Art: 10/10
Animations: 10/10
Dialogue: 9/10
Gameplay: 10/10
Exposition: 7/10
Story: 9/10
My only complaint about this game so far is that it can be a bit wordy with its exposition. But that's a tiny complaint compared to how wonderful the rest of the game is. I honestly wasn't expecting much, but I was more than pleasantly surprised.
One area where it really shines are it's animations. They're just just the standard, stiff-looking animations that look more like someone playing with their anime figurines - the dev really took the time to craft these scenes and make them feel real and passionate. They're probably the best animations I've ever scene in an an adult game.
The story and characters are also a lot better than your standard VN. They have some depth, some personality, they have motivations beyond "oh MC is hot i want to fuck them."
And finally, the game mechanics actually add some interest. Too often when a dev tries to add mechanics to a game like this, they end up just being kind of a pointless after thought that is more of an annoyance than anything else. But in Special Delivery, they actually have some impact on things, and add to the game rather than distracting from it. It feels a bit like a point and click adventure from the early oughts to me. Think Nancy Drew games, for instance.
And to top it all off, someone they managed to keep the file size under a gigabyte so far. I've played games with much less content and much less impressive renders and animations that are well over that. Very impressive.
Overall, I would say this is one to watch. I'm already a huge fan and I haven't even finished this release yet. I can't wait to see where this goes!
Animations: 10/10
Dialogue: 9/10
Gameplay: 10/10
Exposition: 7/10
Story: 9/10
My only complaint about this game so far is that it can be a bit wordy with its exposition. But that's a tiny complaint compared to how wonderful the rest of the game is. I honestly wasn't expecting much, but I was more than pleasantly surprised.
One area where it really shines are it's animations. They're just just the standard, stiff-looking animations that look more like someone playing with their anime figurines - the dev really took the time to craft these scenes and make them feel real and passionate. They're probably the best animations I've ever scene in an an adult game.
The story and characters are also a lot better than your standard VN. They have some depth, some personality, they have motivations beyond "oh MC is hot i want to fuck them."
And finally, the game mechanics actually add some interest. Too often when a dev tries to add mechanics to a game like this, they end up just being kind of a pointless after thought that is more of an annoyance than anything else. But in Special Delivery, they actually have some impact on things, and add to the game rather than distracting from it. It feels a bit like a point and click adventure from the early oughts to me. Think Nancy Drew games, for instance.
And to top it all off, someone they managed to keep the file size under a gigabyte so far. I've played games with much less content and much less impressive renders and animations that are well over that. Very impressive.
Overall, I would say this is one to watch. I'm already a huge fan and I haven't even finished this release yet. I can't wait to see where this goes!