NONEWORLD

NONEWORLD instantly reminds you of OMORI, but has its own personality. This game's art style is sublime and I think its soundtrack is really good as well. Sadly, this game left me a bittersweet aftertaste. Even though I enjoyed the combat, you can complete the game playing brainless. The exploration is pretty linear too and I'm not very passionate about the characters. Their dialogues feel empty and you don't really get attached to them. The story is either too confusing or too simple it slips away easily. You could give it a try yourself and see if this game suits you better than it did with me. Although, what I really recommend is to keep an eye in Millie's future projects.

Overall a really good game! It's cute, I love the atmosphere and music, and its all around a good time. It could definitely use some polish tho, inputs have sudden sticky keys issues and general input lag sometimes. 8/10

If you're a fan of JRPGs, check out NONEWORLD. I normally stray away from RPGMaker games unless they really stand out (I like them, there's just so many!). NONEWORLD was just so strange and surreal, and the story trickled through exploration, it kept me interested. Combat features unusual revenge mechanics. For more niche curation, follow me at: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/27440015-CSH-Picone/ Want more honest niche & indie reviews? Check out: https://www.cshpicone.com/gaming

I really enjoyed my time with Noneworld! It's a lovely short RPG with a fun world and characters. My favorite part of the game by far is the art and music. The music especially really strongly characterise the world's mood and is just generally very well down! The art is also really good, I'm a big fan of the enemy designs in the game, especially for the enemies. There are definitely some flaws with the gameplay and some places that need more polish, with some minor spelling errors, and the inability to backtrack in some areas causing you to miss content. However, my biggest gripe is with the combat. There aren't very many combat encounters in the game, with 2 bosses and a few normal and elite encounters. It doesn't give you much time to get comfortable with how each character's abilities work with each other, to find synergies, etc. I'm not too upset about the combat though, as I feel this game is a more narrative-focused experience, and I think the story was really well done! The characters are fun and interesting, the overarching plot is engaging and I felt that things reached a satisfying conclusion. I also appreciate the inspiration from alice in wonderland, which this game wears on its sleave. If I were to critique the story, I wish things were a bit longer and you met the party members a bit sooner, as I felt you didn't get much time to enjoy interactions between characters. Overall, I think this game is worth checking out! I might return to beat the deathless mode at some point in the future, and I'm interested to see if anything else comes from Millie Snowfall in future :)