Tuesday, May 20, 2014

This "Game" Made Me Feel

A buddy a mine recommended that I play a game a while ago.  I wouldn't really call it a game, it's more of an interactive graphic novel.  The name of it is "Katawa Shoujo."  It's animu as dirt too, but I love all the japan stuffs.  Now, all he told me was that it had a really good story.  What I didn't know was that it had some adult situations in it.  Now, I don't have a problem with that, the scenes fit in very well and did legitimately add to the story line.  But when I'm playing this on a computer that's in my family room, where anyone can walk in and see what's on my screen at any time, this could potentially be a problem.  Nobody ever did walk in during one of those scenes so I was fine, but it was a bit nerve wracking.  The main plot is you're a guy who had a heart attack when a girl asked him out.  No joke, that is how the story starts.  First impression, this guy is beta as dirt.  Back to plot, you stay in the hospital for a while, giving you plenty of time to read and be depressed about the fact that you had a heart attack and life sucks.  The doctor tells you that you have some heart disease that will stay with you for the rest of your natural life.  Given this information, the doctors and your parents see it fitting to put you in a school for physically disabled students.  At first everything is sad and you're constantly bummed out about the fact that you have to go to this "special" school.  Then you start meeting people and everything gets cheery and happy and funny.  Or at least that's how it went with the path that I got.  I believe my buddy said there's an ending where you end up drinking and killing yourself or something.  I chose the happy, fall in love with no-legs girl ending.  Seemed a lot happier to me.  It's a good story, I recommend reading it if you're at all interested.  Pic of no legs girl below.

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