As years pass, Brad hordes his adoptive daughter, hiding her from the outside and a world of post-apocalyptic perverts. One day, Brad finds a baby girl while numbing himself in the desert wasteland. In the aftermath of an unspecified apocalypse, all women have disappeared from the earth. You play Brad Armstrong, a miserable man damaged by an abusive father, broken by those he couldn’t protect, and numbed by Joy, a wonder drug. It’s hard to believe one person could be responsible for so much content, quality writing, sprites, and a 90-track OST. Even after playing through several times, I still get goosebumps at the best moments. Moreover, LISA: The Painful has some of the most emotionally impactful moments I’ve experienced in an RPG. It seamlessly merges combat and story, intertwining them and even fusing them together. LISA: The Painful takes the traditional elements of a post-apocalypse (mutants, raiders, drugs) then wraps it in a bundle of human suffering and ties it off with a ribbon of offbeat humor. It’s the closest thing I can think of to post-apocalyptic perfection.

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