Impressive Title with only one thing lacking. My actual rating for this title is 4.8 stars.
The renders are gorgeous and the different characters are distinct and memorable considering the large cast of characters.
The very best part of the VN is the WRITING which is exemplary. It's rare that a VN makes you feel like you are the MC and makes you want to read the majority of the dialog. This is not Game of Thrones level writing but it would give a show such as "Legend of the Seeker" a run for it's money.
I play my character the way I would play a DND character which is Chaotic Good and it feels great. I briefly go down the more evil choices and the feel evil, not a bad way to play and if that is your playstyle it seems just as good as the good path. I will probably do a second Playthrough exploring the evil branch.
Another thing that raises this to a 4.8 are the thoughtful touches by the dev, while I enjoy the combat and it flows naturally, sometimes you are not in the mood and the Dev gives you a handy "Skip Combat" button so you can continue.
I generally like Corruption based games and I think I missed this game for so long, is the lack of a corruption tag. You are literally fighting or giving in to corruption to the MC and the characters around you.
So why 4.8 stars and not 5? The lack of animated renders, if you could take the gorgeous animation team from the "Lust Theory" game and put them to work on this title this would be a perfect game. "Lust theory" is a similar magic school based VN but they could use the writers from Ataegina, which imo are far superior. Ataegina it is damn near perfect for lovers of the DND genre.
IF you like DND settings and great writing, beautiful renders then this gets my highest recommendation.
The renders are gorgeous and the different characters are distinct and memorable considering the large cast of characters.
The very best part of the VN is the WRITING which is exemplary. It's rare that a VN makes you feel like you are the MC and makes you want to read the majority of the dialog. This is not Game of Thrones level writing but it would give a show such as "Legend of the Seeker" a run for it's money.
I play my character the way I would play a DND character which is Chaotic Good and it feels great. I briefly go down the more evil choices and the feel evil, not a bad way to play and if that is your playstyle it seems just as good as the good path. I will probably do a second Playthrough exploring the evil branch.
Another thing that raises this to a 4.8 are the thoughtful touches by the dev, while I enjoy the combat and it flows naturally, sometimes you are not in the mood and the Dev gives you a handy "Skip Combat" button so you can continue.
I generally like Corruption based games and I think I missed this game for so long, is the lack of a corruption tag. You are literally fighting or giving in to corruption to the MC and the characters around you.
So why 4.8 stars and not 5? The lack of animated renders, if you could take the gorgeous animation team from the "Lust Theory" game and put them to work on this title this would be a perfect game. "Lust theory" is a similar magic school based VN but they could use the writers from Ataegina, which imo are far superior. Ataegina it is damn near perfect for lovers of the DND genre.
IF you like DND settings and great writing, beautiful renders then this gets my highest recommendation.