The Last Days of Friendship Valley is a game about attempting to form deep interpersonal connections but literally your only method of engaging with others is through I Think You Should Leave-style social horror situations. You spend a ton of effort and energy trying to galaxy-brain your way through very basic interactions while everyone else is just trying to have a normal conversation. You can instant-end any encounter by giving yourself a panic attack
Low-level Friendship Valley play: ok i'm just gonna poke at a difficult subject and-- oh shit they're mad at me. oh god this is gonna take so much time to sort out
Mid-level Friendship Valley play: you two are terrible for one another so i'm gonna put one of you in time-out and focus on the other, getting at the root issue which is clearly unresolved trauma causing you to lash out when--
High-level Friendship Valley play: hello. hello. i'm sorry. hi. how are you? i'm sorry
The fun secret is that all three of these are part of the intended player experience! There's no escaping my wild ride!
