Pandemic Love

Wow, I just did not expect this game to hook me so much. I'm a fan of darker-themed work, but with everything being gray and monochrome visually, I wasn't sure how I would end up enjoying the game. Tbh I can't stop thinking about this game, it was really good and an art piece in itself. I absolutely love art and stories like this. It doesn't really "hold your hand" on a psychological level, and the choices and plot seem simple on the surface. But the subtext and interpretations that you can make, the stuff that isn't explicitly stated...that's what makes this game such a nice piece of art.  It felt less like I was reading a story and more so feeling an experience. And that's not to discredit the story or dialogue, or say that this is "avant-guarde" or anything like that, because I love how the story and dialogue progress. But rather that it didn't feel like other visual novels where I'm just reading the events as they fold. This game put me in a whole headspace and really drew me in like others could not. This game was more than just its different elements and I really love that this was created. 

Sorry to go on a tangent - could you tell that I majored in some form of art analysis lmao? (Film - gotta put this degree to use SOMEhow 🥴). I don't mean to sound pretentious and fake woke about art like my college professors did, it just really moved me and I think it's important to share it since you guys worked so hard to create this. On a more concrete note, the main character was super relatable to me -- as to not have spoilers, in terms of his "introvertedness", his relationships with other people and what feelings he struggles with as a result of that. Emotionally I'm in the same boat as him right now and so I really resonate with how you guys wrote his character. Beautiful character development overall in this game, they seem very human. It felt like real conversations rather than a conversation that an author wrote for their story. The music honestly ties it all together. I felt unsettled the whole time and it works so well.

As a straight woman, I rarely ever play BxG games and tend to not be impressed when I do play them. I'm glad I decided to play this, I didn't even care about that while playing this. Honestly thank you guys for creating this gem and for giving me something to think about.