Hoh boy this one hurts. 3 years after the kickstarter, 2 years after it turned up dry and had to issue refunds, we have the prequel episode stretch goal at least, dropping out of seemingly nowhere like a Mediator phasing into our reality from another plane. And what has all this hullaballoo resulted in? A... An okay, but purposeless prequel. Oops. The...


Dysfunctional Systems: Orientation
2017 Dischan Media71Good
Playtime
BriefIt typically takes about 1.5 hours to finish the game.
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- $4.99
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Details
- Launch
- July 24, 2017
- Developer
- Dischan Media
- Publisher
- Dischan Media
- Themes
- -
- Genres
Overview
Dysfunctional Systems: Orientation is a kinetic novel and a prequel to Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos. It uses text, sound, and illustrations to tell a story and follows Winter Harrison during her first week at mediator school.
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Reception
- Steam76from 46 reviews
The art is a complete and utter failure. It's too painful to even look at. LtMC was really beautiful, but Orientation is sub-average and doesn't match the established asthetic. Winter looks like a complete moron, grimacing and blushing like an vacuous moeblob reject, the new characters are very poorly designed and don't fit in at all with the themes...
It's... quite good for the price. A bit short, with a few story discrepancies, rushed parts, but good nonetheless. The departure of the main animator from ep1 is the main flaw of this kinetic novel. Still, I would recommend it for people who have been following Dischan for a "long" time and want to see more from the studio. Steam users, if you are not...
I'll start off by saying I was a huge fan of episode one of "Dysfunctional Systems" when it first released. I loved the entire presentation, the whole concept of its sci-fi elements and plot, and how the characters are pretty interesting and how they interacted with each other. I should also mention that I was a huge fan of Dischan before the incident...










