2064: Read Only Memories, read lots of words

Wow that was a lot of words, for such a short game.

Firstly, this is most definitely not an action game. Very much a playable novel. Quite a nice break from my usual survival horror, souls, or action RPGs.

On the whole, it was a pleasant experience, but 2 areas particularly irked me and ruined end game.

Firstly, inputting the password at Parallax, appears almost completely broken.

On my PS5 controller the touch pad was barely usable, and the only real solution was using the direction buttons and "A", which would have been perfect, I was never a fan of the touch pad, but the "A" button presses barely registered.

Even looking up help online the solution is to just smash "A" until the game registers it, WTF? Why is this a problem? This input method works perfectly in every other area of the game, and even the glyph mini game afterwards, but for this 10 character password, it is like the game forgot how to register button presses.

Secondly the only mandatory fight in the whole game is absolute jank. I decided to give up going for all the endings basically because of this "fight". Like why did you just smash through 4 locked doors when the 2 other routes were available to you and I was not in your line of sight? Anyway, ending 1 will have to do.

Next on the PS5 list is 99 Vidas. Not heard much about this one, but it looks very Final Fight cloney. I used to love Final Fight as a kid, more than Streets Of Rage.

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