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I tried to play it 4 times or so. it's so fucking boring that even after I see the first statue thing and reset, my spirit is already too broken to go on. and I tried to push further, it's just not compelling. the thought of going through that slog is an insane proposition.
even if you do push a bit, reading a dumbfuck uninteresting conversation between people I don't know by "deciphering" without actively doing anything is the most boring way you could execute the premise of the game.
protip: if you're making a groundhog day game make sure the first iteration isn't boring af. I'm already sick of games getng longer and longer intro sections in general but at least with most of them you know that part is going to be behind you forever. you can't make a boring intro and then the second things seem mildly interesting send them back to the boring section.
the sexy brutale was so much better at this in every way.
the conversations are naturalistic storytelling that doesn't just spell out information to you
linguistics and translation are not the premise of the game. the premise is piecing together the timeline of events, and eventually solving the mystery of the game, through reading those "boring" conversations
it takes roughly 15s to get off the planet after the first loop, bro :u and the thing you look at every time you wake up is crucial to solving the mystery
you can just say the game isn't for you, or that you tried playing it and it didn't align with your expectations. instead of making yourself out to look like you're impatient to the point where 15s bores you, and unable to focus to the point of saying that reading is boring because you get to access new information without having a mini-game jiggle keys in front of your face before every piece of text.
i apologise for getting rude at the end here, but man, you're insulting my favourite game based on your misinterpretation of what it's trying to do, just say you don't get it