okay, theres a LOT to unpack here. but first i want to start with some rankings.
THE BEST
DEJA VOID
DAMIENT
THE END OF IT ALL (PINK SWIRL GAME)
THE ND
GREAT
SUNK COSTS
UNBOUND
S.S.C
KYOTO 1986
VESSEL
GENESIS
LUCYFACE
DISTANT STATIC
IF I COULD START AGAIN
SHOWDOWN
BACK HOME
OUROS
THE UNRAVELLING
TAXI
WHAT LIES IN WAIT
TRANSPORT STRUGGLE
GOOD
BLUE LIGHT
EXECUTIVE ORDER
ASCEND
SUNK COST
HOLY HALLS OF GOD
BAD
TIME HARRIER
FALLEN FROM GRACE
DECISIONS
FUCKING TERRIBLE
THE GOLF WAR
I KNOW THE END
SCRATCHED OUT
UNPLAYABLE
WEIGHT OF THE GENERATIONS
LUCY
I LAUGHED OUT LOUD
FIN.
so, now the rankings are out of the way, lets talk about the story
fuck yeah the story is good
somehow, in some way, you guys made a somewhat coherent (disregard hall of the god) story. i loved every second of it and i loved the in universe explanation for why everything is so fucked up in every universe, lucky to play the kyoto branch first, i loved catherines character and i loved the fucken weirdness of damien and chronos,
buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut
you guys shouldnt have added the gold branch.
it ends the game on a sour and shitty note,
the game is like a fine wine, only getting sweeter towards the ends of the branches (mostly)
but right as you reach the actual end, someone puts a pile of dogshit in the bottle of wine. its been ruined. youll still remember how good the wine was, but its ultimately overshadowed by the dogshit in the oh-so beautiful bottle.
tl:dr mmmmm game good except for fucking gold branch 8.5/10