I felt like I was beaten in a good way. Then beaten again.

I wish I could say that I love this game, but I just can't.
To start with the positives, Lisa: The Painful hooked me with its intro and is packed full of funny and interesting characters. The combat is decent, and for the most part the gameplay is pretty good (if we ignore the 'fall to your death' mechanics, which can become a bit tedious)
The fact that I genuinely liked most aspects of this game makes me even more sad, disappointed and VERY pissed off about Lisa's fatal flaw- the story.
At first, it seemed like the narrative of this game would be compelling, funny and (most of all) SENSITIVE to the harsh topics it chose to handle. What I ended up getting was seemingly void of empathy and, honestly, sloppily written. Some characters that we are convinced to hate from the beginning, who do horrendous and unforgivable things, are treated as redeemable? Not to mention, it feels as if we are punished for hating characters who do terrible things through the dialogue and gameplay choices we are forced to make and are, either way, punished just as badly for the 'right' or 'wrong' decisions. I've tried my best to not spoil the story too much here, but part of me doesn't think it matters.
Overall, the game started strong for me, but just went downhill and ended in a car crash. Then again, I can't deny that some parts of the game that charmed me, which just makes this even worse.

If you want to give this game a go, why not? Enjoy the things it does well, whilst acknowledging what it fails at, and I think you'll have a decent experience. 5/10, I wish it wasn't.

brad is like "waaaah waaaah waaaah im the depressed protagonist of a jrpg about mental health waaaaah"

like bro shut up lmao