SCP Foundation: ITTLG - Chapter 1
Downvoted. Can’t wait to see this as a tale! -1
Okay, joking aside, as an SCP author it wasn’t… a bad product. It’s ambitious for a first game and was a pretty good attempt. I streamed it in one of the largest SCP discords with a bunch of authors and we all had good laughs going through it. It suffers from some grammatical errors here and there (if you need or want someone to proofread or grammar… I’m available). I know you were trying to condense the story but the start was initially very exposition-heavy and skipped over a couple of details (like the translation collar, assuming it’s from the D-Class uniform). There was also a problem with how abruptly it cut off - at first I actually thought I had misclicked or something! I would actually recommend just ending it when they go to sleep the night before, and having a “Continued in Chapter 2” card so people don’t accidentally think they exited out of the game. The voice acting quality is… dismal, no offense, but reading over how it was a couple of friends makes sense. If you want, you could always get some professional or even more experienced VAs and keep your friend’s voices in by changing sets of voices - but I’ve never actually worked with RenPy so I don’t know how feasible that is.
– Real player with 1.2 hrs in game
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I really enjoyed the storyline. The art is great and the expressions of the characters are on point. Also props to the voice actors, considering this is probably their first time, as well for the game. As for the creator, I’d say this is a great start of your journey in creating games. Even though it isn’t of “standard” quality, the game was still worth it. Looking forward to playing the next chapter.
– Real player with 0.6 hrs in game
Song of Memories (Complete Scenario)
Story is not good enough to justify the price, too many cliches. Also had some problems like fullscreen cuts 3/4 of the screen and achievements never unlocked to me in the english version.
– Real player with 56.9 hrs in game
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Have you ever played a game that probably tried to hard to do to much? That’s the impression I was left with after completing the game. It starts out as a rom-com visual novel, then goes in a darker, post-apocalyptic direction incorporating a rhythm mini-game for combat sequences. The art was well done, and utilizes the E-mote system that makes the sprites move move a little, though personally I’d have preferred static sprites if it could have increased my fps, which ran low throughout the game. Music was very well done, as was the voice acting. The translation to English was great. So why not recommended? A lot of little things that added up to pushing an otherwise enjoyable VN over the edge. There are a number of heroines to run with, but one play through is spoiler enough to not make me want to see what other routes offer. As of this time, I’ve only done one run through and am debating taking another shot. I’ll change this I run another route and it’s different enough to warrant more play, which is what I’d expect from a VN costing as much as this one did. A MC who you just wish you could climb into the game and throttle for being such a spineless wimp. The fps problems. The huge size (I’ve yet to run across a VN taking up 25 GB of space), A combat/rhythm game that got boring very quickly (though it can thankfully be skipped). Achievements that don’t trigger. So, if you can pick it up on sale and are ok with a rather slow moving game and it’s shortcomings, maybe give it a shot, but I wouldn’t recommend for full price.
– Real player with 47.7 hrs in game