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Vanity Fair: The Pursuit

Vanity Fair: The Pursuit

by 木焱工作室 · Published by Wave Games, 木焱工作室, CC_Games

Price $6.99
Avg Players 13
Released Feb 19, 2024
CasualChoices MatterCinematicDrama
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Vanity Fair: The Pursuit is a full-motion video narrative game following Lu Yuan's life from 2004 to 2024 as he navigates choices about his career as a film director and his personal relationships. Your decisions shape whether he becomes a successful filmmaker, businessman, or struggles financially, branching across twenty years of branching story paths. The game features strong production values and performances but requires caution: the English localization is notably flawed with inconsistent pronouns, mistranslations, and incomplete subtitles in later chapters, making it most accessible to

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What players are saying

▲ Recommended 9 hrs
This Chinese FMV is one of the best I've played in this genre; the story, acting, and even the soundtracks are outstanding. The story is about a young man named Lu Yuan, an aspiring film director. You'll have to make huge decisions about his career and private life. The story will cover all the years between 2004 and 2024 as you watch Lu Yuan grow as a director, a businessman, or begging on the streets.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3304057903

The game has multiple endings and a huge map that allows you to jump back and forth to change a series of decisions to change the outcome. Literally, every choice leads to a different ending, and each plot branch affects the story. There are seven chapters to unlock and explore, 11 main characters to encounter and reveal their backstories, and a photo gallery to collect. The game has too many things to explore aside from the story itself, and when you get any bad ending, a hint will be dropped to avoid it in the future by changing something in the past.

I liked the female characters; one has excellent acting skills (the girl in a red dress). I don't want to spoil any of the story by saying what role they are playing; the game has many twists. I gasped multiple times and felt deceived in other scenes, but let me remind you: violence is not an option. I learned it the hard way.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3304114291

The game is too addictive not to finish, and the ending made me very emotional (the good ending). I was not expecting it, but it all worked well. The only drawback is the translation of the names; they are spelled differently every time, but I got used to it and learned who is who halfway in the game.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3304061728

Pros:
+Interesting story with seven chapters
+Choices and consequences.
+Good soundtracks.
+Great acting.
+Good character personality development.
+Good game length.
+Multiple endings and routes. (You can go back to any choice to change it)
+You can skip previously seen scenes.
+Steam achievements.

Cons:
- The English translations of the names are not accurate at times.

Because the game has multiple endings, they did the right thing and allow you to go back to the map any time and change your choices, and you can also skip previously seen scenes and pause whenever you want. I highly recommend this FMV; it felt like watching a good movie with good actors; the romance wasn't sticking to or shoved in our faces, and everything was well-balanced and emotional. I hope I'll find another game like this one.

𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤𝑠 𝑐𝘩𝑒𝑐𝑘 𝑚𝑦 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝐹𝑒𝑒𝑛𝑎'𝑠 𝐶𝘩𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒

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32 found helpful Steam ↗
▼ Not recommended 6 hrs
DO NOT BUY UNLESS YOU CAN READ CHINESE.

The English translation are really bad:
* Terrible translation and grammar. e.g. he/she him/her are mixed frequently, making the story utterly confusing.
* Nonsense come up frequently. One character starts getting called "jellyfish" or the location becomes "Australia" instead of Macau/HongKong.
* A lot of the subs are incomplete in later Chapters, you're shown a sentence half English and half Chinese words.
* There are quite a few scenes where the text is only shown 1 second and it's nowhere near enough to read (it's a problem in Chinese too)

BIGGER PROBLEM:
A LOT OF THE SCENES HAVE NO SUBTITLES. YOU WILL HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON.
There are very important text summaries to introduce new characters, new chapters, major scenes, etc, none of which are translated.
None of the endings are translated.

I would 100% recommend this game to Chinese readers.
I would expect 100% refund from International readers.

It's a shame the game is left in this state. A single day to proofread subtitles would go so far. This is genuinely worth game of the year with a tiny bit of effort to finish.
The game is fantastic. The story is great. The acting is top notch.
For me, I am watching to spend time with my Chinese wife, she can translate the missing scenes. If you don't have my wife, don't buy this game.
30 found helpful Steam ↗
▼ Not recommended 16 hrs
Honestly, love the game but the English translation is criminal. I can't fathom how this company can't get a simple localization team to fix their translations. Their second game "Mandate of Heaven" has a similar problem. These games are genuinly great but ffs fix the English translations
20 found helpful Steam ↗

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" Vanity Fair: The Pursuit" Mac Version Officially Released!

423 days ago
"Vanity Fair: The Pursuit" is now officially available on Mac! Will you stay true to yourself, or fall into darkness? Vanity Fair: The Pursuit invites you to uncover the complexities of human nature amidst the glitz and schemes of the entertainment industry. Download the Mac version now and begin your journey as a director! If you encounter any technical issues or have suggestions, both new and returning players are welcome to contact us.

Best rewards. Major update: multilingual version launched

787 days ago
Update content: 1. Mainly optimized for compatibility issues with A card 2. A multilingual trial version has been updated, without any updates to the storyline content. It only replaces the video without subtitles and cheats multilingual subtitle files. Due to translation cost limitations, we have adopted Chat Gpt for translation in multiple languages, which may result in inaccurate translations. The production team will optimize the translation based on their own foreign language learning situation in the future. 3. The list of production personnel thanks the first batch of players who participated in the second creation (it is your participation that gave us greater confidence! Thank you for coming and giving us the warmest beam of light in the long night!)

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