The Last The Last

I played this game not expecting much, but it's surprisingly well-written. Graphics are a bit of a crapshoot, but that's completely understandable for something made in 5 hours. It works as a satire of the video game industry, including how the crowds perceive what is a good game, and what critics judge what titles live and what releases die. A reprehensible game gets rave reviews and ships 5 million units, whereas a quality game suffers, and the developer gets depressed and wants to die. This is a joke but it's sometimes true. There's criticism here of critics who love games that are easy to play because they have no real skills or experience in gaming, and the only reason why they review games is because their degree in journalism doesn't give them many jobs, so they turn to this.

So the maps are terrible, but the story serves as a witty satire of working in the video game industry with light-hearted tone and levity. Now I'm going to end with some typos/bugs. You'd probably fix these if this wasn't a 5-hour game you wanted to leave behind and have everyone forget about.

Typos:


That's all the ones I found. It's probably inconsequential though, knowing that this is a game made in 5 hours. I spent 7 hours writing this review. The truth is, I latched onto this game because I was searching for games tagged "Simulation", but this is very Simulation-lite. The truth is, I haven't found many good Simulation games on this site. It's a bit of a shame, but if someone could point me in the right direction, I'd be very grateful.

Oh, and I hope to see you create and write a *real* game because I think your writing chops are outta this world. Later!

True that. I don't know why I am sometimes reluctant to write reviews. Sometimes it's because I feel others have articulated it better than I could. Other times it's because I feel I have too few things to say and I don't want to seem like I'm rambling for the sake of a word count. Either way, I guess I don't incentivize myself enough with the possible lure of makerscore, and just take the easy route of commenting. Eh. Maybe I'll submit a review. Maybs.

As for Sim games, I downloaded quite a few under the Sim game but none really satisfied. Granted, I limited myself to VX Ace games, but even ones I've played in the past seem to have failed me.

The Farming One was decent. I'm looking to World's Dawn too which may also be decent. I played Homework Salesman for a bit, but didn't get very far. Maybe there's hope. Maybs.

OK fine, fine I'll write a review.