Million Depth

Cute artstyle, simple yet surprisingly engaging story, but unfortunately very hit-or-miss mechanics. The main two quirks of this game - customizable weapon and time-stop-based combat felt poorly executed. Starting with the customizable weapon - it did not feel like there was much to the customization. The amount of blocks you can use is limited and heavily depends on RNG - that really hampers the "creativity" you can use. The design also directly contributes to your damage so you would naturally favour functionality over aesthetics. The combat, by the virtue of "time moves when you move," basically boils down to you standing in one place while patiently waiting for the exceptionally slow drone to make its way to the enemies. On hit, the drone bounces back a significant distance and so you must wait again. The bounce-back mechanic is used for comboing and it can be very satisfying when the opportunity presents itself, but that heavily depends on the enemy composition (i.e., not something you directly control). Dodging came across as frustrating as it very clearly divided into the extremes of "trivial" and "impossible." Additionally, the pacing felt very suffocating. Gameplay divides into obvious "activity" (arena-locked combat, shopping) and "transition" (everything else, e.g. moving to the end of the level, level transition, moving from the start of the level to the activity). Transitions take far too long (comparable to activity time, esp. at the start/less intense activities) and dilute already slow-paced combat further. Might be a personal gripe, but it felt like half the time I was just waiting for the game to actually give me something interesting to do. Overall, an unfortunate miss for me. I can only recommend this to those who do not mind the slower pacing and appreciate novelty/quirkiness for its own sake.

한글패치 제작했습니다. https://cafe.naver.com/beemu/75236 주인공 '모마' 가 귀엽고, 주인공이 움직일때만 시간이 흐르는 전투 시스템도 독특하고 재미있습니다. 단순히 도트 분위기만 낸 것이 아니라, 공들인 연출도 호감이 가네요.

取り急ぎ12時間ちょいで真エンド到達したのでレビュー。 ゲームシステム・シナリオの進行形式に独創性がみられる一作。自分が動かなければ敵も動かないというアクションゲームでありながらじっくり考える時間もたらす設計、ADVあるあるのフラグ管理の煩雑さを緩和するためのフラグ操作メニューといったプレイヤーのことをよく考えたゲームになっている。また、ランダム入手の素材を使ってパズル感覚で組めるのも楽しめた。 ボリュームは少ないが総じてゲームとして完成度はかなり高いものとなっている。あとBGM、アートワークもよい。（一部効果音が明らかにフリー素材のそれだがまあ流石に底を突っ込むのは野暮だろう。） ただかなり残念に感じてしまったのが肝心のストーリーだと感じた。ややネタバレになるかもしれないので一応黒塗りさせてもらう。[spoiler]PVの冒頭からタイムリープものかと思いきや、実際はスタート地点となる時間が異なる3つのシナリオがあり、時系列的に前の出来事がのちの時系列のシナリオに影響をもたらすという、根幹自体はスタンダートなADVであった。（異なる世界線での選択が干渉しあうストーリーと各ゲーム系ニュースサイトは言っていたが、未来での選択が過去に影響を与えるような、そこまでの絡まり方はしていなかった。）また、ぶっちゃけて言います。三つの世界線の主人公はほとんどつながってないです。いや、作者が自分のnoteで「とある日本特有の話をトゥルーエンドに持ってきている都合上、そこが上手く伝わってなさそう」みたいなことを言っていて、たぶん輪廻転生的な感じで過去の世界の主人公のやらかしがのちの世界線の主人公の行いが精算されて救われる……みたいな感じにしたかったんだろうな…ってのは感じたんですけど、いかんせん異なる世界線で同じ容姿、同じ名前の主人公が出てくる必要性、もしくは理由が見えずらかったのがまずひとつ。βとγはまだギリ伏線らしきものがあってつながっていると言えなくもないのですが……正直ほとんど別世界といってもいいほど世界線間の話のつながりが途切れててタイムリープものなのか平行世界ものなのかわからないレベルで支離滅裂としか言えない……シナリオの説明、いや、もしかしたらストーリーの設定そのものが不足している。「いやこれはタイムリープモノだから話が難解で」とか擁護するのも困難な、作者の頭の中の思い付きをうまく整理できないまま無理やり一つにまとめた感じになってしまっている。完全に私の感想ですかこれシナリオγ世界線のプロット1本に絞って1作にまとめた方がすっきりするんじゃないかと思った。α、β世界線の主人公が救われないのも残念。(輪廻転生理論で作者の頭の中では救われてるのかもしれないが、俺は輪廻転生は信奉してないので……)[/spoiler] まとめ。ここだけ見ればおk。総評、おしい。　ゲーム性は素晴らしいがシナリオで損している一作。正直ボリュームの少なさもあって（ローグライク要素加味してもめちゃくちゃ上振れてドーパミン出るような感じではなく、何度も周回するほどではない）1870円にしては少々残念な一作である。ただ、作者の熱意は感じたため作者の次回作には期待してみたいとも思わせる一作ではあった。 セールが来たら買ってみるといいだろう。

2回潜った時点での感想です！ めっちゃ伏線が丁寧だこのゲーム…！楽しい…！！ 物語が素晴らしい、そして魂ゲーム内移行型プレイヤーとしては、探索してる感覚が強くて嬉しい、没入感がすごい！戦闘楽しい！ 私でも覚えていられる1周の長さ、難しいけど理解できるお話の組み立て、これは；；あと深い；； 続きを早く遊びたい…！

Very fun and charming indie game. Weapon crafting system and combat are both interesting. Writing is hit or miss but story beats are good IMO. Strong rec if you enjoy the demo. My only complaint is that unlock speed for new blocks and blueprints is a bit slow, but that's fairly minor

내가 더러워서 안해 100%까지 딱 하나만 보면 되는데 계속 루트가 풀림 세계선 고정했고 피난처 신체 가져가는 선택지에서 확실히 고정했는데 왜 멋대로 풀리냐고 쓰레기같은게 통스킵해도 캐릭터 느릿느릿 움직이는건 꼭 보여주고 넘기고, 만약 선택지 변동만 보려고 봤던거 스킵하면 스킵아닌 스킵으로 답답하게 봤던 장면 또 보는게 진짜 악질임 그렇다고 스토리가 재밌고 적절하게 나오냐고 물으면 첨 시작할 때 아무것도 모르는데 입에 강제로 주입해서 시스템 익히기 전에 고봉밥으로 먹이고, 층 하나하나 넘길 때마다 강제 스토리 진행하는데 템포를 확 끊음 정지기믹 탄막 로그라이크에 소재를 수집해서 나만의 무기 만든다는 컨셉은 좋았지만 그놈의 스토리가 다 잡아먹음 제작진이 슈타게를 좋아하는지 세계선 참 좋아하는데 이럴거면 걍 비쥬얼노벨을 쳐 만드세요 해금 다 하고 총으로도 놀아보고 칼로도 놀아보고 갈갈이로도 놀아서 더이상 새로운 재미는 없는데 1000번 다이브, 100회 세계선 관측은 뭐한다고 꾸역꾸역 도전과제에 집어넣음? 자기장 20이 재밌냐고 물어보면 미친 포자가 내구도 다 갈아먹고 중복파츠 안되서 선택지가 제한되는데 루트별로 1회씩만 깨는거 제외하고는 넣을 생각도 안듬 그래도 올도과할려고 꾸역꾸역 세계선 풀려서 보려던 루트 못봐도 빠르게 내려가면서 100회, 1000회나 채우자고 그냥 달렸는데 분명히 고정하고 들어간 타임라인 풀리는거 몇 번 당하니 정나미가 떨어져서 여기서 드랍함 분기 다 수집하고 걍 무지성으로 달려도 1000회는 채우는데 딱 하나 분기 회수하자고 봤던 선택지만 스토리 스킵으로 설정해서 달리는데 고정 풀려서 세팅하던 장비 다 필요없고 그대로 내려가도 깨버리는 알파루트를 수차례 반복하니 내가 왜 이딴 짓을 하고 있는지 계속 의문이 듬 안해본 시도로는 봤던 스토리 스킵을 완전히 풀고 첨부터 진행하는건데 그건 너무 답답해서 걍 꼬우면 접는게 맞는거같음

ルート分岐の操作がスムーズにできこういったゲームにありがちなストレスがあまりないのがよい。 運がなく思ったようなビルドができない時も誤魔化しが効いたり遊びやすいゲームとしておすすめです。

This is based on so far only finishing 2 "runs" in the game, but so far the impression it left was pretty good that I had to write a review while it is fresh in the mind. Yesterday, I gave the demo a go, and despite my failed run, the combination of the artstyle, setting, and music won me over to play the full game. The basic premise so far is that the character you play as lives in space, alone in the spaceship, and she has a contact on earth that stopped responding, so your character decides to venture in Million Depth to find out what has happened to them. The game uses 2D Sprites for the visuals, and I do like me some 2D sprites. The music is phenomenal. The gameplay/battle system can be a hit or miss, I don't like inventory management/tetris fitting kind of games but it works, it's better than it sounds/looks to make your weapon. The battle system itself is interesting because things move only when you or your weapon moves, so you can use it to carefully weave between projectiles and attacks, and the game encourages you to do so to enable a state where everyone is frozen in time but you can move. I'm not used to stories in a roguelike game, but this game has a story, I'm enjoying what I've seen out of it so far. I think the one thing that made this game click almost instantly is that it reminds me of Made in Abyss, entering a very deep dungeon that is dangerous, the goal of finding a person who's thought to be missing, not seeing a lot of humans but seeing mostly androids and hostile species, the soundtrack isn't Kevin Penkin level, but it is stellar regardless, when I first played the demo, I had to stop playing halfway through because all I could've been thinking at that moment is "This is what a Made in Abyss game should be like"(Alternatively, Etrian Odyssey), the official Made in Abyss game might be more accurate, with the brutal nature of the abyss, its creatures and surviving in it, but it is coupled with a ton of jank and tedium, and the music is fine. I absolutely recommend this game and its soundtrack, but I'd try the demo out first. If you want another thing that can count as words of praise, this is a game I'd skip lunch for to play instead when I'm feeling fully immersed.

材料の入手性やダメージ、使い安さの観点からだいたい毎回決まった武器を作りがち（あるいはトゲ付き鉄塊で殴ることになりがち） しかし大変よいゲームだった