I adore this game and honestly it resonated with me a lot more than the first Arcade Spirits! Rhapsody my beloved <3 though tbh I have to admit my favorite route has to be the enemies to lovers with your rival haha
Fuuuh! Finally had the time to played and finished this game! T_T.
Spoiler- I guess?
Well, i didn't expect how it turned out in the final. And btw, the fact that we can have hostile relationship with the rival and they could still be romanced made me go ballistic (asdgjklddksjssjs). Like- the rival's personality made me torn between them and Domino and Zapper. In the entire of my gameplay, it was mostly my mind went 'Dang it go get a grip! You said you wanted to romance Domino or Zapper; WHY KEEP GOING BACK CHOOSING ThE RiVaL?!!'.
But thanks tho, hahaha. I enjoyed this a lot!. The drama and the conflict are surely more intense than the previous game, but it's nice. Like, really nice drama and problems; and not the kind where it's stomach-churning inducing to the point where i have to close the game. It's executed very smoothly and more than okay, and in fact, made me intrigued to finding out more.
Played the first one a couple years ago and loved. Just picked this up in the Games for Gaza bundle, and it's the first I played, It's a fantastic stand-alone or sequel game with so many beautiful, flawed, lovable characters, fun dialogue, and an exciting mystery at the heart. I also wanted to point out a couple things I haven't heard praised yet.
The character creator. I hear what everybody's saying about the color and design being flatter than the NPCs, and that being distracting. Also though: not only do you have the ability to select from a wide variety of pronouns, you can also choose body types that I have literally never seen before in a game. I literally felt better about my own fat, trans body by the end of this game. Not only was I playing in a similar body, I interacted with cool characters that I genuinely liked, and *they* admired and respected me (Zapper called me hot). Unique in my gaming exp.
The consent model. The player has an opportunity to skip the minigames, and several opportunities to skip any romance. At the end of every single chapter, you get to edit your character (thankfully for me, because I chose a dumb last name not expecting to hear it again). And there's a dedicated CW page with several options of varied spoiling. In a tech landscape of "update now" or "remind me later", I love the option to just say no.
Character convos. Oftentimes there are multiple good choices; but sometimes there are options that just aren't appropriate. I appreciated being called out by both Domino and Jynx; I did and said unhelpful, and occasionally harmful things, and they were honest with me. It gave me a chance to reflect on how I would handle these (realistic) conversations in real life.
tl;dr: all the other complements are well deserved. Other reasons to play are an actually inclusive character creator, choices in how you play the game, and realistic conversations that could actually make you kinder to yourself and others.
Perfect sequel game. Not only does it just deliver *more* of Arcade Spirits, while slightly improving pretty much every aspect, it also references the previous game in just the right ways. (Just... keep in mind that the player character of this game is different from the first game, and giving them the same name might get confusing...)
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Oh my goooooosh I am so excited for this! I loved Arcade Spirits so much, I can't wait to check out this sequel!
I adore this game and honestly it resonated with me a lot more than the first Arcade Spirits! Rhapsody my beloved <3 though tbh I have to admit my favorite route has to be the enemies to lovers with your rival haha
Fuuuh! Finally had the time to played and finished this game! T_T.
Spoiler- I guess?
Well, i didn't expect how it turned out in the final. And btw, the fact that we can have hostile relationship with the rival and they could still be romanced made me go ballistic (asdgjklddksjssjs). Like- the rival's personality made me torn between them and Domino and Zapper. In the entire of my gameplay, it was mostly my mind went 'Dang it go get a grip! You said you wanted to romance Domino or Zapper; WHY KEEP GOING BACK CHOOSING ThE RiVaL?!!'.
But thanks tho, hahaha. I enjoyed this a lot!. The drama and the conflict are surely more intense than the previous game, but it's nice. Like, really nice drama and problems; and not the kind where it's stomach-churning inducing to the point where i have to close the game. It's executed very smoothly and more than okay, and in fact, made me intrigued to finding out more.
Totally 11/10.
Love hunter and domino btwNow I regret deleting the previous game after I finished it 😫 really looking forward to this though!!
Played the first one a couple years ago and loved. Just picked this up in the Games for Gaza bundle, and it's the first I played, It's a fantastic stand-alone or sequel game with so many beautiful, flawed, lovable characters, fun dialogue, and an exciting mystery at the heart. I also wanted to point out a couple things I haven't heard praised yet.
tl;dr: all the other complements are well deserved. Other reasons to play are an actually inclusive character creator, choices in how you play the game, and realistic conversations that could actually make you kinder to yourself and others.
Is the game fully voiced?
No, that would've cost us thousands and thousands of dollars. But it has voice for key emotional moments, introductions, finales, etc.
Hey, ouch!
Love this game. ❤️
Perfect sequel game. Not only does it just deliver *more* of Arcade Spirits, while slightly improving pretty much every aspect, it also references the previous game in just the right ways. (Just... keep in mind that the player character of this game is different from the first game, and giving them the same name might get confusing...)
It also has 100% more laundromat and subway.