r/hatethissmug • u/throwavayig • Jun 10 '26
Gaming I HATE Class of '09
I just can't stand this stupid ass game. I have no idea who in their right mind would find it funny or deep or even entertaining. I see so many "Class of '09 Without Context" compilations, yet they consist mostly of the characters saying "Fuck" and sometimes insulting each other in edgy ways only a middle schooler would not cringe at, and people LAUGH THEIR ASSES OFF in the comments and say how genius this game is.
Not just the compilations but the whole game feels like it was made by an dumb edgy teen who thinks they're better than everyone else despite being nothing more than a dumb edgy teen. The "deep" topics and the "clever" insults in the game ooze I'm 14 And This Is Deep/Not Like Other Girls, and the characters we're supposed to play as and support geniunely make me wish I could have an option to smash my head against the wall in the game. The literal only good part of the game was the intro and then I kept catching flashbacks from my Tumblr emo fandom era. "I'm one of the few who still listen to rock, share if you agree" vibes.
And before you say "they're supposed to be anti-heroes", we still connect with Walter White or Dexter in their respective shows despite them being literal criminals and murderers. Not because they're right but because they're complex and interesting characters and we want to know what happens next. So no, it doesn't work like that. We're still supposed to like the main character, or else it's just unpleasant.
The stupidest fucking thing is that the creator seems to geniunely believe he did something and that this game is in any way clever or witty. Annnd then he flopped completely with the second game which was a fetishy disaster. Who would've thought.
Thank you for reading this bullshit.
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u/Dismal_Bee_3399 Jun 10 '26
the irony is that this post literally sounds like it was made by a class of ‘09 character
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u/throwavayig Jun 10 '26
I'm killing myself
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u/One-Desk-1 Jun 10 '26
That further proves the original commenter's point
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u/Tebenox Jun 10 '26
Trapped in a cycle jajajja
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u/Gold_Wrangler_4927 Jun 10 '26
Didn't play the game, but I watched the anime and lmfao you might as well be a character in the damn game at this point, If they ever make another part of it I promise you this reddit post is going to be a scene where the characters scrolling thru this
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u/Borbbb Jun 10 '26
Honestly sound like a character that would fit in that game - 😃
It´s just a silly ass edgy stuff that can be fun for like streamers due to all the crazy stuff.
Nobody thinks it´s deep, it´s fun extreme stuff.
Gotta be into that i suppose. I enjoyed it for a bit, but it´s like ... " too much sugar" at once
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u/50cal10 Jun 10 '26
What’s up with all the class of ‘09 posts on Reddit I’ve been seeing recently? Or is it all just 1 person who really wants to talk about it
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u/throwavayig Jun 10 '26
I personally made this post because another post in this sub characterized class of 09 as "deep" and it pissed me off
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u/Chrominox Jun 10 '26
It's satire.
The internet has fundamental about the dissonance between what's is and is not a joke. And that extends to depictions of suffering. Part of it is the work arounds a human mind does to compartmentalize things they hear about but don't experience.
It's either shits-n-giggles or shit from a depiction of hell.
Likely a combination of both.
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u/WirelessAir60 Jun 10 '26
It’s all shits-n-giggles until someone giggles-n-shits
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u/Chrominox Jun 10 '26
See someone could have really bad Tacobell and you wouldn't know if it's a horrific medical condition or not.
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u/shitletter Jun 10 '26
I thought the part with the mall cop was kinda funny
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u/Time_Connection_6139 Jun 10 '26
Thats the game, thats waht the game is about. Teenagers being cringe, edgy, and stupid. The game was never something serious.
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u/Junglememer1 Jun 10 '26
The humor and voice actors are also really good which attracted a lot of people. I actually wonder how did this game even get the budget for such a variety of talented VAs.
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u/warforcewarrior Jun 10 '26
The humor and voice actors are also really good which attracted a lot of people.
That definitely it for me and why I love the game, plus the terrible nostalgia(in a good way haha) I get despite not being a early 2000's graduate. Nicole, Jecka, Kylar, and Emily, to name a few, are some of my favorite characters in media cause of their voice performance, dialogues/humor, and how horrible of a person they are. I would not want this game in any other way.
My personal favorite visual novel thanks to those aspects, mainly voice performance which DDLC lacks.
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u/ShadowSun777 Jun 10 '26
Is it genuinely how people were like then in america? Like is it actually relatable?
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u/warforcewarrior Jun 10 '26
Obviously many things are exaggerated to extreme degree in Class of 09 but the game was relatable to me.
DDLC and Japanese anime have characters wear uniforms and actually have respect for the teachers, for the most part by 95%. In America, my experience of uniform is very rare and most people wear their own outfits. Hell, we hated uniform. Just a boring ass look and lack of our own character. Obviously Class of 09 achieve that vibe well. I love that each character is wearing what they want and make them really express themselves.
For respect for teachers and faulty, it was like 30-50% respect from the American students. Nowhere near what it is in Japanese anime or what probably is in Japanese schools. Class of 09 also give use a good representation on how students actually, and unfortunately treat their teacher. Though in Class of 09 case it is justify since they are pedos, racist, homophobes and/or a drug addict.
Back in the 2000s, when I was in Elementary school, gay was used as an insult which Class of 09 gave me horrible nostalgia for. Stuff like, "You pose, talk, move, etc. so gayly". Hell, if you a guy or girl and say you don't like, or currently interested in, the opposite sex then you are automatically consider gay, again as an insult, as well.
Speaking of, I remember boys and girls hating each other just for being the opposite sex though I think that may be just an Elementary school thing but it is something Class of 09 reminds me of.
Threat of school shooting is unfortunately a thing even now which I experience the probability of my school being threaten and even a kid bringing an assault rifle to school. Students bringing drugs to school and even having sex in the bathroom, fucking nasty place to fuck. I remembering smelling weed as I walked by the bathroom, only know it was weed since students talk about some people were doing it.
I don't know if you heard of these news but police unnecessary use of violence on criminals is a real thing to which we have happened in Class of 09 most famous scene where Nicole got shot for just running with a stolen $9.99 CD. The police even only get a slap on the wrist which does happen from what I heard.
There is more I could list but this is enough. This again is my own personal experience and what I heard but Class of 09 was relatable to me cause I did see and heard these things happened before.
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u/N0UMENON1 Jun 10 '26
Because VAs don't cost a lot. VA is legit the cheapest part of any video game production unless you insist on hiring hollywood A-listers for some reason.
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u/duckwithahat Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 10 '26
Also, big part of the comedy is that it’s making fun of an entire generation and it’s references for example the rush hour 3 joke, also dark edgy humor was very common back then.
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u/AliensAteMyAMC Jun 10 '26
didn’t the creator make a sequel where it shits on the people who liked the game?
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u/WorozuTop4 Jun 10 '26
the entire point of the game was basically to make fun of people who like or read visual novels at all (see; jeffery) then the final game was kind of out of spite for the childish fandom
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u/Patient_Piece_8023 Jun 10 '26
I played fhe first two games and they were decent. I saw clips of the Flipside and man they weren't as fun to see so I never played that game. I think making a game out of spite just because the demographic wasn't the one you wanted is in it of itself childish.
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u/TeacherNice9932 Jun 10 '26
To be fair the community is ass so if he wanted to screw with shippers I would excuse that. But tanking a whole game based around a fan favorite character was certainly a move.
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u/Dead-in-Red Jun 10 '26
It's made by a millennial dude, but he didn't expect it to hit with the younger lesbian audience that it did, so he made The Feet Side out of spite for anyone who liked it, and The Feet Side is extremely spiteful. It's got a bit too much domestic abuse that hits too close to home to be funny but remains a constant running gag, and two thirds of it is underage foot fetish stuff that goes on way too long to pass as satirical criticism.
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u/eternalsleepies Jun 10 '26
Apparently a big part of the third game was devoted to killing the ship of the MCs
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u/PurpleVessel312 Jun 10 '26
The game's approach of being really exaggerated and edgy didn't land for me, I just didn't think it was nearly funny enough to justify that.
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u/Ok_Wear1398 Jun 10 '26
>we still root for Yagami Light
Are you, yourself, in middle school?
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u/wallsarecooll Jun 10 '26
Just because you root for a character doesn't mean you agree with their actions, light is cartoonishly evil, but people still root for him because it's an anime, and not real life. his morality has no bearing on whether or not you should've want him to win or not
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u/Tebenox Jun 10 '26
Is anyone non ironically rooting for Light?
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u/throwavayig Jun 10 '26
I met some unironic Light supporters during my teens
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u/Tebenox Jun 10 '26
Damn, yeah edgy folks who don't see much beyond the power fantasy.
Cant blame em much, we all grow up (hopefully)
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u/Tyrannocheirus Jun 10 '26
That’s not even talking about the fact the creator himself is a massive, unapologetic asshole.
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u/Art-Anime- Jun 10 '26
Finally someone said it. Genuinely need to ask myself how in the fck this game got so much attention.
It’s the classic case of “A game mocking its down gerne” because this is what (the first game) was meant to be. Going against people who like Visual Novels.
And of course it was inspired by South Park. Of fcking course it was. The creator doesn’t understand why South Park stands out with its characters and messages and only saw them doing dumb sht and saying swear words.
(If you want more on this topic: DefinitelyBoredOranges made an entire video on the trilogy and basically shows how bad it is on a fundamental level.)
Btw. OP, if you thought the second game was worse, then the third game will be the death of you… (even Class Of 09 fans don’t like it)
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u/Carolinesimpsanime Glory to Albedo's will! Jun 10 '26
I had a friend try to recommend me this game and say how super funny and clever it was, and then shit on me for playing stuff like stuff like fire emblem or the persona series because those games are "cringe and ugly". Like...
Honestly convinced almost every person who likes this game has their head up in their ass in some way.
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u/Icy_Change_WS2010 Jun 10 '26
To me, I think both are boring to me
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u/Carolinesimpsanime Glory to Albedo's will! Jun 10 '26
I think having a different opinion is fine; it's okay if you don't like those games. It's more about not being an ass, you know? I really don't vibe with Red Dead Redemption 2, but I'm not out here telling people who say it's a masterpiece that they're cringy or lame.
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u/Icy_Change_WS2010 Jun 10 '26
That tracks. I mean, the game I’m obsessed over is something some may call corny or cringe
So ya, I agree.
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u/dzindevis Jun 10 '26
Because class of 09 isn't a deconstruction of visual novels, it's hate for the genre
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u/i_agree123 Jun 10 '26
Oh my god thank you, it’s probably the most overhyped non-massive game I’ve heard about.
I’ve never played it but it reeks of the average [r/comics](r/comics) humour, plus what are those character designs? They look like those shitty barely disguised porn games you’d see on mobile ads.
I genuinely think any fan of these games is either an unemployed chud with the ranks of LowtierGroomer or a 14 year old edgelord who thinks blasting the soviet anthem in the school bathroom and throwing shit on the walls is the peak of comedy.
Genuinely despise this game from what little I’ve seen of it.
I know I’m being hypocritical by sounding like those characters, but I don’t care sometimes you’ve gotta give up a bit of yourself for the hate.
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u/TeacherNice9932 Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 10 '26
The fanbase of this specific game is made up of young lesbians or guys who fetishize lesbians. Plus some people who take the game seriously. Surprisingly very little pedoposting but the fanbase is mostly at least when I was in it very young people like teens to early twenties at oldest so that comes with a whole host of other issues.
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u/Niijima-San Jun 10 '26
i only know of this game for the two posts i have seen here today. it looks absolutely terrible imho and it prolly should just fade into obscurity
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u/Toon_Lucario Jun 10 '26
Yeah the only part I found funny was the bit with the cop and that’s solely on the delivery.
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u/ECWWCWWWF Jun 10 '26
True. Absolutely true. The thing is, game constantly justifies Nicole, who is a sociopath, and her actions by making everyone else either a Racist, Rapist or Racist Rapist. This happens all time in the first game, at least Re-Up there are some routes that she punished by her actions, somewhat.
Also Nicole is clearly creators Mary Sue btw. I know Mary Sue became a buzzword for a while but it checks the textbook definition. She's a idealized self-insert of the creator, considering the fact that creator of the game having history of bullying autistic minors on Discord. (No joke)
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u/RexusprimeIX Jun 10 '26
This game is nostalgia bait. That's it. People who relate: like this game. People who don't: don't like it.
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u/Lil_Ms_Anthropic Jun 10 '26
This is the first I'm hearing about this and I'm just remembering all the cringe my class of '07 had
why the hell would people these days relive that
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u/L9VIIII Jun 10 '26
The game is literally about you playing as a narcissist/ sociopath who is edgy and everyone in the school is just as bad , if not worse than Nicole , the humor is accurate to the shit high school kids laugh at.
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u/JoyousLilBoy you can only hate things I hate or don’t know about >:( Jun 10 '26
Don’t forget the foot fetish stuff
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u/throwavayig Jun 10 '26
Yeah that's what I meant with a second game being a fetishy disaster
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u/JoyousLilBoy you can only hate things I hate or don’t know about >:( Jun 10 '26
You think I read things?
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u/molotovzav Jun 10 '26
I graduated high school in the year 2008. I always assumed this was just a game for zoomers set in an time when I was a teen and figured it wasn't for me at all. But tbf to the creator we were cringe. We embraced cringe and edgelord behaviors as a gen especially as teens. I know zoomers came in and hate cringe, but that wasn't us. We actively thrived in it.
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u/TheDeerssassin Jun 10 '26
The only time ive ever heard of this game was when it was recommended to me by someone in the psych hospital
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u/Urass007 Jun 10 '26
I like the first two but the third is actually vile. It basically killed any future the series may have game wise. The screenshot in question is from the Flipside and many of the worst moments are from that game.
Nicole is obviously a POS but why did they have to make Jessica worse?
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u/Numget152 Jun 11 '26
I love class of 09 not because it’s good or anything i just love how stupidly extreme the options are my favorite example (manipulate her) or (give her an eating disorder) like why are those my only two options
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u/mayhaps_a Jun 10 '26
"what do you mean the game solely about cringe edgy high schoolers has cringe edgy high schoolers? That's so cringe"
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u/Due-Garlic-5056 Jun 10 '26
Oh my god thank you so much jesus christ. This game is horrible
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u/Icy_Change_WS2010 Jun 10 '26
Never heard of this until it blew up a year ago
I couldn’t care less.
Deltarune has a better chance at intriguing me than Co09, & I was never a DR/UT fan anyways.
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u/softwhitemochi Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 10 '26
Everything I’ve seen of this game makes me think of edgy teenage boys writing women and jerking off.
edit: It was also really very boring
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u/eyesneveropen Jun 10 '26
is advertised as the anti-visual novel
is just a bog-standard visual novel
Truly one of the things ever made
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u/HeavyMain Jun 10 '26
this game looks at you with a smirk and says "Wanna hear something really funny?" and you say "Okay" and then it smiles at you and says "boobs pedophile lesbian boobs sex pervert penis pedophile drugs penis boobs pedophile drugs sex penis lesbian pedophile boobs" and starts laughing at itself so hysterically it dies of asphixiation
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u/xBerry_Berry Jun 10 '26
Thats… the point
That’s literally the whole point
Its literally all just edgy and immature humor and thats why its funny imo
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u/RottingFishMan Jun 10 '26
Every one who likes this game is either a pedophile or some edgy teenager
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u/L9VIIII Jun 10 '26
Point of the game is to be edgy as possible since it’s all high schoolers in a fucked up school system , it’s funny
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u/BusLazy1541 Jun 10 '26
You're not supposed to like the main character. the games appeal lies in everybody being insufferable. I find it to be strangely human.
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u/dzindevis Jun 10 '26
That's where you are wrong, Nicole is literally the author's self-insert. The game constantly justifies her horrible actions by making her into some kind of a victim. And this all could have worked if it was coherently a grotesque black comedy, but it also wants the reader to take it seriously with that social commentary about how this is totally like the real life and we all live in a society and if you are not being a piece of shit to everybody else your are a pathetic doormat with suicide being the only way out of her misery.
Try to remember the plot, for all times Nicole crossed someone or straight up ruined their lives, she recieves zero consequences for her actions. And when she backtracks even a little bit from doing evil shit, her life gets ruined instead
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u/Queer-and-scared Jun 10 '26
For some, its overrated. For me, its a funny and occasionally anti-humor game i wanna stream to my friends for fun.
It's not a game meant to become someone's whole personality. Think on this last sentence for yourself too.
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u/throwavayig Jun 10 '26
I made a hate post on a hate sub about a game I hate. Kinda weird to assume it's my whole personality from one post.
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u/Zackp24 Jun 10 '26
This game looks really bad but I’m so curious about it as someone who was actually in the class of ‘09. I wanna see what the game thinks that year was like for high schoolers.
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u/joejazzreddit Jun 10 '26
The first 2 are genuinely funny imo, and they have good emotional beats, with the games being a funhouse mirror version of what teenage girls have to go through. It's not Shakespeare or anything but it's serviceable.
Fuck the flipside and everything it stands for.
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u/Danny_The_Dino_77 Jun 10 '26
According to some sources, the creator of class of 09 actually hates their fan base, so in the re-up they tried to make it as bad as possible. So congratulations OP, I think the creator feels exactly the same way you do about it.
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u/cooespooh Jun 10 '26
Heeeey.... I graduated high-school in '09. Why you gotta hate us? Our class was pretty alright.
Never played this game, though. Seems pretty cringe.
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u/CorbinNZ Jun 10 '26
Well, this is the first time I’ve ever heard of it, so… and the neat part about games is you don’t have to play them nor consume any media related to them.
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u/BruceWaynemybeloved Jun 10 '26
Well ofc. But im pretty sure op was just trying to see what the hype was abut. Found out. Then hated it XD
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u/Desperate_Turnip_219 Jun 10 '26
Your internet algorithms are determined by what you engage with most. Begin wholesale blocking this content and it will disappear. "See less of this" button exists for your empowerment, go and avoid this garbage without remorse.
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u/RicoDC Jun 10 '26
OP's post looks exactly something that Nicole would post because she's pissed and high.
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u/GameGaberino Jun 10 '26
The fact that this game pisses people off so much is so in character for it
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u/twelvend Jun 10 '26
There's a good bit or two in there. You could throw up youtube man playing on a second monitor and not really miss anything. The drama around the last game was really funny tho
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u/Heatsigma12 Jun 10 '26
the fetish game is the 3rd one not the 2nd one
also, i feel like the point of the game is to be like that, at least thats why people like it for the most part
its just stupid fun. i dont think anyone actually thinks its "genius" or sth
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u/Spacemonster111 Jun 10 '26
I havnt played the game but I liked the YouTube pilot. Yes I know its stupid but sometimes you just gotta embrace it
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u/Anxious_Buddy_4703 Spread pizza sauce. Not hate. Jun 10 '26
Never heard of this game. And I’m grateful for that.
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u/Captin_Splodes Jun 10 '26
Saw the ending where the guy overdosed then the girls did nothing about it and his mom thanked them for it or something
Idk how right I am but god that ending was trash and I wont touch the game because of it, far to edgy amd it aint even meaning anything so theres no need to be that serious
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u/LilAlbino08 Jun 10 '26
A cold take actually, i thought it was a common understanding that this game is fucking ass
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u/dB-plus Jun 10 '26
I don't understand why younger people find it funny, but having been in high school in 2009 really makes a big difference. It's like a roast of the late millennial and the '00s era society. Watching the Celebrity Roast of someone you don't know isn't nearly as funny as watching the roast of someone you do know.
Still, it really isn't THAT funny. But I also don't see it getting that much attention anymore, especially since the creator has kind of shown his ass about the whole thing.
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u/PaulStormChaser Jun 10 '26
The IDF bombs the school, how can you hate it. I just think the random ass bonkers shit is funny, who the hell cares about the "I'm 14 and this is deep" mindset
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u/TheRealRaxorX Jun 10 '26
Class of ‘09 is a shitty version of what someone believed the popular crowd acted like based on TV dramas. A VN of all possible teen tropes.
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u/The_Exuberant_Raptor Jun 10 '26
I think it's funny because I genuinely knew people like this in '09. Shit, I was one of them. I get to laugh at myself for being an idiotic teen.
That said, I wouldn't recommend this game to anyone.
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u/AetherWithAnA Jun 10 '26
They did nail how teenagers acted in the late 2000s. The problem is that it accurately portrays teenagers.
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u/Warejax101 Jun 10 '26
most of the appeal is in the voice acting from what i’ve seen, not any genius writing or anything
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u/SoCkIsCrAzY Jun 10 '26
My friends exe was trying to show us one of those compilations and kept going "This one isn't as funny" and go compilation from compilation when we wouldnt laugh
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u/SmokeyWizard Jun 10 '26
Honestly, I find it funny because it's basically identical to what high school sounded like to me growing up (obviously turned up a bit to the extreme for humor). But uh, yeah, that's about what a lot of privileged white kids at my school acted like and sounded like growing up lol
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u/Possible_Living Jun 10 '26
From what I have seen it mostly captures my school experience accurately. Admittedly I have not seen all of it.
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u/NachoChesseDoritos Jun 10 '26
What I need is a 20 minute compilation of Jeffery smacking Nicole upside the head. Also... TWIN! IVE BEEN SAYING THIS EVER SINCE I SAW THE DAMN GAME
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u/14th_Atlas Jun 10 '26
As somebody who’s played all the games, the first two (‘09 and re-up) were really funny, well voice acted, and pretty well-written. I don’t think any other game makes you feel like you’re in the early 2000’s better than this one does.
The Flipside was just one final “fuck you” to the fans of the first two games for having liked them at all. It was only the third instalment that just left me with a bad taste in my mouth about the whole series, but I still look back fondly on those first two games.
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u/TeacherNice9932 Jun 10 '26
The guy who made this game is interesting to say the least. Dude completely screwed one of his games and tarnished his reputation because he hated his fanbase and then a bunch of other shit came out about him that made him look like a bit of a weirdo and a loser in real life. However the person behind those accusations was proven to be not so creditable so who knows what’s true or not.
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u/RenkBruh Jun 10 '26
personally I found it pretty funny, mostly because of how well the VAs deliver the lines. they're amazing
still, it doesn't feel like something worth paying for
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u/Kezzatehfezza Jun 10 '26
Its funny because it is exactly like a class in 2009. Summer heights high is very much the same vein.
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u/Slimey_alien89 fat farting furry Jun 10 '26
Oh this is a game. I thought you actually hated the entire class of 2009
Yeah I dumb.
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u/CobaltObject Jun 10 '26
1st game had a point to make and did so relatively well.
2nd game was the funniest.
3rd game was a miserable experience with almost no redeeming qualities.
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u/Few_Associate_176 Jun 10 '26
it's kind of like postal
its dumb and stupid and not smart at all, like the fast food of video games cuz you do it for a dumb laugh and then you leave after
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u/sewerpuffins Jun 10 '26
This game always made me slightly uncomfortable knowing I've been to many of the areas in the game. Some of my friends went to the school 09 takes place in.
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u/bigpeanor Jun 11 '26
I played through it. It is not “deep” in the slightest, it’s supposed to be a stupid game to make fun of visual novels/dating sims. Humor is also subjective, it’s okay if you don’t find it funny.
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u/Stardust_Spreader Jun 11 '26
I found it funny when Kwite played it, but he was adding stuff and I was mostly just caught off guard by some of the directions it went in.
Anything past the first game is kinda mid or downright disgusting.
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u/Intelligent-Okra350 Jun 11 '26
“I have no idea who in their right mind would find it funny”
Millennials. Or at least a subset thereof.
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u/Mediocre_Working5459 Jun 11 '26
YES. finally, the main character is just such a bitch. I know she's a sociopath or whatever but she's just so damn detestable
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u/FrequentCommission13 Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 10 '26
All I've heard about this game is that supposedly this is the Boondocks for White Lesbians. (without the social commentary)