![]() To be fair, it doesn’t see itself as padding. Oh the rays of sunshine and woodland creatures that spring from my withered shell of a heart when I type that. ![]() Let me repeat that: Beach Bounce Episode 2 is the full game’s padding. However, the fact that this game is still $15.99 on Steam is an insult to common decency and that slap in the face continues with Episode 2 that exists for no other reason than to pad the length of the game. Luckily, that plan seems to have gotten the boot as the negative reaction to the first episode of Beach Bounce froze the price in place for now. It is worth noting here that Beach Bounce was not intended to be a trilogy and with all of the grace of a hammered Canadian lumberjack (I’m not sure why the lumberjack is Canadian either) was split into three parts in an absolutely insane plot to slowly raise the overall price of the game in order to force as many people as possible to buy immediately instead of waiting for the full game to be released. Therefore, I’m going to lay the typical review structure on the table and we’re just going to focus on the ‘story’ and character development Episode 2 tries to hit us with. I need to clear out my AJT review backlog and this was the easiest stop to make first based solely on the sheer lack of content. Luckily for me, this won’t be a typical review. Wait it has? Does that mean I can avoid this review? No? And if the plans for this particular group of studios hold, just like with Winged Cloud before them, AJT/Dharker will be centering their plans on the unshakable waifu rock that surely hasn’t worn out its welcome in anime and manga by now. However, like avoiding the doctor because you don’t want that strange lump in your chest to be examined, nothing good comes from ignoring bad games or what is often used as shields in their defense. ![]() There have been some interesting EVNs in 2015. If I’m starting to sound cynical, it isn’t intentional. Therefore, it’s fine for many, which means the low bar has been hit and anime girls again win the day. The fact that none of these traits are earned on their own as independent and well-written characters is meaningless because they fit into a stereotype where, at one point, it was done well. However, that argument has to go up against how ‘soft-spoken’ and ‘cute’ Mineko is, how ‘fun’ and ‘adventurous’ Sakura and Aiko are and how ‘smart’ and ‘beautiful’ Yuuki is. I could easily spend another three thousand words chronicling the shallowness and vapidity of their catalog of work so far. It ties into a much deeper thought process I’ve been having about the economy of low expectations and the work of AJ Tilley’s development group is contesting Winged Cloud for the throne of that particular market. No not ‘boobs’ or hentai: just anime girls overall. God, remember when Lexington Alexander and Nowhere Safe was as far as I thought this medium could fall? Those were good times, but times that were not meant to last thanks to a force I, admittedly, have underestimated: waifus. ![]() In that, this corner of the Internet has been lucky overall until the last eighteen months or so. Have you ever engaged a piece of media that wasn’t worth the mental energy you put into it?Īny media critic will answer that question ‘Yes’ just because of the sheer weight of the refuse labeled as ‘entertainment’ they have to shovel through week in and week out. ![]()
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