Some of the strongest plotting I've seen, three of my favourite characters ever and much much more, needless to say I love The House in Fata Morgana. It started off pretty weak for me but the later parts were just so, so good. It kept getting better and peaked at the end, truly, as it's climax is my favourite moment of all time. Despite all this, my favourite aspect is not any of the above but the strong thematic core of the story which resonated with me deeply and is the reason it's probably my favourite story ever.

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Characters and story (10/10)

The House in Fata Morgana is genuinely one of the most human and touching stories I have ever encountered. It is equally a tragic tale as it is a beautiful one, it showcases the both the beauty and the ugly when it comes to what it means to truly connect with other people, it’s a beautiful tale on ones identity, it is a beautiful tale on the human condition. The characters within Fata Morgana are all beautifully made, it’s hard to say that all of them don’t motivate to become a better person and make a change in my life, despite it being only fiction the characters do feel like real people past the first 4 doors. It is hard to describe in words that truly does this story the justice it deserves.

Music and Art (10/10)

The music and art of The House in Fata Morgana is every as beautiful as the story is as well, it’s an experience that you can’t really have besides the visual novel genre as the music would be the primary thing you first feel and notice as there aren’t any voice acting to really distract you and in particular parts no art at all. Finna get my first physical copy of an album and it's thanks to Fata Morgana, the music is too beautiful.

Cons

Some cons I could say goes for this game is that the first 4 doors/chapters can be pretty slow paced and can be considered boring for some people though I still enjoyed the first four doors a great deal, even if it does suffer from some slow pacing since it’s a visual novel you are free to select the pace you wanna go at so that slightly alleviates the slow pacing issue in the beginning. The first 4 doors are incredibly important however the quality of writing exponentially increases past that point peaking in the finale.

Tldr: it’s an incredible game with some of the best writing I have ever seen, as with all pieces of media don’t get too overhyped, play through it without any expectations.

The greatest work in fiction, fata morgana makes a deep exploration about one's search of identity and sense of belonging, the importance of mutual communication and understanding, how the environment around us shapes and builds our being and how even small fleeting moments of human connection and warmth creates a lasting effect on the people around it even after decades

Those themes are perfectly portrayed through its amazing cast with each character bringing in a new world view and contrasting perspective about those themes, their development being build up in the shape of past memories gives in an opening to a heavy mystery and the search for the answer of what's the curse afflicting the mansion.

The phenomenal OST only helps to shape and build the atmosphere of the cursed mansion, while subtly telling a story of their own.

The masterfully build mystery allows it to give a multifaceted view on the story, with various events being changed multiple times as the story progresses with each passing moment making the previous scene even more complex and deep

Overall a perfectly written story with a deeply connected plot with extremely well written characters that tackles some of the most sincere and beautiful themes in fiction with a well handled work around more uncomfortable topics

ok, genuine review this time.
the summary is extremely high highs and extremely and more frequently low lows.
the biggest issue is the awful quality of most scenes, I wish I can just say it was whatever but no it was just Bad and to add insult to injury awfully repetitive and drags on for way too long (the best example of this is door2)
but enough with negativity (there is a lot of it) the positive parts (not enough of it) were great and easily one of the best I've seen, but like I said there isnt enough of it, and unfortunately it does not justify the rest for me.

most of the characters are just bad (like most of the game shocking! except for a few who are really great.
my feelings throughout the game is either "kill me now!!!" or "kino!!!".
the first door was just boring and literally nothing interesting happen in it until the final stretch where it was just cool horror. Mell was just... painfully uninteresting protagonist going through an extremely boring romance, white-haired girl was the same as mell, and nellie was actually alright loved her villainous role in it.
door2... BAAAD pure and simple, interesting premise AWFUL execution and pacing like holy fuck how do you get a cool premise like bestia and fuck it up??? and god dont let me get on how repetitive every fucking character was!!! bestia, WHG, pauline and javi say the same exact thing a billion times throughout it!! and literally nothing else. I genuinely don't know how people like this.
door 3 is really fucking good!! I loved every character in it especially Jacopo like god damn how did the same guy write this?? and maria was an amazing supporting character and WHG was actually good this time!! this door humanizes Italians very well, but sadly all good things must come to an end and door 4 was meh! I kinda liked Michel but WHG went back to being bad. however, I liked the twist that happened right after!
not gonna mention the next doors because spoilerinos!
but I have a more positive feeling about them.
in conclusion, overhyped and boring! there's some good but 10 times the bad.