Ren'Py - A Familiar World [v0.4.1] [HighbornTiger]

  1. 3.00 star(s)

    FFTW

    This is a companion piece to the dev's main game (A Foreign World) that serves as a sort of prequel that shows various moments of the girls' lives in their original world before they traveled to our world.

    It boasts the same art quality as the main game, so the design of the characters is very good, and it is clear that a lot of effort went into the renders. They are far better than the average game here.

    Another aspect in which this game differs in a major way from the average game here is that it is a Jigsaw Puzzle game, with each couple Jigsaw puzzles you solve rewarding you with a short scene. You can choose 5 different difficulties, ranging from easy to pretty much impossible. Thankfully the rewards are the same no matter what difficulty you use. Personally, I found Normal to be the best one.

    Unlike others, I didn't have an issue with the game being primarily a jigsaw puzzle game that rewards you with scenes. I think it is a cool idea, especially with the various difficulties available to suit all players. My issue though was with the scenes themselves, as I felt that they were both too short and too light in substance. I was interested in really delving into the girls' original world, learning things that weren't mentioned in the main game (especially about the girls' histories, as well as the various men in the world), seeing how normal people there conduct their life, etc. Yet most of the scenes didn't provide much substance at all. I don't think we even see a single ability used that didn't belong to one of the main girls. Even the H scenes felt very light.

    Overall, this is a fun companion piece to the main game, but I think it could have been so much more. I recommend it to the main game's fans only.

    PS: If anyone is interested in checking both games out, please start with A Foreign World first. This may be a prequel, but knowledge of the main game is necessary, both to understand the events and to give a damn about them.
  2. 4.00 star(s)

    InstaPrincess

    Kind of torn in this one. I am not a huge fan of puzzle games like that, but it'd be unfair to rate it lower due to that, since it does what it says.

    If you play "A foreign world" and want to know more about the world building, you need to play this. It would have been better as a VN prologue though as the two games have little in common otherwise.

    Also, the scenes are interesting only if you played the other game. They are extremely tame, to the point that they undermine the gritty dark theme, "a foreign world" tries to convey of this place. In that sense it feels a bit like fan service without actually delivering.

    Still, the scenes are nice and the puzzles are fun for those that care about that game play.
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  3. 5.00 star(s)

    Forgotted

    Very enjoyable 'time killer' .
    Kind of reminded me of being a kid....but with
    way cooler images! lol
    Beautiful images.
    Nice relaxing jigsaw puzzle type game.
    Great for letting your mind wander for a short bit.

    Maybe they will add more?
  4. 5.00 star(s)

    Deleted member 5143451

    It's a game, a lot different than the ones I played on this site, but still a nice game. And the pictures are very very beautiful. It solved them all one after the other. I'm looking forward to future updates with more puzzles.