1000xResist

I [b]1000x[/b] want to play this game. I can't [b]resist[/b] feeling like I'm about to throw up after about 15 minutes while playing. The color schemes and camera movements in some scenes are so headache-inducing that I'm getting a migraine in mere minutes. The chromatic aberration is killing me. I understand that it's an artistic choice but I'm about to retch into the bin because of that choice. I can't recommend a game I can't play. It doesn't help that each map is very maze-like, so navigation is far more difficult which requires me to spend more time searching for people and objects rather than just getting to them quickly so I can experience more of the game before having to sign off. As it is, I've played the game for about 2 hours but only can tolerate about 20 minutes at a time. As a result, I'm having a more difficult time keeping up with the story which makes it not really worth trying to get through the game anymore. For a game funded by the Canadian government (sunset visitor 斜陽過客 is based in Vancouver), it surprisingly lacks some accessibility features. I think this would have been a far better title as a visual novel. As it is, it's really a walking simulator combined with a narrative tale. Except there's too much dead space so the running part is tedious. Or maybe it seems that way because of the headache-inducing graphics. But what little "gameplay" there is in the game isn't really worthwhile. The narrative is the driver here and the walking simulator portion is just getting in the way. The story seems compelling and I really would like to experience it. The writing is quite good if a bit melancholy and it's a very interesting universe. The voice acting seems to be quite well done. I applaud their attempts at some really creative artistic choices. I just can't physically play the darn game and they don't have the needed accessibility options that might mitigate the very real physical symptoms that prevent me from experiencing it. And I tried hard enough to try to get through it that I'm past the refund window. So here's the deal - if you're into well-crafted narrative games and don't mind a bit of maze-like environments, give this a whirl. If you start to get a headache, don't put it down and think you'll come back to it later and make progress. Just get a refund like I should have done. But if you have any kind of chromatic issues causing headaches, or are sensitive to motion sickness or are even somewhat color-blind, just skip this title.