Spellbound Hearts

For the price, I recommend it if you want a short BL visual novel. It is fairly linear even with the choices which end up in the same result with just different dialogue. It is a plot similar to Beauty and the Beast in which you play as the vampire guy trapped in a castle for eternity by his wizard ex. A descendant of said ex comes to you for help in making a cure for a plague killing the local village, Slowly they warm up to each other and yada yada yada, you can guess the rest. Yeah that's it, see ya.

Spellbound Hearts is a short BL visual novel about a vampire cursed to be trapped in a castle and the wizard who's come to seek his aid. Storywise, the game is so short that there's not much to it, it's fun to read but it's not especially groundbreaking. The art is good, but there's not much variety in what you see on screen (sprites rarely move; there's only 1 CG and it's spoiled on the store page and the library cover). My biggest complaint is that there's only one ending; normally I wouldn't care much about how many endings there are, but here [spoiler]there are a bunch of choices that [i]seem like[/i] they should lead you to a bad ending if you pick them all, but they don't, so if you pick those choices then the story takes a sudden swerve partway through.[/spoiler] The best part of the game by far is the voice acting. Both of the main characters are fully voiced, and both VAs do a really good job at it. They elevate the experience a lot, especially considering how low the price for this game is. [i]For more recommendations of romance games, feel free to check out my curator, [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/32080131/]Games for Hopeless Romantics[/url][/i].

very cute short visual novel, would be really nice to see the story expanded on

I get it, but at the same time I didn't FEEL anything. It was very specifically crafted to the point that it was really hard to just fade away into the story, and the cues were very obvious. However, I appreciate anyone who goes to the time and energy to bring stories like this to life, particulary with such beautiful graphics. I would like to have see it developed further, I think there was a lot of missed potential. If you want a very short, kinda suspension of disbelief in the name of love piece, this will do you nicely.

Short and pretty fun gaming experience! I really liked the voice acting, as it gave the appropriate depth to the whole writing and dialogues. I totally recommend it to Visual Novel fans.

OK, so, I absolutely LOVE this VN! it's AMAZING! I recommend it to everyone reading this review. I don't know how to put into words the feelings i have for this VN. My only complaint is that it ended too soon. LOL