I was howling the entire time as I was playing this 😂 I never thought that a game about the fear of being bloodsucked to death would be this fun... I truly feel like I was seeing Genzou and Iggy in THEIR ELEMENT (Genzou being his charismatic smooth talking self and Iggy being a loveable doofus) the entire time and it was just a delight.
The game was fantastically well made, though I would expect nothing less 🙏 In particular I loved all of the CGs here - they were so intimate and well crafted - as well as all of the little sprite movements (the little zoom in on Iggy shaking as he realized that he had to let someone into his apartment was CRAZY good). I also loved the Berek cameo, and it only made me love the man even more than when I played WTDSR! (Truly the bestie that everyone dreams of...)
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(Note, if any of the comment seems weirdly phrased it's because I'm trying to avoid SAYING CERTAIN WORDS)
One aspect that I really liked about this is how the story explores Iggy's aceness, in a slightly different flavor to how it's been explored before. I was actually curious how it would be done since vampirism is so often closely linked to intimate relations, and it's REALLY difficult to avoid the sensual aspects - and then I played the game and realized that was the point 😂 Throughout, Iggy is enamored by Genzou, and likes being touched by him - but doesn't want to be touched in *that* way. And he struggles with understanding his wants, setting this boundary, or even understanding that it's a boundary that he can set. Meanwhile, Genzou, loveable rogue that he is, is continuously trying to sink his teeth into him - and, throughout, intimate relations and bloodsucking are almost synonymous. It's a really clever usage of vampirism that plays perfectly into the connotations, where the game is as much about Iggy's fear of his boundaries being overstepped as it is about his fear of dying from being bloodsucked 😂 (The ending of the episode was pretty much perfect, no notes... and Genzou was a perfectly emotionally respectful KING)
I did pretty much the "perfect" run the first time around (or at the very least, I did my very best to make iggy the absolute down baddiest for genzou that I could), and so I was really shook by how suave and confident Genzou was almost the entire time - and then I did a "terrible" run and realized how much of it was an act. I thought this was a really clever way of showcasing Genzou's character, how much he plays things up to appear confident when he's really insecure - and how he, like iggy, just wants someone who appreciates him as he is.
It was the first time that I've played a game where Iggy and Genzou weren't childhood friends and Genzou wasn't already hopelessly besotted from the get-go 😂 At first I was a little scared because I was like NOOOO I don't want to see a Genzou who wants to bloodsuck Iggy to death... but I actually really loved this shift in their dynamic, it ended up being so adorable. Iggy and Genzou both being failures in their own unique ways is endearing and gives them both a lot of room to grow. I also really like how, on the surface, Iggy just falls easily for the first guy who flirts with him hard and Genzou is playing things up to get Iggy's blood - but you can see the seeds of a more genuine relationship sprouting already.
Overall this was so adorable, and I can't wait to see the continuation!!! Fantastic work!