Have you ever hated and loved a video game at the same time? Or, perhaps, have you ever had a complicated relationship with one? Maybe it’s a game that has many flaws, yet manages to deliver fantastic moments often enough to make you rethink your opinion of it as you play it; for me, that game is Chaos;Head Noah, part of the Science Adventure series! Let’s find out why!
@[email protected] Taku was insufferable and the first chapter was rough, but the story picked up after that. I wrote a bit about it on my blog, but I had so many mixed feelings about him.
“He’s pathetic. I have nothing but contempt for him. Oh no he’s actually pathetic in a sad way—I think he needs help. I wanna smack him. Okay, Gigalomaniac!”
I went in knowing nothing of the series, but my girlfriend loves Steins;Gate and I wanted to play them in order. Maybe not the best approach in retrospect, but it didn’t turn me off the other games.
You were very brave, it’s not easy to start directly from Chaos;Head! Taku is a bit like that, and in the end I could even say I started liking him, but it took so long to get to that point XD
@[email protected] The horror and scifi combo helped a ton, in that regard. As did bouncing to other perspectives with more proactive characters.
Oh yes, as soon as you meet more characters, it starts getting better.