Finally finished KS
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2012 2:28 am
I realize this topic has been done to death but seeing as to how I can be quite arrogant, I'll post this in the vain belief that my experience is unique. Just as I rather stumbled upon KS itself the same has occurred with the forums and I am gladdened to see a community that appreciates the game. I'm going to go ahead and kind of repeat some statements that I've seen over my week of lurking, meaning I've never been so emotionally attached to a game or the characters it contains. I could probably fall into the dude/bro segment of gaming with my choices but I've never been one to shy away from a new genre or medium and that led me to the VN Analog: A Hate Story and then to KS.
Reading some of the topics on here about how the characters resonate with what people have gone through puts things in perspective for me, because on a superficial level I don't relate to anybody in KS at all. I've had a healthy childhood, stable home, success in HS/College and yet I was utterly compelled by the plight of Lilly (first playthrough) and was captivated by what followed. I didn't think it was possible to feel the emotions being pumped through me all in the span of a few hours of gameplay, something no AAA game had ever been able to do for me. I find it difficult to rationalize these intangible impressions it left on me and as a result I was in what could be described as an emotional coma for a few days. Even a month after completion I still have inklings of what I experienced right after I saw the happy lilly ending art, which is quite surprising to someone who is emotionally reserved. It seems I am just starting to get over a strong case of the "feels".
To sum it up I'm just really happy I found this game, from the way Hisao focuses on the minutiae of his own path to the respective endings in all their glory it all ties together so wonderfully.
Reading some of the topics on here about how the characters resonate with what people have gone through puts things in perspective for me, because on a superficial level I don't relate to anybody in KS at all. I've had a healthy childhood, stable home, success in HS/College and yet I was utterly compelled by the plight of Lilly (first playthrough) and was captivated by what followed. I didn't think it was possible to feel the emotions being pumped through me all in the span of a few hours of gameplay, something no AAA game had ever been able to do for me. I find it difficult to rationalize these intangible impressions it left on me and as a result I was in what could be described as an emotional coma for a few days. Even a month after completion I still have inklings of what I experienced right after I saw the happy lilly ending art, which is quite surprising to someone who is emotionally reserved. It seems I am just starting to get over a strong case of the "feels".
To sum it up I'm just really happy I found this game, from the way Hisao focuses on the minutiae of his own path to the respective endings in all their glory it all ties together so wonderfully.
