hand, full-screen is a crudely stretched low-res.
There are achievements, but they are in-game only and not integrated with Steam.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3757463297
Voicing is available in Japanese and Korean. The Korean actress sounds generally acceptable, occasionally descending into a cold-blooded office lady in her forties (who attempts to sound thirties) but outside of those moments, she’s fine. Music is, just like the graphics, enjoyable. And I am saying this from the perspective of constantly alt-tabbing out and writing this review with Lucy’s music in the background. Quality chillout.
[h3]NS-10[/h3]
Writing is uneven. It’s extremely dated by the standards of 2026 and painfully naïve regardless of the reference point in the human history past Beowulf. For most of the story I’ve felt that there was absolutely no reason for Lucy to be a robot. This entire tale could have been any feel good ‘guy reluctantly rescues girl, gets over his prejudice, and then they fu… unction like a mature and responsible couple ’ kind of story. No need to quote Asimov’s Big 3 a few times every hour, which this game does with passion.
There is a very good exchange every now and then, but it’s surrounded by three or four absolutely mediocre ones every time. Furthermore, narration provides absolutely no nuance. There are no significant moral dilemmas and the game’s perspective clearly shows who is right and who is wrong.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3757461130
It’s definitely personal taste, but I’ve absolutely hated how Lucy kept referring to herself in the third person singular (eg. “Lucy was afraid all this time” instead of “I was afraid...”) and called the protagonist “Master.” Sorry, not sorry. My anarchist, free will kink kicking in.
At certain points, I’ve had the feeling that the game should have been giving me a choice – even if it only resulted in a few lines of text leading straight into the bad ending – while the story kept on rolling. Instead, the game offers numerous decisions that carry absolutely no meaning.
Furthermore, I fundamentally disagree with the interpretation of that one, final choice that locks the ending. But, regardless of the outcome that the player gets, the post-credits scenes are extensive and well-worth mentioning. Finally, repeatedly, throughout this entire story, and I cannot overstate it, the protagonist character is a c#&t.
Consequently, it’s not my cup of tea, but not a bad tea either. And since I do enjoy black, green, white, pu-erh, oolong and such, I swing rooibos and (obviously) kombucha, this must be some sort of matcha or something. Someone will find it enjoyable.
Anyways, since I’m obviously rambling at this point, do with this review what you will and, as always
[h3]Try to have a wonderful life. [/h3]
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3757460099
