Trouble Comes Twice

Disclaimer: I also played the DLC, but it doesn't have much to offer. Too short and bland. It's inevitable to find vns with interesting premise, but subpar execution. Especially on Kickstarter. And I backed this one. Trouble Comes Twice is what happens when a developer has a favorite. It's not always noticeable from the get-go, but a certain character may be forgiven for being rude, harsh and obnoxious far too easily by the rest of the cast. It's even worse when it's a protagonist. Hazel is that protagonist. She's the "girl boss" in the worst possible way. She sees herself above everyone: family, friends, strangers. Often snarky and sarcastic, she only cares about herself. She does get a few moments of self-reflection, but it's not enough. She has no character development and imo only has one believable romance option. More on that later. Jace lives in a shadow of his sister, in more ways than one. From writing standpoint, he can be rude and unlikable but not nearly as bad as Hazel. From content stand point, his routes are more surface level. It's like his routes are just teasers for characters and their true conflicts, besides one. On a positive side, he gets character develo…

I absolutely won't lie, this game was really disappointing to me, especially since I had pretty high hopes for a game with such nice looking characters. Let's start with how the artstyle of the CGs really differs from the artstyle of the sprites. Normally it wouldn't be an issue, and it really isn't that big of a deal to me either, but it can just take you out of the immersion quite a bit, so I wouldn't recommend if immersion is important to you. The next and the biggest issue in my opinion would be the way the protagonists were written. They're described as those siblings that constantly bicker yet love each other deeply, but it's not really visible in the game, and you just have to take it for word. I mainly played as Jace, and I can confidently say that Hazel was mainly a complete ass, which was disappointing, and made me really irritated whenever I saw her on screen. I also have to point out how, for me, straight routes felt as if they were written with much more care than the queer routes, at least when it comes to Jace. On Hazel, I cannot say much, as I haven't finished her routes yet (because of how much of an ass she can be), so this may just be my opinion. Last thing that …

Trouble Comes Twice is a romance game about twins Hazel and Jace who make a bet with each other to get a partner by the time Christmas hits. The game is kind to us in that we just select the protagonist and love interest we want from an opening menu and then click OK. Then there's a brief "prologue" chapter where you see Jace and Hazel interact with the four LIs and then it goes into the route (with no transition so you should pay attention to the dialogue). The prologue choices have no impact on the story. I wanna say I would prefer to put this as a neutral review but honestly I probably shouldn't have played this game. For the record, I've finished Hazel's chapters for Zoe, Cameron and Adrian. I don't think I have it in me to play Jace's chapters because I'm already really struggling with Hazel's personality and I don't want to do the same thing but with a man. Hazel isn't a horrible person - it's just that she and Jace are both 20 and they are very, very obviously 20. It is nice to sometimes not play the same whimpering, sad, passive protagonist and for the protagonist to actually have a backbone, but what we sacrifice instead is positive communucation, emotional maturity, a…

Absolutely ADORE this vn! fell in love with Cameron slow but hard. (started with Jace & Cameron route! as i, of course, have a thing for charming faux bad-boys with soft sides. what a surpriseeeee) FIRST THINGS FIRST: I genuinely have no clue what the negative reviews about the MC's mean personalities are even talking about. I was apprehensive going into this seeing everyone say that hazel and jace are really rude, but even after playing through one route & seeing the dlc epilogues; i can say with absolute certainty that none of those people must have siblings. ...Or if they do, they're definitely not close to their siblings, because the way the MC's behave is so realistic i actually think it rivals (and is even better on some fronts!) the sibling dynamic in OL:B&A! (my personal favorite VN of all time.) The dialogue is so incredibly well written I honestly think this game should cost /more/ for it. My only true complaint is that I wish there was More time to be had with each LI; since even with the DLC add-on, average playtime rounds up to 3~4hrs max for a single route + the DLC. That's the kind of praise i'm giving TCT. I wish there was more of it!! (So naturally I'm very m…

So far I've played through Jace's side of the game and I really enjoyed it! I found Jace's personality to be quite fun and the bickering between him and Hazel amused me a lot as well. The LIs were all very likable too and the chemistry between Jace and all the LIs was great! I especially liked the way Jace interacted with Adrian and Zoe (I still love his interactions with Steph and Cam too tho!). For Hazel, the bits and pieces I saw of her during Jace's route did make me interested to see how her side of the game would play out, since she has quite a different personality to Jace. Once I play her side, I'll come back with thoughts on that~

I’ve finished 5/8 routes so far and I’ve quite enjoyed them. The MCs have very strong and unique personalities, and each love interests personality is totally different so it’s a nice mix of relationships. I will say that I think there could definitely be more romance build up— often the game reads more like slice of life media rather than romance, which is fine but I prefer more romance. I think the pairings with the most chemistry are for sure Jace/Stephanie and Hazel/Cameron. I really enjoyed Jace’s personality and how he acted with Stephanie, and it was clear he fell for her pretty quickly. I also thought Hazel and Cameron fit each others personalities best and they obv have the most sexual chemistry based on the after story. Another thing that threw me a bit off was the change in art styles between the sprites and CGs - even the CGs themselves didnt look like they were in a consistent art style the whole time. I don’t think it was necessarily bad, but it was definitely distracting at first. Overall, it’s an enjoyable game and I love the twist that you get to play as both twins. If the game is on sale when you’re reading this, I 100% recommend getting it. The routes are all…