Sick Love - An RPG Maker Novel

Interesting concept, but fails in just about every aspect of the execution, starting with the presentation: generic fantasy RPGMaker stock art for what seems to be a modern-day setting. Using stock assets is fine, but at least put some effort into finding some that reflect the tone and setting of the story you want to tell. The game is only about 20 minutes long (my play time's a bit longer because I went through it a few times to see if I missed anything important -- nope) and told mostly through cutscene flashbacks. The gameplay consists of walking from place to place (occasionally dodging enemies that instakill you if you touch them) and one "puzzle" [strike]where you need to run all the way back to the beginning of the map to get some wood to build a bridge across a stream -- and putting non-interactable wood right next to said stream just adds insult to an obvious attempt to pad out the game for a few extra minutes.[/strike] The English translation is terrible -- full of typos, awkward phrasings, [strike]and some lines that just straight up aren't translated[/strike] -- but it doesn't seem like the writing was good to begin with. There's no time for the characters to develop, so their tragedy has no emotional impact; it just comes across as melodramatic. Not even melodramatic enough to recommend this as a humorously bad game, just kind of a boring and nonsensical one. Basically, this is the kind of practice project you release for free to get feedback, not something you try to sell for actual money. EDIT: Some issues have been fixed in an update. I still can't recommend the game, but I appreciate the developer's response.