You know it really is that good when you stay up into the wee hours of the night to finish the game. There is so, so much I could write about 1000xRESIST that many others have already posted here. I'm gonna keep it brief because, like, you absolutely want to be experiencing this one as blind as possible. What I will say is that 1000xRESIST deals with its handful of different themes in such wonderfully varied ways without ever feeling bloated. The team's previous experience in storytelling through performing and visual arts absolutely shows. For as profoundly serious as the story tends to be, though, there's still plenty of moments of lightheartedness and humor throughout that further endeared me to the characters and even gave me some laughs (see below). The soundtrack by Line Katcho and Drew Redman excellently serves its function of elevating the story. Watcher's recurring leitmotif in particular stands out to me--a seemingly simple composition that gives way to a whole host of different emotions in context. 1000xRESIST is pretty basic when it comes to gameplay mechanics, but I'm okay with that, as I feel like more complexities in the gameplay would be at odds with the absolutely vital complexities of the narrative. Even then, it perfectly justifies its medium of choice in the different ways the story is presented; I don't think it'd work nearly as well without being a video game. The only thing I took issue with throughout the game is the general lack of facial expression on the character models, only going further on occassion with some of the more important story beats. I can easily forgive that, however, because the fact that pretty much everything is fully voice acted. That voice acting is a bit more subdued than you might expect, which took a bit of getting used to for me, but it didn't take long for me to feel that the direction they went with complimented the story incredibly well. So yeah, please play 1000xRESIST . It's at a 4.4/5 avg. rating on Backloggd for a damn good reason--multiple damn good reasons, actually. I'll be there day one for whatever the talented folks at sunset visitor 斜陽過客 create next, and so should you. Hekki grace.

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There's really nothing I can say that hasn't been said by many others already. The """security""" update literally makes the game unplayable (or at the very least a lot worse) for those who used mods for accessibility and, if anything, makes it easier for malicious hackers to do their thing; there were already mods that stopped them (which will no longer work after this btw) and it is very easy to work around EAC at this point. Oh but don't worry! They'll add those accessibility features in themselves! We can totally trust them to do so after it took them years to add IK features worse than what was already implemented by modders (/s obviously)!

Thank god this is free; I would've felt like garbage if I wasn't able to refund this.

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, Episode 2 of Spare Parts is absolutely one of the best visual novels I've read. Not only is there a lot more content compared to Episode 1, but it's also even better in every regard. I laughed several times at the sillier moments (particularly the post-ending S.P. Radio segment), I was completely engaged in the more dramatic moments, and I felt such sorrow when these characters were at their lowest points. I really liked the clear parallels between some of the characters, what with them struggling with issues that seem different at the surface level, but are actually pretty similar. Switching to different characters' perspectives instead of just having Lucy's also enhances the story a lot; it would definitely be worse without it. The only issue I had was that a couple of the more serious moments had some unfitting music, but that was a rare occurrence. I can't recommend this one enough!!!

also i still like the =3 face

A rather short but really great introduction to a story that's realistic and strange in equal spare parts! The characters and writing are funny, endearing, and intriguing in all the right places. The backgrounds look great, the character art is very expressive, and the music is pretty good! Everything comes together to provide a very good start to what I'm sure will be a really great story.

also i like the =3 face