> "What do we have here?"
Well, this game was longer than id expected... a lot longer. Which is a really good thing, as i really wanted more after ive finished it. I want to cover the following points:
- writing
> i want to split the rating of the writing into 3 parts, as there are hard gaps of subjective liking:
- conversation
- inner dialogue (narrative)
- inner dialogue (lewd scenes)
graphic (i payed way too less attention to the fine tuning of the renders - will probably be covered with next playthrough/test phase)- story
- character models
characterization (this one is tough, i was way too enganged with my playhrough to write down all of that en passant, maybe another time)- music
sfx (this is just not fully functional.. im on it.. no point in judging it atm)
! WARNING !
The following texts contain spoilers of the game. This text is not ment to be a review for a prospect of the game rather a feedback for the developer!
Writing:
The conversations are top fckn notch!
I can count the conversations in titles ive enjoyed reading, as i enjoyed reading the conversations of TM, on one hand. They're easy to follow and entertaining. Most of the content of the conversations wouldnt even be that outstanding by themself, its the connection to the backgroundstory and how the conversations are placed into scenery, what makes them so unique to me. I wouldnt want to change one thing regarding that. Also the humor of the game takes place mostly in this area, which is one of the things i liked about this title the most. I laughed my fckn ass off dozens of times, at some point i just lost count. Gratz! You did really fckn well here!
[9.8/10]
The narration covers effectively everything that should be known by the player to maintain the atmosphere of the lore core. Sometimes i felt a little bit of exhaution reading through several filled textboxes in a row, which could be easily handled by splitting them up into not so filled up textboxes but just more in order, but thats probably very subjective, please take this with a grain of salt. (English is not my mother tongue and im a really slow reader) The narrative writing in itself is decent.
[7.7/10]
The inner dialogues of the lewd scenes are an enrichment.
When it comes down to that, for me, this means more immersion, and immersion is important to prove authenticity. Well handled authenticity is quality. I got a simliliar feeling of the volume of the textboxes with this as i got with the narrative writing, just a lot less - as the narrative writing wants to keep my attention and the inner dialogue of the lewd scenes wants to keep me horny - i was just less attended for the narration as i got horny by reading the inner dialogue of the lewds. Id like to see less filled up textboxes for that too, but not split up and kept in the same order, as suggested for the narration. I think rotating between conversation and inner dialogue for the lewds in shorter reading gaps would do dem scenes some good.
[8.7/10]
Story:
Typical Isekai basic: Dude dies and gets revived with some really convenient benefits (not always like that in Isekai, ik). I like the Isekai standard, the concept is one thats not that easily "wasted" and interesting in its core. The way the MC was thown into the situation is catchy. Who did not phatasize about being his younger self again, doing things the other way!? The setting for the story i well choosen.
The developement of the story is pretty swift, which i liked, as i felt catched by the narration behind - not too fast, not too slow - i liked the pace. Im actually not a big fan of serious drama, but this one presented me with a new perspective of abnormal social behavior and the up and downs, which are included within relationships with other human beings. The story-line is interesting enough to enjoy it more than a second time.
[9.4/10]
Character models:
You know how to create very nice characters in HS2. Not the best ones ive seen, but pretty high standard, regarding my own standards (which are pretty high, as i like to create my own and i know how much time and dissatisfaction can cost a single character till you keep or just keep tuning...)
The bodies of all the LI's are individually altered, which makes their body type individual - must have, well done.
Theres not a single female face in the game, thats not pretty. Your skills on face-slider are a lot higher than mine, props for that!
(cannot go as deep into this as i want to, cause its cutting into characterization, but the behavior of the chars equate their appearance and vice verca- good one!)
[9.1/10]
Music:
Music is atmosphese. The atmosphese in this one is strong.
When it comes down to an emotional feeling, the proper music to underline just that was univerally present - thats a big plus.
Some of the sounds let me stop playing, just for the sake of enjoying the music - i was supprised how much i enjoyed it, your choice of bg-music is well elaborated.
There were some scenes with not bg-music, where i liked to have some, but more relevant are the part where it was done right, which outweight easily.
[8.9/10]
All in all this title will take place in my inner circle of entertainment and joy. There were some parts that werent as good as others as the others are present somewhere around very nice and barely inperfect. This title is a gem in this nerver ending adventure in the dessert of f95 and im glad i picked it up.
Sorry for not covering all the points, which are basiclly relevant for a proper review (which is the reason, why u can read it here and not under "reviews".) Whenever i can cover the remaining points to my liking, ill update this one onto thte review page.
As this title was a lot longer than i had expected, i did not start the test-phase for the sfx-issues like ive announced on pg.252 yet, because i, as mentioned, wanted to finish the playthrough first. Now this is a LOT more work than i thought it would be, but fck it, i want this to be great. It will just take a lot longer than expected. Ive also planned to cover a bit more than that single sound issue ive posted.
baibai Thank you very much for your effort, im looking forward to any upcoming updates with unwanted but firm settled patience
I wish you a good time on your vaccation!
Please keep it up, you know we love you <3
