Summer Vacation

This review reflects my personal experience with the game. While I aim to write thoughtfully and as fairly as possible, my reviews are subjective in nature and should not be used as objective metrics to assess/critique a game. I also curate a steam group which focusses on reviewing BL/Bara/MxM VNs. Feel free to join if you would like to see more reviews! :) [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/46061383-Gay-Games-Vault] Gay Games Vault[/url] [code] SECTION | SCORE --------------------|------- Writing & Story | ★★★★★ Representation | ★★★★★ Gameplay | ★★★★☆ Art & Direction | ★★★★★ Recommendation | ★★★★★ Completion Time: | 10-15 hours [/code] Writing & Story - ★★★★★ There are countless stories about discovering you are gay. Far fewer, however, ask what happens once that discovery is no longer the destination, but simply the beginning of adulthood; Summer Vacation belongs firmly in the latter category. At its heart, this is Mathew's coming-of-age story. As he prepares to leave for university, he slowly begins to understand who he is, what he wants from life and what love means to him. It's easy for Mathew's journey to resonate with …

This game has 67 business days of unvoiced dialogue just to delay what we all know we're here for. Wrap it up, Shakespeare. I'm trying to watch these girls scissor already.

Well it's a sexaulised picture supported story with light animation. It's longer than most . Well it's not finished so some parts are odd to say the least... disjointed. Some of the facial expressions need altering becasue they seem off-story or creepy. The protaginst overthinks a great deal and the images of him vary from very attractive to absolutely not. The sexual elements are there though not as prominent as other games of this type. There's a lot of plot-driven interruption. Most of the images are nice, the story has the general feel of comign to age. There's far too much focus on a bully character Peter who is plot forced into the story even when you steer clear. I think it's worth the price I paid but it needs work.

I LOVE this game; I've known about it for years, and I love seeing more Itch games come to Steam. I panicked when there was all that commotion about games being deleted, but now I finally have this game in my account.

Even though the story doesn't make much sense at times, I really enjoyed playing the whole game. Overall, it's a great game that I highly recommend! and you might end up liking it. :)

I liked the game it was cute. The romance and the dynamics of the friends you have/make in the game, makes it fun to play. In terms of the characters, my least favorite would be either Mathew or Jin. Mathew overthinks just about every action "he" does. It's like "I did this glass of water. Wait, why didn't I get a glass of fruit punch instead?? Does this mean/this that. Let's ponder about this for the next year" Trust me I know what it's like to overthink things so I can empathize. Ngl I had a couple of times where I had to roll my eyes. Made me want to reach into my SD, shake him and tell him "Just enjoy the moment dangit!" Jin is wound too tight almost robotic. Definitely not someone that feels like a real person. I feel like even deep/philosophical people have moments where their stick comes out. There were times where he did don't get me wrong. At the same time, it's exhausting having someone be so boring. All and all, I enjoyed the story. I played a similar game with full voice "acting" but it was a cute coming out/romance. I'd still recommend it