Harold Halibut

My love of stop motion meant I've decided to push through on this

I think one of the biggest problems isn't just that all there is to the game is walking and talking, it's that characters just love talking so much. Much of it isn't very interesting or even feels like it's going anywhere. An early arc feels entirely contrived and ends just as unsatisfactorily. One character called me over to tell me he doesn't want to be bothered right now. There's a bit where you read lost letters, and it's a little trite when they're all "last letter to a loved one" type deals while slow piano music plays in the background. 

And I get it, you could make the point that the game is about human interaction, and much of it is indeed boring. You could argue that to understand Harold's everyday, you have to experience his dull routine yourself. Sure, but this only makes it more jarring when the game doesn't give focus to the actual interesting things that do happen to him.
For example, without being too spoilery, there's a new central character that's introduced, and the entire "getting to know each other" phase is just done via a montage after which you're told you have a bond with said character. It feels incredibly weak for a game so cantered on interaction that you don't do or even hear any of it yourself. The bits in the montage also look more fun than anything you actually do in the game. For a lot of it, it feels like you could just be doing something else at the same time and not really miss anything. 

So it's far from a good start. But, as negative as all that sounds, I am actually at a point now where things are much more interesting. I don't know if I'm quite excited to play it, but I am curious to see where the story goes and haven't minded the last few bits. It's just taken a lot to get here and I question if it can maintain it