Always Sometimes Monsters App Reviews

So I was having a great time playing this game, but I accidentally closed out the app while closing out other background apps. When I tried to start up the game again and load my file, I was shown a black screen. The only thing that was showing on the screen was the directional buttons and the action buttons, other than that the screen was totally black rendering the game unplayable. Hopefully soon the developers send out an update because its a shame that such a good game has to suffer because of one really bad bug. Until the update comes out DO NOT waste your money on this game.

... it really feels like itd be way easier to play on a PSVita or 3DS as opposed to a phone or tablet (though there is a PC version). The controls are kinda wonky, tending to overlap text if you put the controls in the "usual position" of the bottom left and right but you cant move them to the black bars outside the game area, which would help it control better and not dig into the area between my thumb and pointer finger. The game is certainly worth trying if you like story-driven games as theres a large amount of branches, characters and endings. While I liked my one playthrough, it wasnt easy enough control-wise that Im unsure if Ill play this particular version again. Theres always the PC version and Devolver Digital tends to make quite a few ports of the games they publish so I wouldnt be too shocked if it got a handheld or console release at some point.

I know that to get the "happy" ending to the game I have to buy some special pills from the pawn shop. Im supposed to be able to ask him if he has anything "else" to sell, but it wont let me. Overall the interface is very clunky, the game will not let you take any actions without using a directional finder, and it does not even have very simple options like turning the sound off. Please fix.

The writing in this game is very well done and the ability to perform actions that shape the world around you provides a feeling of investment and immersion thats absent in linear games. The moral and ethical choices posed to the player makes the gameplay feel unique to your experience and shapes your outlook of the in-game world. I completed this game recently and I had a blast, Ill be recommending it to my friends and I hope that this game will see enough success to warrant either a sequel or an additional game that follows in the same vein as this one. Keep up the good work!

after playing the game a while it blacks out and the auto save sometimes fails to save.

I love this game so much. I was so into the story when my iPad died. I turned it back on and now all I get is a black screen with the controls! The game is totally unplayable now. Please fix! I was pretty far in too

Now its simple to get the happy ending. Before arriving to Sam Verdano please advice thatll youll need to have a minimum of around 15000 dollars. Ill tell you why soon. When you meet Casey John first time he will ask you a question. Here is what youll have to answer: 1) When he asks you who broke up with you, state that YOU were the one that broke it off 2) Hen he asks why, state that YOU FELT UNWORTHY. Soon you will meet Sam and he will invite you to his bachelors party. Say that you will go! If you dont you will not obtain a happy ending, note if you wish to get your love back Sam MUST NOT DIE. When choosing a suit choose the grey one for him* Dress if Sam is a woman. When you back to your room and you see Casey reading your diary. He will you these questions, answer them exactly this way to achieve the happy ending. 1) He will say what are your reasons for being at the wedding. State that you are here to get him/her back 2) Casey will also precede to read bad deeds you achieved in getting to the wedding. State that you feel bad for every single one of them. In regards to what hell state depends on actions you acted out throughout the game. Regret all those mistakes* 3) Casey will then precede to state if you are worthy for your love, precede to say I am worthy! Now when you go to the bachelors party Sam will be in a predicament in where youll 10,000 dollars and thats where that minimum of 15,000 comes in. 5,000 will be used for a suit, get a black one or dress if female. Now you get the options of handing your journal over to save him but in doing so you wont get your love and Sam will be rich. If you keep it Sam will die and you wont get the happy ending if Sam dies! What you need is to pay his debt of 10,000 dollars. Now at the wedding you must object. Which is very obvious. Then proceed to state that you love and can not live without your love that is getting married. Their is a option thats states dont do this. I advice never to press that in when it arises. After that Sam is the hobo in the beginning and you are rich and get the girl/guy!

There is a few annoying bugs, and the app crashes a lot, but autosave can handle that. After I finished all quests in Beaton and got the money for the bus ticket, the game crashes everytime I try to enter in the bus station, I cant do any progress :/

This is a 5 star game with a bug that is quite impossible to overlook. I loved everything about this game and have saved and reloaded my progress several times without an issue, until now. Now when the game loads it is just a black screen with the controls still there. They do work and I was able to start a text action and the dialogue box showed up but thats all. If it makes a difference it was the part where I had to write copy for an ad for Island Buzz soda. I had saved and quit in the middle of this task the last time I played and when I came back it was screwed up. Please fix this and Ill increase my rating to 5*s

I love this game the fact thats its sad because your girlfriend left you( in my cass of the game) but at the end you get Rich and become happy

The game lags sometimes

Let me start by saying, I love the story line of this game, and they way your choices and actions have consequence. However the story is always brought to a screeching halt as the game goes from engaging an intriguing, to a work simulator. Gameplay frequently boils down to grinding (working) mindlessly to earn enough money for some sort of task, usually bacon bombs (the only food nutritionally worth buying), rent, or saving up for one of the stupidly expensive bus tickets in the game. I understand needing to lengthen the game, but forcing the player to grind for an $800 bus ticket, just to end up in a town where the process must be repeated, starts to feel more like an experiment in psychology, rather than a game. The story, however, is where this game holds its own. Besides the meta storyline of the creators placing themselves in the game, the main storyline is a bittersweet, yet very realistic take on the do anything for love genre. Seems as if the game could be worth replaying just for the possibility of different endings, but in the end and despite all your decisions, the meat of the game seems like it would still be the same on multiple playthroughs. So it becomes up to the player to decide whether or not replaying is worth it. If it werent for the monotonous, time filling, artificial inflation, grind aspects of the game that made it feel lazy at times, this would have been a five star review.

I saw this before and really wanted to try it out and play it. As soon as I pay money to play this game and play it, I cant even open the game. It crashes as soon as I open it! So upsetting!! Please fix it!

The game was working perfectly and I loved it but now I cant even play the game. All that comes up is the title screen and then the game crashes. Not sure if this is the new iOS 9 update or what but please update/fix the app!!!!

I just bought the game because I was excited to play and now I cant. Whenever I try to play it the game keeps crashing and Im sent back to my home screen.

Please update the App it is incompatible with IOS 9 it crashes as soon as I open it

I cant open the app I want to play it but I cant ;n;

Right on for iOS9 fixes!

The shtick here is that the developers built in a huge number of ethical and narrative decision trees in order to impact the everyday living and consequences experienced by your character. That principle sucked me in, because I like most of the few "morality sim/RPGs" that exist (like the old console game Fable). The first couple hours of gameplay were enjoyable because I could see the direct impact of real-time decisions, make some challenging moves and interact with NPCs in a more or less believable and interesting way. The game quickly turned to mindless grinding -- when I was fortunate enough to stumble across the place *where* I was supposed to grind. Killing hogs, moving boxes, sleeping on filthy mattresses in alleyways -- yeah, why am I NOT outside IRL right now? And its always sometimes depressing. I admire the games stated goal, but in my view it constituted an amateurish, monotonous and ultimately unsuccessful attempt.