Poof's Killergarten Re|Rattled

[~Review~]

[Summary]

Youre put into the shoes of poof. In a world where everybody has magical powers,even children. Kids are put into killergartens within their free time for their upbringing and protection.

These places, loyal to the namesake,are allowed to take down any kid deemed dangerous,this put untaboo thanks to a kids deadly rampage several decades prior.

Poof which is given less liberities then any other due to his rebelious nature,rebels to this fact also, and plans to and begins to destroy the whole place.

Within this scheme a few join poof not becouse they support him but becouse poof is the only person accepting them or promising something they want.

You controling poof and co. destroy security,the toys and even dangers to the killergarten,killing anything in your path no matter what,only becouse they block the way to your precious freedom,the ability to decide your own fate and a new better,lovely order yet...you dont seem to like any order nor fate,just pushing forward to fullfill your what ifs and thrist for knowledge of what you shouldnt even know,see and dont really need to.

Will you find truth,see the beyond and acquire poof a new wise wish or get stuck to the childish petty need to be the best,when the summit is a death trap,with the only enjoyment the echo of your voice and theres not much,though few can enjoy and utilize such death trap for the upbringing of others to a new age,youre not the one...

[Gameplay]

[+]Theres strategy to found,though grinding exp and brute forcing is possible,theres several strategies for battling

[=]Some gimmicks like the lights and elements are uncessery as you can just wait them out and elements arent much useful with 4 characters and (far as I know) most enemies lack elementality.

[-]Battles are player centeric and not enemy,youre not planning by the enemy exculding a few spesific fights exculding a spesific boss which youre at your max already by the point and was probably easier to set up henceforth.Which makes the game feel samey at points especialy with the fact that the party is 4 characters.

[-]Basic enemies are generic only having attack like its the 80s exculding an bonus area.They feel like cannon fodder in boss fights and grinding material,the game even jokes about this several times

[Design/Story]

[+]Setting and some designs are unique along with that the lore is nice in paper.

[=]This is a game of suprises,in a unfun way. An insta kill entity has a rare chance to spawn with no warning and theres nothing hinting at the skill unlock bosses. Though its nice to have secrets,its neutralized by the fact their obtainment is so random(cough cough chank)

[-]The game has serious points,lol what humour,intrusive and obvious parodies,engrish,crude stylization even when better is possible,all at once. While this is done to replicate a flash game style,it falls knee deep into feeling like forced especialy when important characters are also parodies,though most can be saved with a few edits.

[-]The story is obvious and nonobvious at the same time. Sure having hidden things to theorize is good,mysitque and wander are nice. It gives the wrong points,hides the wrong ones. E.g it becomes very obvious how one character is not really who he his while this same characters story-which really really changes perspective when known- is given in the second game where by that point youre too hating on him to care and speaking of him,he says hes a pure man of god yet is the most swearing prideful and hurtful with his henchmen(chank,killer,S....) also being in the same level as him or near it,good on paper with moments but falls flatter then tenfold paper at points,which might just explain most the cast. Honestly the only good executed character is Grubiella who just wants kids to live childhood and fun but is pushed around to take...less happy methods by other employees and pushed around even more by the kids who have wrong images of adulthood.

[Final Verdict]

While the game has heavy minuses on its side,its still worth to play it for the few points it peaks at.Its the remake of a ametur devs first game.Being mad at this is madness itself honestly.

[6 outta 10]

[Suggestions]

-Though I cant list big things as a few sentences wont fix anything id I recomend leaving your crude style behind and as people are swayed from the queer practice and saying weird to anything they dont like and alienating it is standard practice and it locks you out of growing into phase 1,2 and so forth and I just feel like youre more then that

-Some symbolic imagery like you did with binded fate would be nice. For example:Maybe make Fboy hold 2 with his hand,grub have unique skills related to 1 and puns of it cooldowns of 3 turns,limits of 3 etc. etc. to explain poof is the 3rd.

-The main characters being 1D is a real letdown. Changing sonias gimmicky maschocism and satanism to cosmotoligy or similar and making capcake less centeric on his wish or more about the mission since it leads to his goal.

1. Why was furry fish removed,he wasnt the most important boss but there isnt any reason for him to be removed

2. Why did the dark star boss get replaced from whatever it was to binded fate?

3. Why are some texts voiced while others not?It isnt a must if you dont wish to especialy when your PCs fan is heard in half the lines .Id recomend a talking noise like undertale or something.Exculding fboy though his "voice acting" is superb

4. It has always bugged me,how does fboy know poof and poof knows fboy when entering the basement when poof clearly shouldnt know him or at least not hate him at that point

5. Do you plan to inculde the WoV characters from poofs in WoV or were they just made to tease?And also what happened to the vx ace version of WoV,will you ever release it?

6. The typos from the orginal were carried lololol

Heres my review:

• Compared to the orginal game,the artwork really has evolved though the overworld sprites and facesets are still wonky and sprite quality really differs with some looking very good some bad.

• Though the new music is better some of the classic music like crystal radiance being removed feels wrong,espeically crystal radiance,I listened to that time time,its good.

• The combat and mechanics are nice,no problem there though I wouldnt say no to improvements here and there.

• I am not sure about this "limited edition" stuff,the content feels very similiar to orginal pkg,you sure you posted the right version?

i am incapable of clearing my engage slots and am now only capable of using my 5 stack of rattle hit, the engage slots are empty but i cant use my other skills still

also the animation speed changer in the options just outright doesnt work

i am unable target any of my party members except sonia with items and support moves in battle

nvm fixed it by going into the mid battle equipment menu