What is LISA?

The LISA series (Which includes LISA The first, The Painful and The Joyful) Is a series of games made developed and published by American indie studio Dingaling Productions. The game was written, designed, and composed by Austin Jorgensen. LISA: The Painful is the second installment in the Lisa trilogy, preceded by LISA: The First (2012), and followed by LISA: The Joyful (2015), a standalone DLC/Sequel that concludes the series

About LISA: The First

The First is the only game in the series in which the titular Lisa is directly seen by the player (although characters will often allude to her and she appears in both visions and flashback sequences experienced by other characters). Although largely unimportant to subsequent entries, it provides backstory on the series antagonist, Marty, and the motivation for the protagonist of The Painful, Brad Armstrong.

One night, Lisa escapes from a decrepit house whilst her abusive father Marty Armstrong watches television on the couch. Despite physically escaping the location, Lisa is unable to move past the abuse inflicted upon her.

About LISA: The Painful

The game starts during a flashback, in which the player controls a child named Bradley Armstrong. The departure of his mother leads to Bradley and his younger sister, Lisa, to be abused and neglected by their father, Marty. The game then skips forward to the post-apocalyptic future, where Brad, now a middle-aged ex-martial arts instructor, lives with his friends. One day, he discovers a baby girl laying in the wasteland. While his friends plead for him to give the child to Rando, Brad refuses, instead raising the young girl he names "Buddy" in secret. She is seemingly kidnapped, leading Brad to embark on a journey across Olathe to rescue her.

About LISA: The Joyful

The game's DLC chapter takes place immediately after the end of the second game. Rando recovers from the fatal injuries inflicted upon him by Brad, and accompanies Buddy as she tries to become the most powerful person in Olathe: by killing the warlords ruling it, despite Rando's disapproval.

Following Buddy's slaughter of a village inhabited by pacifists, Rando leaves Buddy presumably due to his horror at the senselessness of the violence Buddy has unleashed upon Olathe.

Why do i like it?

LISA is truly a life ruining experience. It has interessing characters, peak music, and it has a pretty cool premise, You can also explore A LOT. Find party members, find that one place that makes you say "Oh, i like this!", and yeah, i reccomend you to SPECIFICALLY play LISA:The Painful (Another motive is my cutie patootie Terry Hintz, he is just the GOAT)