i'm not going to say what my issues were particularly cause i think it's mean to provide criticism unasked for especially with such a personal work, but i wanted to say that the caliber of your style and prose kept my issues from weighing down my experience with the game. once i finished it, it felt more like personal disagreements or choices i would have made differently than any objective criticism to the detriment of the story. magda's story speaks to so many thoughts and insecurities that i've had and i wanted to thank you for putting this out there, and, despite what happens, making me feel like i (and everyone who's felt like i do sometimes) am not a monster. it's the type of story that isn't a bandage for anything, but makes me feel less lonely. fantastic job
Absolutely, stunningly, fantastic story! I was hooked from beginning to end, delighted in places, utterly horrified in others, but had a hell of a time the whole way through.
I really enjoyed that there were so many different layers to the horror elements, all balanced so well - from the underlying "This is a cult, right?" discomfort, to the claustrophobic feeling of being isolated within your own community just for being 'different', to the much more visceral, brutal stuff and the secrets revealed along the way, it was all measured exceptionally well, landing hard without ever feeling excessive.
The whole cast was well-written, but the 'villains' in particular really stood out to me - I absolutely loathed them by the end, but they never at any point felt cartoonishly evil. They felt utterly real and believable; people like that really do exist, and that only made them even worse.
Saying I "enjoyed" it is probably not quite the right word, given... you know, everything... but I was gripped by it, and whenever I took a break I couldn't wait to come back and find out what happens next. Loved it all the way through - you did an amazing job with this!
(Nils did nothing wrong and I will die on this hill--)
this was a fantastic game! i played this with a friend over a voice call that ended up lasting 6 hours because we read and voice acted every line together and got really into it. my voice hurt by the end but it was so worth it. SPOILERS
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The third act was super cathartic to read through and i loved all the blood and gore personally, it was so peak. My friend and I did ostensibly understand that the ending wasn't intended to be satisfying but we both came out of it reading Lilia's regretful narration and thinking "skill issue" LOL. Not a slight against the writing at all though, i can see from the numerous other reviews that it definitely affected many others the way you wanted it to. Maybe it's because I had a similar experience a long time ago in which my bubbling anger/resentment boiled over and i lashed out violently, except i never once regretted it even after facing severe consequences for my actions ...maybe that says something about me that i should unpack 😭 All that aside, this was an extremely visceral experience we both enjoyed immensely, we're definitely going to be checking out the malviolence series together sometime soon!
Really good game on religious trauma & (queer/neurodivergent) social isolation. Also a banger technic-wise, I'm constantly in awe at the camera movements and textbox works and all. Good stuff!!
thank you so much!! i'm very very glad you enjoyed it. ^u^
if you like the camera movements and textbox stuff, you'll definitely like the violence series too (malviolence and especially protoviolence.) they have even stronger scene direction!
im traumatized and tearing up wtf this is so sad, great game i loved the plot - the ending wasnt rlly for me, the whole revenge arc i guess did fit but i just didnt like it much. A really great game tho, i am still confused if what grace read about magda in her diary was just the part where she was in her cray cray state or if those were her thoughts the whole time, because from what it seemed like it was like every entry had smth creepy to it and since i saw magda write one of them so calmly without anything graphic along with seeing her thought the whole time i couldnt rlly get it - sorry ffor being dump lol
Thank you for playing Bad Faith! I'm glad it left an impact on you - and that you liked the art too.
SPOILERS
For the diary part - Grace read her entire diary, but what upset her were the intense entries Magda wrote when she was in a mentally distressed state. The prior entries were much tamer.
As an autistic and lgbt person who has to stay in the closet and keep their mask on most of my life, this game severely depressed and possibly traumatised me
9.87/9.88 highly recommended would not play again
-0.01 for the text automatically cutting off some of the dialogue and skipping to the next one, I always set text speed on max and I can never read what they are saying and have to go visit the legend. A tad annoying but not a major issue
Thank you - I'm glad you got the Intended Bad Faith experience. For the last thing, I apologize. I wanted to capture the feeling of characters having their dialogue cut off by other people, but I realize now it does hurt readability on max speeds. If it helps, I fix this issue in my later games... ;w;
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i'm not going to say what my issues were particularly cause i think it's mean to provide criticism unasked for especially with such a personal work, but i wanted to say that the caliber of your style and prose kept my issues from weighing down my experience with the game. once i finished it, it felt more like personal disagreements or choices i would have made differently than any objective criticism to the detriment of the story. magda's story speaks to so many thoughts and insecurities that i've had and i wanted to thank you for putting this out there, and, despite what happens, making me feel like i (and everyone who's felt like i do sometimes) am not a monster. it's the type of story that isn't a bandage for anything, but makes me feel less lonely. fantastic job
thank you so much! i'm glad bad faith could resonate with you. :>
Hi. I'm a native Brazilian Portuguese speaker, and I'd like to translate your game. Hit me up please.
This was a great visual novel. For your first commercial work, it's something really memorable. Loved the art style. Loved it in general
Thank you very much! I'm glad it left an impact on you.
Absolutely, stunningly, fantastic story! I was hooked from beginning to end, delighted in places, utterly horrified in others, but had a hell of a time the whole way through.
I really enjoyed that there were so many different layers to the horror elements, all balanced so well - from the underlying "This is a cult, right?" discomfort, to the claustrophobic feeling of being isolated within your own community just for being 'different', to the much more visceral, brutal stuff and the secrets revealed along the way, it was all measured exceptionally well, landing hard without ever feeling excessive.
The whole cast was well-written, but the 'villains' in particular really stood out to me - I absolutely loathed them by the end, but they never at any point felt cartoonishly evil. They felt utterly real and believable; people like that really do exist, and that only made them even worse.
Saying I "enjoyed" it is probably not quite the right word, given... you know, everything... but I was gripped by it, and whenever I took a break I couldn't wait to come back and find out what happens next. Loved it all the way through - you did an amazing job with this!
(Nils did nothing wrong and I will die on this hill--)Thank you so much for playing Bad Faith! I'm glad it made an impact on you - especially the villains. :>
this was a fantastic game! i played this with a friend over a voice call that ended up lasting 6 hours because we read and voice acted every line together and got really into it. my voice hurt by the end but it was so worth it. SPOILERS
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The third act was super cathartic to read through and i loved all the blood and gore personally, it was so peak. My friend and I did ostensibly understand that the ending wasn't intended to be satisfying but we both came out of it reading Lilia's regretful narration and thinking "skill issue" LOL. Not a slight against the writing at all though, i can see from the numerous other reviews that it definitely affected many others the way you wanted it to. Maybe it's because I had a similar experience a long time ago in which my bubbling anger/resentment boiled over and i lashed out violently, except i never once regretted it even after facing severe consequences for my actions ...maybe that says something about me that i should unpack 😭 All that aside, this was an extremely visceral experience we both enjoyed immensely, we're definitely going to be checking out the malviolence series together sometime soon!
Thank you so much - I'm glad Bad Faith could leave an impact on you like this (and it's awesome to hear you and your friend read it together!)
I hope you enjoy the Violence series too. :3c Excited to hear your thoughts!
Really good game on religious trauma & (queer/neurodivergent) social isolation. Also a banger technic-wise, I'm constantly in awe at the camera movements and textbox works and all. Good stuff!!
thank you so much!! i'm very very glad you enjoyed it. ^u^
if you like the camera movements and textbox stuff, you'll definitely like the violence series too (malviolence and especially protoviolence.) they have even stronger scene direction!
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im traumatized and tearing up wtf this is so sad, great game i loved the plot - the ending wasnt rlly for me, the whole revenge arc i guess did fit but i just didnt like it much. A really great game tho, i am still confused if what grace read about magda in her diary was just the part where she was in her cray cray state or if those were her thoughts the whole time, because from what it seemed like it was like every entry had smth creepy to it and since i saw magda write one of them so calmly without anything graphic along with seeing her thought the whole time i couldnt rlly get it - sorry ffor being dump lol
also i really liked the art
Thank you for playing Bad Faith! I'm glad it left an impact on you - and that you liked the art too.
SPOILERS
For the diary part - Grace read her entire diary, but what upset her were the intense entries Magda wrote when she was in a mentally distressed state. The prior entries were much tamer.
As an autistic and lgbt person who has to stay in the closet and keep their mask on most of my life, this game severely depressed and possibly traumatised me
9.87/9.88 highly recommended would not play again
-0.01 for the text automatically cutting off some of the dialogue and skipping to the next one, I always set text speed on max and I can never read what they are saying and have to go visit the legend. A tad annoying but not a major issue
Thank you - I'm glad you got the Intended Bad Faith experience.
For the last thing, I apologize. I wanted to capture the feeling of characters having their dialogue cut off by other people, but I realize now it does hurt readability on max speeds. If it helps, I fix this issue in my later games... ;w;
play this thru to the ending and then listen to pox by good kid. transcendental experience.
I'm glad Bad Faith could leave a deep impact on you!! (I need to listen to this song myself..........)