The Gay Tag Review
Clearly 100% gay; the main character (and several of the secondary characters) are attracted to males and having a successful romance is one of the goals of the game.
First impressions review after a full run. The game is clearly in the tradition of dating sim RPGs: setting a task each week that increases two or three skills, choice of an event for the weekend, rinse and repeat for 52 weeks plus some planned events during the year. The principles of the games are easy: repay a 1000 pounds loan in a year. There are several ways to get money, mostly by working at the agency of the main love interest, but you can find other alternative pathways. The system is simple and well implemented, albeit not revolutionary.
The game has a cast of several characters but only two can be romanced, which also happens by meeting them and triggering a series of events. The cast, which will be familiar to those who played the previous game Beyond Eden, is solid but somehow plain. People should be warned: if you look for wild sex scenes, that's NOT the game for you. Once you're established on one of the romance routes (there's also a third 'shared' route apparently), you'll get a series of encounters, which however are rather vanilla and the images aren't really that revealing.
The graphics is very similar to Beyond Eden, a classy regency manga-style,
All in all, this is between 3 and 4 stars, because the game is rather ordinary. The dark atmospheres and the disturbing/arousing game of sexual dominance of the previous game are gone, and the conflicts are actually very low-key. It is however a well put-together product with a charming feeling, and it's a very good entry to the genre, particularly if you don't care too much that the sex scenes aren't too explicit.
Clearly 100% gay; the main character (and several of the secondary characters) are attracted to males and having a successful romance is one of the goals of the game.
First impressions review after a full run. The game is clearly in the tradition of dating sim RPGs: setting a task each week that increases two or three skills, choice of an event for the weekend, rinse and repeat for 52 weeks plus some planned events during the year. The principles of the games are easy: repay a 1000 pounds loan in a year. There are several ways to get money, mostly by working at the agency of the main love interest, but you can find other alternative pathways. The system is simple and well implemented, albeit not revolutionary.
The game has a cast of several characters but only two can be romanced, which also happens by meeting them and triggering a series of events. The cast, which will be familiar to those who played the previous game Beyond Eden, is solid but somehow plain. People should be warned: if you look for wild sex scenes, that's NOT the game for you. Once you're established on one of the romance routes (there's also a third 'shared' route apparently), you'll get a series of encounters, which however are rather vanilla and the images aren't really that revealing.
The graphics is very similar to Beyond Eden, a classy regency manga-style,
All in all, this is between 3 and 4 stars, because the game is rather ordinary. The dark atmospheres and the disturbing/arousing game of sexual dominance of the previous game are gone, and the conflicts are actually very low-key. It is however a well put-together product with a charming feeling, and it's a very good entry to the genre, particularly if you don't care too much that the sex scenes aren't too explicit.