Super Lesbian Animal RPG

Out of basically nowhere this has handily become both (1) one of my favorite Mother-inspired indie RPGs and (2) one of my favorite "Save The World"-y JRPGs probably ever?

I mean, granted--I am a gay furry who tends to play and like a lot of games in this niche (for reference, Mother 3, Undertale, and OMORI are all currently in my top 10), I am pretty much the exact target demographic here, but still, wow.

Super polished, amazing art direction and music, and some really heartfelt writing that's strong enough to both be sweet (without being cloying) AND super emotionally real and poignant at the same time (reminded me a lot of Chicory: A Colorful Tale, which is also one of my favorites). The battle mechanics here are pretty great too--tons of synergies to experiment with and options to try, which is something most other Mother-inspired indies tend to not really put any focus into. You can get a little OP by the end but that's a small nitpick to have, when you can just run past enemies for a little while if you're feeling a bit too powerful.

Pretty much a hands-down recommendation for anyone even remotely interested. If you play a lot of Mother-inspired indies and/or are queer and/or a furry, you really owe it to yourself to give this one a go.

(Also, do the side content, it's just as good as the main questline is.)

i'm not really a Review Person, but i think a fair number of people who come across this game are seeing the title and assuming it's just like a quirky joke project or something so i feel obliged to leave a little note here that like 5 people will probably ever read. it's not a joke! it's good! like maybe even really good! i mean yeah, it is literally a role-playing game starring animals, and some of those animals are lesbians, and they may or not go super at some point(?), and if that's not your thing then this is definitely not going to be your thing, but SLARPG has a lot of depth to it. i can tell that a lot of love and care went into the world and its characters and all their interactions, and while i didn't cry or anything i was sad to say goodbye to this game when i finished it after ~15 hours. it's the type of game that had me re-exploring areas and talking to characters repeatedly in different scenarios to try and find all the extra dialogue and hidden jokes. as for how it plays, i've never been huge on rpgs, but in my limited experience i felt like the mechanics presented here were the right balance of "easy enough to not feel like a chore" vs "complex enough that you can actually strategize for different scenarios." the art is gorgeous, the writing is really sweet, and i was not prepared for how fun and at times genuinely moving the soundtrack would be. looking at the game on paper i guess there are a couple of weird elements, like how this definitely a Fantasy game and yet many of the characters deal with incredibly mundane real world problems like jerk coworkers and bad wages, but i found that endearing in a "this is clearly someone's passion project" kind of way. anyway like i said i'm not a Review Person so i'm going to stop there and probably delete this out of embarrassment later. until then though you should give SLARPG a shot. and congrats to bobby, beatrix, anthony and everyone else you did a good video game