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i've been keeping up with psycholonials since it first released and just finished its final volume
there are a few thoughts occupying my brain, almost like it's land to be conquered, so i'm going to dispel them before they set up camp
there are a few thoughts occupying my brain, almost like it's land to be conquered, so i'm going to dispel them before they set up camp
firstly i just want to say that it should be clear to anybody who can read that this story is very personal and allegorical compared to hussie's other works.
yes it's rampant political commentary in the pandemic age but the core of it all: it's about the price of personality.
yes it's rampant political commentary in the pandemic age but the core of it all: it's about the price of personality.
the whole thesis statement is about self-destruction. the manifestations of ideas out of control, and that by the time you feel you have a grip- you lose it just as easily.
after a point you aren't in control, and when you are its taken from you by forces you don't comprehend.
after a point you aren't in control, and when you are its taken from you by forces you don't comprehend.
i feel like most of the critique levied at the game really isn't fair or fundamentally misunderstands what it is.
it's not trying to actually be this grand scale leftist political epic, or foster a radical idealism for eugenics. it's trying to tell a story about letting go.
it's not trying to actually be this grand scale leftist political epic, or foster a radical idealism for eugenics. it's trying to tell a story about letting go.
everything in this game is metaphor, metaphor, metaphor.
the reason why it doesn't focus heavily on the inner workings of zhen's plots is because they don't matter. it's about the effects, not the cause. it values emotion over rationale.
the reason why it doesn't focus heavily on the inner workings of zhen's plots is because they don't matter. it's about the effects, not the cause. it values emotion over rationale.
a lot of people cry foul about the art style saying that hussie's art has "degraded" since act 6, but i really don't think this is the case.
yes it's simpler, sharpened to hell and over-pixelated. but all of the art, color, background and especially animation work is dynamic.
yes it's simpler, sharpened to hell and over-pixelated. but all of the art, color, background and especially animation work is dynamic.
none of this is to say i don't have issues with it.
the timeskips are a bit of a missed opportunity, some of the millennial language is overblown, the real world event implementation isn't thought out the best, and i wish other characters besides zhen got heavier development
the timeskips are a bit of a missed opportunity, some of the millennial language is overblown, the real world event implementation isn't thought out the best, and i wish other characters besides zhen got heavier development
without getting deep into spoilers, while i do think that certain implications of the ending in context of the story might be able to be taken in less than stellar light and that it may be a little too schmaltzy
i personally was pleased with the message it was trying to send.
i personally was pleased with the message it was trying to send.
psycholonials, for better and for worse, is unable to be removed from the... well, psychosis of andrew hussie.
it's the visual novel equivalent of a vent post 12 years in the making and cycles through anger, frustration, confusion and at times pathos like it's cheap clown candy.
it's the visual novel equivalent of a vent post 12 years in the making and cycles through anger, frustration, confusion and at times pathos like it's cheap clown candy.
your mileage may vary, but i'm happy we got an intimate, non-homestuck work from hussie that has a chance to speak its mind. i would recommend it if you create media and hate creating media, or suffer online.
now if you'll excuse me, i have a jubelitesona to make.
now if you'll excuse me, i have a jubelitesona to make.
