The Use of Life is a “game book”-style multi-ending JRPG. The main character’s various “attachments” fluctuate in accordance with the choices the player makes, and the ending changes depending on “the use of life” you choose through your journey.
Absolutely amazing game! Wholeheartedly recommended.
The gameplay is great. It's challenging, but not unreasonably so, and you have tools available to tweak the difficulty settings as you see fit. Your stats actually matter quite a lot too, as beefing up your vit, tech, and speed (or not) makes fights feel drastically different in terms of the reaction...
I have rarely liked command-based RPGs so this game took me by surprise.
Its story is well-paced and not overly long, character motivations and behaviours are sensible and consistent, and each ending is distinct enough to deserve its place. It's tough to choose but I think Ending 2 is my favourite.
Exploration felt rewarding and equipment/items were...
Yeah, this game is beautiful. If you're a masochist and want a difficult game combat wise then this can definitely be your game. If you just want a good story however, you can make this game stupid easy. I've only completed one of the ending so far, and there are three more, so I'm going to have to go back and actually complete them. I really can't...
The Use of Life really surprised me. Not did it surprise me but it also completely hooked me on it's premise, presentation, reactivity and the way it's mechanics flow with the overall theme of the game. If there was a single game in my entire massive library of games, that i could say deserves more attention than it currently has, it would be this one.
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A truly excellent game, having completed now 3 of the 4 endings, and explored every class option combo. I can safely say the following:
The writing is very well done, with the fact that choices actually do hold weight and will come back, and shape Goshe, is something I haven't seen in a game in a long while, and not done so well even longer.
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