YIIK: A Postmodern RPG

On April 4th, 2023, I started a journey. Get YIIK hours, in YIIK. A joke, really. But now here I am, standing on the precipice of eternity. Knowing, I will never have to open this game, ever again. I'm free.
So now on April 4th, 2024, I am done.
This is a game you must play to judge it. Simply watching a play through isn't enough. Hearing about it isn't enough. To understand how truly awful YIIK is, you must play it. Sit through every line of monologue without having someone commentate over it. Play every repetitive battle, over and over. Let the crow choose your levels for the fiftieth time because you couldn't be bothered after the tenth time. Listen to battle themes you quickly grow to hate, because you hear the first fifteen seconds of them and nothing more.
In the end, I would recommend playing this game. Just to experience it. Truly take in the spectacle that is YIIK. Especially before YIIK I.V comes out. The game as it is a special breed of awful. And I can't help but love it.

honestly i have so much respect for these devs for not giving up on this game through personal tragedies and years of criticism, and not only improving on it, keeping the original playable. It is incredibly admirable and even if I.V comes out and is underwhelming I will have a deep respect for these devs for even trying.

Definitely recommend checking out YIIK Nameless Psychosis and trying out the demo!! It is super fun and very much worth playing through until the big update is released on here.
I have thoroughly enjoyed playing this game. There is so much heart and love put into this game , and that really shines through while you are playing. I'm totally YIIKing out rn

this is, without a doubt, my guilty pleasure game.
it does so many things wrong.
the combat is flawed, the story is overly convoluted, the dialogue drags on ages.
but shoot, it's so charming. i enjoyed every second of it, even if it was only ironically at first. it turned into genuine entertainment.
i enjoyed the hell out of v1.25, and i genuinely think the quality is going to improve exponentially once v1.5 is released.
give it a try.
but
probably once the update is out.

My friend bought me this game so she could force me to stream it in call. It actually made me lose several braincells. this is an actual atrocity to the name of videogames, and that makes it really funny

Y'know, with games whose events are a retelling of the past, I never really... Took that in before, y'know? To me, it'd just be a neat way to frame the story (typically as a storybook adventure being played out).
In this game, I've had to actually acknowledge that's the case. And because of this, I had to think about why the protag was telling/showing me what he was.
This game is fascinating in the sense that many things seem absolutely contradictory to each other at times, but (to the author's credit) it seems entirely deliberate. And since Alex (the narrator) is getting the player to go through this, it seems like he's trying to gaslight you into believing his presentation of everything is the absolute truth.
I also love how this compliments Alex being a nostalgia ridden nerd. He basically frames his life story as being this big, epic RPG, complete with SNES sounding scores and a sword/shield overworld model. Heck, Earthbound's referenced all over the place (including one song taking some of the notes from 8 Melodies), so either he wishes his life story was as exciting as that, or he took direct inspiration from that to tell you his (the character, not the author).
All in all; It does have flaws in other aspects, but Alex as a character is so fascinating that he makes the experience work. What he lies about, why he lies, what truths slip by him or he allows us to see... It's very intriguing.
Here's hoping I.V can fix the other aspects and bring newfound appreciation/understanding to its story/themes.

(Pre I.V)
I've heard a lot about YIIK. For the most part, it was either hate or mockery. And when I did manage to find a somewhat positive review, it turned out to be a sarcastic remark. So, when I launched the game after the installation, I expected to laugh as well; to meme the heck out of YIIK.
And yet here I am, genuinely loving what I saw from start to finish. Sure, the game was not perfect (especially when it came to combat); sure, it contained a bunch of ridiculous and dumb moments. But despite that, I still enjoyed it. I had fun in trying to find a meaning, to make sense in the story presented. YIIK even sparkled my interest in the postmodern genre, and I'm thankful for that.
While I enjoyed the game in its current form, I'm excited to see what new content the I.V update will bring. And I sincerely hope it makes more people appreciate the game.
To the developers, I want to say thank you. In spite of all the harsh criticism, you still keep pushing forward. And that leaves me with nothing but respect.