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Dysfunctional Systems: Orientation

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72%Game Brain Score
story, music
replayability, grinding
76% User Score Based on 46 reviews

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Dysfunctional Systems: Orientation is a single player action game. It was developed by Dischan Media and was released on July 24, 2017. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Dysfunctional Systems: Orientation is a kinetic novel and a prequel to Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos. It uses text, sound, and illustrations to tell a story and follows Winter Harrison during her first week at mediator school.

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76%
Audience ScoreBased on 46 reviews
story10 positive mentions
replayability2 negative mentions
  • Provides additional world-building and background to the Dysfunctional Systems series, enriching the lore and characters.
  • High-quality music and soundtrack that complements the visual novel and maintains the series' auditory style.
  • Offers a concise, engaging narrative for fans of the original game, with some interesting character interactions and new characters introduced.
  • Significant drop in art quality and style compared to the first episode, with character designs often described as crude, inconsistent, or not fitting the established aesthetic.
  • Short length with a mostly kinetic, non-interactive experience, leading to low replay value and a feeling of being more of a teaser or info-dump than a full story.
  • Writing and storytelling criticized for being dull, monotonous, and at times unrealistic or awkward, with heavy exposition and lack of compelling plot or meaningful character development.
  • story
    43 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The story serves as a prologue exploring Winter Harrison's first week at mediator school, offering valuable world-building and character background that complements the main Dysfunctional Systems series. While some find it charming and informative with intriguing ideological elements, many criticize it for being overly short, somewhat detached from the main plot, and lacking engaging conflict or depth, resulting in a slow, slice-of-life experience that some find dull or monotonous. Overall, it is appreciated more as a supplement to the original episode than a standalone narrative.

    • “By itself, Orientation gives a glimpse into a world and an even smaller glimpse into a possible story, but with the knowledge of the first episode (which is very much worth playing), Orientation offers background into future characters and builds upon the series' world, allowing possible future episodes to purely continue with the story without having to worry about establishing certain fundamentals.”
    • “"Dysfunctional Systems: Orientation" is a compact story about Winter's first days as a mediator student.”
    • “It broadens the reader's understanding of the rules and the setting of "Dysfunctional Systems" and teases a plot that will probably be relevant in upcoming episodes.”
    • “It took me 81 minutes to complete this and in all honesty it felt much longer with how dull, monotonous and repetitive the story was.”
    • “Everything else is a dry, uninspiring text dump that I honestly couldn't bring myself to read half of because the story gave no compelling reason to care.”
    • “The slice-of-life conflict can't by necessity deliver, and there is no internal struggle to speak of within Winter, and so the lack of a driving plot or motivation leaves Winter a fairly unengaged character, and thus us a fairly unengaged audience.”
  • music
    25 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The music in this installment is generally praised for maintaining a quality on par with the first episode, providing a pleasant, continuous soundtrack that supports the narrative well. While some find it simple and less memorable, many highlight it as a standout feature, often described as excellent and fitting the game's mood. However, a few feel the soundtrack, like other aspects, feels like a downgrade or side project compared to earlier entries.

    • “The music is of equal quality to the soundtrack in the first episode, a great quality that dischan continually produces.”
    • “The music is excellent and helps the player get through the exposition-heavy story of this instalment.”
    • “The artwork is different but good and the music is incredible.”
    • “In all honesty, most of the episode is a major downgrade from the previous episode; the writing quality, characters, art and soundtrack have dropped across the board.”
    • “The music is a continuous soundtrack throughout most of the game, with the odd addition of footsteps or world interaction - completely different again and gives the impression of a side project instead of a game the developers were truly hoping to make.”
    • “The music is simple but that's precisely why it's nice.”
  • graphics
    12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The graphics feature a noticeable change in art style from the first episode, which some users find initially surprising but ultimately easy to get accustomed to. While many prefer the original art style, the new one is consistent, well-executed, and shows promise for further evolution. Overall, the updated visuals are praised for their quality and continuity despite the stylistic shift.

    • “The presentation is just as good as episode one; the new art style is consistent throughout and easy to get used to.”
    • “Despite the change, the current artist's style continues to evolve and mature over further episodes.”
    • “The artwork is different but good, and the music is incredible.”
    • “There's a noticeable change in the art style compared to episode 1, and while not terrible and can get used to, I still would prefer the first one.”
    • “So what we're left with is an entirely different art style that might take some getting used to.”
    • “However, in my opinion, episode 1 has better artwork than episode 0.”
  • replayability
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game has virtually no replayability due to its linear, kinetic visual novel format with no branching paths or choices, resulting in a single playthrough lasting about 90 minutes.

    • “Since it is a kinetic visual novel, there is no branching, hence the replay value is nonexistent.”
    • “It took me exactly 90 minutes to play through this game (no choices, so little replayability), so if you want you can just refund it afterward.”
  • character development
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Character development is solid and well-executed, with strong character design that features distinct and colorful details, though some characters share similar builds.

    • “While the character design doesn't have the enchantingly endearing style of episode 1, it is very solid.”
    • “The character design is pretty great―the girls are all built a little too similarly, but each has more than enough colorful details to set them apart.”
  • emotional
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game delivers a few impactful emotional moments that are effectively enhanced, but overall it falls short of its full emotional potential due to a lack of deeper, heavier emotional content.

    • “If anything, it doesn't reach its full potential simply because there weren't many emotionally heavy moments for it to be partnered with.”
    • “Despite that, it did well in enhancing the few emotional moments this short visual novel has.”
  • grinding
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game is criticized for being a brief and tedious experience, with grinding contributing to a sense of disappointment.

  • humor
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The humor in the game is light and subtle, providing occasional amusement without overshadowing the story and other elements.

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Dysfunctional Systems: Orientation is a action game.

Dysfunctional Systems: Orientation is available on PC, Mac OS, Windows and Linux.

Dysfunctional Systems: Orientation was released on July 24, 2017.

Dysfunctional Systems: Orientation was developed by Dischan Media.

Dysfunctional Systems: Orientation has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked this game for its story but disliked it for its replayability.

Dysfunctional Systems: Orientation is a single player game.

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