SQUID'S MANSLAUGHTER

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Funny pictures and dialogue but the combat is awful. Everything just one shots you in this game?

After an only hour of playing, I already feel the need to say something. Wow. That's all.

I didn't bother to finish this game, but I would describe this game using these keywords: bizarre, absurd, anti-player and cryptic. And no, the term "surreal" doesn't really describe what I experienced. But at least it has much more effort than some paid RPGMaker games in my library that got "I want to permanently remove this game from my account" treatment. P.S. I question the sanity of the developers.

RPG Maker strikes again! This is yet another RPG Maker asset flip, a low effort kitbash made with the Final Fantasy ripoff construction kit, RPG Maker, in their own words, "These easy to use tools are simple enough for a child". This is just a cringey high school anime club dropout fan-fiction combined with extremely poor quality retro game assets. The developer was unable to work out how to use RPG Maker to create a crappy JRPG, which is the only thing it can do (and it's very bad at doing this). Instead, they made what's basically more of an e-book/visual novel than a game... a very badly written e-book. The topic is incredibly cringey and pretentious political commentary about an introvert being exposed to the world and not liking it. There's a lot of basement dweller vibes coming off this. As with all RPG Maker games, this is the result of a really bad game engine being misused. Like all RPG Maker "games", it looks bad in fullscreen and lacks HD support or graphics options. This is not acceptable for modern PC gamers. The argument must be made that construction kit toys like RPG Maker are intended for making small games, toys and demos to pass around with friends, and should never be used as a substitute for professional game development. This game uses some bespoke art instead of stock assets. We know this because the custom art looks even crappier than the stock, flipped RPG Maker assets. PC gamers expect and deserve quality, high fidelity, immersive 3D visuals, not this lazy crapware. The game also tries to tackle some serious issues. Trying to address serious issues such as mental and emotional health through the medium of video games is misguided and can be harmful. While it's plausible to suggest the intention was noble, this can do more harm than good. The "developer" here is not a professional in areas of mental health and social problems, and when they use video games to pretend they are, this is not only utterly ineffective, it can be harmful. It's my opinion that it's improper to use video games to address mental health issues. Apart from the harm such hamfisted attempts at addressing social problems can cause, this offers zero benefit to PC gamers. People suffering from health issues or other social problems should seek out professional help rather than going to crap shovelware video games attempting to get attention/fame by exploiting such problems for their own benefit, as is the case here. There's an overwhelming amount of mediocre Visual Novel/E-book style cutscenes in this game. The developers failed one of the most basic, fundamental requirements of game design.. "Show, don't tell." So you'll spend a huge amount of time not playing the game, but clicking through endless lines of poorly written VN text cutscenes because the developers couldn't work out how to relate their narrative through the game mechanics, and decided instead it would be better to compete with reading a book for your time. We're here to play games, not read through hours of garbage intersituals. Your gaming rig is not a Kindle. In terms of visuals, this features really godawful MS-Paint tier "art" instead of real graphics. It's hard to say if this was because the developer didn't have the skill to do the job of creating 3D visuals, or couldn't afford to hire someone who does, but it also doesn't matter. What matters is that this looks much worse than most other games because of that decision, and that's a major deterrent to gamers. The deplorably bad visuals here come across as an insult to gamers. Now on to pricing and value for gamers. This is "free" enough (not every "free" game in the "free" section is truly free, there's usually some hidden price tag), at least you won't be expected to spend any more money after you download this, but just because something is free doesn't mean it's good, and the cost of a game is more than just financial, your time is valuable too. A peak of [b]3 concurrent players[/b] (according to SteamDB) for a "free" game is a disastrous public reception. Out of 130 million potential players here on Steam, almost nobody was interested. Even though this is "free". That level of rejection speaks a lot for the quality of the game. Given that this free game won't increase your game collector count, is it worth your time to add it to your library? Not this time. This isn't worth downloading. While this won't cost you any money, you get what you pay for, and sometimes, even when the game is free, it's still not enough.

too real downvote its hard but that makes sense and adds to the charm

Var olan en zavallı ve hüzünlü organizma olarak anlam arayarak dünyayı dolaşacaksın. Ama günün sonunda, hiçbir anlam yok, kaybedecek hiçbir şeyin olmayan boş bir kabuksun, hayatını kumar oynayarak harcayabilirsin...

This is a must-play

It’s like if Earthbound and a meme had a baby and named it after a calamari dish! Get ready for hand-drawn art and voice acting that’ll have you questioning your life choices and laughing at the absurdity of it all. With multiple endings, you can choose your path: will you be the hero who saves the day or just the guy who forgot to bring snacks to the party? Spoiler alert: it's probably the snacks.