Now&Then is a VN set in a zombie-postapocalyptic timeline "now" which develops its characters further by making flashbacks to "then". An approach with finesse in a literary sense.
The first thing I found interesting was the fact that the novel was written in purely 1st person POV in early chapters. Although pacing was a bit stale and dull, I thought to myself dev goes for realism etc. so I continued to read. Then harem started to expand and narration shifted to 3rd person omnipotent POV. It was that moment the novel lost its charm on me. The novel had to become more exciting but it did not. The tension of unknown had been lifted by that change, so zombie apocalypse setting just became a decor to justify a formation of harem, nothing more. You can't keep the tension up if you feed the readers all the details and information. Sometimes LESS IS MORE. The writing became more and more bloated. My hand slipped to skip button more frequently.
I know this game is all about the relationship build-up by dialogue and flashbacks but I didn't find it appealing sorry. Slow pacing and constant daily small talks which serve little purpose for the reader are a bit too much for me. Feels like watching a reality show, survival aspects are toned down.
Visually the game is average. Honey select renders, not much appealing to look at tbh. It fails to give that apocalypse vibe too. I'm turned off by anime sex moans but if that's your thing then it is good, fap away.
Summary: Lots of non-impactful reading, slow pacing, anime sex moans, Ok scenes, pseudo-incest, softcore survival, vanilla sex... If you are into these go for it.
The first thing I found interesting was the fact that the novel was written in purely 1st person POV in early chapters. Although pacing was a bit stale and dull, I thought to myself dev goes for realism etc. so I continued to read. Then harem started to expand and narration shifted to 3rd person omnipotent POV. It was that moment the novel lost its charm on me. The novel had to become more exciting but it did not. The tension of unknown had been lifted by that change, so zombie apocalypse setting just became a decor to justify a formation of harem, nothing more. You can't keep the tension up if you feed the readers all the details and information. Sometimes LESS IS MORE. The writing became more and more bloated. My hand slipped to skip button more frequently.
I know this game is all about the relationship build-up by dialogue and flashbacks but I didn't find it appealing sorry. Slow pacing and constant daily small talks which serve little purpose for the reader are a bit too much for me. Feels like watching a reality show, survival aspects are toned down.
Visually the game is average. Honey select renders, not much appealing to look at tbh. It fails to give that apocalypse vibe too. I'm turned off by anime sex moans but if that's your thing then it is good, fap away.
Summary: Lots of non-impactful reading, slow pacing, anime sex moans, Ok scenes, pseudo-incest, softcore survival, vanilla sex... If you are into these go for it.