Having played most furry vns currently available, I find the writing to be very refreshing, since I haven't seen this snarky brand of humor and self awareness being used properly before, and it's a lot of fun to have a good amount of choices that, while not feeling super deep or meaningful ALL the time, add a lot of personality to the narrative and to the character you're playing as. Music and sounds from: Loyalty Freak Music, Kevin MacLeod, and others (see 'About' section in-game) Next update: The final build by 6/21/22, at latest. ICOE is a work-in-progress, and any and all content is subject to change. (Explicit sexual content can be toggled on or off, but this game is still intended for audiences 18 and up.) Mature content: Death, taxes, dick jokes, and other highbrow stuff. Romantic (or otherwise character-unique) plotlines take place alongside it. Multiple love interests: The game contains one central "route" that follows the main plot. Accrue points in the archetypes "Alpha Chad," "Male Feminist," or "King of the Nerds" to unlock unique dialogue and choices. When he stumbles upon a mysterious staircase on campus, he discovers a dying world of swords, magic, and prophecy.ĭefine your own character: Choose dialogue options that define your player character. Play as Kieran, an almost-college grad who enrolls in summer remedial classes after failing his final semester of school. It's quite impressive how easily Jerry can steal the show with no dialogue and just a few seconds of screen time.In Case of Emergency is a fantasy romance visual novel with role-playing elements. And just to top the whole thing off on a perfect note, Jerry accidentally resets the whole ordeal. Seeing Morty find teenage love and wind up stranded in the mountains and trying to dial 911 with frostbitten, putrified fingers is both hilarious and mortifying. That whole extended montage sequence is a real hoot, especially when it segues into an equally long-winded montage within a montage. But even if Morty were never hit with that The Prestige-inspired twist, it's a lot of fun just watching him run amok and abuse his reset remote in various major and minor ways. Of course, there was never any chance of that working out well for him, and half the fun is in waiting for the other shoe to drop. Here, Rick's latest invention gives Morty what he thinks is a chance to run wild and indulge his every whim, without fear of death or consequences. The idea that Morty is slowly growing up and seeking some independence has definitely been an undercurrent of the past couple seasons. With this episode leaning so hard on Rick's dark, demented side, it's just as well he winds up taking a back seat for the middle act and Morty gets a chance to shine on his own. This week's meta-references include some hilarious callbacks to " Pickle Rick" and " Claw and Hoarder: Special Ricktim's Morty." Even better is Rick's reference to his (and by extension, Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon's) hatred of time travel and the way that winds up becoming pivotal to the climax of the episode. Those Rick and Morty-sized mounds in the backyard can't do all the work.
Meta humor can get old, but with this series it tends to work well, both as an acknowledgement of how hard it can be to keep upping the ante, and because it's honestly nice to get those occasional reminders that there's a continuity to the series.
This is another Season 4 episode that veers hard into self-aware and meta territory, which seems to be a bit of a calling card with these Jeff Loveness-penned installments. Rather than being set within the titular vat of acid, this episode is instead about Rick's dogged insistence on proving a point. It might have been interesting to watch the show attempt to get away with such a confined setting, but in the end, it's probably just as well Morty loses his patience and cuts the whole thing short. Those early scenes suggest a kooky bottle episode format where Rick and Morty are trapped inside a vat of fake acid and forced to stoop to increasingly ridiculous measures to keep up the charade. Never has the series made a more convincing argument for just how evil and selfish Rick truly is.Įarly on, this episode makes itself out to be something very different than what ultimately unfolds. The result is a stripped-down adventure that's both hilarious and terribly bleak.
That's certainly the biggest takeaway from "The Vat of Acid Episode," an episode which gleefully celebrates the pitch-black dynamic between Rick and his grandson. Hell hath no fury like a Rick Sanchez dealing with mild criticism.