New N’ Tasty makes me want to cry.

I’m not that far into Paramonia so I cannot really have a coherent opinion on the whole thing yet but oh my god, I am so damn happy.

Everything looks absolutely beautiful, which is not such a huge shocker because I’ve seen numerous screenshots and video reviews of the game but man, just watching the thing get played does it no justice. It must have taken me something like 4 hours to get to where I am in the game now because I’d just stop to oogle the backgrounds, observe and listen to the characters do their thing, just feeling so incredibly giddy in general. I absolutely loved loved LOVED the game as a kid because of the sense of depth the world presented had - it was already so beautiful and terrifying in a rather unconventional way back then, but now it’s simply stunning. I wish I was better at conveying my emotions through text because I pretty much feel the same way I did when I was a child, except the world presented is so life-like now and it actually looks the way I’d only perceive it back then.
Rupture Farms was freaking nasty back when it was all pixelated, now it’s just horrifying and gross haha - from the bits of meat laying around to the slaughter that goes on in the backgrounds. SERIOUSLY, the whole thing with Scrabs in the cages being mutilated and turned into ribs is horrible. HORRIBLE D:

The native areas on the other hand are gorgeous omg. I can’t really say much now, but the little details I’ve seen so far are amazing - the mushrooms, moss and lil’ purple flowers in Paramonia are mega tee-hee inducing, A+, would clap hands in delight again. MONSAIC LINES IS SUCH A DELIGHT AS WELL, even tho I considered it to be the most boring area in the original game.

I was also one of the people who would initially whine about the colours and the lighting, especially in the industrial areas - having actually played the game now tho, it doesn’t bother me at all. The palette is a lot brighter and colourful, sure, but it takes nothing from the horribleness of what is being presented. 

When it comes to the characters, oh MAN, I’m so in love, SO IN LOVE. THE LITTLE “about to pounce” POSITION THE SCRABS GO INTO RIGHT BEFORE THEY START CHASING YOU. THEIR WIGGLY LONG TONGUES. The Mudokons are hilarious and I spent a substantial amount of time just listening to them talk. When I had to throw a granade in a puzzle for the first time and didn’t know how to (hey, the mechanism is actually quite complicated the first time around okay), one of the workers went “…Abe? ABE?!” and then “AAAAAAABE!!!” when it exploded and killed me, and it made me laugh so hard, oh no, this is so cute it’s unreal. Sligs are also the most precious things in existence, how is that even possible - they should not be allowed to be this adorable, seriously. They “run” and twich while they are asleep on the job, they talk shit, complain about their salary and SING a little, and are so confused when you talk to them, I freaking love Sligs. I also adore how they made some of them wear the outdated “cyclops” masks too, while others have the “improved” ones from Exoddus aaaah. AAAAH. AH. Ah.

Okay, the only nagative things I have to say so far are as follow:

- no Death Jingle :‘c
- the Paramites no longer squeal in delight when you feed them, so sad
- Slogs just plain stress me out jfc - if they incorporated the slog hut level in this game I will probably die (multiple times, that’s for sure)

I FEEL LIKE RAMBLING MORE BUT that will be enough for now, haha.