spoilers ahead~
I really enjoyed playing this game! The concept of food town was really cute and characters living there were fun too! Their designs were cool - not too weird and cartoonish, but still eccentric. They just seemed fitting, since food people are essentially, uhh, very dedicated cosplayers?
Playing two routes was very fun - first allowed us to kinda see things from Milks perspective because (almost) all characters were genuinely kind and nice. I liked little unnerving moments like Sissy’s name changing, Candy being super obsessive about sweets, the way villagers talked about Chili...
The second route was very straightforward. The beginning was enjoyable - seeing different sides of Butter and Bread actually kinda shocked me, since they seemed relatively sane in the first route. Also, my boy Dumpling... Ahh, I felt my heart breaking when he hit me with that sign! But after that game kinda... lost a lot of the shock value? Tomato’s and Candy’s “shticks” were quite easy to predict and imho we didn’t really learn many new things about them. I enjoyed the CGs tho, they had a good balance of creepiness and cuteness.
Sooo... Fruits surgery was funded by Milk, right? I totally felt like the game was suggesting that, haha. Also, about Milk... God I hate this guy. Like, he’s a pretty awful scientist? I’m pretty sure that your research is worth less then Sissy’s LIFE! His high and mighty attitude was really irritating, haha. I can see why Sissy went crazy after talking with him, listening to ~enlightened centrists~ does that to people :p Also his explanation felt like an exposition dump? I’m not sure whether it was really necessary. I liked learning new details about characters lifes!
After that I felt like minigames got a bit too much focus? The kitchen one was really cool, since it showed us Sissy’s frustration and daily life! But after that we got two more minigames and minimal interactions with villagers, which felt kinda... repetitive? I liked talking to characters, so that was a bit of a letdown - i was really hoping for some villain monologue from Chili!
Overall, I really liked this game - art and music were good, minigames made the whole thing feel more immersive and the basic concept was interesting! Writing was good, too! Only moment that felt a bit awkward was Milks explanation near the end of the game. As I said, it just seemed like exposition dump :p Aside from that I loved the story! We got ambiguous ending, relatable protagonist and slow descent into two extremes - escaping and ruthless pragmatism...
honestly, playing this game was like getting something I didn’t even know I wanted :p Really hoping ur gonna create more games!