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Review of Psychokinesis

SubjectPsychokinesis
Psychokinesis
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vario on 2020-10-21
ReviewThis is a new short game by the author of Sayonara, Utsutsu. And it's yuri Death Note basically.

Psychokinesis depicts an everyday life of two schoolgirls but at one day their teacher suddenly dies. Bad things happen, right? But our heroine makes a theory that the MC herself killed him.

It's a free short game but I actually enjoyed it way more than I expected. Story felt a bit rushed but it doesn't spend time on unnecessary scenes so it was fun to read and the ending was satisfying too. Of course, you could do more but, again, it's fine for a free game.

You'll see references to Death Note in the description and game itself but Psychokinesis is a bit different in the end because there is more emphasis on the relationship between characters (don't expect a lot of romantic tension though).

Also you can feel the author's sadness when characters bring up some very popular old stuff (like Death Note) but the MC doesn't really know about any of them. Feels bad to see how people around you don't recognize things you couldn't not know back then.

And I don't mind missing sprites but I wish Hitsuji Ojisan Club would use more different music in the future. Nowadays you can find some good free tracks and Gymnopédie is a meme at this point (I'm not against it but we have a lot of other great music too).

Anyway, I'm glad I gave Psychokinesis a chance. Maybe this little review will help someone to find this game and enjoy it too.

[Edited from my Twitter thread]
3 points