Disillusion ST

“Some people might think the plot is simply nonsense; some might get bored by running through the endless rooms with angular, primitive graphics.”

“It became tedious and unpleasant at points late in the game, wandering around areas I had already been, talking to NPCs and repeating the dialogue just to try to progress the story.”

“It's a very strange experience: not just because of the surrealist visuals and unique characters, but mainly because of the very cryptic (maybe too much), fragmented storytelling.”

“Many of the rooms look dull and the color scheme is washed out; none of this would be an issue if it wasn't for the next point I'm going to make, but before I get there, the soundtrack is also a downgrade, with a lot of reused tracks and not much variety.”

“Several zones and soundtracks are reused from the first game, which makes the experience feel even more repetitive.”

“If you played the last game, you'll be in store for more schizo-inducing shenanigans of surreal/abstract visuals, nonsensical incoherent blabbing of dialogue, obtuse game mechanics that don't make any sense, that's complementary with a lucid fever dream-like soundtrack.”

“An objectively boring and frustrating core gameplay loop is turned into one of the most poignant and deeply affecting explorations of our digital existence.”

“The style is cool (especially the character scenes); however, the dungeon wandering itself is so lackluster stylistically and gameplay-wise that it makes getting to the cooler stuff an absolute chore.”

“It really sucks, but I can't recommend it on the actual gameplay; it needs at least a better save feature, or a map, ideally both from the start.”

“The character designs, the environments all feel abstract...but that abstractness can be either nightmarish or comforting...like a dream.”

“Is that the newest indie dev-produced, genre-redefining, trope-subverting, atmospheric, dark and eerie, emotionally draining, gut-wrenching, aesthetically heavy craft by post-webcore breakcore aesthetic auteur with an arthouse vaporwave y2k lsd dream simulator yume nikki edge, reflexion-inducing, suspenseful build up with strong character development and gradual feeling of escalation, bone-chilling slow burn with 'say more with less' approach and soul-shaking, blood-curdling, skin-crawling and nerve-wracking exercise in persistently looming existential dread where tension and anxiety permeates every frame as the game reaches its nail-biting, jaw-clenching and schizophrenia-inducing final climax, free of any cheap ecchi, moe fan service or infantile 2d graphics?”

“In contrast, Disillusion leans into an industrial, cold atmosphere.”

“To enjoy it, you need to get used to drinking in the atmosphere and feeling lost, which yields a really nice surreal experience.”

“I don't really know what I'm doing in the game exactly, but the atmosphere and music are something else, and definitely feel like something straight out of a dream.”

“However, due to the random nature of the game, sometimes trying to get a specific event to happen is incredibly frustrating, as there is no surefire way to get most events to occur. Many events require specific door types to be opened, which often fall into sub-categories of existing doors. This made me really irritated near the end of my playthrough, as there's a huge chain of events related to one door type. It feels monotonous running from floor to floor, using warp orbs and farming enemies just to trigger one cutscene. This is more of a problem with 100% completion; if you take it slow, talk to every NPC, and enjoy the game, it's incredibly beautiful and a true work of art.”

“Combat is bare-bones and features little to no choice, while also being tedious and unfair early on.”

“It became tedious and unpleasant at points late in the game, wandering around areas I had already been, talking to NPCs and repeating the dialogue just to try to progress the story.”

“It's impressive that they managed to pull this off in a 2D engine, sure, but the simple fact that it's running on JavaScript really hurts the performance, especially for something the engine was not at all designed for.”

“I'm running a fairly beefy setup and I still ran into a lot of stuttering during my time with it.”

“Performance is surprisingly inconsistent for how low fidelity the graphics are, but I suppose that is the cost of using RPG Maker as your engine. The game doesn't run bad by any means, but expect slight drops somewhat frequently.”

“This game feels more like a playable buggy art project.”

“It's so obtuse in nature that, to this day, people are still finding out new things from both games due to how cryptic (and buggy) everything around the narrative is.”