PARANORMASIGHT: The Mermaid's Curse

比前作剧情好了不少，可不是因为前作剧情没看懂啊*，咒珠玩法保留了下来但是不是类圣杯了（bushi

Despite the low playtime, I ended up playing the mobile version of this game because, unlike the previous game, this one did not run on my PC as it crashed on boot for me lmao (it's a really, REALLY bad PC). I chose to not refund it, however. Anyway, with that in mind, I have beaten the game through the mobile port. I think this one is as good as the first Paranormasight, if not better. Hell, it even includes a diving minigame! hell yeah! Having enjoying the first one, I was more mixed regarding its ending. I think Paranormasight 2/Mermaid has a better ending, all things considered, but I still prefer the setting in Seven Mysteries. I think both games have excellent characters, however. Art direction-wise, both Seven Mysteries and Mermaid are amazing. I love how the world is in 360º angle and the camera angles used coupled with how the sprites are give the illusion that the characters are 3D, even though they aren't. sato shiranami My only gripe with both games is that [spoiler] I feel like the curse stones were heavily underused in both. Maybe I'm too used to VNs having many endings, and I feel like it could've been explored more. In Paranormasight 2, they're mostly used to move the plot forward while giving the player more lore info and you didn't have as much player agency regarding them. Maybe if the series gets a third game, we could get a morally dubious character that could use their curse stone at will, which would lead to more endings. But again, i'm no writer. [/spoiler] As for the main game, [spoiler] I did find the ending to be kinda bittersweet, but again, such is the concept of immortality throughout many media. It's usually never portrayed as something good, and if we go by the game's themes, immortality [i] is [/i] a curse. The meta aspect and the lead-up to the true ending was really awesome. [/spoiler] This was a nice surprise at the Direct it was announced. I wasn't expecting it to get a sequel so soon, and it was announced before I even got to play the first one. I think Square has hit gold with Paranormasight, and I hope we'll get a third game. No need for proper sequels, make it an anthology franchise centered around Japanese folklore/curses.