Truth Universally Acknowledged

Ad the gameplay is really simple, I actually the system feature they have! Using the emoji/expression to trigger the certain scenes is really interesting. actually is does feel harder to choose because you don't know what expression will leads to. that's what I really like it! I ireally love the artstyle, At first I thought it kinda reminds me of Van Gough but the somehow it reminds me of rococo art period. The character interaction is really fun watched as well and I really the love the narrator too! they have personality! My favorite route is Kit! I had very roller-coaster reaction on his route the most. I'm looking forward for the merfolk game! cons: - nothing much except I got same bug few times where I can't click anything (especially on the start menu) but it went okay when I restart the game.

Came from the youtube announcement of mermaid game and had to check the previous one first! At the start it was kinda hard to get used to the chapter jumping and the whole emotion-based branch map, but I got the feeling for it in like 10 minutes. After that was jumping around checking on all of the side-ends I've missed. Kinda miss the "skip" button and dialogue log, but it's understandable for such scale. I didn't actually expect that I would start giggling~ Was smiling through the chapters even though I was genuinely confused before the Episodes 4-X, the characters really picked it up from there. Due to my personal preference, Kit was the cutest, but I got a good laugh out of Courtney too XD I actually got warmed-up to all of the love-interests and side-characters both! Narrator is a star! ^^ A separate thank you for the unique artstyle, gender-neutral MC and light background music! Thank you, this is a cute project, will follow and wait to see, how your personal style develops further! <3

Very silly. The story is all over the place, but has its own charm to it. The artwork is what really sells the game.

I would recommend Truth Universally Acknowledged for people who want to spend a few hours in a pleasant atmosphere. It's a sweet and bright game, with lovely art (every background image would make for great desktop background!), and it's easy to play through with its fully open scene diagram. I did find the narrative somewhat lacking. It's a bit too fluffy for my tastes, the scenes ended up blurring together, and the emotion choice system didn't add a lot for me. I enjoyed the narrator, and while I didn't dislike the other characters, I didn't love any of them either. I haven't played other games in the series, so it's possible I could be getting more from the story, but I wouldn't recommend it for someone coming to it fresh who wants to focus on the narrative.

"There is slow burn and there is your novel, where is the fire?" - Very Pretty Boy

ChaseFox's art is so beautiful and unique, I can tell so much love went into it. I've been following their visual novel games since CARROT. The interactive branching timeline in this game is fun, and the fantasy magic school world the characters live in is very colorful. I do wish there was a fast-forward dialogue option, or else the ability to press Space/Z/Enter to move forward instead of left-clicking that next button. I like the ability to customize the MC's clothing. --------------------------------------------------------- The MC is a huge angsty mess and makes me wanna tear my hair out. 3 of the 4 love interests are similarly obtuse, avoidant, or socially awkward AF. It's very real but it's like watching 5 grasshoppers desperately jumping at each other but narrowly missing each time.