it genuinely truly startled me how well made this was. the writing especially, the final act was so. god how do i even get into it. spoilers hereon in i NEED to get all my thoughts off my chest.
major spoilers, dont read this until you've played it, trust me!
this is suprising MASTERCLASS in using mechanics as symbolism, and breaking those mechanics to get a point across. trust being a major component, especially for jigen, gets completely turned on its head in the final act. "you cant weasel your way into me trusting you, its not something you can earn, its something im choosing to give you" SHITT. and how ultimately the person incapable of trust was lupin the entire time, going as far to make his own fucking bar for his emotional openness because he couldnt trust anyone - or himself - to share his emotions freely. lupin is a closed book stuck under mask after mask, a thousand perfect systems hes made to LITERALLY PLAY CONVERSATIONS LIKE A VIDEO GAME, WITH STATS. The end completely BREAKING that system and turning it entirely on its head was beautiful and amazing. thats shit you can't get in other fanfic, thats fucking amazing. it just shows how Neurotic and closed off lupin is about other people. everything about the final act threw me up so hard, the sudden artstyle change (i LOVE the monkey punch manga style artwork, it was executed amazingly - actually all of the art in this was shockingly stunning.) the warping of mechanics, the sheer openness from jigen contrasting lupin who had his openness bar completely taken away - but nonetheless taunting the player, and lupin, with this is what you could say if you weren't such a coward. gods its. this game was beautiful. this game understood Lupin III better than most media i've seen of him. it reaches straight into his mind and goes "this guys fucked up as hell" and makes you look at it too. i love it. im obsessed. this was amazing.
also the "i dont give up on something that takes care of me when it becomes an inconvience" fucking punched me in the face it was such a good line. THE WRITINGGG IN THISSS. fuck you this is too good for a lupin III dating sim i want to scream. this is just objectively good art and a good video game. god.