DonoKuno
2007
Probably my most played VN next to Umineko, I adore all of the characters and playing this VN feels like coming back home, in a really weird way that I can't really describe. It's extremely funny/fun at times and at others will make you a sobbing mess, so far it's my favorite Key VN :) Mio is best girl.
2023
I supported this game on patreon for awhile :) I'm DonoKuno in the credits! (Weenie Customer: DonoKuno).
My GOTY, the artstyle & animations are full of character and charm, the OST is just banger after banger, gameplay is extremely tight, and I can't wait to see people speedrun/P Rank it. Loved seeing this game change over the years, and I cannot stress enough that if you ever liked a classic Sonic game, or really love games that rank you with a high skill ceiling, that you NEED to pick this game up.
My GOTY, the artstyle & animations are full of character and charm, the OST is just banger after banger, gameplay is extremely tight, and I can't wait to see people speedrun/P Rank it. Loved seeing this game change over the years, and I cannot stress enough that if you ever liked a classic Sonic game, or really love games that rank you with a high skill ceiling, that you NEED to pick this game up.
2014
Look I adore WTC, Higurashi is a classic, Umineko is peak fiction, where the fuck is Cioncia Phase 2, etc
But god the charm of this VN wins me over bad, all of the characters are fun or interesting in their own little ways, the alt history bent of the story is fascinating, with tons of twists and turns, and a weird clicking mini-game to emulate fighting to boot. I felt the ending should have been a little stronger? though it does wrap itself up nicely at least if not tragically. I might edit this review later as it's been literal years since I read it, but I remember it being a really good time.
But god the charm of this VN wins me over bad, all of the characters are fun or interesting in their own little ways, the alt history bent of the story is fascinating, with tons of twists and turns, and a weird clicking mini-game to emulate fighting to boot. I felt the ending should have been a little stronger? though it does wrap itself up nicely at least if not tragically. I might edit this review later as it's been literal years since I read it, but I remember it being a really good time.
A really well done wrap up and send off of the Sky series of Trails games, not much to say
2017
A doll is just a doll? Then why does it hurt to see them torn and slashed? A machine is just a machine? Then why does it hurt to see one breakdown? Why do we project these feelings onto these objects? is there meaning to be found in that? Is there meaning to be found in what seems like nothing? Is there something crucially important about the empathy we share for these objects as the reality of a seemingly uncaring world seeps in?
NieR Automata is many things to me and is many things narratively, no game has won my heart like the NieR series has and none have since. I could spend literal hours talking about how much of Nier is about the things that feed conflict and why they happen despite our best interests, despite what we know is 'right', and the desire to break that cycle of conflict, even when it's too late to stop. It's about an infatuating love between two people who also want to kill each other, it's about the mistakes of ancestors creating countless misery for their descendants. It's about language/culture barriers creating monsters where there is none. It's about personification of non-living beings that desperately want to be alive. About the death of god(s) and how we cope with that. It's about sacrifice and what your willing to do to see this world's end and for others to do the same. It's many things and I adore all of it.
Emil and 9S are probably my favorite written characters in the medium of video games and I hope that can be usurped someday. 2B (and hell most of Taro's characters) is a tragic character that just wants to not hurt the one she loves despite needing to countless times, I hope she has a wonderful life with 9S at the end of the game as much as the world of Automata will let her have, which it's ending is left up to mostly interpretation. I will never understand people who write off 2B as a no-note character with only a fat ass to keep her relevant. Eitherway, I adore this game and have 100%ed it, I can't wait to see what Taro does next if at all.
NieR Automata is many things to me and is many things narratively, no game has won my heart like the NieR series has and none have since. I could spend literal hours talking about how much of Nier is about the things that feed conflict and why they happen despite our best interests, despite what we know is 'right', and the desire to break that cycle of conflict, even when it's too late to stop. It's about an infatuating love between two people who also want to kill each other, it's about the mistakes of ancestors creating countless misery for their descendants. It's about language/culture barriers creating monsters where there is none. It's about personification of non-living beings that desperately want to be alive. About the death of god(s) and how we cope with that. It's about sacrifice and what your willing to do to see this world's end and for others to do the same. It's many things and I adore all of it.
Emil and 9S are probably my favorite written characters in the medium of video games and I hope that can be usurped someday. 2B (and hell most of Taro's characters) is a tragic character that just wants to not hurt the one she loves despite needing to countless times, I hope she has a wonderful life with 9S at the end of the game as much as the world of Automata will let her have, which it's ending is left up to mostly interpretation. I will never understand people who write off 2B as a no-note character with only a fat ass to keep her relevant. Eitherway, I adore this game and have 100%ed it, I can't wait to see what Taro does next if at all.
2004
Grew up playing this, really fun arena-shooter type deal going on with coolasheck robots and an interesting if not trope-y story, really enjoyed my time with it and multiplayer was a blast :)
2002
My first Mario game I ever played, I have intense nostalgia for it but it is nowhere near perfect, still love it though
2000
SHITKINO BANGER ON CAP FR FR
okay it's fine just have a lot of nostalga for it :)
okay it's fine just have a lot of nostalga for it :)
2018
This game is just fun, if not a little repetitive, but I love it narratively so far and how that feeds into the gameloop, have not finished it yet
It's Umineko, nothing I can say can really take away how much of a trip this VN is and how well written it's large cast of characters are, and was probably one of the most beautifully put together stories or piece of fiction in general i've ever read.
I never thought I needed to understand what magic was, how does a piece of media just reconstruct the idea of magic so beautifully in a mystery novel of all things while being a love letter to said genre? to say it's changed my perspective on a lot of things is an understatement.
This story will stay with me for a long time, 200+ hours well spent.
Rest, rest in piece in the illusion that you created,
Rest well my beloved witch, Beatrice.
I never thought I needed to understand what magic was, how does a piece of media just reconstruct the idea of magic so beautifully in a mystery novel of all things while being a love letter to said genre? to say it's changed my perspective on a lot of things is an understatement.
This story will stay with me for a long time, 200+ hours well spent.
Rest, rest in piece in the illusion that you created,
Rest well my beloved witch, Beatrice.
5 - 6 are probably my favorite episodes of Umi, mostly bc of a specific intellectual rapist.
It's Umineko, nothing I can say can really take away how much of a trip this VN is and how well written it's large cast of characters are, and was probably one of the most beautifully put together stories or piece of fiction in general i've ever read.
I never thought I needed to understand what magic was, how does a piece of media just reconstruct the idea of magic so beautifully in a mystery novel of all things while being a love letter to said genre? to say it's changed my perspective on a lot of things is an understatement.
This story will stay with me for a long time, 200+ hours well spent.
Rest, rest in piece in the illusion that you created,
Rest well my beloved witch, Beatrice.
It's Umineko, nothing I can say can really take away how much of a trip this VN is and how well written it's large cast of characters are, and was probably one of the most beautifully put together stories or piece of fiction in general i've ever read.
I never thought I needed to understand what magic was, how does a piece of media just reconstruct the idea of magic so beautifully in a mystery novel of all things while being a love letter to said genre? to say it's changed my perspective on a lot of things is an understatement.
This story will stay with me for a long time, 200+ hours well spent.
Rest, rest in piece in the illusion that you created,
Rest well my beloved witch, Beatrice.
Nipah~
Man I love unreliable narrators - the VN
Seriously though, adore Higu, I might be more fond of Umi but all the characters here are great (I love them) and it's theme about being there for the people you love, sifting past miscommunication and misunderstandings, just to be there for them, regardless of anything, is honestly a really beautiful message that gets me choked up thinking about it. I definitely also want to reread it at some point too
Man I love unreliable narrators - the VN
Seriously though, adore Higu, I might be more fond of Umi but all the characters here are great (I love them) and it's theme about being there for the people you love, sifting past miscommunication and misunderstandings, just to be there for them, regardless of anything, is honestly a really beautiful message that gets me choked up thinking about it. I definitely also want to reread it at some point too
Nipah~
Man I love unreliable narrators - the VN
Seriously though, adore Higu, I might be more fond of Umi but all the characters here are great (I love them) and it's theme about being there for the people you love, sifting past miscommunication and misunderstandings, just to be there for them, regardless of anything, is honestly a really beautiful message that gets me choked up thinking about it. I definitely also want to reread it at some point too
Man I love unreliable narrators - the VN
Seriously though, adore Higu, I might be more fond of Umi but all the characters here are great (I love them) and it's theme about being there for the people you love, sifting past miscommunication and misunderstandings, just to be there for them, regardless of anything, is honestly a really beautiful message that gets me choked up thinking about it. I definitely also want to reread it at some point too
WHERE IS CICONIA PHASE TWO ; U ;
A really well done beginning to a hopefully great entry into WTC, I can't wait for more :)
A really well done beginning to a hopefully great entry into WTC, I can't wait for more :)
A series of short stories of varying quality, some are pure kino, others are.. ok to kinda fucked up honestly, I enjoyed it but not in the same way with R07's other work.