AMEDAMA Reviews

I really liked this game. The combat is pretty simplistic and there are some awkward moments where characters don't react to something that they REALLY should be reacting to, but that's not really the point of the game. This is a game about exploring the same span of 7 days from a variety of different perspectives as you slowly start to piece together why everything is happening. Regret is a big theme of this game, every character (even the most minor of NPCs) carry some kind of baggage with them. It's how people desperately try to free themselves of their regrets that causes all the conflict in this game.

tldr; Good story and characters, Interesting but repetitive gameplay, and good music. A game about going around possessing people to save your sister while being stuck in a time loop. The game should take around 25-30 hours if you're planning on doing all the sidequests and going through all the possible branches. Even less if you're only going for the main story. It's overall pretty good imo. The story's fine. It has mysteries for you to wonder about that gets slowly uncovered as you play through the game. However, the routes does have some inconsistencies, like the protagonist acting surprised at a revelation even though it has already been revealed in a prior route. The characters are good, relevant to the story, and I find nearly all of them quite interesting and lovable. Sadly, due to the length and the nature of the story, I find that they don't really get fleshed out enough, as you don't really get to spend much time with them before you move on to another character route. The gameplay is interesting, but repetitive. The possession mechanic is very fun as it allows you to do many interesting things, such as play as many different characters (from animals to bosses), change the course of the story, or do some funny stuff like killing people as a frog. The gameplay has 2 problems, however. First, is that the battle mechanic, while not easy, is a bit on the shallow side as most of the strategy in this game is to simply parry and counter your enemies, while keeping an eye on your stamina, and trying not to get surrounded. Second, is that there is no way to jump to different points in the routes, which is something I find quite weird for a game with branching storylines. This means that after you finish a route, or make a mistake, you have to go back to day 1 and keep skipping the dialogue until you reach the point you want, making the game very repetitive, especially when the story branches near the end of the loop (on day 5-7). And the music's good. The atmospheric tracks are perfect for running around town, while the battle themes are bangers.