MedjersoN_HP
I played it, but back when there was no GSK. At that point, the content felt painfully limited.
Well, I also played vanilla. It seems to me that there's already plenty of content, and with GSK it's practically endless.
If you vacuum the entire map and complete all quests (like my inner completionist), then, of course, a second playthrough won't be interesting. But you'd have to deliberately grind, drag out the game, and spend many hours. Playing through with a couple of different classes, going (conditionally) west in one playthrough and east in another — that's also a fine option, and the quests won't repeat.
Turgor
A hardcore Russian eroge with ancient sonnets, an opening from "The Lusiads", crappy 3D models, and a vibe of Khrushchev-era apartments. Why do we need it, in the age of Japanese visual novels? Why do we need these ugly mugs, a deposit interest simulator, WALKING, and many other strange game design decisions? Game journalists scratch their heads, but since there's just so damn much Russianness in me, I have a simple and obvious answer — so that we suffer and think.
Oh, by the way, I played it about 15 years ago.
And it's one of the few games, if not the only one, that influenced my development, my tastes.
I almost never buy gray clothes because I dislike it, and overall I consider gray not a color but the absence of color.
When in the game, during the update phase, colors spread in juicy strokes over lifeless gray snags, and the voiceover whispers "amber," "purple," "azure," "lilac"... well, it deeply stuck in my soul. After all, Ice-Pick Lodge had no shortage of imagination.
But the game is harsh, no doubt.
I still remember the minute-long monologue about taboos, though without details.
It begins:
"To consume more than allowed — taboo!"
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something further
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And in conclusion:
"To believe that there is a better world than this — taboo!"
A tier list, alas, I can't make — I don't even remember who I escaped with at the end. I only remember the Nameless One.
В тихой однообразной жизни всегда так бывает: каждый отдельный день бесконечно долог, но месяцы и годы мчатся с непостижимой быстротой.
I wanted to offer you some flowers, but a crown would suit a princess like you much better
Смысл жизни в том, что жизнь на тебе не заканчивается