It's an good game but...
-The graphics are kinda inconsistent. While it's not the worst, sometimes the worlds tend to flip flop with either using the RPG Maker MZ (This game's engine.)'s RTP or it's own assets. While I do like the option to customize the menu by color swapping, the choices are pretty abysmal and inferior. You may think that switching from 4 to 1 would change both green and purple to red and yellow (Because it's using triad colors.), but instead, red replaces both green and purple. And this isn't just for red, this applies to every color but 4. And sometimes you can go up to walls even though you don't expect to do so. If you don't believe me, go to up to the very house Cory's standing next to. And by the way, he can be recruited for your party. And if you didn't get in the Meme Forest, GO RECRUIT HIM NOW. He's the only member in the team that can directly heal you with no consequences. Do not try to fight him and then say no, because if you do, the game will treat your interaction with Cory as if you didn't fight him before, so just say yes and move on.
-The writing. For some ungodly reason, in the early game (As in starting from scratch.), the grammar is horrible, but gets improved later on (Around when you're fighting the Pumkat's Boner.). Also, no, Junipur's not an anthro cat. If it's clearly designed so the body resembles an actual animal and not a combination of both the animal and humanistic characteristics, then that's feral. The worst offender is the memes. While it's not so much a problem outside of Meme Cemetery, Mogeko is the big target for my grievance, like it's just as BAD as Shovel Knight's cameo in Yooka-Laylee, as it's the "Oh damn! I'm in the wrong game! Guh hyuck!" Plus, I don't think the plot itself has one flaw and that's mainly the main goal. Why does Luci need Diet Coke instead of any other drink that can re-hydrate him? Isn't my items filled with Piss Jugs and MUG Root Beer enough to satisfy him? But my best one is Bebder, probably because I'm too biased for Futurama related and I know Bebder isn't exactly meant to be Bender from Futurama, he's just fun to have around for the cast. I say he's enjoyable than Luci.
-Gameplay. Ugh... Where do I start? For some ungodly reason, when you first collect the first cards (The first one being Satan.), the game will always give you a tip to go find them. Now, it also applies for weapons AND armors, despite the game, in my experience, doesn't tell you about. For new players, GET THE GAMBLER'S BLADE FROM THE BATHROOM FROM 7/11. As a SMT fan and know-it-all that has used RPG Maker products before, buffs are your friends. Hell, it's how I beat Bebder easily, as I used the skill "Gambler's Luck," a skill exclusive to the Gambler's Blade, to boost my attacks and end the fight within 3 turns. Not sure if it's my experience, but I think it also increases Evasion and Critical hits. This is important if you really hate the Hand Guns, because if you don't have any skills that hit all enemies and don't have any other equipment on you, you're going to hate it. And the worst offender is that all enemy encounters forbid you from escaping. While I get that for boss and/or forced counters, because usually you're warned before hand, there's just no reason to run away from normal counters. Worse is that encounters can happen even in the menu screen, as all enemies will move, but won't exactly engage in battle. And for some reason, you cannot use Special Sauce in battles but you can use Insta-Inn in battle, but this breaks battles and sometimes the game softlocks you. One time, I even soft-locked myself when I was fighting Bebder. I don't know how, because I was spamming Z to use a normal attack, and this led to Luci having 1 HP after he died and unable to select either Yes or No on the continue screen.
I wish that skills would tell you exactly if it uses Attack or Magic Attack for attacking. For example, let's say I want to use a Magic attack. Normal attack are usually physical, but I don't know if Melt uses my Attack or Magic Attack stats. In fact, weapons tend to be vague (Like Pico's Gun and Frying Pan.) within their description and don't really provide any information that you would need to use to form whether or not you should upgrade your equipment or value them. Sure, I see a green number with a positive value, but that's too vague. Sure, I would like to have better stats, but I want to find an equipment that'll help me in a certain situation, like inflicting a status ailment on an enemy.
Because this is an demo, I think the demo has sold me on downloading the full game. It's not strong enough, but certainly a bit above the minimum for me to go on and think "Sure, I'll have a bite! I'll go play the full game!"
