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jesus christ why did it have to be this way oh my god.
Extreme spoilers btw
tactical space to avoid spoilers
As soon as Koko asked the first question i felt like that was a sort of "Sophie's choice" question, and the game really did not skip a beat going directly to the punch with the ending. The integration of the troubling first question into the delightful and sedating romantic antics was good, and i only really considered the possibility of it being a major sort of Chehkov's gun when Reiko asked me the similar question
Around the time of the date i was really considering the possibility that Reiko would run away, and something along the lines of a cliched wild Goose chase would manifest (with a tragic ending.), and i must say that i am happy that was not how it played out.
The nightmare, prior to its reveal, gave me an extremely similar impression to that of the moment in a danganronpa game where you, the player, already know something is dreadfully wrong, and that a character is most likely dead, but you must press on for the sake of the protagonist's enlightenment to this fact.
While i'm sure a part of all of us wished and do wish for a secret "they get therapy" ending, i understand the reasoning between the mutually terrible parallel endings.
If i were to put something like that in though, it would be a secret third ending that occurs when you wait too long on the screen where you select who to trust, or perhaps for a reveal of some dramatic lore as the camera creeps up the unidentified person's arm. (maybe it would be the super terrible "everyone dies, are you happy you found this secret ending?" ending).
In regards to the graphics, they, along with the animations, were of stellar quality.
Life often is just sudden like that in its tragedies, and i feel like this is a good representation of that.
good game (sorry if this review is incoherent rambling im writing this an hour after playing it at 3am)