Summer Pockets

I haven’t gone through many vn so my take on the genre’s pretty limited, but Summer Pockets is easily top tier out of all I’ve played. It’s a Key title with Jun Maeda as lead writer, so u know there’s real depth hiding under that sunny summer vibe. The cgs, story depth and va work are all flawless, and it nails emotional beats perfectly. I always feel Key doesn’t just do surface level romance. They hit u right in the feels with family themes instead, and this game’s no different. My personal fav is Ao’s route. Her character writing and VA are so well done. I prob won’t forget this vn anytime soon.

alka route and pockets route had me in fing tears, i couldnt stop crying for the life of me. besides those routes, i think summer pockets is a very emotional story, but i do think the individual routes were a little repetitive until the very ending. however, ao & kamome's route's were the one's that struck out to me the most. even though i havent read reflection blue yet, i have faith that it will offer more substance! p.s., there is not enough ryouichi. i love that guy. TL;DR: this vn will make you cry, it's a cute story, but i advise you (and past me) to skip summer pockets and go read summer pockets reflection blue!

The VN that introduced me to Key's works, loved it. I recommend buying Summer Pockets Reflection Blue as it has more routes, content, and a more satisfying ending.

Completing all the routes ties to whole story together instead of feeling optional. Satisfying.

Absolute Cinema.

个人通关的第四部key社作品，之前的分别是Air，Clannad，以及rewrite。既然是key社的，剧情当然是少不了奇迹的了，四个女主看似平凡，实则都是有神秘色彩的角色。由于游戏游玩的时间跨度有点大，动画tv化也是前不久出完，个人对白羽和苍的路线印象淡薄了，所以刚好动画也让个人重温了一遍故事发展。游戏游玩顺序是白羽→苍→䌷→鸥→羽未(Alka）→Pocket，白羽线其实留到后面体验效果更佳，毕竟是接着羽未线的，TV女主路线顺序恰好跟我是反着来的，很好弥补了观看效果。按个人线说的话，个人比较喜欢鸥，故事发展整体偏奇幻冒险，一层一层揭开鸥的来历，就是结局太开放式了。其他三个也很有特色，苍给我感觉就是工口搞笑女，䌷不用说，姆Q姆Q地很可爱，白羽就是典型的三无少女。单论白羽线的话比较一般，因为她的路线跟Alka和Pocket连在一起才算是一个整体，三线合一也让我了解主题以及更喜欢她的故事。Pocket线就是母女之间的相互救赎，可以说基本没羽依里什么事了，同时也了解到暑假如果没有羽未的引导，羽依里的暑假是过得多么无聊和错过了多么多的邂逅，倒不如说整理外婆遗物本来才是来鸟白岛的正事，泡妹子才是顺带的吧，最后该说是世界线的收束吗，临近结尾见到了羽未最后一面，这里是真的泪崩，结局虽然有点牵强，但好歹没有互相错过。至于岛可梦小游戏也简单说一下，个人是不太喜欢这种视觉小说里塞个小游戏的，所幸也不是很难，优先把四天王的诱饵搞到手，有了四天王基本就可以一路碾压了，就是打蓝的时候不能海陆空三属性各一个，她出的第一个属性是必定克制我方的，别问我为什么知道的，反正后面我是用两个相同的属性再加另一个不同的就过了。BGM最有感觉的是Sea，You&Me和夏を刻んだ、波の音は，前者真的太有夏天暑假愉快玩耍的氛围了。后者每次剧情高潮听的都有点泪崩的感觉。至于之后会不会补SPRB也不好说，虽说有新增的女角色路线和剧情，但短时间内应该不会碰吧。另外预祝每个玩Summer Pocket的玩家都有个愉快的暑假。