One of the best written in I've ever played,hands down with no discussion.
The art was also so beautiful,really liked the style,the mostly warm colours contrasted to the more serious panels and also Silas was genuinely terrifying,when he first showed up with that sound? I genuinely got scared.
The best part of the game is hands down the writing for the yandere, coming from a yandere lover, I do love this archetype and yeah I do enjoy some yandereslop games and some games where the yandere is the love interest, they're portrayed yes as crazy but it's also romantic, and it's fine well at time and I love them, but it's so refreshing to see a realistic take on this trope and one that doesn't go the usual horror route where they make them an unredeemable villain. People often forget that yanderes are also meant to have a sweet side,at time it's a fake facade,but they can't be too creepy from the get go,the trope definition is basically seemingly put together person reveals to be insane later on and I feel people often time forget the first part and jump too quickly into the crazy stuff.
Silas writing is chef kiss,his sweet side feels weird due to how quick it is,but it's quite compelling added to the upsetting vibes he has, I'd say it was quite quick but people come into knowing he's a yandere so I don't mind it,and also TFS actually acknowledging and playing into the horror nature of a yandere makes the get go creepiness word.
I did not exactly feel for him as much as I wanted,I definitely get his character but his backstory probably because it was exposition it didn't hit me as much as it could,but I do still feel for him because it's a game and I can see more objectively that he's desperately in need of professional help, the ending where he let us go? That's my fav, it's bittersweet because he seems to miserable but it's honestly for the best.
Also shout out to Kyle, I was so surprised we could kiss him because the game never advertised himself to have two LI and also because from what we learned to Kyle it felt like he was much older than us so I was so relieved and happy when he rejected us, bare minimum but I'm still so happy that he's such a responsible and put together adult til the end, and also even if Kyle was an available LI the romance in that ending would have been a bit questionable because just like Kyle said the MC most likely felt like that for him because he saved them. I'd also like to say I was so happy when nothing happened to Grampa and honestly in most endings I was so sad for him because his grandchild just dies.
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