story of my life!
yaegashi nan designs? fantasy aesthetic with some nifty jrpg mechanics to boot? witty writing and a wonderful alicesoft ost? evenicle has all this and yet so much more. it's been a while since something i've looked forward to not only delivered, but also exceeded my expectations. this is pretty much the one alicesoft game i was really looking forward to because despite the time i spent with the rance series, this one always seemed to appeal to me more. i simply can't stress how much this game delivered for me personally.
for the sake of avoiding spoilers, i'll just say the story is pretty fun! it starts off with your typical jrpg setup but evolves into so much more with the way the arcs and character moments get distributed. if i'd have to make a comparison in terms of arc structures i'd say that one piece probably fits the bill with how each chapter has its arc on a respective country while also taking a few steps to adding onto the overarching narrative! it's a fun setup that allows for a variety of scenarios in each chapter. the story for the most part is a pretty fun fantasy romp with occasionally heavy story moments but evenicle knows when to give you room to breathe and when to slow down pretty well. there's a few tonal shifts here that might feel jarring but once you get into the rhythm of evenicle's world it'll be pretty easy to smooth them out. the script itself while as raunchy and horny as you'd expect with any eroge especially from alicesoft, is also really just a blast to read through. there are a lot of jokes here that honestly landed really well for me and the writing team knows when to play their cards in ways that didn't feel emotionally manipulative to me and most of the arcs have very satisfying conclusions. much like other alicesoft games it balances the plot and gameplay elements pretty well too! exposition is snappy and fights are almost always properly built up to make them all the more rewarding narratively. another small detail i appreciated is that sex within the narrative is actually treated pretty maturely in the sense that most of the h-scenes don't really have that air of awkwardness to them that some of the others do. i'm not sure how much sense this will make to people who haven't played eroges but just trust me that they aren't that cringe! 😎
as for the gameplay, all i can really say beyond it being a simple but competent jrpg is that while the encounter rate does kinda go crazy at times i didn't really mind it much since the game incentivizes grinding pretty well with the opportunity to trigger events with your party members and exploration is very much a large focus within the overall gameplay loop. in fact, the loop was so addictive that i ended up unintentionally doing every single sidequest and completely explored all the maps while fighting every superboss. so yeah i think i'd say as someone that's played a lot of jrpgs while the systems here are pretty simple they way they're implemented are pretty fun as some encounters really require you to mix up the skill setups! i ended up with a total of 78 hours by the time i hit credits so there's plenty to be offered here with a 100% that's honestly really fun!
so at the end of the day, was evenicle life-changing goat peak fiction raw kino? no, not really but it was fun as hell and that's what really matters. i could go on and on about how a lot of my favorites have been life-changing for me but at the end of the day, not everything has to be life-changing or incredibly meditative, sometimes it can just be fun and evenicle understands that best! honestly, 2022 has been a pretty uneventful year for gaming on my end and it doesn't help that life was kicking my ass for a bit in the early parts and even if i didn't come out of evenicle thinking differently i'm sure i'll be able to look back in the future and think fondly of the funny little eroge that helped make these past twelve days all the more tolerable!
i guess i'll have to see for myself in the future how evenicle 2 apparently fucks things up lol !
" i own the physical of this game " /10!
ps. ramius my beloved but all the other girls are great too :)
yaegashi nan designs? fantasy aesthetic with some nifty jrpg mechanics to boot? witty writing and a wonderful alicesoft ost? evenicle has all this and yet so much more. it's been a while since something i've looked forward to not only delivered, but also exceeded my expectations. this is pretty much the one alicesoft game i was really looking forward to because despite the time i spent with the rance series, this one always seemed to appeal to me more. i simply can't stress how much this game delivered for me personally.
for the sake of avoiding spoilers, i'll just say the story is pretty fun! it starts off with your typical jrpg setup but evolves into so much more with the way the arcs and character moments get distributed. if i'd have to make a comparison in terms of arc structures i'd say that one piece probably fits the bill with how each chapter has its arc on a respective country while also taking a few steps to adding onto the overarching narrative! it's a fun setup that allows for a variety of scenarios in each chapter. the story for the most part is a pretty fun fantasy romp with occasionally heavy story moments but evenicle knows when to give you room to breathe and when to slow down pretty well. there's a few tonal shifts here that might feel jarring but once you get into the rhythm of evenicle's world it'll be pretty easy to smooth them out. the script itself while as raunchy and horny as you'd expect with any eroge especially from alicesoft, is also really just a blast to read through. there are a lot of jokes here that honestly landed really well for me and the writing team knows when to play their cards in ways that didn't feel emotionally manipulative to me and most of the arcs have very satisfying conclusions. much like other alicesoft games it balances the plot and gameplay elements pretty well too! exposition is snappy and fights are almost always properly built up to make them all the more rewarding narratively. another small detail i appreciated is that sex within the narrative is actually treated pretty maturely in the sense that most of the h-scenes don't really have that air of awkwardness to them that some of the others do. i'm not sure how much sense this will make to people who haven't played eroges but just trust me that they aren't that cringe! 😎
as for the gameplay, all i can really say beyond it being a simple but competent jrpg is that while the encounter rate does kinda go crazy at times i didn't really mind it much since the game incentivizes grinding pretty well with the opportunity to trigger events with your party members and exploration is very much a large focus within the overall gameplay loop. in fact, the loop was so addictive that i ended up unintentionally doing every single sidequest and completely explored all the maps while fighting every superboss. so yeah i think i'd say as someone that's played a lot of jrpgs while the systems here are pretty simple they way they're implemented are pretty fun as some encounters really require you to mix up the skill setups! i ended up with a total of 78 hours by the time i hit credits so there's plenty to be offered here with a 100% that's honestly really fun!
so at the end of the day, was evenicle life-changing goat peak fiction raw kino? no, not really but it was fun as hell and that's what really matters. i could go on and on about how a lot of my favorites have been life-changing for me but at the end of the day, not everything has to be life-changing or incredibly meditative, sometimes it can just be fun and evenicle understands that best! honestly, 2022 has been a pretty uneventful year for gaming on my end and it doesn't help that life was kicking my ass for a bit in the early parts and even if i didn't come out of evenicle thinking differently i'm sure i'll be able to look back in the future and think fondly of the funny little eroge that helped make these past twelve days all the more tolerable!
i guess i'll have to see for myself in the future how evenicle 2 apparently fucks things up lol !
" i own the physical of this game " /10!
ps. ramius my beloved but all the other girls are great too :)