The WhatsNext verdict
If you seek a brutally bleak RPG offset by sharp humor, memorable companions, and an unusually strong soundtrack, LISA: The Painful is a strong fit. Skip it if punishing combat or emotionally exhausting subject matter will outweigh those strengths.
What it does best
A story that hits hard
Actually funny
Characters you fall in love with
A soundtrack that carries it
What might put you off
Unrelentingly bleak subject matter
Uneven and sometimes frustrating combat
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What you are walking into
Lisa is a quirky side-scrolling RPG set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Beneath the charming and funny exterior is a world full of disgust and moral destruction. Players will learn what kind of person they are by being FORCED to make choices. These choices permanently effect the game play. If you want to save a party member from death, you will have to sacrifice the strength of your character. Whether it's taking a beating for them, or chopping off limbs, or some other inhuman way. You will learn that in this world being selfish and heartless is the only way to survive...
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