Ambition: A Minuet in Power

i'll probably play through one or two more times, but i just finished my first playthrough. the storyline is pleasant, and the mechanics are simple, yet fun. i found it a bit difficult to maintain any modicum of respect from the characters, but then again, i'm bad at most games i play. pros: - the characters are fun, and i personally loved antoine - the music is pleasant - the historical aspect of it was my favourite part, and is highly enjoyable if you're at all interested in the time period - the dialogue was often witty cons: - generally, i prefer my visual novels to have more choices. there was always a cordial, rude, and neutral choice, and nothing more nuanced than that - i did love my romance, but when invited out on a date, your character will be invited out on the same date like.. seven times. i get it antoine, you like the theatre. say something new - this is just a personal thing, but i do much prefer having character customization in a game if there's a character sprite. luckily, the character looked similar to me LOL overall, it's a great visual novel if you like historical fiction and don't mind the repetitive nature of the mechanics (which could at ti…

Ambition: A Minuet in Power is an Okay game, which starts strong but loses steam the farther you progress. The game mechanics: credibility, peril, favour, etc. are poorly explained if at all. You get numerical proof how much favour you gain with your romance targets but you can't look up how much exactly that is in sum. The game doesn't provide enough feedback for your standing in the game. In my playthrough I did everything to make the Revolution stronger and I thought I was on a good trajectory, but every event was won by the Crown and the Crown won in the end. Except for its shortcomings and some minor bugs (I sometimes couldn't accept or decline invitations (I had to save the game and restart to resolve this)), the game was genuinely fun. My rating is 7/10, recommended.

very nice!

So much potential killed off by poor writing, pacing, a lack of content and arbitrary penalties. For the political intrigue, there is too little detail and depth given to the world to be genuinely engaging yet it still flopped as a dating sim -- there mustve been a bug or something but I could not figure out how to go on even a single date. Should not have cost £18

there were many bugs i encountered, sometimes not loading saves, not being able to go to parties or rendezvous, skipped scenes (whether romance, start of a party, or random event on map), etc, most were fixed by exiting and relaunching the game, but i still enjoyed this. the story was good as well. i liked all four Alex, Louis, Ludovic and Armand, especially Alex and Louis, but would've been good if could romance all till end, but its okay. there was also Hansel too that i liked a lot, the bodyguard, too bad he's not romancable. though despite however i did with Ludovic, he would still leave for Rome. maybe some guide on the romances (whether in discussions or as pdf with the game) could help a lot.

okay, i admit i’ve never played a VN with real mechanisms like this one before, so it feels a bit too… grindy? probably skill issue on my part ‘cause i’d always thought i wouldn’t make a very good socialite and this game basically proved it. like, sheesh, how do people genuinely know the right thing to say or have the energy to butter up insufferable pricks? it took me a couple of playthroughs alone to fully navigate the UI and understand how things worked, mostly because the journal stored very little information even as the game progressed. i ended up having to make mental notes of every crucial intelligence i’d obtained along the way, and unfortunately for me my memory isn’t all that great either. story is decent, but romance is shallow. had to remind myself of my missing fiancé every other in-game week with how forgettable he was. there’s also zero chemistry between him and MC that i started wondering just how the hell they got together in the first place. none of the love interests really attracted me, but since romance is entirely optional (i think?), it didn’t really affect the gameplay. still, since it’s tagged a DATING SIM, my expectations were unmet. …as crazy as this m…