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Thank you for mentioning Tango, blood. Nice foreshadowing for when NT gets closed down soon. Well played.

Audio for the gameplay sounds kind of muffled to me. Does it normally sound like that?

You enjoyed that ending?

I've been really interested in this game--it was great to hear your take on it

Thank you for this in depth review

When it comes to videogame journalists, i wonder what game is NOT a masterpiece anymore?

Good review but the channel seems biased from self-inflicted blind spots in your overall gaming experiences.

reviews seem to be all over the place. it felt like it would be a glorified tech demo, with the story filled in around it

I absolutely loved ROM: 2064! I loved the characters, the sense of humor, the exploration, the puzzles, the drama, etc. I'm even replaying it just to relive the experience. So when I heard Neurodiver was finally making it's way out I couldn't wait to play it. I couldn't wait to revisit the art style, the music, the social conversations and more. Unfortunately that didn't happen I was extremely disappointed. It had so much potential that it was building up to just to end as soon as it was getting good. It was way too short for how long it was delayed. It pales in comparison to 2064. Also, it really doesn't feel like a point and click. I was prepared to interact with the world, have a map, and be able to use spoiled milk on stuff again... but this game wasn't that at all. You could only view things not touch, talk, or use. It was like a visual novel with very limited dialogue options. It allowed me to take note of spoiled milk but there wasn't anything else I could do. The conversations in this game were super shallow and the cast of characters were less charming and more corny. Not enough characters get fully developed. I was very interested in crow and seeing more of Tomcat showcase their hacking skills. It was nice to see old characters again like Jess, Lexi, Turing, and Tomcat, but It felt so surface level. I thought they'd come into play for the new cast missions, but they're just there for random flashbacks. I was especially disappointed with Turings return. He literally assisted in the robot awakening and became the spokesperson after the whole 2064 incident, but in neurodiver, he hardly mentions it and is only shown as a plant loving sidekick. He doesn't even mention the other main character who he spent so long with solving mysteries. There was hardly any gameplay at all. The only thing you can really do is enter people's memories, look around at items, and pick random items to try and solve the fragments. I was expecting to go on adventures using Lexis skills, Jess's connections, Tomcats hacking, Turings previous experience, Lunas psychic abilities and Gates combat skills. But we hardly see anything happen as far as gameplay. Gate ended up being useless because the neurodiver was never in any danger or threatened. I'm hoping they have something else lined up to follow up this game since it ended with " until next time." However, that seems really unlikely in the near future. I'm not sure if I just went in with the wrong expectations of it being a cool continuation of 2064 or developing in that world, but this just wasn't what I hoped for.

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Overacting: the game. The protagonist needs to learn how to close her mouth.

Very well done review.

😎👍

Man this game is getting very mixed reviews. I’ve seen 6.5 & 9.0. Interesting 🤔

Yea idk what’s going on with the game being advertised or promoted after the recent lay offs with the game studios. Honestly this game should’ve been focused with PlayStation or just been on every platformer to begin with . So we will see but LOVE YALL and it deserves a 9 for the work put in it at least

lol Hi Fi Rush at the level of Doom and Halo? wtf Azario xd . I will return to this comment in 10 years to see how it aged: P

Digital only?? No thanks!

I remember not liking the UI one bit when I first played it. Felt messy

There's a mission where you walk around for almost an hour lighting oil lanterns...masterpiece 😑

Pass. I didn't enjoy the first one.

A Cinematic Masterpiece indeed ! tanx 4 the rev

Thanks for the review. Had played the PC port shortly, but dropped it. Kind of had forgotten why, so I wanted to get back into it with the news of the Switch port. But endless/mindless grind, yeah, that's a no-no. Too many games are released to waste dozens of hours on grinding like this.

I'm more hype for games like Animal Well because I don't trust Hollywood style storytelling (overly melodramatic and trauma based) and I've never enjoyed walking simulators. I guess I'll watch someone else play/react to it.

No physical release, i won't take it, like Allan wake 2. And I don't want the game pass. I like to buy my physical games, I won't change.

Sadly people will just watch streams of this game and proceed to bash the game in the comments section like they experienced it first hand

What would you rate it on PC?

Xbox always wins ✅

Masterpiece? Shame on you

Glad hellblade 2 is on xbox game pass I love hellblade feels like a cinematic movie I play with subtitles off.

Failstation already dead 😂

so basically its a movie instead of a game. yea this shit will definitely flop

Sadly, it will probably flop because Xbox put zero efforts into marketing this masterpiece!

So 9 because of lack of fights? It is a 10 hours game so yea that can't be the cause

Nice, hope MS won't del ninja now xd

Glad this game turned out so well. Seeing a lot of the same thoughts on it. Hopefully it sells well though 😬

Happy to see the series get some love

First 🤷🏼‍♂️

Oh god, the comment section flaming that you gave a defective port of a grindy game a middling score... Now if they REALLY want to see a quality title given a criminally low score they should check out NP's review of Saya no Uta.

PM fams in shambles! They can't accept that LoR has problems and that it isn't accessible for everyone! 😅

Thanks for the review, was thinking about playing the game but now I'll skip it

I just finished Bokuten: Why I Became an Angel which was an absolute masterpiece and decided to start this one. Wish me luck!

Wew now have VA, seriously I don't know about this. I have played on android.

Looks like western indie slop

The game was good and the story was good. I was looking for more depth though in how the story resolved. More into the difficulty it can be to have a brother pass away. Making that, their mothers favoritism, and River's mental illness. I'd loved it if they used those facets (or even minus the favoritism) to get them to the moon. Instead of just bringing back the brother and letting Johnny fill in the gaps with River later on. I really liked Rivers character. Sometimes though it almost felt like everyone was shaming Johnny during the middle part of the game for his decisions and caring about her so much. It would have been nice for them to wrap up the other characters later on saying in a missing note that said, "you really loved her, didn't you." A good game that left me wanting more from the ending. Had me in the feelings at moments which was nice with good mixture of silliness from the male scientist. 7.5 would be my rating and I'd be specific on who I'd offer the game too. Likely those with patience and some emotional intelligence.

Didn't play the 3DS version because it didn't get the japanese content update. Now i can finally enjoy it with an even better presentation.

I can't wait to replay this and Stories 2 on my PS5. Especially this one for the voice acting.

Damn, the art style is so cool, shame it is so grindy.

Another 4/10 no way 😭

Long live project moon!!!!

Noisy Pixel proves they are too dumb to understand the systems and instead bash their head in grinding