I saw this game from SBN3 of course I as gonna pick it up.
I got an ending but then got curious. it's the kind of short VN you can easily replay after all...all in all I got 6 endings before calling it. I may get the others another time. Its short bite structure makes it friendly to replay which I kinda prefer in VNs: Shorter story, many endings.
As expected from SBN3, the writing and voice acting are absolutely top notch. I've been a fan since his Arthur dub days and seeing what his skill and evolution has come to here was absolutely worth it. Nicole is such a bitch and I love her for that. The writing is really good and worth a read for that alone.
However, the VN itself could use more polish. Sometimes characters will come in on your route and you're expected to already know them, even if it makes no sense for Nicole to. For example I got on seriously pushing Mr. White for his story with Nicole and Jeska then all of a sudden I'm on a completely different route with no rhyme or reason and suddenly she's friends with a bunch of people she profusely rejected before? What? I thought I was trying to end racism here.
In addition while the texts are nice for endings, I do wish they had photos attached so you could see the ending CGs at any time. It lacks a lot of QoL from modern VNs like a fast forward button or a checkmark saying you made that choice before. I even got an annoying bug where the ending audio wouldn't stop despite starting a new game already, or one time where I somehow got an ending without seeing the ending CG and dialogue.
It's a solid story with a fantastic script and voice acting, but it needs a lot of polish. The serious lack of polish really holds this one back from me liking it more than I already do, but it's just a diamond in the rough. Really rough.
I got an ending but then got curious. it's the kind of short VN you can easily replay after all...all in all I got 6 endings before calling it. I may get the others another time. Its short bite structure makes it friendly to replay which I kinda prefer in VNs: Shorter story, many endings.
As expected from SBN3, the writing and voice acting are absolutely top notch. I've been a fan since his Arthur dub days and seeing what his skill and evolution has come to here was absolutely worth it. Nicole is such a bitch and I love her for that. The writing is really good and worth a read for that alone.
However, the VN itself could use more polish. Sometimes characters will come in on your route and you're expected to already know them, even if it makes no sense for Nicole to. For example I got on seriously pushing Mr. White for his story with Nicole and Jeska then all of a sudden I'm on a completely different route with no rhyme or reason and suddenly she's friends with a bunch of people she profusely rejected before? What? I thought I was trying to end racism here.
In addition while the texts are nice for endings, I do wish they had photos attached so you could see the ending CGs at any time. It lacks a lot of QoL from modern VNs like a fast forward button or a checkmark saying you made that choice before. I even got an annoying bug where the ending audio wouldn't stop despite starting a new game already, or one time where I somehow got an ending without seeing the ending CG and dialogue.
It's a solid story with a fantastic script and voice acting, but it needs a lot of polish. The serious lack of polish really holds this one back from me liking it more than I already do, but it's just a diamond in the rough. Really rough.