The Villainess Is Adored by the Prince of the Neighbor Kingdom

༶•┈┈୨♡୧┈┈•༶ Miscommunication and cheating tropes. Everywhere. The art style is AMAZING, I love the majority of the plot, the character design is really good, I don't feel bored at all... but I guess it'd be hard to be bored with a game that is short compared to other otome games. For example, this game is £40 but takes about 5-10 hours to complete. With other games that are £30, like TAISHO X ALICE Heads And Tails and Gensho Manege (sorry if I am mispelling these), they take over 30-40+ hours to complete. I cannot stand the homewrecking heroines. There are 3 volumes in this game, and each one has a new way to homewreck the relationship. The first heroine homewrecks TWO relationships. The second heroine tries to ruin your ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ wedding day. There is no third heroine, so for the third volume I was excited to enjoy some peacefulness. Nope, there's now a love potion and your husband falls in love with the second heroine! Amazing! The cheating and miscommunication tropes are driving me insane. I love mostly everything about this game, but the hopeless romantic in me is so turned off with all of this. The main character is also stupid. A stupid ditzy main character who holds no …

The VA in this game is actually really good, and the art style is great too. But the story… I played through a bit, and the plot just isn’t that impressive, it feels kind of outdated. And seriously, [spoiler]what’s up with every chapter having some girl suddenly jump out to fight over the guy?[/spoiler] I just don’t get it.Also, the game’s UI is kinda rough! There’s [b]no rewind button !!![/b] If you want to rewatch something, you have to start the whole thing over from the beginning. It’d be nice if they added a proper rewind feature instead of making players replay the entire chapter…

A couple of notes in no particular order. Spoilers ahead!!! I wish I could recommend this game. I still had a good experience, but... - The art and voice acting are the two strongest positives the game have. Gorgeous and varied sprites, absolutely gorgeous CGs, and a stellar voice cast. - Crail big sis... I wanted more of her, she's my favourite in the entire cast. Hikaru Midorikawa gave a stellar voice performance as her. - I really appreciated the meta touch of Akari's character, it was refreshing to see her bounce off Tiara's character and to see them connect as Japanese gamers in their previous lives. It's a welcome celebration of oshikatsu culture, especially in Akari's case who fully embraces her love for otome games without fear of breaking the game's meta. I was happy to see her and Hartknight's redemption bits :) - The translation is absolutely atrocious, so much that it cheapened the product as a whole and made me feel like I played a cheap mobile game rather than a proper story. Also, the game does NOT deserve such a high price tag (40€ for 6-10 hours of game???!); even the 25% discount that I got the game at didn't feel like enough. - Although the main couple is ad…

The translation isn't much better a year+ after release. If you're coming here because of the anime's announcement, keep in mind that the English translation is quite insufferable at times. It also lacks QoL features that many modern visual novels have so it's a bit rocky playthrough. That said, I enjoyed my time with this story. The art and voice acting are incredible in comparison that it's enough to wash away my disappointment. I hope it can be the same for you as well.

the TL is just not doing it for me. it is really rough and even wrong at a few points. when i play romance games i expect there to be some level of expressiveness, instead this TL is very stiff, formal, and just feels so phoned in. i think the original JP is competent but it is beyond my current command of the language. sucks because i really wanted to give this a chance

It's not much, but as someone who didn't read the light novel, it made me want to read it. Sadly, there are a lot of typos, but if you like the story, you aren't going to be massively impacted by them. Works fine on Steam Deck