fault - milestone one

The writing in this story is incredibly weak, and a kinetic visual novel fundamentally needs to have strong writing at its core. All sorts of incongruous concepts are thrown together with no respect for tone or coherency. [spoiler]Mana, telepathy, a pacifist kingdom, mystery band of invaders, business empires springing up out of nowhere, biological serums, MRIs, sociopathy, sentient machines[/spoiler] at just a broad level. The characters meanwhile are not given room for meaningful characterization and especially not development. Two entire chapters (out of 8) are spent in a flashback exposition telepathy session where all the important information is simply presented to the main characters. Yet in some ways the dialogue sections are still preferable to the action sequences, which flip constantly between tenses, perhaps the product of bad translation. This is not even accounting for the fact that this is the first part of a story that still is not complete after a decade, and therefore is unlikely to ever be complete. Even then it would still not be worth playing.

Fantasy scifi adventure mystery? Fault 1 and 2 are the 1 book split into 2 parts, really.

Incredibly charming title, would recommend to anyone, even more so if they have never played a visual novel, I think it's a fantastic introductory VN. The dialogues are funny, tense, or dramatic in a really balanced way, the cast is memorable, and the story doesn't drag, it hooks you, makes you ask questions, and then gives you the answers in a satisfying conclusion without overstaying it's welcome. Of course, this is the first entry into the franchise, and the ending sets you up for its sequel, but the story contained on this game is not affected by this at all, feels like a self-contained game. I also felt the music was incredible and gave the game a pretty unique feel to it, story was memorable, characters were well-rounded, and the art was charming. Overall, I would easily recommend this title!

Well made and looks great but i found the story rather boring, couldn't get into it. The fantasy setting feels super forced and it's less of a "visual" novel and more just.. a novel. Doesn't feel immersive or interactive.

Best visual novel I've ever played

---{ Graphics }--- ☐ Reality is a downgrade ☐ Beautiful enough to make grown men cry ☑ Good ☐ It won't make your eyes bleed ☐ Looks like a PS2 fever dream ☐ Made in MS Paint by a blind squirrel ☐ Literal ASCII art ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Warning: highly addictive ☐ Good ☑ Click until you get carpal tunnel ☐ Mehh ☐ Watching paint dry is more thrilling ☐ Alt+F4 is the best game mechanic ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Mozart is weeping in his grave ☐ Eargasm ☑ Good ☐ Royalty-free generic tracks ☐ Bad ☐ RIP my eardrums (2026) ☐ Microwave noises ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Literal fetuses ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☐ Adults ☐ Your tech-illiterate Grandma ☐ People who hate themselves ☐ Sweaty tryhards ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ A literal potato hooked to a battery ☐ Toaster ☑ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA to borrow their supercomputer ☐ Will physically melt your GPU ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Fits on a floppy disk ☑ 1-5 GB ☐ 5-10 GB ☐ 10-20 GB ☐ 20-50 GB ☐ 50-100 GB ☐ Say goodbye to your SSD ---{ Difficulty }--- ☑ My cat beat it by walking on the keyboard ☐ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Requires significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Prepare to cry ☐ Will cause severe anger management issues ---{ Grind }…