Cycle of Struggle: Ardengrad

Great start! Everything I liked from the demo still stands here in this Early Access version. All of the characters introduced make a good strong impression. The writing does a great job of bring the people and the setting to life, nicely conveying life in this world, with all its contradictions. I was a little apprehensive of how the subject of political ideologies between the characters and their conflict would be handled at first. But the writing in this first chapter already demonstrates a good understanding of how politics shape people's beliefs and outlook. How all of the things that make up one's everyday life and routine can be traced back to generations of people in turn fighting for their convictions. I walked away viewing the story as not content with these characters being mere strawmen for their ideologies, which is all I can ask for. I am looking forward to see where the story and these characters go from here.

So to take it short: The game is worth playing it, even now in the early access it made a lot of fun, downsides are that some things like the romance not yet exist and that the way of getting achievements is maybe not so clear to everyone, everything else is really good so i would say 10 out of 10 because its new, its unique. Longer version: I completed the full early access to the point where i am writing the review, the game itself is a unique combination of different types of visual novels what you cant find anywhere else, and when the updates and next chapters come you will also be able to get dating/romance endings with each one of them, there are 4 options who are halfed in two main routes, at the ending of one of those two main routes you choose one of those two girls who is in this specified route, but we are not yet at this point of course, i needed 12 hours to complete it but normal players seem to need like 6 hours, maybe 7 to 8 hours when you try to get all achievements, now to the psycho horror/dark sides of this visual novel, the dev says that this is a sci fi political drama or so, but the game and story always hinted that there is way more behind it than that, ther…

I haven't been able to form a full opinion yet, given the modest length of the first episode, but the novella is still very enjoyable. I liked how someone described the plot's allusions as "very bold." That's certainly true. And it seems that foreigners find a completely different meaning in these allusions than Slavs. I like the direction the developers are taking. If you don't fall into outright propaganda and fetishism, guys, this will be a very worthy, thought-provoking read. And if you can find Russian-Ukrainian dubbing team, it'll be absolutely fantastic. I have absolutely zero complaints about the English dubbing; it's excellent. But IMHO it still takes away from the atmosphere, albeit slightly. In any case, I wish the developers good luck. I hope I live to see the second episode. Too many similar novellas have sunk before release.

This game has great potential to be one of the best visual novels. I am excited to see how the story will unfold in the future arcs. pros: background music voiced lines (for now only in english) outstanding art and visuals cons: We want more Struggle!

pretty cool

I like the world setting n shi