Finally finished through current version (Ch. 8 at time of writing). Took me a bit, but I did finally manage to break down all of the achievements, scenes, and photos. Online guides help, but even the best online guides seemed to miss one achievement--Noncommittal--that I had to actually break out UnRen and study the RPY files. But I digress, my story with this is not what you want, it's my review!
So what can I say? I love this VN. Renders are crisp, the animations are amazing, the audio makes sense in every scene. The story is tightly woven, there are a ton of choices to make, and the effects of choices are more than simply checks to see if you have enough points; though a point system is running in the background to determine if one of the LIs has a real interest, there are specific events that either put you on or take you off of an LI's path.
Additionally, there are a lot of smaller events that do not happen without prerequisite events. Some events require multiple prerequisite events, so getting most of the equation right isn't going to cut it if you're looking for a specific pathway to see all the minor events in this game... it won't hurt your position with a specific LI, but the path might branch out slightly differently and your love and trust points might be positively or negatively affected slightly by the specific pathing you take. Stuff like this make the game seem far more dynamic than it really is. Take two routes to get to a specific choice and that same choice will give you different effects, it's pretty impressive for a game in this genre.
Gotta be honest, I was really impressed. 5 stars.
PS: There are a million pop culture references in this. Books, movies, television, comics, games. I didn't expect it, but I loved to see it. Just know that if it's nerd-bait, it will come up. No cap.
So what can I say? I love this VN. Renders are crisp, the animations are amazing, the audio makes sense in every scene. The story is tightly woven, there are a ton of choices to make, and the effects of choices are more than simply checks to see if you have enough points; though a point system is running in the background to determine if one of the LIs has a real interest, there are specific events that either put you on or take you off of an LI's path.
Additionally, there are a lot of smaller events that do not happen without prerequisite events. Some events require multiple prerequisite events, so getting most of the equation right isn't going to cut it if you're looking for a specific pathway to see all the minor events in this game... it won't hurt your position with a specific LI, but the path might branch out slightly differently and your love and trust points might be positively or negatively affected slightly by the specific pathing you take. Stuff like this make the game seem far more dynamic than it really is. Take two routes to get to a specific choice and that same choice will give you different effects, it's pretty impressive for a game in this genre.
Gotta be honest, I was really impressed. 5 stars.
PS: There are a million pop culture references in this. Books, movies, television, comics, games. I didn't expect it, but I loved to see it. Just know that if it's nerd-bait, it will come up. No cap.