So, i recently decided to avoid playing TLOU Part II. I was like, "pfft, no way i'm touching that anxiety-inducing, horrific grim fuckfest, right?".
And then i looked into my Steam library, thinking that i really was in the mood for some fun VN experience. Oh, what's this? Oh yeah, that "Higurashi" game that they recently gave away.
Looks like i could be in for some entertaining, goofy anime "horror" hijinks, i guess. Nice!
And... Oh man.
That shit just broke me into pieces.
I mean, the characters are kind of interesting, and the plot seems to be genuinely intriguing. But the best part of it was how much the psychological aspect of the story was surprisingly well handled and executed.
That slow, methodical descent of the main character into suspicion, fear, paranoia, panic, madness is so genuine, reasonable and relatable, it feels so legitimate and well written.
And i say this as a person that sometimes gets kind of annoyed by how much usually anime characters rarely act and feel like real human beings.
And also as a really anxious person, it strucked me into all my weak points for this very reason.
I'm super hooked into it now, even though i kinda wish i wasn't.
Is every chapter going to be some very dark self-contained story with horrible unavodaible bad endings? Will the mysteries of the story be revealed sooner of later (with them hopefully not turning out to be super lame)? Is it worth it?