Wholesome Femboy

Hello, this is definitely coming in late asf because plenty of people have already criticized the game and all that.

What I want to do here is give my perspective on everything and tell everyone why I like some aspects of the game, but not all and why it's an issue for me and many other people. My goal is to make people understand that I like certain characters, a few unproblematic tropes, and the sound track of the game. But I do not like 80% of the game and I have issues with it.

First, let's get the obvious elephant in the room out of the way: the incest. Now, you can absolutely have a story, game, or whatever kind of plot line that has incest in it. My issue is that you need to treat it with the care and sensitivity is deserves. It's a taboo for a reason. I don't think it helps that in the game, the narrator has a sarcastic tone that makes some of the other subjects (not just the incest) seem too casual.

In one of the endings where you get that scene (I now bless your poor, poor eyes if you've had to see it in its full). After they wake up from getting the vision/dream, the tone of the scene isn't thought out too well. As in, Ashley just keeps joking around while a silly song plays in the background.

Then there is also the shock value. Incest is part of the shock value, but since I've already gone over my issues with how it's portrayed, I'm going to talk about the gore aspect. This is my own personal opinion, but I actually couldn't care less about the cannibalism in chapter 1 of the game. Either way, if they ate the guy or not, it wouldn't have changed the fact that they used the body to carry out a ritual to summon a demon.

There's just... a lot of murder in the game that didn't need to be put in the game. Such as the lady they use to lure in the guards and the hitman.

Third is the cannibalism in chapter 2. This is after Andrew and Ashley murder both of their parents and then decide to cook and eat them. It just didn't need to happen. Same with them going to see them.

But now that I'm thinking about it, they just wanted to murder them so they could recharge this dream amulet that the demon gave them. Either the demon should've never given it to them in the first place and instead use something else for the demon to find them and give them their visions, or just have the amulet not need to be recharged with sacrifices at all.

That's all my issues with the first 2 chapters of the game. Now chapter 3...

I'm actually not going to say much as I've already made a video where I say my criticisms with the game. I'll link it here so you can give it a listen for yourself. Make sure to also read the pinned comment as well.

With everything I've said, I think it's pretty obvious that there are aspects of the game I like. That being the character Andrew Graves. That's the most obvious. If I could, I would rewrite tcoaal. But I have a series I'm working on and commissions to worry about along with school and work.

Even then, if I wanted to write a story where their codependent bond is broken, I would have to stick a 3rd party into the story.

And even though I like not only Andrew but also Julia as well, doesn't mean I like the game itself all that much. I've made my issues clear right here and with people in friend groups.