Comment on [Katawa Shoujo] A dating sim about handicapped girls... by 4chan? And it's good????
Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Katawa Shoujo is great!
I played it years ago and decided to replay it again a few months back. My initial playthrough was limited to Hanako’s route (got a bad ending which I’m kind of baffled by after the replay) so this time I wanted to try out the other ones as well. Rin’s story ended up being a surprise highlight of the whole process in a way I wasn’t really prepared for (had some very familiar thoughts showing up there). Her whole story just clicked with me and wouldn’t let go until some time after finishing it.
All the other routes were great as well (haven’t touched Shizune/Misha one) and I’m glad I decided to give it another shot for an expanded experience. It was worth it and made me wish for more games with disabled protagonist/characters (without using it as their main characteristic obviously).
Wrufieotnak@feddit.org 1 week ago
In my opinion that is the strength of Katawa Shoujo: You go into it expecting a light hearted RomCom from the visuals and the “made by 4chan”, but rather get a deeper view into the psyche of 5 teenagers, which helps you better understand yourself or others.
Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world 1 week ago
A lot of comments I’ve seen about Shizune’s route suggested it probably wouldn’t be something I’ll enjoy, that’s why I decided to skip it for now. I might give it a shot some day but for now I’m just happy with all the other great stuff in the VN.
Wrufieotnak@feddit.org 1 week ago
I wouldn’t say I didn’t enjoy the route, it was still interesting to me to learn more about Shizune and Misha. It wasn’t that I found the characters annoying or the story bad.
If you liked the other routes I encourage you to try it someday.
Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Oh, I didn’t try to imply you did. It’s just I’ve seen a lot of talk about this route being more… rough (on a story rather than quality level), so to speak? If that’s the case I’m just not in a headspace for something like that and would rather play it when I’m in a position to better appreciate what’s there. Maybe I just misunderstood people’s thoughts about it, that’s also a possibility.
Either way I do want to go back to it eventually, if only to spend some more time with both characters (I do find them fun whenever they show up in other routes).