Citizens of Earth (2015)

Overall Thoughts: I very much enjoyed the story of this game. It is quirky and fun, and doesn't take itself too seriously. The combat is fun, the cast of characters are all very unique and interesting, and the world design is nice and diverse. However, there are a number of glaring issues for me with regards to glitches and some problematic areas.

Starting with the good. The story revolves around you being the Vice President, and your goal is to go around and recruit citizens to aid your cause in tackling a mystery that has led to havoc in the world. The story in itself is wacky and fun, and definitely doesn't take itself too seriously. I found myself enjoying spending time going around completing recruitment quests in order to unlock each and every civilian. The tasks are never too complicated, although I decided to use a guide to speed up some of the searching missions.

On to the glitches. The biggest glitch I encountered, at least on the Steam Version, is that the game can be a bit buggy. There were two principal glitches that I found. One was that you can sometimes get stuck behind tight objects, near the walls and more. The other annoying glitch was that if you loaded into new areas, it sometimes would automatically close the game. Luckily, with quick save on, I can just open the game up and load right back into the area, but it's still very cumbersome.

Another problematic thing I found with the game is that, the combat can become too repetitive, and annoying to have to go through. This wasn't really an issue until the late game areas like Wellspring Desert, where the amount of enemies in the zone was far too much, in my honest opinion.

Some additional thoughts: although I just started playing through Earthbound, I can very much see how Citizens of Earth takes inspiration from it, in gameplay and in the story. I think I can relate this more to Undertale, in its tone, as that too is influenced by Earthbound.