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by Garlyle » Thu Apr 30, 2009 8:53 pm
Hmm... what can I say? I love it!
Not that I've got a whole lot of experience with visual novels/dating sim games [outside of a couple BL games and Tsukihime], but to be completely honest I would have never guessed this was created by an english team if I didn't know in advance. You guys have done a very, very good job of replicating Japanese style. And despite the fact that it's about dating girls [and I'm into other guys], I'm still very intrigued in following this, so you're definitely doing a very good job of making the appeal very believable and real.
With that said, I have a question re Kenji...
1. If he -does- have a specific route/ending scene, how do you get it (If it's in the demo)? And is there plans for a full route?
2. If there -isn't- plans for a route for him, why not? I'm not saying you guys have to go full H route - it's pretty obvious the main character's supposed to be straight [and Kenji's I can't figure out whether he's got the most awkward response to finding girls attractive ever, or if this is just a really strange manifestation of him being attracted to guys], though I'd love a route in which Kenji falls for the main character and ends up catching him in some utterly ridiculous situation despite our hero trying to shake him off. If not that, then drop the attraction and just two guys duking it out against the world's conspiracies! I think Kenji is far too interesting and 'whacked' as a character to be left without at least a chance to have a starring role.
On that note, about the others, in order of least favourite to favourite...
Emi: I don't see much to her yet. I'm sure she'll be interesting in her own way, but nothing about her particularly makes her feel at all interesting to me. I'll probably try to see more of her scenes and see what I get and if that changes my mind, but right now she's come off as an Energetic Sports Loli, which is very far from my type...
Misha & Shizune: First, Misha. God damn Misha annoys me. It's a very interesting mechanic to write a character who's talking for two people, but she seems more energetically loud and obnoxious than anyone else I know (And I say that in a bad way, unfortunately), but I think that's sorta deliberate. And Shizune's a bitch so that doesn't really help. With that said, I am interested in following this route in the full version for one reason: to see how the romance actually occurs. Trying to date someone when you have to communicate through a third party... Oh, and to find out what Misha's disability is. Seriously, she seems to be the most completely healthy person there...
Hanako: I kinda feel sorry for this poor little girl, which I think is part of the point of how she's written (at least for now). Her shyness is a little ridiculous but I can bring myself to believe it given the issues she has physically - although, given the social status and friendliness of the school, the fact it has persisted is a little odd to me. Either way, I do kinda like her, and having her around for interactions with Lilly is definitely not something I have a problem with.
Lilly: The ending that I've achieved at the time of writing this. I seriously respect this girl. For some reason, dealing with blindness is the disability that intrigues me most out of the five physical disabilities offered here. And despite all that she's so mature and careful. She's not particularly quirky, but I think that's good to have someone so regular.
Rin: I want to get her ending. I can't figure her out at all, even the term airhead doesn't seem to be able to accurately describe her. Sometimes she seems so strange and occasionally unlikable, but in that way it reminds me of people I actually knew and regularly hung around in my high school days - especially in that the rest of the time you're not sure what to do but you're enjoying it anyway.
I honesty think you guys are going to set some sort of standard for western-created Visual Novel projects here. Especially if you're planning to offer this free, you might just be surprised at the appeal this has...
