Those fine 3D models, bro. Yum. Got some Idolmaster feels in here. Suzuka is also some fine dining.

Overall: 6.5/10 (7)

Gameplay: 6/10
Story/Narrative: 5/10
Graphics/Visuals: 9/10
Audio/Soundtrack: 6/10

The first raising sim where I ended up doing a run every day for months. Clicking buttons to watch numbers go up activates a special part of my brain, the character models and animations are top notch, and I ended up looking up more about Japanese horse racing than I thought I ever would.

The highlight of the game, in my opinion, is that every uma musume gets to be the star in her training scenario. Even the extremely eccentric characters who would at best be a side character or a running joke (if not a background character) gets a main character-level training scenario that is full of references to the real-life counterpart's racing history, and a lot of care goes into balancing the irl horse's racing history with the characterization of the uma musume as an anime girl.

Agnes Tachyon 10/10 permanently rewired my brain

if you know me, i've played my handful of management sims so i went into this expecting a nice, high-budget management sim and came out of it with:

- a crippling horsegirl addiction
- a membership at my local racetrack
- a supporter tote bag from the japanese retired horse association
- a designer collab t-shirt (special week design)
- an elevation chart spreadsheet of every major race for each distance (made by yours truly)
- countless acrylic stands of my favorite characters (mostly the symbolis)
- a new shelf (for the starting gate/winning live cds)

AND
- a game that's pretty fun too : )

so yeah this game may or may not be life-changing but more than that i think it's also pretty neat! 🐱👍🐴

"unapyoi"/10

There was a moment in the game where a minigame pop in and suddenly Agnes Tachyon wanted me to get her a plushie from the crane machine.

at the very last attempt, I managed to get a plushie of herself.

seeing her holding it with her face full of joy, on that very moment.

"i get it."