Talk:Strangled Red/@comment-25987771-20150113010838

I like me a good Haunted Cartridge story, and this was one of my first. And I actually really like it. It plays less to the area of shock and terror and more to desperation, loneliness, and an inability to cope with death. It's just the sad story of a boy who lost someone he loved and couldn't handle it. And I also appreciate that this isn't an evil game, it's just the story some dark-minded programmer thought would make for good fiction.

If I could squeeze in an itty-bitty amount of criticism though, two things in the story irked me.

One, the sprite of Steven gone crazy. The shadows around the face are okay, but did his eyes really have to be red? I think if they had been the same color, it would be just as disconcerting to look at and he wouldn't look like he had been possessed.

Two, the MC sobbing at the outcome of the came. Yes, it's sad, but I don't think it deserves tears of that magnitude. But maybe I just have a heart of stone...

Anyhow, great pasta. One of the best of the Pokemon sub-genre by far.