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Microsoft from Deutsch
Microsoft from Deutsch
(Anyone who wants to see for yourself how bad the Game is can watch the full 20 Minutes here: Does that swap what?-Keep in Mind Remastered)
A Game supposedly meant to help People with mental Illness, but in which you're actually only walking around for twenty Minutes and being allowed to listen to clichéd Phrases About Self-hatred and Neuroses from any pixelated Monsters. I wouldn't know how that should help anyone.
The mere unrealistic Depiction of mental Illness prevents any Lessons from being learned. The Protagonist fights with 16 inner Demons, because the Developers apparently wanted to pack pretty much everything into Neuroses, Self-doubt and mental Illness, which has occurred to them. Fighting one of these would take a Person a lot of Time and Effort. But the Protagonist easily copes with them by sleeping and facing them in a dream. Then all of a sudden everything seems to be good.
What does the Game of the mentally Ill mean by It? Probably something like, "Now tear yourself together and face your Problems, then everything will be fine!" This is not just a helpful Message, but rather a harmful one in my View, because it insinuates People with such Problems, they would not be trying to do so anyway. There are Certainly people who hide from their Problems and deny them, but they will hardly play such a Game! Those who play a Game that promises help with mental Health problems already show that they are ready to face up to their Problems. What should it help to advise him to do just that again?
But quite apart from whether the Game is helpful to sufferers or not, it's just not a good Game. As I said, you only run through the Area for a few Minutes and you get bombarded With clichéd questions. The fact that a Game of this Kind is not Fun is understandable in the Subject, but it also has nothing Interesting or even Packaging to offer. The Story that some Reviewers here so rave about is basically told in two Sentences. The Game also makes no Effort at all to work out this Story or the Protagonists somehow, because it is far too busy to make it the Projection Surface of All possible Neuroses that have nothing to do with his personal Destiny. Most of the Lyrics in the Game could suit any Person suffering from a corresponding Illness, and basically even pronounce what everyone knows themselves anyway. There Are No other elements of the Game than banging On the Space key To get through these clichéd texts. That the Game is already over after 20 Minutes is almost a Relief.
And I know, by the Way, that the developer wants to donate the Revenue from the game to charity, but that doesn't make the Game any better. If you want to donate, you'd better do it directly and not waste your Time with it.