Fatal Twelve Debrief

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I wanted this to be an archive of all my crap, but I've not really gotten around to it and now I'm going to make even more trash. I did want to archive a bunch of reviews of various pieces of media. Alright, I'm going to go over Fatal Twelve (FT). And like every debrief to follow will adhere to the Road-Trip Model, wherein the debrief is a post-completion spoiler-full impression.

I just finished it 10 minutes ago. Or, in other words, I got the endings I wanted and I really don't want to see the others. Then I went and read a good review and then a goddess-awful one by some pompous ass in... whatever. Two things you won't see here: Any negative comments about the graphics, the aesthetic (dwarf fortress is great), excluding some funny stuff. And, two, complaints about "fluff" or "padding". Maybe you find these important, so I'll just say, "you do you, unless you're an ass about it."

My short-term memory's completely shot, so I'm going to have a hard time remembering names even though I just finished it. If you're going to write about something, you've got to write. See you in 2000 words.

Introduction

Oh dear lord, it took me 25 hours to get through this. I, of course, pretty much binged the whole novel in three days and I had to study for and take a test in the middle of it. I only had, maybe, two or three emotional breakdowns during this time, too. And like the person who brought FT to my attention, it was all worth it. So, take that how ever you want.

I sat on FT for a few days after I got it. I was hesitant since I never finished Highway Blossoms or Heart of the Woods. I did finish Butterfly Soup , the name of which got lost in a black hole, so there's some hope. (Not to show off my fictional lesbian bonafides or lack thereof) Despite that, I got through this.

Anyway, I went in expecting English voice over, not sure why, but it's in Japanese like normal. I don't know what to say either way about Japanese vs. English VO. I'll say that English VO is, obviously, an indulgence, a luxury, there's no reason to expect it for a Japanese product. I can pay a little less attention or stop reading for a second with English. Also, I can't really play the VO very loud since I don't want my roommates er... parents to assume anything. What? I don't know, I'm just uncomfortable with everything.

Music

I found the background music to be fairly lackluster, par for the course for me and visual novels, I'm afraid. I want to apologize to the artist who worked hard to make the soundtrack, but I just can't help myself. I used two songs for general sections, both loop-able, one fairly appropriate and the other not at all. They were watercooler memories 96 by JASPERX and Productivity Tango by Kyle Gabler.