The Use of Life is a “game book”-style multi-ending JRPG. The main character’s various “attachments” fluctuate in accordance with the choices the player makes, and the ending changes depending on “the use of life” you choose through your journey.
Absolutely amazing game! Wholeheartedly recommended.
The gameplay is great. It's challenging, but not unreasonably so, and you have tools available to tweak the difficulty settings as you see fit. Your stats actually matter quite a lot too, as beefing up your vit, tech, and speed (or not) makes fights feel drastically different in terms of the reaction...
The Use of Life really surprised me. Not did it surprise me but it also completely hooked me on it's premise, presentation, reactivity and the way it's mechanics flow with the overall theme of the game. If there was a single game in my entire massive library of games, that i could say deserves more attention than it currently has, it would be this one.
The...
A truly excellent game, having completed now 3 of the 4 endings, and explored every class option combo. I can safely say the following:
The writing is very well done, with the fact that choices actually do hold weight and will come back, and shape Goshe, is something I haven't seen in a game in a long while, and not done so well even longer.
Combat...
This game deserves way more attention. The story is really good and doesn't feel like it has obviously good or evil options, the combat is extremely fun and well balanced on Normal, and I love the art style. Goshe especially has such a cool design.
