Look Outside

[DANGERMAN]

the gaming definition of 

 

Look Outside starts with a simple request, take a look outside of your window

 

It seems that everyone who does turns in to some Cronenberg style monster, who then stalk the halls of your apartment building as you hunt around looking for items to, presumably, escape, I don't actually know yet. It's a very strange game, which in some ways is to its detriment.

 

It looks like an rpg maker game, it plays like an old style jrpg, in that you can choose to attack, defend, use items, use a special attack, or maybe escape. Some times you can use an item or talk to a monster that will get a certain outcome. I got a kiss off one 😄 and seemingly he's going to be useful later. There's another I can eventually recruit to my party apparently, although it doesn't half feel like you could easily miss some of these characters. At night there's often a knock at your door, so far it's just been traders, but it can be people to recruit, I've not seen that yet.

 

I'm kind of enjoying it, I love the look of it, and it has made me laugh with how horrible it is, but at the same time it leaves you unsure of if you're doing the right thing. Lisa The Brave had the same thing for me, I understand the Jrpg structure, I've played enough of them, but when you alter it a bit it just leaves me 2nd guessing, and as such it can feel weirdly difficult. Like, I don't have a ton of healing items currently, I needed them for a particular area, now I'm a bit stuck. The game will give you some as you hunt around, but I've no idea if they're finite

 

Anyway, it's horrible and strange and I kind of love it, but I wish it was a bit clearer or easier as I think then I'd love it. Just a character with a heal spell would do

[DANGERMAN]

I've got something resembling a party now. I've got this lad that's mostly teeth, he might be really useful against certain enemies, but he can't equip weapons, so his biting attack is all he has, and if the enemies are resistant to that, which it seems like they all are, then he's pretty useless. I've also got the janitor, he's more useful, but between him and me we're rinsing through the weapons. 

 

I wanted the shadow monster, but I may have messed that up some how, not sure. I also don't currently have the cockroach monster, but seemingly I'm fairly close to getting him/it?

 

The problem is, I've spent so long struggling with this, dieing over and over, and seemingly it because I've just not been lucky with the knocks on the door. I've had 1 option to recruit someone from the visitors, but apparently they come with a downside so I turned them down. It's meant I've struggled through most of my time, simply because I've not had the party members to help 

 

Now I've got more people, although I'm still 1 short, I'm finding combat much easier, but that's not really the problem. The game is obtuse and confusing, which would less of an issue without the difficulty, and the daily time limit where you need to sleep, eat, etc. Moving around costs time as you enter new areas each day, so a trip to the ground floor costs time, realising that's not where you need to be costs time. 

 

That said, if I can add another party member, I've done so much of the building with a decent amount of days left it might be possible to beat it 

 

[one-armed dwarf]

gif reminds me a lot of Fear and Hunger

 

So does the description of it, actually