Dead End Junction

📙 This story perfectly combines the usual anime fantasy and light western with authentic references. The stylization of the narrative stands out, and although there could clearly have been more art scenes, devs did an excellent job with what was available, and good music only emphasizes the atmosphere. This is definitely not something you'll find in the vastness of VN's. Despite the slightly predictable plot, its structure retains your interest, since it's not always clear where the chars will go and what awaits them there. Lively change of scenes, no long monologues, emphasis on the right things. Of course, don't expect anything too shocking, this is just a comfortable adventure with likable characters. However, WE NEED A SEQUEL, this is one of those stories that ends at the beginning of another great adventure. If this is one of those games that's been on your wish list for a long, time has come, it's an enjoyable experience.

fun, but leaves off on a cliff

Just another typical story that was not that interesting made in a comic style art style.

The reason for the thumbs down, is that there is NO option to save your progress in the read through. So every time you exit, you have to go back to the start of the chapter you were on. This makes it frustrating to read this digital comic strip. The story itself isn't bad. It's the repetitive button pressing to progress to the next speech bubble that makes it feel boring.

For a few moments when I just started this game it felt like a hidden gem. However, as the story progresses quite a lot of major problems become apparent, and they negate almost all the good that there was in the story originally. Well, for instance, the setting in this VN is pretty unique. It is set in a fantasy world based on Wild West. Josette is a tomboyish "cowgirl" who lives in a small isolated town in a desert. The story is focused on Josette and her friends traveling across the world and confronting the Dark Knight, an evil god who transfers to her world from another and will bring great misfortunes with him. Well, on one hand, this VN has a lot of interesting ideas. The setting and the comic book-like presentation make it stand out among other VNs. It also has a lot of other little things that could make it a great VN: the characters have likable base personalities, the art style is fitting and reasonably good, and some ideas it brings are quite interesting. On the other hand, this VN is simply not done well enough to make it all work. The plot is full of cliches and overall goes nowhere; the pacing is completely off; the setting, in the end, is left largely unexplored; …

Cowboys, [spoiler] zombies [/spoiler] and [spoiler] dimension hopping. [/spoiler] Yeah...It's good!