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Yeah, it's just disappointing, Yknow? I love this VN, but now it's just frustrating, and kinda rough to read now. I do admit, I could've definitely been less harsh.

Holy FUCK. This was NOT the game I needed to play when I'm as easily irritable as I am right now, because this shit got me all the way fucked up. I tried to be patient with this, but it just kept pissing me off until I just had to delete it. I don't like being mean, but if I don't air these frustrations out I'm gonna do something much worse.

Maybe it was my mistake picking Mark's route (and slight spoilers if you if you're trying to play this through, but if you stop reading here, just know that Mark is surprisingly clingy if you do try to play it, god forbid.) ANYWAY

Mark is like REALLY CLINGY, and if you've played Camp Buddy, it's really similar to Hiro at the start of the game (god knows I couldn't even make it past that.) it's to the point where the Main Character can't look away for a second, nor EXIST within the vicinity of someone that Mark barely doesn't vibe with for him to just act out and basically beg for the MC (Walter)'s attention (overexaggeration but you get what I mean.) I dunno if it's just that type of character, but it really just pisses me off, to the point where I'm constantly agitated while I'm playing through.

That in itself wouldn't be enough just to make me say 'fuck this shit' though, it was also a combination of Walter as well. They were surprisingly naive and clueless to the point that looking back on it, if I put them in front of a TV show for toddlers, like Dora the Explorer or Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, I genuinely wouldn't be surprised if they had a hard time following the story. I am amazed that Walter is still alive. 

But still, I had a lot of tolerance for Walter AND Mark. It was just when I got to Day 10 and 11 when I truly lost it.

For starters, expect to be faced with new characters that you've never seen before in your life suddenly popping up into the story, and everyone, and I mean EVERYONE, INCLUDING THE GODDAMN MAIN CHARACTER treating them like they've just been in the story since the beginning. You can also expect Walter to suddenly know shit that was never told to them, in fact I feel was deliberately trying to be hidden from them. If you play the route to this point, you'll probably get what I mean.

For No. 2, expect a noticable contrast in Mark's character. Before, it was the clinginess, but now, it's like Mark's starting to act like a Snobbish, Pompous ass. The story takes a noticable change in direction and starts talking about Mark's family more out of nowhere basically (which also bothered me,) but it's this change in character that also got on my nerves.

And for no. 3, the straw that broke the camel's back for me. THE GODDAMN FULL SCREEN SCENE DESCRIPTORS. I was playing this on my phone, so imagine my surprise when suddenly instead of playing through the scene with actual dialogue, my screen fades to black and there's literal text describing what the characters did. And imagine my surprise again when I find out it's not just limited to Dialogue, it's also used to transition between scenes.

Oh my god. Ohhhh my god.

This game has had such good writing, and I've just loved the writing compared to a few other games that I've played. It's paced well, and each character feels unique. So I was really disappointed by this choice. I know this isn't the intention, but it comes off lazy at best in it's execution, when it really doesn't have to be. If they were reworked to be less intrusive (maybe use the actual dialogue box,) or removed in some places that they aren't needed, I would totally be fine with it! But as it stands right now, it just came off as lazy, and I just couldn't fuck with that anymore.

If you've made it to this point, wow. Just wow. You've reached the end of my cruel rant. I wanted to play the other routes, but I just can't bring myself to redownload this game again. I wanted to love Mark, I wanted to love this game, but it just pisses me off so much to the point where I just couldn't bear it anymore.

nope 

You're just gonna have to play and find out

OH MY FUCKING GOD THE NAMES... IT CALLED OUT MY ACTUAL NAME....

The names.... the names.... the names..... oh my God I can't get enough of the names...