"Ib is just Over The Garden Wall for introverted indie gamers" OK, bucko, first of all, *doesn't continue the sentence and instead just slowly fades away over 30 seconds*
Only thing I really have mixed feelings about is the various endings, whose conditions somehow got even more convoluted. In particular, some of them were apparently changed to only be available on the second playthrough…
I already had lots of opinions about the endings as-is. :x
Ib's earlygame is interesting because there's these tonally-off details that don't really make sense in the context of the rest of the game, and feel like artifacts from early in development when kouri was still figuring things out… Like, why is there a window covered in blood
I'm also pretty surprised at how much of the original's royalty-free music is still in the remake… I wasn't expecting it to be this respectful of the original.
It really is still the same game I fell in love with…
I finally played Ib's remade MV version and got a little emotional about it… I'm glad this game slowly managed to make the big time.
People talk about how RPG Maker horror games like The Witch's House and Ib quickly set the mood by opening with sudden jarring deathtraps, letting them dial back the horror afterward. I feel like Undertale's first minute works the same way despite not being directly influenced.