LISA: The Joyful - Definitive Edition

Dingaling Productions · Jul 18, 2023

PC · PS5 · Series X|S · PS4 · Xbox One · Switch

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LISA: The Joyful - Definitive Edition is the newly updated conclusion to the quirky side-scrolling RPG LISA series. Explore Olathe as Buddy in your quest to punish the world that has treated you wrong. Along the way, learn about Olathe, your family, and the monsters and men in power. The world’s out to get you… GET. IT. BACK. The Definitive Edition brings fresh blood to the game with updated battle systems, 6 brand new Warlord skills, new border art overlays, music player, painless (Story) mode, and new secrets to explore.

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Critic reviews

Way Too Many Games
Oliver Shellding · Aug 22, 2023
7.5
So much of LISA: The Joyful is an improvement over Painful, with sharper combat, cleaner area designs, more eclectic soundtrack and even stronger reveals in terms of story and background. Yet I simply cannot recommend playing it alone, because it’s just nonsensical violence, and snapshots into abuse and torture that has almost no context.
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Xbox Tavern
Graham Cameron · Aug 22, 2023
6.9
LISA: The Joyful is not a game I would recommend just jumping into without either playing the previous game in the series or at least reading up on as it is disturbing enough, without being confusing too. I find it lacks a lot of structure as I understand some of the character development and the struggles of Buddy’s situation but without any backstory or assisting narrative, it’s not easy to connect with what is happening. The battle system in the game is quite fun and I enjoy the different moves you can use and some of the animations of the enemies are delightfully kooky.
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