Others - Thou, Eternal Everbloom [Beta v0.1.2.3] [Caffaholic]

While I do agree that the tutorial may be a bit long, it's just a tutorial so you can safely ignore the last review since it doesn't really discuss anything worthwhile about the game itself. Let's start with some of the basic things that reviews should usually focus on:

Story: 5/5
For me the story is extremely wholesome, you as a local nobody with a bit of a backstory that noone usually cares about meet a goddess that is being hunted by other humans, and instead of turning her in you decide to help her, tend her wounds and live together with her in the forest. I really like this setup, reminds me of all these runaway girl games but with a more original story in mind. I also like that she is interested in your own backstory aswell which gives both the MC and her a meaning inside the story and doesn't just let you be a shallow character.

Visuals: 5/5
I'm personally biased on this but I really enjoy pixel art aesthetics and I think alot of people that do will enjoy the visuals presented in this game. The sexual scenes are very romantic but don't lack in the eroticism department, but they are also quite vanilla which perfectly fits the theme of this game but may not be enough for everyone. The overworld is designed beautifully, the house looks really nice with everything in the background being hand drawn which of course is just a very nice thing to have. I have very little to criticise here, just to keep adding more of the good stuff.

Gameplay: 3/5
Here is where I think the dev could improve some stuff. In general, I do agree with points in the last two reviews that the pacing of the game is generally a little slow at the start of the story. The interactions and dialogues take a while to complete and while I like reading through them, it's not everyones cup of tea so I think stuff like this could be improved overall. I really like the day and night system and simulator like gameplay though so building upon this should be no issue. Also I love patting her during the day, really cute.

Sound: 5/5
Honestly not much to criticise here, it's there to lift the athmosphere and make scenes more lively but also nothing extremely groundbreaking, just a nice addition to the game.

Overall, I was not sure whether to give this a 4 or a 5, but seeing how passionate the dev is about this game I decided to give it 5 since I have no doubt this game is gonna be even greater once it fully releases.

I dont like how the story starts off like a bad ai character prompt. It might get better later but I never stuck around long because of the piss poor "tutorial" that insisted on overemphasizing basic shit you'd figure out several minutes into the game. Do we really need several text boxes explaining what coins are? Come the fuck on. Tell your story or piss off.

Though the developer was really nice and I have no beef with them. I just fucking hate forced tutorials. By all means have it be there in the game. But let us with an IQ higher than a half eaten potato skip that mindnumbing garbage and get right into the game.

Its literally gamedev 101. Has discord really mindrotted gamedev's brains that badly?

I have mixed feelings about this.
As a game, it's charming, nice, and as much as I hate how prevalent and over-used the word has become lately, cozy.
The girl is sweet and attractive, and the situation / premise is interesting enough.

However.

This game is wayyy too slow.

Movement, dialogue, story pacing, everything just takes FOREVER.

I put in way more time than I thought I'd have the patience for, and I never even got to anything NSFW.

I love pixel art, but there's no payoff - and not really even any work either, at that. You just kind of walking around interacting with things, but for no real point. You can cut wood, but it doesn't do anything. You can water the plant, but it also took forever to sprout.

I couldn't figure how you grow anything, as you aren't allowed to go anywhere, despite there being a map.


I like the direction it is going though. I would love to see pretty much everything sped up though.

Interested to see how this one develops.

The premise is simple but sweet. You rescue a dryad and you come to love each other. The pixel art is great and it gives me a "Summer Memories" vibe. For a v0.0.1, this makes me excited for what else the dev has in store.

The English isn't the best but that can easily be fixed in an update or two. The only gripe that I have is it takes a bit to grind.