Well, the game design of this 'NEO-GENESIS' platform has been... certainly unique.
I've been experimenting with the game for the past few days, testing out the system's physics engine and working out character creation. Managed to find a few methods to get it to work how I want. Is it exploiting? Sure. Am I still doing it? Absolutely. I'm just using the mechanics provided to me by the game, after all. There's nothing wrong with that.
While I was running tests, I received an invite notification for some sort of quest? I guess they just send them out to random players. It was for some sort of pirate world experience, think Pirates of the Caribbean in a way? Either way, I accepted and joined the game.
I spawned in with a couple other players-- four in total. Some dwarf with a serious alcohol problem, a bearded cyborg man, an anime girl, and straight up Aang from Avatar: The Last Airbender. The customization in this game is pretty impressive, sure, but there has to be some copyright concerns there...
The game itself was something. Had to deal with a flying ghost ship on our tails for the most part. One of the players had a frankly absurd space ship that we piloted most of the time. Used the physics engine to make it navigate smoothly and defend against some of the cannon fire against us.
Eventually, we made it to the destination point with the objective in hand, and I leveled up from the XP.
Today marks the two year anniversary of settling into my parent's house as a proud attic dweller.
I have to say, I do think I've done a rather fine job of creating a luxurious abode for myself. As long as you mind your step and avoid knocking over any trash or collectibles, it's a pretty open space. I've been able to fit in my desk, a mattress, and even my collection of twenty Hatsune Miku plushies without too much issue. Also a minifridge, so I only have to come downstairs to get rid of my gamer bottles.
It's become pretty comfortable, I think... The only times I have to deal with people are when I log on to tell some nerds to kill themselves in the [INSERT SITE] Discord. No need to worry about the idiotic opinions of random troglodytes on the street.
Sometimes, some imbecile online will tell me to 'get a life,' but honestly? I think I p̷r̸e̵f̶e̸r̴ ̶h̸o̸w̸ ̷c̸o̶m̴f̸o̶r̶t̵a̶b̶l̶e̷ ̵I̸ ̴a̷m̶ ̷h̵e̵r̴e̷.̸
Damn, it's been a while since I've dusted this thing off. I could probably pawn it off to some kid on E-bay if I just clean the sweat out...
The last time I logged on was apparently for this 'backrooms' knock off? I don't think liminal spaces are even that popular anymore. Perhaps among some ten or twelve year olds still? I guess that's the target audience for this community these days. ...Maybe I should avoid selling this headset to any children, now that I'm thinking about it. Or at least, warn the parents about the lack of moderation... Fucking internet creeps.
At least, I don't believe the people I played with were that bad. One was just a guy drunk out of his mind, probably would've left him to die if I didn't feel pity for the man. The other was some weird Xenomorph cosplayer? She nonverbal for some reason, or maybe just muted. Made a bunch of screeching noises every now and then. Probably autistic, if I had to guess?
The instance itself was rather strange. A bunch of disconnected rooms with keys to get to the next one. Very tedious design, if you ask me, but whatever. Lifted a car at some point across a sea of minions, fought a couple clown people, dealt with a bunch of other weird low-poly monsters, etc. Made it through without too much issue, aside from some bullshit rendering glitch at the end.
...Actually, I think I'm just going to throw this in the trash.