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TartaChocholate
Hey there, dude. Sorry for the weird question, but, in the end did you play Planet Laika?
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Armorchompy
Armorchompy
Yeah, I quite liked it. Actually wrote a bit of a review, if you're interested.
TartaChocholate
TartaChocholate
Cool! I'll take a look right away, thanks for sharing it!
TartaChocholate
TartaChocholate
Incoming wall of text, apologies in advance:

Well, did read your review and actually got me more interested in the game. It did sound pretty fascinating. I was wondering how did it pass unnoticed within my brothers during the PS1 days, given we were big fans of Quintet games in general (we even got Terranigma years later and Grandstream Saga), but it makes sense since it was a Japan only title (which explains why the game itself has swearing which wouldn't fly in the late 90s censors).

In the end I decided to check it out, so ended up watching a playthrough of a couple of hours in. Calling it surreal doesn't even begin to describe it. The premise itself is very, dunno what to call it, surreal as well? "The people of Earth gave their "faces" to the people of Mars in exchange of peace, but then something happened that caused the extinction on Mars, leading to the planet to release a strange energy that brings out painful or dark memories called Evil Energy." It's pretty weird, but incredibly interesting as well and makes a pretty good hook. So does the dog-like designs of the characters, which instead of being stylized or cutesy, are rather uncanny, which only enchances the creepy and incredibly unsettling atmosphere.

As you mentioned in your review, the visuals and art direction of the game is incredibly good and feels unique, mostly due to the setting and how it manages to be scary without using horror elements, simply being strange and feeling not quite right (the great and unsettling music helps a lot). And despite quickly meeting other people that act friendly towards you, the strange events and how natural they consider them just enhance this strange feeling that the game is otherwordly. No wonder it also labelled as horror. I was a bit surprised it's considered an RPG, given item collecting and especially combat seem more like a compromise, it's pretty clear that it was the story and moving through the characters what was truly important for the creators.

It is a very unique experience, imho.
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