Stories that left you disappointed for a reason

[pogofish]

Oh god the Night Market is a disappointment of the century. To me, the whole group felt like they couldn't dive less of a damn about MC's wellbeing, especially the whole thing about being sent to the deep and almost dying, no one gaf. Milo situation is egregious, because even if it is MC's fault (because the player had no agency nor knowledge of it, feels like a copout), Milo still decided to take advantage of an amnesiac and be needlessly cruel (without any repercussions, really, as far as I remember from the demo). I didn't mind the poly but Milos admission that he never loved mc (which is apparently not a lie bc he's half fae) just ruined it all. And yeah, MC feels like a spectator in the whole story (DESPITE BEING **THE** NIGHT MARKET????), so i genuinely couldn't stomach it anymore. The first part was tolerable bc all this information was withheld til the very end, but the second part feels like a genuine slog to go through. I regret wasting so much time on it.

No I'm not salty about wasting so much time on this story what do you mean-
Okay but it is crazy how little regard goes towards the wellbeing of a character whose death will make their entire universe self-destruct. Like okay, all of u are passively suicidal i guess.

 

[Tidebringer]

No I'm not salty about wasting so much time on this story what do you mean-
Okay but it is crazy how little regard goes towards the wellbeing of a character whose death will make their entire universe self-destruct. Like okay, all of u are passively suicidal i guess.

Lmao is this night market IF that bad?? I have seen so many people complaining about how much they utterly despise it lmfao.

 

[Tidebringer]

I'm half tempted to play it just to bathe myself in some hot fresh garbage

 

[game_hunt3r]

Lmao is this night market IF that bad??

It is. Because the Night Market isn't an IF game, it's a scam.

While some weak IF's are at least amusing or so bad that they're good, NM is nothing of the sort and I wouldn't even waste my time pirating it. There's no real choices, no sincere connections with the others and no way for the MC to make an impact on the story at all because the entire plot has been predetermined right from the start--and no, there's no decisions you can make that will change it in the least (or at least make the ride towards the inevitable feel meaningful). I mean, why would there be? You're not the protagonist. You're not a side character. You're not even a passing thought in the minds of the other characters that quite literally only care about one another no matter how close you get to any of them.

You're nothing but a glorified cameraman shoved into a book and forced to watch the world unfold around you with less agency than a braindead coma patient. And I 100% believe it's because the author knew she would not have made it in the publishing world quickly (if at all) and decided to scam the IF community instead by cursing us with her novel and made sure we can only play as the most bland protagonist in history so that we wouldn't interfere with her pre-written story and she didn't have to change anything at all.

 

[pogofish]

I'm half tempted to play it just to bathe myself in some hot fresh garbage

As a story it's pretty alright but as an if it sucks majorly. You character definitely is an afterthought and you can feel it from start to finish. The second part is even worse with this bc from what I remember we deadass barely do anything, just watch how the author’s characters interact with one another and be a third wheel.
The romance is very weak as well because the author cannot for the life of her write a poly where mc dosen't third wheel the other two. (Despite the author being poly herself so it just proves to me more that mc clearly wasn't planned)

 

[Kein]

As a story it's pretty alright but as an if it sucks majorly. You character definitely is an afterthought and you can feel it from start to finish. The second part is even worse with this bc from what I remember we deadass barely do anything, just watch how the author’s characters interact with one another and be a third wheel.
The romance is very weak as well because the author cannot for the life of her write a poly where mc dosen't third wheel the other two. (Despite the author being poly herself so it just proves to me more that mc clearly wasn't planned)

Funny I remember her stating that she writes MC as their own character and not self insert and this is such a bullsh*t. It isn't self insert for sure, but it is also the worst character in the whole story in general. The blandest, most nothing-burger person that is supposed to be a God lmao. Any random NPC in this thing is 100% more godlier in comparison. So yeah it is just some voyeurism simulator.

Also, as an addition to - the fanbase and the author herself gives me an ick from the very beginning. Idk why and if it's just me.