Your Story

A visual novel about a beautiful Elven girl dreaming of leaving her family’s inn and seeing what the world has to offer her. I will point out that I think this game is not great or bad, my opinion is more neutral. However Steam wants a yes or no so I do recommend this game but why is more based on my own preferences so read on dear readers. [h1] The good [/h1] The artwork is the highlight of this game for me. I adore elves and the fantasy setting was a factor too for me but the artwork is so well done and even the love scenes are handled with grace and not overly graphic or tasteless. There are two art styles in this game however, the “cut scenes” I will call them look very rough, and sketchy as opposed to finished painted pieces. At first I did not think they fit, they stood out so much in comparison to the polished, vibrant art that makes up most of the game. However I ended up really liking them. Like the artist is “capturing” a sudden moment as opposed to a composed, thought out painting. The characters also have animated facial expressions which add a nice touch, a smile here, or a frown when reacting to interacting with other characters. The user interface is clean …

[i]WARNING: Quick mention of self-deleting. If you're ever within the spectrum, please don't continue reading. [/i] [hr][/hr] After a couple of tries I can't think of any reason to be playing this game. I knew before coming into this that this would be a story about a character with an unfortunate life situation, but I didn't think it would be this rough. A lot of them unnecessarily so. Ever since my first playthrough, I've been left feeling flabbergasted from witnessing a character who I just met, mind you, commit suicide out of the blue all because I ignored them for a day. Not really on purpose; I kind of forgotten about them until the last minute, but you get my point: this game is cruel for no reason. Even when you think you may hopefully get a happy ending, it gives you the middle finger. So I ask myself, what's the point? As this is a game with a lot of secrets to uncover, every time I try to engage with it, there's always an excuse to delay it for no reason other than saving it for the sequel, it seems. By the end of the game, you are left with more and more unanswered questions in each playthrough, not only about the game itself but also about the dev decisions to mak…

For a game to be called “Your Story” one should expect a good amount of choices that allow you to branch the story into something that you can truly call your own. While there is a decent amount of options there are also a bunch of faux choices where the game literally tells you that you can’t do that and puts you back at the choice screen and makes you choose another, sometimes the only other choice. This happened enough that I found it annoying. The story otherwise is pretty good until the end. The story introduces a lot of intrigue with very little explanation and then sets itself up for a sequel without answering much. This seemed lazy. It’s one thing to end on a cliffhanger but it’s another to do that and make some drastic changes to the story arc without properly explaining how it came to be. That being said the ending did leave me wanting to know more so while I’m a bit angry over how things were handled they at least kept me interested. I did enjoy Hilda; Mohon; Henrietta; and some other characters so there was reason to be invested. The game being told as you not being in full control of Lia was an interesting one. The music was well done, especially the scene where Lia si…

I don't think I can really recommend this. [i]Your Story[/i] absolutely has some good moments. The art, if you ignore the atrocious, graphic novel-esque intermediary segments and focus on the sprites and CGs, is absolutely lovely, as is the music. There's also a certain amount of intrigue despite the game being translated by someone who is clearly not a native English speaker. My issue is that, after exhausting what I feel like would be most potential routes, I simply cannot seem to progress further than the surprisingly intense (if not out of left field, if you didn't reach a very early alternative, anyway) bad ending that everyone else seems to get stuck at. I can only guess that either I'm missing something or the game desperately wants to railroad me into romancing Meamir, a character I could not possibly have less interest in. I also have to admit I'm not super keen on what looks to be an [i]Assassin's Creed[/i] style setup (specifically the whole historical simulation aspect), but I don't really feel I can fully judge, either, not without seeing the other half of the story I can't reach. If anyone has a guide, please let me know; I'd at least like to see the real ending r…

I don't usually post reviews for games, but as one of the original kickstarter supporters of this game, I felt compelled to answer a review posted saying there are no good endings. I found them quite easily, no guide required. I also found quite a few bad endings along the way, and then got rewound and yelled at by the narrator for failing. To be fair, I picked some of the bad ends on purpose because, I mean, I just had to. Don't let my short playtime fool you, I read very fast. As far as my opinion on the game, it's entertaining. A bit disorienting at first, but the system makes sense. MC is quite endearing, and so are many of the characters. There's beautiful art and music. The story itself I was not as interested in, but I also might have missed some mysteries along the way. They definitely exist, and are there to be found. I am just not personally patient enough to find all of them, the game branches are the one thing that were a bit harder to follow. But it is quite clear that each character exists to give a piece of the puzzle, and that part is certainly well done. I think that if you like adventure novels where you really have to look around to solve mysteries, …

This game is a bit strange because I think it was marketed the wrong way. I got the impression it would be a fairly standard fantasy visual novel with a strong story and romance elements. It isn't. The game really only has one correct path, leading to an ending that doesn't feel conclusive at all. Because of that, I ended up having a very different experience than I expected, and unfortunately not in a good way. The ending raises more questions than it answers, and as far as I understand, there were never any plans for a sequel. That's what makes it hard for me to recommend. There are things to like, but the lack of a satisfying conclusion left me feeling disappointed.