User Reviews

It's been years since I, a transhumanist, have seen a decent audiovisual science-fiction story that is not a fantasy masquerading as one. What I couldn't hope to expect is this, a biblical-scale secular epic about nature & struggles of conscious beings that is both incredibly optimistic and existentially horrifying.

It tackles similar themes and on the same grand level (or more) as Metal Gear Solid 2, NieR: Automata and Outer Wilds. Also has music just as good as legendary superb soundtrack of N:A.

It heavily references famous works of fictions all throughout 20th century: literature, VNs, anime and films such as Neon Genesis Evangelion, Steins;Gate, Madoka Magica, Ghost in the Shell (first 2 movies and SAC), Pacific Rim, All you need is kill / Edge of Tomorrow, The Alien Machine / This Island Earth, Star Wars, WALL-E, Men in Black, Terminator 1/2/3, Total Recall, Sixth Day (unfortunately), Back to the Future, WarGames, fiction of Arthur Clarke, H. G. Wells, Isaac Asimov.

There is only 3 "flaws" in it: the fact that it was made with a shoelace budget and that not a single point about it's story could be told or shown without spoiling a major revelation. Even START menu visual transition, name of main musical theme and first minute of prologue's intro are endgame spoilers with some context. With all that, it is a massive >30-hour heartbreaking story of tens sympathetic characters.

The 3rd flaw is that difficulty modes "Casual / Normal / Intense" should be more aptly called "Absentmindedness / Casual / Easy".

This game is breath taking how they were able to pull off 13 different characters into one coherent story and different time the story takes place in. The gameplay is on another level when it comes to intense tactical gameplay.

But what's most striking when you play the game is the visuals I absolutely adore them. I have always liked vanillaware drawing artistry, but this one just takes it to another level in how much time was put into each drawing. Oh my god looked like paintings.

And I love the characters they have so much charm and character to them and I cannot stop thinking about it even after I played it. I got a platinum and God everything on it. I just wanted to play this amazing story I was so sad after 26 hours that it was over.

The way the story is separated so you cannot see all the character story at once you have to play that is character and this character and this character and feels like cliffhanger's all of it and it's so weird what I want to know more about the story so I played the Gameplay part and the story part just to know what's happening to my boys and girls.

And the game keeps so many disks in the air so many story points but its career and there is a good coherent fun intelligent story behind this game. I did not expect but I'm so happy about it.

I do not want to say anything more about the story. I do not want to say anything more about the gameplay this game is amazing. It's a 10 out of 10. Please play it, it's vanillaware best game.