▼ Not recommended
4 hrs
I was really full of HOPE to finally see a decent visual novel created by my native devs but alas:( Miracle didn't happen. But I believe it's still can be recommended in original Russian language, so it's gonna be a neutral review.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3444499187
Complaints:
--I seriously don't understand whyyy it's impossible for Russian devs to release a product with readable English, it's literally the easiest language in the world, why does it become like an unachievable goal to translate Russian into it?! Why can't you find some beta-testers to check if everything is all right and, for example, you didn't leave any Russian sentences because you did. It's a tad weird again to see a real person mentioned as a translator when again it's machine quality:( with the same stupid mistakes like mixture of pronouns. The majority of grammar mistakes is so primitive, kids in elementary school don't make them, like “a men, an flat, decorating her (meaning tree)”... Our Russian idioms translated literally:( Instead of the gallery it's 'arts'... The abundance of mistakes was too distracting T_T
--too short, I was thinking about three routes while playing but then it occurred to me it feels wrong to call them that way, as the ending is one and the same, you may just come to it through a kiss of three different girls. That one different kissing scene is too short, their relationship is too rushed and unrealistic, welp, yeah kinda New Year miracle but still nope, I don't believe you, with any girl.
--the plot is ridiculous. In every “route” I felt like face-palming asking myself (in vain) wtf was even going on, like gluing broken decorations O_o or successfully pretending to be unconscious because of the fallen packet O_O I always had to question my sanity while reading it. The 'story' is insane...
--I dislike the technical part of the game :( It was annoying how every time I had to choose all the settings AGAIN ⋋_⋌ all that shaking and moving, whyyy(－^ლ) like that final scene when they were sitting at the table, why was the camera moving forth and back all the time?! I feel dizzy trying to read in such way :( I get it when the char is riding or smth and such moving effects are applied, what was the point in this novel is just beyond me...
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3453500509
Praises:
+I liked that unique cultural vibe(^^)b
+achievements, profile features limited though.
+at least it's cheap
+lloved anime posters and visual part in general
+voiced, though hearing the way it was supposed to be and actually seeing the final result in English felt especially disappointing :(
+I'm grateful that even if you lose miserably in those mini-games, it won't affect anything. Thanks a lot!
+I really want to see more of our novels, it seriously hurts practically every time to choose a thumb down, I don't want to discourage the devs. It's their first attempt, I sincerely wish them good luck (and a more serious approach to the English localization, please).
So, this novel could be recommended only in original language for now, perhaps they will edit it. But, frankly speaking, even then the very plot is rather questionable. But being short and kinda lighthearted it could be a fun, festive read anyway.
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https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3444499187
Complaints:
--I seriously don't understand whyyy it's impossible for Russian devs to release a product with readable English, it's literally the easiest language in the world, why does it become like an unachievable goal to translate Russian into it?! Why can't you find some beta-testers to check if everything is all right and, for example, you didn't leave any Russian sentences because you did. It's a tad weird again to see a real person mentioned as a translator when again it's machine quality:( with the same stupid mistakes like mixture of pronouns. The majority of grammar mistakes is so primitive, kids in elementary school don't make them, like “a men, an flat, decorating her (meaning tree)”... Our Russian idioms translated literally:( Instead of the gallery it's 'arts'... The abundance of mistakes was too distracting T_T
--too short, I was thinking about three routes while playing but then it occurred to me it feels wrong to call them that way, as the ending is one and the same, you may just come to it through a kiss of three different girls. That one different kissing scene is too short, their relationship is too rushed and unrealistic, welp, yeah kinda New Year miracle but still nope, I don't believe you, with any girl.
--the plot is ridiculous. In every “route” I felt like face-palming asking myself (in vain) wtf was even going on, like gluing broken decorations O_o or successfully pretending to be unconscious because of the fallen packet O_O I always had to question my sanity while reading it. The 'story' is insane...
--I dislike the technical part of the game :( It was annoying how every time I had to choose all the settings AGAIN ⋋_⋌ all that shaking and moving, whyyy(－^ლ) like that final scene when they were sitting at the table, why was the camera moving forth and back all the time?! I feel dizzy trying to read in such way :( I get it when the char is riding or smth and such moving effects are applied, what was the point in this novel is just beyond me...
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3453500509
Praises:
+I liked that unique cultural vibe(^^)b
+achievements, profile features limited though.
+at least it's cheap
+lloved anime posters and visual part in general
+voiced, though hearing the way it was supposed to be and actually seeing the final result in English felt especially disappointing :(
+I'm grateful that even if you lose miserably in those mini-games, it won't affect anything. Thanks a lot!
+I really want to see more of our novels, it seriously hurts practically every time to choose a thumb down, I don't want to discourage the devs. It's their first attempt, I sincerely wish them good luck (and a more serious approach to the English localization, please).
So, this novel could be recommended only in original language for now, perhaps they will edit it. But, frankly speaking, even then the very plot is rather questionable. But being short and kinda lighthearted it could be a fun, festive read anyway.
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