Moshikami

Before playing this game, I’ve read so many terrible reviews that I was almost scared, I swear! But I’ve made the huge mistake to preorder it, so there was no way back from Rejet hell.

Many people criticized the common route, for being too long and boring: that’s not completely wrong, some school scenes felt kind of random, but I think it was useful to become immersed in the creepy atmosphere. Those crows gave me nightmares! Even now, after months, I still think about Moshikami when I hear them somewhere.

I really loved the music: everytime something bad was about to happen, that “horror movie” BGM started and I really got goosebumps. Maybe I’m just to easy to scare, but it worked really well on me.

The art was not that perfect, some CG felt a bit awkward: nothing really bad, but I was expecting something better. (Rejet always has gorgeous art for the drama Cds, I wonder why they don’t care about it as much for otoge).

The first character I played was Ace. He’s a quiet and cool guy, his past is not even that traumatizing if compared to the other’s, so I could focus more on the main story. I admit it, I was more interested in the overall plot than the romance part, because…. well, I really needed to know what the hell was really happening and why! Instead of focusing on romantic scenes, I was really eager to reach the first ending and discover all the mysteries that surrounded the heroine, or at least the most important ones. And when I understood the truth…. I was shocked. That moment, I realized that Rejet has really no fear to cross the line and go always further. I really admire them for taking risks, they don’t like to play safe and repeat the same themes.

Kyou’s route was far more bloody and cruel, I’ve seen him (and his sister) suffer so many times, that in the end I was just hoping that she would die and end that agony soon. It was really painful to play, I didn’t even know how to react! The writer must be a real sadist, because he could have make them suffer just once, but he chose to repeat the cyrcle all over again… that hit me really hard.

Shuri’s route was brighter: I usually don’t like shotas, but I appreciated him from the start. Behind his young appearence, he’s really smart, mature and reliable. He’s my best boy, no doubt!

Neiji was a bit disappointing, everyone loves him so I was expecting something more. I liked him, but the only thing I really can’t forget about his route is the truth about the “beach incident”. Well, that was really shocking. And it was probably too much, even for Rejet. I can stand bloody scenes, abuse, creepy rapist, betrayals… but THAT is truly unforgivable.

Then, for the great ending: MASATO. I’ve played a lot of bad characters in my otoge life: abusers, rapists, creepy yandere… but he’s far worse than anyone else. I’d like to meet the person who wrote this game, just to look at him in the eyes and ask: “how could you even imagine something that bad? What’s wrong with you!?”. Well, the purpose was probably to make this game unforgettable for the players, and it obviously worked! In a bad way. I don’t even wanna write my opinion about the good ending, because it made me sick.

When I first played this game, I was so hurt and shocked by some scenes that I didn’t have to courage to complete all the bad endings; I did it more than a year later, and I admit they weren’t terrible as I imagined.

Of course, there’s the usual violence and gore, but nothing worse than situations which already happened in the game: I was waiting to see rape scenes, or even creepier stuff (is there something more disgusting than pedophiles and cannibalism? I don’t know, I was ready for everything at this point).

But nothing really stood out to me, they were not memorable, not even the “common bad ending” which I honestly expected to be Masato’s bloody fest. So you can play them safely… or kind of.

Haruka was not a bad heroine (until Masato’s route at least), and I can’t blame her for being scared… it would really be unbelievable, if she acted strong in that nightmare. She’s not great, but not even annoying. Poor girl.

Is this game worth buying?

I don’t regret playing it, because the overall plot is really good and interesting. The music is great, the art is not bad, the characters are ok… but it’s not the typical otoge. If you’re looking for romance and cute scenes, this is not for you. If you don’t like blood and you can’t stand violence of any kind, then avoid it. Don’t even read reviews, just stay away. But if you don’t mind gore, enjoy some suffering and want an “horror” story, that Moshikami is quite good and I recommend it. Just keep in mind, that you’ll probably be very angry in the end, just like me! At least, when it’s over, you can use Masato as a scale of comparison for bad characters, like “on a scale from 1 to Masato, how terrible is it?” It could be useful!

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