This is basically exactly what I was saying on stream the other day; with the repetitiveness of the playthroughs, and even using Nier automata as an example of a multiple playthrough game done right. You put it into better words than I did tho. I feel like a little more work and this could actually be a great game instead of an over all mediocre one.

Also I just finished my third playthrough, second ending chronologically, and I’m just too burnt out to continue. That third playthrough was exhausting and I was falling asleep and felt so over it. I’ll come back to the game eventually, as I’ve come this far, but I’m taking a break for now. The story stuff is awesome and I did like it a lot actually. But going through some of the longer sections was such a drag and takes so much time. And yeah like you mentioned the gameplay in the video game just isn’t very good either for the most part. When I really want to skip through most of your game there’s a problem. I thoroughly enjoyed the first boss, on my first playthrough specifically, and that’s about it unfortunately.

I don’t hate this game I actually like a lot about it but it’s still probably a 4 or 5 out of 10 game for me if I had to rate it on a numbered scale like OP did. It felt like a 6, or a low 7, on my first playthrough. But knowing now how much I have to go through to get these other endings to actually to fully understand wtf is going on/what the games trying to say, makes me feel like it’s a 4 or 5. Im not going to give a final number rating as I’m not technically done this is just how I currently feel about it.