Maraiyum: Rise of the Setting Sun

I've spent, what, 2-3 hours with this game - and I am completely burned out on it already. It appears you go through repetition after repetition of the same events, you try to somehow acquire some skills, of course, at the beginning of this game you don't have any, so you fail every skill test from day 1 and then, unpredictably, you die -- only to go skip skip skip (and thank heavens you CAN skip dialogue) through all the same stuff again, maybe survive one more step, only to die another unpredictable death. After the time I spent - I really really don't want to go through this again. It is mindnumbingly boring, and frustrating to boot. Every death is apparently meant to teach you what skills you'll need in this situation, but very often you simply haven't a chance to advance all those skills in time, and even if you have, the endless repetition of 'redo from start' just had me rolling my eyes.

A very well written visual novel where your choices matter. it is good and it isnt waste of money getting it. It also have a form of New game +. As you play the game you unlock various clothing, these clothing gives you various bonuses for what skills you want to train in. The only annoying feature i have come across however is the wandering the desert feature, there are many secrets hiding in the desert but you can easily die so save before heading out into the desert.

If you like narritive type games then I highly recommend this one. The writing style is excellent. This game keeps you on its toes from trying to figure out who is your friend and who is your foe. The exploration portion of the dessert was unique and gives Vick/Vickie some 'freedom' as long as you can make it back alive. You will die alot but you will learn and grow from it. My recommendation when playing is to just make sure you save quite a bit.

This game is very, very hard and there's no guide so I can't recommend it.

I would like to say that this game is worth your money, but it's not. The story is good, but there are a few bugs in the game. One bug that kept me from beating it, was that it kept locking up on me during week 50 when I was playing as the girl. The gameplay is tough to figure out on your own since there is no guide to this game (as of yet) so it's hard to figure out what stats you need before events.

Not a bad game. The story has a lot of meat to it. It's not for everyone; the management elements block access to a lot of the good story bits and cause you to die a lot, but for someone like me that just makes finding the right training sequence to unlock a new path all the more interesting. Get ready to save scum and take advantage of the skip conversation feature! That being said, there are some twists that are pretty neat, and I haven't finished with it yet, but I'm looking forward to seeing what happens with the different nations in the game. Make sure you find the desert wisp, it makes the game much easier!