Holiday with Gwen

Visual novel where you try to uncover a conspiracy. Along the way, you can get closer to your partner Gwen. Or someone else. Decent enough.

I played it after completing all three Snares of Ruin games. Even if it's totally different, I liked this game too, good story and convos. BUT [b]Gwen is an elf[/b] and in this game she's portrayed as a human. I didn't like that. Also, the renders are kind of amateurish, but this dev used RPG maker for previous games, so I guess he will need more time to adjust to Renpy and make good renders with DAZ3D assets.

This visual novel is a total trip. A holiday in fact. With Gwen. The main characters are likeable and reasonably well written. Sure the romantic sentiments are often expressed rather awkwardly, and yes occasionally the dialogue sounds a little like it's from Madame Web, but the tone is light and it's all in good fun. The scenario is a heady mix of espionage, romance, comedy and just a touch of surrealism. Oh yeah and I guess there's some eroticism, but it's handled pretty tastefully and shouldn't make you feel too ashamed of yourself. Or perhaps you can't feel shame any more, because you've been playing so many AVNs? The characters are mostly well rendered, although many of them look a little dead around the eyes. Gwen herself has a bit of a glassy stare, which takes a little getting used to, but she's a sweet girl and very forgivable. Some of the outdoor scenes have frankly nonsensical geometry, and many of the indoor scenes have similarly weird layouts and strange decor. It will occasionally feel like you've found yourself in the Backrooms, but for the most part, the assets used are congruous and make sense within the context of the story, This dude's work is frequently on …

You are a couple that's more or less on a business trip and you're both working from the start of the story line. There is some animation but it needs work and/or would of been better just to of not included it. Granted I only played for about 30 mins but I got bored kinda fast. This is on the cheap side but I can't say it was worth the money at this time.

This was truly a good game/book to read through and I couldn't suggest it more. To keep this review somewhat short - the game's length is about right with about an hour and a half of text to read for the price. Even knowing the girl with the HORRIBLE eyeliner/shadow truly hurt her image, the main (only'ish) female lead (Gwen) is not just somewhat attractive but she seemed to have both intelligence and seemed like an actual person. But that isn't the best thing that I liked about this game, what I truly enjoyed or valued even is that YOUR character can actually be an actual well-adjusted male who is designed to be faithful to the female lead. I cannot stress this enough with how much I enjoyed with just reading a decent storyline but with a male lead who is generally a really good man. A male lead that I could point to a child and state that this is an example to show a young boy with HOW to act toward women and perhaps their job in general. Without a doubt, I have read at least a hundred visual novels and this is the first one that just because an adult-ish theme is hinted about even, the male could still be a decent male and not an overblown, wh0rebanging dirtbag but can b…

This game is ok. Animation is not the best. ok story line.