Well, first of all, it managed to be nothing like what I'd imagine this series to be when I started - holy SHIT are there some dark themes in there - and I was actually pretty enthralled with the story, which is saying something given how hard it can be to get me invested in games like that.
I will say that I think the ending of the battle with Pokey Minch has more or less scarred me for life, though. I'm pretty claustrophobic, and the idea of permanently sealed things scares me to the point of needing to get up and be sick; it's ridiculous, honestly, because I've been in the fandom for the Saw series since it groundfloored and can sit there and watch people destroy themselves in rather gory ways without flinching, looking away, or feeling nauseated at all...but as soon as one of the characters ends up locked in a Sealed Room in the Middle of Nowhere? I am curling up in my seat and crying and eventually needing to get up and be ill somewhere.
That said, the Absolutely Safe Capsule is the least okay thing and it came from right the fuck out of nowhere. The idea of someone using it without knowing the full extent of what it does is...well, it's admittedly very stupid to me, because there's no way you could get me to climb into any sort of mecha without knowing literally everything about what it's supposed to do - but at the same time, I was able to handle literally everything else that was going on in the game up until that point, at which it became soul-crushingly terrifying. I actually surprised myself and didn't get sick, though I kinda wanted to, but there were definitely tears. Tears everywhere. There are no words for how hard that thing made me cry.
BUT! Claustrophobia issues aside, the game was good and...surprisingly deep. Like I said, not anything that I was expecting going into it, but I was very pleased with it. I'll be sure to look into the others once I can.
I will say that I think the ending of the battle with Pokey Minch has more or less scarred me for life, though. I'm pretty claustrophobic, and the idea of permanently sealed things scares me to the point of needing to get up and be sick; it's ridiculous, honestly, because I've been in the fandom for the Saw series since it groundfloored and can sit there and watch people destroy themselves in rather gory ways without flinching, looking away, or feeling nauseated at all...but as soon as one of the characters ends up locked in a Sealed Room in the Middle of Nowhere? I am curling up in my seat and crying and eventually needing to get up and be ill somewhere.
That said, the Absolutely Safe Capsule is the least okay thing and it came from right the fuck out of nowhere. The idea of someone using it without knowing the full extent of what it does is...well, it's admittedly very stupid to me, because there's no way you could get me to climb into any sort of mecha without knowing literally everything about what it's supposed to do - but at the same time, I was able to handle literally everything else that was going on in the game up until that point, at which it became soul-crushingly terrifying. I actually surprised myself and didn't get sick, though I kinda wanted to, but there were definitely tears. Tears everywhere. There are no words for how hard that thing made me cry.
BUT! Claustrophobia issues aside, the game was good and...surprisingly deep. Like I said, not anything that I was expecting going into it, but I was very pleased with it. I'll be sure to look into the others once I can.
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