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Mr_Ainz

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So I just got the bad ending and wanted to write some thoughts.

First time I saw this game here I knew it was a good one, after playing it I agree with the sentiment that it's one of the greats. I don't really like JP games as they are usually too violent for my taste but it just makes sense in the story. And what a story, truly a shame that I don't know japanese and I have to experience it through a translation (I do want to thank the effort of O&M and dazedanon. And translators in general) but even then what a fantastic journey this game is.

Great art, fun dialogs, lovable cast. There's a lot to praise in the game, a lot to criticize too, but this is not a review really. I found a lot of situations in the game quite hot and there are some erotic CGs but I kinda became uninterested in the sexual side and focused on enjoying the story (tho the collectionist in mee still went for all the scenes)

I do want to mention my disappointment in the combat as there were some specially tense moments where the simplicity of the fighting system broke the immersion (just upgrade and destroy everything in your path). It's not bad and in my opinion a good accessory to the narrative.

There's some confusing moments, maybe the translation in that moment is particularly weak, maybe it's just intended to be confusing. This leaves me with a desire to go back and try to figure it out. This most of the time is unnecessary as it may be a trivial misc dialogue (looking at you naked woman with the "vertical" code). This just speaks to how good the game was and how well it captured me.

Looking forward to completing this one and hopefully the dev rewards us with another gem in the future.
 

himeros21

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There's some confusing moments, maybe the translation in that moment is particularly weak, maybe it's just intended to be confusing. This leaves me with a desire to go back and try to figure it out. This most of the time is unnecessary as it may be a trivial misc dialogue (looking at you naked woman with the "vertical" code). This just speaks to how good the game was and how well it captured me.
Glad you're enjoying the game. If your interested, I wrote some post previously about the timeline overview of the game, as well as certain story aspect that might be overlooked. I be intererested in hearing what you think if want to discuss anything after you had finished the game.

Timeline: https://f95zone.to/threads/sakura-gozen-v1-10-kaniheadcrab.243406/post-16409429

Omna and the five companions: https://f95zone.to/threads/sakura-gozen-v1-10-kaniheadcrab.243406/post-16484077

Gufu and Haruhime: https://f95zone.to/threads/sakura-gozen-v1-10-kaniheadcrab.243406/post-16783258
 

Mr_Ainz

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It was complicated for me to sit down and finish the game this past few days but I finally got to it. I didn't get everything entirely but I got the epilogue and read the dev room's dialogues. All in all great game and amazing story. The final reunion scene in Nurari's space between Suzune and Sakura was so freaking emotional :cry:. I'm amazed at how well thought out everything was. I love how they created a deep story with twists and surprises with a reduced cast and a small world map.

They went above and beyond with some scenes, the amount of care with the character sprites and full art deserves so much praise. I was so surprised they even wanted to do so much more, some people are always striving for more and I'm thankful for that.

Thank you himeros21 for your participation in the thread and taking the time to give us such great posts. The little secrets and hints in the item descriptions and character dialogue really push the game to another level.

I just want to say that Gufu did deserve to get his manhood back and I could have done with a bit more Enka + Sakura scenes cause they are so cute together.


PS: I'll probably write some more about certain characters and story beats that I have some input I'd like to put out there.
 
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satthu7317

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Why is the writing so good? Why is the ball-less pee fetishish is my favorite character? Why do I love every characters? Help, I forgot to goon and have been playing the game for 5 hours straight now.

Absolute: Cinema
 

Snasastico

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What was the sentence before that/ after that? Quite tattered is describing something. It isn't a thing in of itself.
Ok, i understud, you need too acces in the memori of the tachibana mansión but too acces you need to be in the charapter select, no?
 

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Ok, i understud, you need too acces in the memori of the tachibana mansión but too acces you need to be in the charapter select, no?
The epilogue chapter when you are in control of Balless and Suzume is in your party specifically.
 

Mr_Ainz

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After some time I'm left with mostly good feelings about the game. I'd like to see if most people liked the sex scenes and if it's one of the main reasons they like the game. In my opinion it's not really that memorable actually. I enjoyed the full bloom sakura scene but apart from that most scenes I got just to unlock them. I did mention that find jap games a bit too violent for my taste so maybe it's just that.

Because I didn't play the previous game by the author the epilogue didn't really impact me that much. I mostly cared about my cute little group of weirdos and I even catch myself smiling remembering certain scenes. The MC is one of my favorite characters ever, I do like honest characters and I simply adore her design.

I want to try to express my bittersweet feelings regarding the story. The game directly shows you certain stuff and keeps some of it hidden for you piece together with details like object descriptions and through context. I think that this is affected by the fact that the game is translated so we don't get the intended experience crafted by the dev. Still the translation is quite good so if you really pay attention you'll eventually understand it.

It's a shame that some of it had to be explained in the dev room as I believe they didn't have enough time to make the game they wanted. I feel like the backstory could've been better implemented in the game with a more time and maybe more help on the software side.

Still the story we get to experience is rich in content and it balances humor, drama, tension and mystery really well. I'm so happy I got to play this and I appreciate everyone who came to this thread to help and share their experience. Cheers everybody.
 
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