Like, what is a “good RPG?” Within the context of Space Funeral, the very game itself is a distortion of what people would consider to be a traditionally good game. It’s the idea that things in the physical world are mere imitations of absolute, unchangeable ideas. Space Funeral actually has a philosophical basis in that the City of Forms is based off of Plato’s theory of forms. Underneath the joking exterior, there are genuine statements about creating things that pops up toward the end. One of the greatest joys of Space Funeral is just going around and talking to NPCs in particular, there’s one NPC toward the end of the game that gives one of the most absurd conversations I’ve ever seen in a game. Space Funeral takes the trend of old games all-caps-ing important terms and exaggerates it, coming off as NPCs suddenly screaming mid-sentence. That road is filled with NPCs that speak in complete jokey nonsense though sometimes that jokey nonsense is actual, helpful advice. Their quest is a bizarre one that comes off as an affectionate parody of early JRPGs, a journey from point to point with little connecting threads. Of course, our heroes are trying to fix that. Instead of going with a post-apocalypse of grime and ruin like games typically do, Space Funeral‘s apocalypse was a reality-bending one that bent the forms of the people and the land, preventing it all from achieving a cohesive whole. The other thing is that within the canon of the game, the world is supposed to be rotten and ruined. For one, the sheer goofiness of the setting and the bizarre enemies makes it work, as the grotesque art style really highlights how things are. Yet, I find myself loving it every time I play this game. Environments feel like horrible mismatches of color. Together, can they reach the City of Forms and fix the curse that plagues the land of Space Funeral? On the way out, he meets a talkative, abrasive horse made of legs appropriately called Leg Horse, who is on his own quest to restore his form. ![]() He wants to go out and fix it, in spite of people telling him that it is too late for him, that he’s doomed. His appearance is just one symptom of a world that had suddenly turned grotesque. He never speaks, but his constant tears and bizarre walk cycles manages to make him oddly charming. You play as Phillip, a boy wearing pajamas that’s constantly crying. ![]() However, if you actually take the time to play it, you’ll come to revel in what it is. From the eyes of an observer, it is a game that looks bad. ![]() Space Funeralis an odd, cult classic RPG Maker game.
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