Advent: Dawn

I really enjoyed my time with this one, it's an easy recommend for people who like mystery VNs. It reminds me of a mixture of Steins;Gate, Umineko, and Ever17. The plot will definitely keep you guessing, and it all comes together in a satisfying way that lies up loose ends well, which is a huge plus in this genre. Some reveals I had a solid feeling about early, while others gave me an "okay how was I supposed to guess that" feeling since it got so complex. Definitely don't hold back from big brain theories here. I love the setting, as well, it really sets the mood for the story. There are a few puzzles throughout, ranging from easy to obtuse. There is a really useful hint system in-game, though, so you shouldn't get stuck. The characters are good, but some of them I really think we didn't get enough time with. It's a shorter VN and the character routes split off pretty early. I didn't dislike anyone or find them annoying, though, which is a plus for sure. For the visuals, those are hit or miss for me. The CGs look like higher quality, but there is some wonkiness to some of the character art. For whatever reason Lyra and Amelia suffer the most from this. Feels wild to say t…

Nice relatively short Mystery VN in vein of Infinity series. Tries to combine best parts of previous VNs from same dev, The VII Enigma (to which this game is, basically, sequel) and SYNESTHESIA. Same sci-fi setting as former, same graphical and gameplay design decisions as later. I really liked five first main routes (75% of game, basically) due to slow disclosure of characters and cave's many little secrets. Flowchart is combining time and space points this time and acts as in-story interface for navigation too, so that part felt cool for me. Each route also got some sort of unique atmosphere and "thinking" thing (be it point and click segment, simple puzzle or just "choose wisely" moment). For example, while there are three "girl" routes in game, only one could be said to be somewhat romantical, compared to many other japanese and Japan-inspired mystery VNs which make protag into some sort of Shrodinger Cat Casanova. And true route got that one "somewhat harder puzzle climax" which some cool ADVs lack. Probably biggest disappointment for me is bad (sorry, DEAD) endings design. I somewhat understand why most of these were added, but they all are simple "wrong choice - go back" t…

I play a lot of VN game. usually i feel bored after playing it a few minute or hours. but the VN is so good, it keep me hooked. especially with the atmosphere. the pacing is good, the music also help to create tense, horror and fun atmosphere. the art is also good, i love small animation on the lips and blinking. it make character feels alive. and speaking about the character, i love all the personality on them. the all have different personality and their interaction feels natuiral

Yet another banger by Spire games. Fun characters, interesting story and a pretty good feeling flowchart. It has a good length (Playtime of about 16h for 100% for me) that doesnt leave anything too open but doesnt overstay its welcome either. Definitely looking forward to the next game!

I'll be honest, the ONLY reason I blindly bought this game was simply because I saw a mysterious door (which turned out to just be a door) that reminded me of ever17. Naturally, it never became that, but I can't say I was disappointed. My feelings are more positive than negative. I enjoyed the characters overall, though the art in general was hit or miss, and not to my taste. Felt like the story could have allowed itself to be a little more unhinged, as the sense of how deep the cave was was a bit underwhelming, as I felt there was untapped potential. There was too little 'voice acting' to really comment on whether it had an impact, and I had mixed feelings on the flowchart. Having a non-standard flowchart was nice, but I felt it was a bit messy (at least at firest) to get through. And the puzzles were simply there. I'm also kind of over having routes split up with only the women pretending there to be romance, and would have liked splitting up with the male characters as well. Not every path needs to diverge from a single gender, especially when it's not a romance game! Not important, but a thought that crossed my mind. I was a bit annoyed that I kept right clicking by misclic…

I enjoyed the story, personally I really liked the Kimika route. Although, other than her, I'll admit all the other characters are generally fairly dull, with none of them being an interesting take on their character archetype at all. All the characters (save for one, at the end) are perfectly reasonable and well behaved. Someone else in their review mentioned it, and since it was something I noticed too that really bugged me, I'll include it too. The protagonist is not a self-insert blank slate character, he has a pre-existing personality, backstory, and motivations are important to the plot and his relationship with the other characters. Despite this, unlike the rest of the cast, the MC isn't voiced, and I felt like there were many scenes where this was detrimental. The twist was something I was able to guess really early on, although, the particulars of the twist I couldn't figure out until it was revealed, so despite being rather predictable I still enjoyed it. If you enjoy science fiction stories with flowchart looping mechanics, then you'll like this well enough. It's not very long. My playtime is only as high as it is because I set the game aside and left it running for a…