My Dear Frankenstein -English Edition-

Been waiting for the english version for awhile and it lives up to expectations. Touching and slightly spooky themed VN/adventure game with some puzzles here and there. Lovely illustrations, good character substories and several different endings depending on your choices. A steal for $5

I saw this game previewed during an indie event and was happy to see it receive a translation. The game is part visual novel and part point and click with some puzzles placed around the world to further the story. The artwork is gorgeous and the soundtrack haunting in the best way. The puzzles are not super hard but they will require you to pay attention to clues to progress. One play through will likely average around 4 hours but there are multiple routes through the game, additional puzzles and dialogue to unlock so to see all the game has to offer will require you to make your way through the choices in different ways so there is a good bit of replay-ability there. The game does issue a warning about some dark themes but it never gets oppressive or too heavy in that regard so it should be safe for the majority of you out there. If you are a fan of visual novels and are willing to play through a few times then this is a worthwhile purchase, its budget price coupled along with its striking art style and soundtrack make it a very good value package and an easy recommendation.

This is a fun little point-and-click adventure game. There are some good puzzles, too. The story so far is great. This makes me want to finish the game to find out what is going on, but there are multiple endings, so I do not know if I will get the full picture after finishing one playthrough. I just finished chapter 3, and I am trying to do all the side missions. I also like that this game allows you to turn on auto-skip dialogue, so when you replay this game, you can play it faster to see a different ending. There is also an option to replay a chapter to change what has been done. One thing I do not like is that there are achievements in-game but none on Steam. That is a small nitpick but otherwise, this is a good game I recommend trying it out for the story. Find more reviews from me on my Steam curator page: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/42800057-TreeofEmber/ Here is the YouTube video of my first impressions of the game: https://youtu.be/KbwX6nTMRjc

Solid point and click game with interesting characters. Recommended!

A very cute and fun puzzle game from NUMBER7 and Moonchime. I played this for the spooky season and the atmosphere was perfect! (Not to say you can't play it at any time of the year) The main character is a boy named Adam who has been given life by a reclusive and wealthy man rather obsessed with pushing the boundaries of science and technology. After being warned about leaving the mansion due to his startling appearance, Adam receives a mysterious visitor who wants him to do the exact opposite. As it turns out, pieces of Adam's heart have been scattered throughout the town and he must explore to get them back. The puzzles in this game are fairly simple and straightforward. I appreciated that there are multiple solutions to each, and different solutions will lead you to different endings. Having an inventory readily available helped immensely and also pleased my hoarding and completionist sensibilities. Each townsperson that you meet in town has such a unique appearance and personality and it was great to learn all of their back stories throughout the game, and how it all culminates in the climax. So: cute art and characters, fun gameplay, interesting story, and immense replay…

♥♥♥♥ man this is such a good game. really lovely animation and music, and a sweet protagonist who breaks your heart (in the good way?). a visual novel with some good puzzles :) do recommend