Report 22: Big Boys Time VI: 410,757,864,530 DEAD CLONES
Oof, another timesinker done and dusted.
It’s a Spike Chunsoft dungeon crawler with some really interesting death and “leveling-up” mechanics. Each time you die and each way you die makes your character stronger a bit, making failures a natural part of your progress. Collecting all the possible deaths for all the characters is the grindiest part of the game and easily takes as much time as it takes you to finish game (even with all the deaths you collected during your playthrough). Some of the deaths are really annoying and hard to get.
The real-time gameplay takes some time to get used to, but it’s really engaging once you get it.
The plot is pretty decent. Even though you shouldn’t hope for danganronpa-tier crazy twists, this Spike Chunsoft title once again shines with its’ characters. They’re really likeable and they also have some pretty good backstories.
The ending is somewhat cheesy and sappy - but good kind of cheesy and sappy.
Overall, it’s great. Check it out if you want to play something that is not a turn-based JRPG for a change.
Backlog progress status: NEW SHIGABANE!! Died after finally completing the game