Pact Between Us

[h3]Pact Between Us | 我和未来有个约定 [i](中文评语在底部)[/i][/h3] This is a life simulation game featuring gameplay mechanics similar to a simple business management or tycoon game, with FMV scenes. It may not be for everyone, but if you enjoy tycoon games, you’ll find it satisfying to watch your success grow as you progress. The game begins with you as the older brother of a 10-year-old girl. After your parents have passed away, you take on the responsibility of looking after her. You experience what it’s like to be a parent, making this a parent simulation game. The little girl starts at the Preteen stage (ages 10–11), then progresses to Vivacious (ages 12–14), and finally reaches Sirens (ages 15–18). You can experience her growth and progress differently at each stage, with a different actress portraying her at every stage. In her mid-teens, you can train her to become a superstar or guide her toward other careers, such as a teacher or doctor. The game ends on her 18th birthday, where you will see the career she has achieved based on the skills you helped her develop. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3583006997 Pros [list] [*][b]Completely different experience[/b] …

Note: A tl;dr is included at the bottom of the review. I'd also recommend reading this review on its own page instead on the store page as it messes with the formatting that have been used in this review. You can access it by clicking on the "Not Recommended" or by going to [url=https://steamcommunity.com/id/OiSa/recommended/3785720/]this link[/url]. Pact Between Us is a perfect example of a heartwarmingly fun, cozy story with a seemingly unique gameplay concept that is unfortunately heavily crippled and held back by its repetitive gameplay alongside possessing bugs & issues up the wazoo. If the game is more polished then I'd say that the game is "palatable" in the way that the gameplay section would still be feeling repetitive, but at least it wouldn't be as jarring as it is now. The scenes, while nothing too amazing, can come off as being rather wholesome good in the way that they do cater to a niche of people who enjoy reading childcare stories, in which I'd say that the scenes are good, but not good enough to make it worth sitting through everything else. Just in case some people think that I’m overexaggerating, then below is a non-exhaustive list of bugs & issues that I’ve e…

Pact Between Us is the most "game" that Mystery Crown released so far (well for what concern their FMV division at least). I was surprise. It's a good game but my point is that you actually play this instead of having almost no gameplay or a very limited gameplay like some other title from Mystery Crown (even among some titles that I do like). The video quality is good, audio is ok (maybe a few line could have been better recorded but you might not even noticed that), editing is also good (for instance, in other games they have several scenes that cut abruptly but not here). The skip system is the same that they use in all their FMV games and while it's better than nothing, it is annoying and could be better but in Pact Between Us you can activate the fast mode after you finish the game for the first time, which really makes things better (this is on top of being able to skip a scene with the button); with that on, you can get all the achievements without making the game feeling too much repetitive. The translation is..understandable..is not perfect but there's way worst (and this is a problem among the majority of Chinese FMV) and in this case, honestly the not perfect translation…

Story/Plot: Pact Between Us is a game in the vein of a child-raising/stat management game with FMV elements. If you played any of the Princes Maker or Long Live the Queen then you know the mechanics. The game starts with an older brother who decides to raise his sister after their parents died. The FMV comes in when certain milestones are reached like birthdays, as well as normal activities like jobs, etc. Fortunately you can skip them once they have played so if you do decide to replay it isn't quite as tedious. One problem with this game is while it technically has English subtitles, the translation really isn't good. I was able to make out enough of what was going on, but if the dev does well with this, I would recommend revamp the subtitles. Visuals: Basically there are two main visuals in this. One is a series of charts which show values which may go up or down like health, money or skills. The other is footage as mentioned above, as well as multiple endings. Most of the FMVs aren't very long, and I will commend the dev for at least having different backgrounds for many of the segments. There is one company that basically went to 'sit on a couch, and have the sa…

Actually this game not bad, quite interesting just that the brother like a leecher . The sister didn't know she support herself instead haha. The developer should change his brother hardworking supporting her sister then putting practice let her sister earn money like a pimp haha

I wasn't sure what to expect, but honestly really like this game. Translation is kinda bad, but overall I really enjoyed this, and there's replayability. 8.5/10