#I do think it was less engaging! Neo has problems and I wouldn't heap adulations on it like twewy | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

randomszzz · 2 years

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Pouring one out for those who based their expectations for neo off of twewy (A standalone game and story built around the ds and certain message), and not A New Day (A different writer like a decade later tries to pull a series out of it).

Seriously the biggest problem with neo’s story (though not its only) is that it’s a sequel to twewy and it’s sad to see people rag on neo for what it’s not instead of appreciating what it is

#twewy #neo twewy #ntwewy #the world ends with you #neo the world ends with you #it's understandable to a certain extent #plenty of people didn't play a new day before neo #or take the time to think through the chances of a sequel actually being as good as its beloved predecessor (cough atla/korra cough)#or watch the anime and become inured to slightly subpar twewy adjacent media #Of course in my heart of hearts I wanted neo to be just as good if not better than twewy #but the standard I settled on was if it's half as good I'm happy #And Neo is waaaay better than that #pound for pound the characters and story in neo isn't as engaging or impactful as twewy and it is disappointing #oh woe is me this game's story isn't as good as my favorite ever but I still had a grin on my face and joy in my heart when the credits roll #I really appreciate that neo doesn't like. even try to one-up twewy. it takes an entirely different approach to its story and characters #except so much of the audience was expecting something as direct and overt as twewy and then neo decides to be far more grounded and subtle #leaving them unsatisfied #I do think it was less engaging! Neo has problems and I wouldn't heap adulations on it like twewy #but it's not uncommon to see people write it off for not offering the same strengths as twewy #And even if I can sort of understand it it's not fair or reasonable to expect neo to offer the same experience #To say nothing of how much some have aged. There's fans of twewy who didn't really age at all before playing neo #and then there's those like me who played twewy as an impressionable teenager and was hit like a ton of bricks only to return a decade older #TWEWY'S SUCH A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW #give neo a break

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