BURIED STARS

The premises is interesting, but the gameplay is absolutly bloated with unnecessary topic. I don't care what charater A thinks about character B which doens't move the plot at all. And for every route i have to read it again? At least if that's the only thing that holding it i can tolerate it, but the thing that turns me off the most is the absent of read only skip option which absolutely obligatory in multiple routes visual novel. It makes me feel bad for skipping it knowing that i will miss some important plot. The graphics is nice the ost is so-so. But it is just not for me. Tldr: A promising visual novel that cripled with bloated unnecessary dialouge that force you to reread it again in every route without the obligatory read only skip option. 5/10.

A rather solid VN. The gameplay is pretty meh, and the order of the optional dialogue can lead to a little wonkiness in the plot-required dialogue choices (e.g. character doesn't know something when they were just talking about it in an earlier optional dialogue scene). The choices can also be a little tough to differentiate, though I hear this is a translation issue. I recommend doing all the plot-required dialogue and then going through the ones you (as a player) find interesting... there's not much reason to 100% all of the optional dialogue IMO. It can get a little boring. Addl., the translation isn't unreadable but it doesn't flow well. It's just serviceable at best. The prose is sometimes clunky, the wording can be repetitive, the dialogue lacks character, and sometimes the translation switches the subject or perspective when it really shouldn't. If you can stand poorly translated webnovels/manhwa/etc. then you can stand this. It's just a disappointment that something so good is diluted by something so mediocre. That said, the gameplay and translation are easily the worst part of the game. The characters and plot are all well written, the KR voice acting is so emotive, and t…

It had promise but I ended up having a lot of mixed feelings about it and looked up stuff instead of 100 % it.

7/10

Great game i'm locked in!

If you're wondering, if this one of these visual mystery novels where the characters start to suspect each other at some point, etc. etc. - Yes it is, and you're going to have to play it eventually. That said, the English text is an issue, and gets worse along the way, in part affecting gameplay. The controls are not perfect and can't be changed. And the skip button is not "smart" and does not tell you, when you are stumbling into new content. but these are minor issues. I got his on sale for 10 bucks, and it was well worth 20 and more.