Nekomew's Potty Trouble

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tl;dr, Story is kinda dumb. Gameplay is solid. Interesting monster designs, hate the other characters and location designs. Thankfully not fetish-y. Okay so. Story's pretty simple, family of three moves to a new house, kid starts having nightmares, and like any kid, he gets spooked awake and almost pees himself, so now with the help of a little (apparently sentient) doll he found (which doubles as a flashlight) to guide him through and light the way he has to walk carefully to the bathroom and not get spooked along the way by his night terrors. I think they actually portrayed the scenario fairly tastefully, the other reviews weren't lying when they said it doesn't come off as fetish-y. It feels like a reasonable scenario, how it would seem to the mind of a child. He sees the monsters from his nightmares in the hall on the way, and has to act accordingly to not get spooked by them. (I'll get more into that later) Still think the story is dumb though. [spoiler] I guess there's like, been kidnappings in the area, and the nightmares he gets I think are supposed to be like his gut feeling telling him there's more wrong than just the fact that his family's just moved, which can already be a worrying scenario for a kid. Anyway, there are little cutscenes that show small stuff like what appears to be a burglar/maybe the kidnapper sneaking around at night, or Nekomew's dad seeing a missing child poster just casually up on a neighbor's fence. Also there are a good handful of odd translation choices, like in this case the "Missing Child" poster literally reads, "Missing Kid". [/spoiler] The story is just kinda drab and lame. They do a good job of showing things from Nekomew's perspective, especially the brief nightmare scenes, but outside of that, it's just bad. The gameplay is interesting. Oddly enough, despite it being a rhythm game, you don't have to be constantly moving with the rhythm, just aware of it. There's one monster that will scare him if you don't walk to the rhythm, but the rest just seem to have timing cues that you only need to worry about at one point, rather than the entire time the monster is present. Basically, you can move off-beat to hurry on to the bathroom faster if you're careful about when you do it. It's surprisingly well put together, gameplay-wise. My one gripe in that department is that the default Dualshock controls say X to move, Square to use your flashlight, but instead Square is movement, Triangle is flashlight. You can edit the controls, of course, but it bothers me that the default says one thing while the actual controls say another. Then there's character design. You can tell from looking at the game that it's bad. Nekomew literally seems to be a recolor of Tails from Sonic. The models of his parents look really dull and unappealing, and just seem kind of like a pair of throwaway fursonas. The locations are colorful, but basic and bare-bones. The monsters are the only redeeming thing in the design department, they have exaggerated but creepy designs loosely based on whatever his nightmares were about. Oh, also, I just want to add, the little flashlight-doll he finds in the house gives me major Coraline vibes, The doll has gray fur and a blue nightgown, Nekomew is grey in blue PJ's, it just feels very Coraline inspired, and I can appreciate that. In conclusion, I personally don't think it's a good game. If you're on the rocks about it, don't try it. If it still sounds like it could be fun to you, give the demo a go and see if you enjoy the gameplay before committing to it. Edit: Never mind, two of the monsters later on have bullspit timing cues. It brings up the little "good timing!" sign when I flash my light at them, then they spook Nekomew anyway? And there's no notes for correction like, "Too soon!/Too slow!" to help you figure out the timing. I didn't mind this with earlier monsters, as the visual cues made it clear enough, and it wasn't too hard to figure out. But when it's giving me "Good timing" signs, then I get the scare anyway, that's baloney. Garbage.