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Turgor
Don't confuse it with the Void... Trying to play the Steam version as is resulted in a break of аж five years, and only recently I got around to playing the original.
A hardcore Russian eroge with ancient sonnets, an opening from "The Lusiads," terrible 3D models, and the vibe of Khrushchev-era apartments. Why do we need this in the age of Japanese visual novels? Why do we need these awful faces, a deposit simulator with interest, WALKING, and many other strange game design decisions? Gamers are racking their brains, but since there's just so much Russkiness in me, I have a simple and obvious answer – so that we suffer and think.
So that we believe in suffering, or rather, feel it – here’s your crappy mechanic. So that we think, not just watch – here are the creepy models. So that we feel our helplessness – here’s random chance, so strong that it can completely ruin a playthrough. Complete immersion, like a prolonged binge – at first it’s hard, then you start to enjoy it, then you sit with red eyes at three in the morning, and the thought that you should stop doesn’t even occur to you.
What useful thing could I say… It’s something special, that’s for sure. The plot is summarized in two or three sentences, the characters occupy at best 10% of the screen time, monotonous gray locations, one or two choices per game, and you could put a failing grade on it and end it right there, but as a result, we get 10 (!) full-fledged characters (for an average AAA RPG, 5 is considered "a lot"), another ten secondary ones, a cozy world that you initially need to force the player into through the thicket of ancient graphics and crazy gameplay, and then you won't be able to pull them out, one of the most skill-based combat systems, if not the most, and about a hundred reasons to THINK. Do you often think? I don’t very much, especially when playing games.
And against all this, there’s the question: where is the second part? Or at least a decent remake? We already have the third Moor, but there isn’t even a second Turgor... Sigh.
I would rate it excellent with many drawbacks.
And in such cases, a tier list seems appropriate
Uta > Yuna > Bezimyashka > Echo > Ire > Ava > Ima > Ole > Yani > Eli >>> Aia
Don't confuse it with the Void... Trying to play the Steam version as is resulted in a break of аж five years, and only recently I got around to playing the original.
A hardcore Russian eroge with ancient sonnets, an opening from "The Lusiads," terrible 3D models, and the vibe of Khrushchev-era apartments. Why do we need this in the age of Japanese visual novels? Why do we need these awful faces, a deposit simulator with interest, WALKING, and many other strange game design decisions? Gamers are racking their brains, but since there's just so much Russkiness in me, I have a simple and obvious answer – so that we suffer and think.
So that we believe in suffering, or rather, feel it – here’s your crappy mechanic. So that we think, not just watch – here are the creepy models. So that we feel our helplessness – here’s random chance, so strong that it can completely ruin a playthrough. Complete immersion, like a prolonged binge – at first it’s hard, then you start to enjoy it, then you sit with red eyes at three in the morning, and the thought that you should stop doesn’t even occur to you.
What useful thing could I say… It’s something special, that’s for sure. The plot is summarized in two or three sentences, the characters occupy at best 10% of the screen time, monotonous gray locations, one or two choices per game, and you could put a failing grade on it and end it right there, but as a result, we get 10 (!) full-fledged characters (for an average AAA RPG, 5 is considered "a lot"), another ten secondary ones, a cozy world that you initially need to force the player into through the thicket of ancient graphics and crazy gameplay, and then you won't be able to pull them out, one of the most skill-based combat systems, if not the most, and about a hundred reasons to THINK. Do you often think? I don’t very much, especially when playing games.
And against all this, there’s the question: where is the second part? Or at least a decent remake? We already have the third Moor, but there isn’t even a second Turgor... Sigh.
I would rate it excellent with many drawbacks.
And in such cases, a tier list seems appropriate
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Uta > Yuna > Bezimyashka > Echo > Ire > Ava > Ima > Ole > Yani > Eli >>> Aia
