A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux.
I'm all for destroying the constrictive fear of words like "rape" "suicide" "violence." This game is if someone put those words on a really big sign in red letters and held it three feet from your face.
Lack of subtlety is a problem this game hollows out with a sword because the first moment in the game we're instructed to a rabbit getting its brains blown out and that's fine it's a gory game, okay. Then a character is nearly assaulted on the prospect of being asexual. Just a "feature" of wonderland.
With this type of work, there's an expected lack of subtlety but even the writing... Good god man, "piggy?" Constantly referring to the fat character as "piggy?" Really, I could go more in depth with this, but I would genuinely feel sick describing all the ways this game's writing treats the characters it loves so much.
Also, the game is broken, both by principle and just simple glitches. Not only does the skip option not work, I have had it work once. And then not again, which just means me spamming the control button seeing the "skipping" feature atop my screen but none of the text moving.
Second, I came to this game expecting a lack of censorship with the gore and just turning my head away but 1) the gore is a feature to read the text. Not the fault of the game, just something I should've expected. 2) The beginning of the game asking you if you would like the gore censored. I clicked yes, and the gore was censored. Not in the gameplay but in the gallery portion of the settings. I shouldn't have to tell you how broken that is.
Thirdly, if this minor so be it, there are several warnings just simply not included. You can't include every warning ever, but possibly the heavy presence of acephobia as a feature of the narrative I would've like to have known.
I'm tired. this game made me tired.
