PARASiTE FLOWER

mi senti enojada jogando um pouco e homens são monstros

Wow... the ending had me staring at my screen for awhile. Creator I hope you're doing well.

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It’s a 45min to one hour story about violence aimed at a child who absolutely does not deserve it. What do you expect me to tell you? It’s plain and it’s twisted at the same time. It’s grim. It follows a girl called Ari on her journey from home to school over the span of three days (or not). Watching trailer should give you the proper idea where this entire thing is heading. Pessimism ensues. The graphics are pretty. They are very basic but perfectly composed and profoundly blue. And when they turn red it’s already too late. The NPCs are mostly black outlines and shadows, with just a few exceptions, only a few lines of dialogue and nothing besides bad intentions. The animation of the protagonist is also rudimentary with only a few frames for walking. That’s enough, since it is all Ari does. She can walk left and right, look up and down and interact with the points of interest in the environment, but these interactions only consist of viewing more dialogues and suffering horrible consequences. And out of this already limited pool of actions, Ari mostly walks right since the game does not allow returning to a previous screen outside of one or two predetermined scenarios, which usually also result in more pain coming her way. Interaction windows can be extremely vague at times. Some actions only trigger within a few pixel wide area, which made me initially miss certain events I’ve intuitively expected but stood a millimeter too far to the right for them to activate. Or to the left since I’ve searched rather competently. It likes to freeze and crash at times. The sounds and music both match the mood and intensify the eeriness of the experience. Because yes, Ari’s journey gets increasingly uncanny and creepy as the days go by (or not). In my opinion, what Parasite Flower does exceptionally well is depicting the reality decay as seen from the perspective of a child facing the inconceivable amount of hurt and/or the extreme hopelessness of conditions in which certain people are born. Therefore, especially to a sensitive and empathetic audience, Parasite Flower may (will) feel soul-crushingly dark. That’s the point of this show. Then again, what did you expect me to tell you here? It’s a 45min to one hour story about violence aimed at a child who absolutely does not deserve it.

Left me disturbed

horrified but it also froze on the final sequence and i had to watch the ending on youtube after trying multiple methods of restoring it. very unfortunate.

The game was very short, and I don’t really have much to say. The art is good, the backgrounds too, and the music is very fitting. While playing, I had this gut-wrenching feeling that something could happen at any moment, I was very engaged and interested in the story. However, the game crashed a couple of times, which caused me to lose focus and made me feel less hooked. Then, when I least expected it, the game ended. I thought maybe I had done something wrong, so I replayed it and found out that that’s actually the ending of the game. The little choices you make don’t really matter, and I don’t know if we can call that “different endings.” I feel like the game could use a little more depth, but for what it already is, it’s still good. I understand the message the game is trying to send, and those who went through a similar experience may feel more immersed than players like me. I wouldn’t say the game is bad, but it’s not great either. For the price, though, I’d say it’s a nice little experience.