I never left comments on the games I played out of shyness, and I feel really anxious posting this haha !
However, after playing this game again yesterday because of the new release I felt the NEED to write about this game. (Maybe I am overeacting but anyways.)
I already played your game a first time, before the new release.
I just fell in love.
I really want to say that it is perfect, at least for me, cause this is exactly the type of games I love : The art, the animations, the story, the universe, the characters... I loved everything.
I became quickly attached to your characters. They're all well worked, thoughtful.
They all have their pasts, worries, traumas, qualities and flaws.
After finishing what was in the game, I followed your updates on twitter and I was very excited to have the sequel. So you can imagine how happy I was to hear that the new release was coming.
(I even have a section on my phone's gallery DEDICATED to your game LOL)
I played it last night, I restarted the WHOLE game, I rediscovered the characters, the illustrations, the music...
When it was over, I was just there, overwhelmed, my face covered with tears.
/!\ For those who haven't played the new part of the game (or the entire game) yet, SPOILERS ALERT. /!\
So.
I can't count the number of emotions you made me feel. From the start, this game kept getting better and better.
I cried so many times.
During the "nighttime chats", at the death of Jerry, and especially during THE confrontation with Orlam.
I must say that I suspected, like Iggy, what happened between Genzou and Orlam.
But, like Iggy, I didn't really want to admit it.
Hearing it (...rather reading it) EXPLICITLY really did something to me. (especially when I saw that AMAZING illustration of Genzou and Orlam dancing :') )
I don't know how to explain it, and I don't know what to think of it at the moment.
I must say that Genzou has been my favorite character since the beginning but I found him very unfair to Orlam. And so my affection for him (as for the others, I'll explain it right after) makes me feel guilty.
Although their actions are "understandable" given the situation, I cannot love the characters without feeling guilty.
I truly love them all. I love Iggy, Genzou, Gidget, Orlam and Bucks.
But I feel guilty for loving them because of what they did throughout the game, before and during the trip to Wonderland : Iggy's very (too) clumsy advices and remarks, when he ATE AND KILLED GENZOU >:( ,Genzou's behavior towards Orlam, Gidget's sexual assaults on Iggy, Orlam's tortures and murders, and the final scenes with Bucks....
I could only get rid of this guilty feeling that I have when they'll have this much-needed (At least for me ^^'') discussion. They apologized, more or less "forgiven", but they didn't really discuss all of it. (and well it's understanble because they didn't really had the time lol)
So I can't wait, now that they all seem less reluctant to open up, and once they bring Bucks to her senses and are all safe, to see them talk, explain, forgive themselves and eachothers for real.
I realize by writing this, that it may sounds like a “complaint”, BUT REALLY NOT !!
On the contrary, it is this paradox of feelings that I feel towards the characters that makes me love this game so (maybe too) much.
Honestly, your game made a HUGE impression on me the first time I played it.
It marked me even MORE after playing it again and discovering this new part.
And I know it will mark me EVEN MORE when I'll play it a third time and discover the end.
Reading the comments, I wondered how people could write so much, but now that I'm writting myself I understand better !
I can say for sure that this game is my FAVORITE.
Thank you so much for this. <3
(I'm french so sorry for the mistakes if there's any !)