失与寻 ~ The Awaited ReCollection ~

A father, who would give his child a string of prayer beads, couldn’t possibly be a bad person. Right? This visual novel has been sitting in my library since around 2024. I genuinely waited for an official English translation from the developers, but we never got one. As of writing this review, there still isn't a proper English translation or patch. Because of that, I ended up using a DeepL OCR Translator to read through it. Considering Chinese is one of the hardest languages to translate, the tool did a surprisingly great job, handling roughly 99.9% of the text with decent contextual understanding. But I'm not here to review a translation tool, let's talk about the game itself. Lost and Found ~ The Awaited Recollection is a rather peculiar visual novel. It has strong emotional moments that can keep you on the edge of your seat, but in many instances, it feels heavily overdone. Judging by the Mixed Steam reviews (which are currently 100% in Chinese) players are split into two: those who enjoyed the game's emotional rollercoaster, and those who didn't and ended up questioning the entire game's universe. You play as Xiao Jie (晓桀), a human in his 20s who has managed to become a be…