#I am constantly haunted by Proto Micheal

[nikkisticki]

No sleep post time gotta talk about YIIK

Most people seem content recognizing YIIK as a really bad game and may give the concession of "having okay visuals/music", but I think people really undervalue that the failures are all in spite of good ideas.

A great example is Vella, who is from another reality. They actually attempt to hint at this in several ways before the reveal with the most baffling of all is a scene I've never once seen someone think about, which is the infamous "Vaguely Ethnic scene".

The intended meaning is that Alex noticing her being from a separate world (which appears to be intended in her design being not quite the same as everyone else but idkkk??) but not knowing exactly why. What it actually succeeds in doing is making Alex look like he's a weird dickhead and doesn't understand basic decency, which he doesn't.

It might have worked as an idea if she was more developed as being an outsider or feeling out of place...but that just doesn't happen, and a majority of her dialogue is expository.

In theory, she's a good character. In actuality...

YIIK I.V screenshot

I'm not one to judge as a smut maker, but it's pretty clear that they want to copy Personas waifu baiting approach to party design...and I just don't think Alex YIIK needs a harem, you know?

You can actually find more then a few remnants of the original game in various alphas, where plot is explained and things like the Golden Alpaca are set up and given meaning before hand, rather then with no explanation whatsoever.

I could go on for another six pages about this, but here's a good takeaway:

YIIK works under the idea that all realities are Canon with every version of the game acting as all canon, including older versions of the game that were never released