#endysis

I told myself I was only going to play like fifteen minutes last night to try it out before I go to bed. Instead, I ended up binging the game and playing it until 2 in the morning. I was completely drawn in from the opening on.

Obligatory I've been meaning to check out other games by ENDYSIS but have not yet (aka me with every game dev at this point, oops), but I'm so glad I finally got around to playing one of their games.

Each scene is perfectly framed and artistically this game is just stunning. The art and framing of everything portrays the atmosphere and overall feeling of each moment as well.

The entire premise is the main character's fruitless endeavor to save the love of her, and the more we got to the end the more I felt her despair and frustration. Both towards our MC, who kept repeating things over and over again, as well as the fact that there was no happy ending. It says it on the game page, but a very small part of me was still hoping for a miracle. And I think that makes this story work so well. I was so in it that even despite knowing where things were going, I was still hoping for a different ending, just like MC.

Also the fact we got an actual sung song at the end was such a pleasant surprise and set the ending scene so well!! Props to the singer, her voice was lovely, and it was the perfect way to top off the game. It had me tearing up in the middle of the night, and I'm glad there is an official soundtrack for the game because I need to listen it out of the game.