Recent reviews by Phan

FFXIV: Dawntrail waiting room

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Good game

People die when they are attacked by a ghost

I like this, and here's why

The story is really good overall. There were alot of crafty moments in the VN, and if there's something that I wanna criticize that's bad. it'll probably be the true end.
The true end feels kinda lame honestly. Every other end in the vn is unique. But then the true end just feels like it has no more tricks up it's sleeve. The true route is super good tho with alot of emotions thrown at you. I like it, Don't get me wrong. It doesn't change the fact that the vn is hella good. and I would completely recommend it to anyone with a hint of interest.

Spoilers about true end warning here
So first thing's first, Wakui's promise is super forgettable by the end. You don't get a good send off. as in. No one wants to come see us for the literal last time in the mc's life that mc will spend outside of prison. The very last end scene is super sweet tho. No complaints there

Music is super good too. I really really enjoyed it. The OP is by Kanoko Ito, same Artist that did S;G series, It's really on par with her other work. ED is good too. I have no complaints in this department.

CGs are nice. They did something where characters can face away from you. Which happens alot more here than in other VNs I've played so far. There's also like some funny placements that they can put the character CGs in. Like lower, higher, closer or farther. It puts good emphasis on that part. I like this.

Rant about a certain character here
ps; Kawahara can go die in a ditch for being a hypocrite. All he does is complain about mc not being a good enough brother and taking care of the "princess" in his place. But when it comes time for Nono to say that she thinks of Taku as family, Oh how Kawahara likes to doubt that he's family and telling Taku that he's not worthy to even think he's acquainted with nono

It's steins;gate. But it has a 0 on it And less confusing choices, but still packed with content. Get it if you're into knowing the whole story. It's pretty good story wise. Though might cause you headaches if you tend to forget what and when you've done something

As of reading this, this was my first ever Yuzusoft VN. That being said, I haven't read that many VNs. So I never know what to expect from VNs that much. I don't want to go into too much detail as it does not seem like a good idea for me to do at this point due to my lack of experience. I will give a summary of what I think are the good parts of this VN.

The Story, is one that I think is overall really good. There are a few boring parts that I would rather not mention. But I find all of the routes to be really good and very much readable all the way through. Though some of the dating part do extend for quite a bit

I don't know what the R18+ actually does, regardless I always have these things on for all the VNs I read. But if I had to guess, it would be adding a lot of key funny moments into this VN that would otherwise be ruined if it was removed. So I recommend turning it on even if you're not a fan of H scenes since those are left for the end and you can skip them with just a simple hold of a button for about 10 seconds

I find the comedy in this to be very funny, it's also sometimes downright comical. The comedy is mostly grounded, but it's still one of it's strong points regardless of how grounded to reality it is. It can pretty comical at times. Not like that's a bad thing either. It's still in the realm of the believable.

The Art & facial expressions is just so good. There's just nothing more to say, it's just so good. The animations as well from changing expressions midway through sentences to emphasize the current emotions.

Music is one of it's key strong point too. I really liked the Opening music. Not much of a fan for the Ending songs (Apart from one of them Wakana's ending Song. The BGM is fantastic. It needs this good of a BGM for a VN to extend through 100 hours worth of reading.

I really hate number ratings. I like expressing myself in words. I also think I wrote too much for this. So I'll summarize my summary
Story is really good
R18+ Patch is required for the full Comedical experience
It has really good comedy
The art design is gorgeous
The music and BGM is just simply amazing

It's steins;gate. What else can I say?

Well. apart from the fact that it has a somewhat a little bit complicated way of getting through to the True Ending

I think that this as a VN is pretty good. I didn't play the Elite version. But I don't think I want to though. Cause the experience of reading a VN is imagining alot of how the scenes can play out rather than watching an animated scene. (Maybe it's just my bias towards wanting to imagine things instead of being just lazy and watch animated scenes and have to pay attention to both the animations and subtitles.

Eitherway, I liked this VN. Being like more than a decade late to the party. I still like it. I didn't get spoiled by the story at all. The only thing I know going into the game is that Kurisutina and Tuturu. I've always been a weeb, but never really delved into a series that is considered the best series by some people.

I did buy this a long while ago(When it was released) but I didn't really like the chuuni part or have a good enough attention span to read VNs. But now I know patient (And I got tired of seasonal animes so I decided to jump on the VN wagon).

The choice system in this game is really creative. it's a refreshing experience.
The sprites are still amazing, not dated I mean. The voices are great. The story is also very amazing, and really satisfying
Anywho. check this VN out. It has time travel (oOOooOo~)
Edit: forgot to mention this game has an amazing OST. Really noticeable

The ladder structure of the game really fits well with what the game has set up for you.
I really recommend people playing it as how the ladder structure presents itself.
I don't feel like there was any particularly weak character that is dislikeable.
There are a few plotholes (I think, or maybe I just wasn't paying enough attention. Not like I'm complaining about it cause it's so insignificant. Feel free to comment and maybe I can explain it in a spoiler text)
The H scenes were well done as well, though I find it having no content that furthers the story as much as just getting to like the characters a bit more through it (Which is what I'm looking for when I read a VN with H scenes involved)
I would like to say that this is the best VN ever. But I haven't read much VN as of reading this. So my words are almost as empty as the wind. So I guess only time will tell if I would still say that this is the best VN ever after reading many more after this.
That being said, it still won't stop me from saying that this is the best VN ever
Edit: forgot to mention this game has an amazing OST. Especially towards the part where you'll cry your eyes out

Pretty good VN. if I do say so myself.
I enjoyed it lots. For the price to playtime ratio it doesn't look like good value. But it is an experience that's really worth the attention
H scenes kind of dragged out too long for my taste tho.