The Game of Fourtune

Richard my beloved <3

This game is a ton of fun, has interesting and well written characters as well as a amazing story. If your looking for a long visual novel with multiple paths and unique games that get you engaged this is the game for you.

Okay I know other reviews said it was long, but I still wasn't entirely prepared for the length haha. I played offline on Steam Deck but I think my playtime reflected in the review is accurate. The game's characters had to grow on me but I started enjoying it more and more as I progressed through the routes. If you like meaty flowcharts, then you will have a blast. This death game is BIG. I really liked how everything came together at the end too! I thought it was very strongly written with very compelling characters. All in all it's a definite recommend if you already like the death game VN genre, and I even think it's good fun if you're not familiar with the genre yet :)

This is a really well done visual novel that has a fairly unique take on the death game / branching timelines concept. Most of the characters are well done (Richard and Theresa in particular are consistently interesting and entertaining when they're on screen and have a number of really memorable moments), and the protagonist duo (who have genuinely different personalities and interact differently with the rest of the cast) is a clever way to both maintain narrative tension (in most branches one of the two dies, and sometimes quite early in the timeline) and just provide solid content. The basic story structure is that the game starts with 16 people alive, and they split into groups of four to go into a door where they play some form of game where the winner(s) move on and the loser(s) die. Then it's 12 people and 3 doors, and again 4 people die, until finally they reach the end where one single winner emerges from the final four. And every story node is a unique game, such as social deduction, trivia, physical challenges, gambling contests, and more. A few of them feel like they have really high stakes, even if as a player you're just selecting options on the screen. Overall…

This was a very long ride, but in the end absolutely worth it. ~ I fell asleep playing this several times, but that's no fault of the game - I play late at night after work. Some parts of the game dragged a bit, could have benefitted from some additional skip patterns because occasionally some pieces of information would be repeated too much between sections. Overall the characters were interesting, the plot was reasonably enthralling and it was fairly light-hearted fun. In terms of cost-to-gameplay value, no question, excellent value. It felt like a labour of love. Seemed like there was more of this world that was thought out than w,e as players, got to experience. I wish I could see Bell and some of the other characters again in another VN! I would be VERY VERY hyped to see a sequel of some sort in the future!! Good Luck and Good Fourtune!

This has to be the longest visual novel I ever played, and I would overall say it mostly pays off at the end. There are 16 different routes and each of the routes are fully fleshed out and unique. The characters and the storytelling are mostly engaging, and even if at times it felt like the game was starting to drag on, it would find a way to pull you back in. There isn't any gameplay other than a few choices you can make however I found the choices could lead to interesting outcomes adding small variances in each individual route rather than just being a straight forward start to finish select the right answer to proceed type of story. I don't want to talk about the story or characters too much as I think the fun of this game is trying to figure out what is happening and learning more about each character along the way. One thing I do thing that can hurt your experience is that it is possible to get a route that essentially spoils a good amount of the mystery. I think that this specific route should have been blocked off as it is a 1/4 chance you get that run your first time. Other routes are progression locked so I have absolutely no idea why this one wasn't. Another thing to p…