This was one of the most boring readings I've ever had, I think the extremely slow passing and a very poorly handled SoL were the real culprits. There were only a few moments that I found myself immersed in what was being said, at least I must admit that all the information about the world after Operation Babylon was very well distributed and was not out of place like many expositions. The final stretch was the only minimally exciting part, although it didn't feel as much tension on the BETAS as was the case in the main series.
Having said all that, this is just the beginning or prologue of TDA and there is still a lot to be covered and presented, however my biggest criticism is the production. In Muv-Luv the production was the best, absurd and ahead of its time. From what I know there is a considerable investment in Total Eclipse, but here it seems like they made episode 00 with a few bucks left on the table.
I'm not going to comment on the generic feature of the sprites, but the lack of sprites is annoying. In the last scene when Marimo appears, you can see her own PNG moving with any animation to make it look like she lifted Lilia, the point is that her default sprite doesn't even have the character's hand there and you can see this clearly . The worst thing is that they try to compensate for the lack of sprite with direction, but the direction isn't the best either, if we compare it to the main series, so I'm certainly not reading Muv-Luv here, because the discrepancy is glaring.
And you can feel the lack of Yoshimune in the writing in the first few minutes of the VN, it's just weird. I'm still very curious to see how the series will progress and what it will explore, but I hope that at least the production problems disappear.
Having said all that, this is just the beginning or prologue of TDA and there is still a lot to be covered and presented, however my biggest criticism is the production. In Muv-Luv the production was the best, absurd and ahead of its time. From what I know there is a considerable investment in Total Eclipse, but here it seems like they made episode 00 with a few bucks left on the table.
I'm not going to comment on the generic feature of the sprites, but the lack of sprites is annoying. In the last scene when Marimo appears, you can see her own PNG moving with any animation to make it look like she lifted Lilia, the point is that her default sprite doesn't even have the character's hand there and you can see this clearly . The worst thing is that they try to compensate for the lack of sprite with direction, but the direction isn't the best either, if we compare it to the main series, so I'm certainly not reading Muv-Luv here, because the discrepancy is glaring.
And you can feel the lack of Yoshimune in the writing in the first few minutes of the VN, it's just weird. I'm still very curious to see how the series will progress and what it will explore, but I hope that at least the production problems disappear.