YIIK: A Postmodern RPG Reviews

My relationship with YIIK: A Postmodern RPG is a very interesting one. It started off entirely ironic, but as time has gone on and ACCK Studios kept working at it, my love for it became more and more genuine. As of writing this, YIIK is hands down either my favorite or second favorite video game to date. If you wanna see some funny ASCII art or someone say "I'm YIIKing out!" scroll to the review below this one and you'll probably find one. YIIK no doubt had a rocky launch but pretty much everything wrong with the game since then has been fixed/changed/improved. The walls of dialogue are gone and now all thats there is very enjoyable conversations between the characters with their personalities shining brightly throughout the entire conversation. I can say with all honesty that I would unironically listen to the voice actors talk to each other in character for hours. The new combat system is incredibly fun and probably my favorite take on turn based combat.

This game makes me experience severe stockholm syndrome, but its good, its intriguing and I definitely recommend trying it out for yrself instead of relying on what other people have said about it (especially after the I.V. update). it’s certainly a tricky case of a project but its fun to deconstruct kinda whatever lol anyway #ASUKASWEEP

This game is the biggest waste of time and will actively disappoint you and make you feel dumber the longer you play. If you're thinking of playing it you should

Absolutely dissapointed in the update, I put quite a bit of time into the game originally and was excited to see how things would be changed. I was floored by how badly the combat was overhauled and was let down, most could leave well enough alone and fix small things that need some change but this was not the way.

Yiik is a game that I've sat a lot on thinking about how i'd review it, I've owned it since 2022 and I've enjoyed it since i first played it. But I wasn't sure if I'd recommend it despite my immense enjoyment of the game especially with I.V. To preface this i think the story is fairly hard to understand it takes time and willingness to engage with a complex story that deliberately masks important information behind a false narrators perspective. Yiik is NOT for everyone but that does not make it bad. I do recommend Yiik: A Postmodern RPG, i know its title can be off putting and i know the old reviews of the game impact how people will enjoy it (but know at least that the game play really has improved a lot if that put you off from the game before). It's a game about embracing hope and optimism into your life instead of rejecting reality and what you perceive as its faults, It's about understanding why people might hurt another and knowing that they might not deserve forgiveness, but at the same time that holding resentment towards them only holds you back from growing as a person. Like others have said if you were already steadfast in your opinion and you don't think you'll like it i don't think its the game for you. BUT if you were ever interested in anything the game had to say before but were put off by the game play, or how the story seemed to have played out prior to 1.5 give the game a chance. Especially if you already own it and dropped it before, it costs nothing but your time to try out the update the game itself is only around 20 to 25 hours long. Find The Self, The Sun, and The Holy Thief. But most importantly Despair not! go forth and party.

I know what you've heard, that this game sucks and it isn't worth your time. If I had played this in its original release, maybe I'd have thought the same thing, but the new 1.5 version content is worth seeing. Concepts from the original are explored much more deeply, and in my opinion more satisfyingly. The battle system is real fun, and combined with the music and SFX kept me very engaged. Even if you get into this game and think hmm I don't know where this is going, stick with it, give it a chance. You may come out of it like I did now writing this review. Also when Michael pronounced YIIK the fans do I went crazy

Good stuff. The art style and music are seriously top notch! The new battle system (IV Update) has enough depth and nuance that it feels genuinely rewarding to play. You can definitely break it and start melting guys too though if that's more your style. Overall just a nice surreal interesting experience that I'd highly recommend you try out. You may hate it or you may find you love it, but at least confirm for yourself if it's good or bad instead of parroting others perhaps?

Still not worth it, apart from the new combat system, which is horrible in its own way, the truly new stuff of note only comes right after the end of the OG game, which remains virtually unchanged apart from some out of nowhere cutscenes and bosses for pure aesthetic value

I haven't finished the game, but I really really really don't like it. I waited until I.V. to come out so I can have the best experience possible, but no, this really isn't it. The game is annoying, and obnoxious, and it feels like it does just about everything possible incorrectly. I'll probably try to finish the game to see if my opinion changes, but for the time being, I really really don't like it.

It's genuinely really good once you understand that Alex is a lying dumbass. Seriously though the story is good and fun to piece together