The phenomenon of Edgar Allan Poe 1/2
Synopsis
The phenomenon of Edgar Allan Poe 1/2 hopes to be the beginning of a series of visual novels based on the legendary writer with modern aesthetics and words, as well as his own music that will give a second life to the sold tale.
In this story you will be able to see the horrors that happen when the lack of morality in a society makes its end the same as the one in which they lived: “a feast”.
Gameplay
you will be able to choose actions of the characters of the story making that you can have at least two different routes.
Visual
With images in the anime style that will make fans of this style be fascinated with this contemporary format.
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Love, Money, Rock’n’Roll
Story
Nikolai, the son of two soviet engineers and a normal Japanese student, has no idea his world will soon be turned over. The familiar and dear will clash with the grim ghosts of the past in his soul. Now Nikolai will have to decide whom can he really trust and find out why those with power and money have taken an interest in him, the lives of average people insignificant to them.
Heroines
Himitsu is Nikolai’s childhood friend. She is kind, caring, she always worries for him, sometimes even too annoyingly so. But is simple friendship really enough for her? Perhaps, the years of devotion earned her something more?
Catherine is Nikolai’s ex-girlfriend who left Japan about a year before the beginning of the game’s events. Their parting wasn’t the prettiest, and Nikolai still carries quite uncomfortable memories about it. Perhaps he would have forgotten them with time, but Catherine suddenly returns and, moreover, transfers into his class. Why did she return? Does she still love him? Does he still love her?
Ellie is the granddaughter of the board chairman of the school Nikolai goes to. She is a self-willed, proud girl and thinks highly of herself, but cannot be said to lack ardour. Is everything really as simple as it looks at the first glance, or is there more than meets the eye behind the image of a spoiled young lady?
Kagome is the representative of Nikolai’s class. He has never paid attention to her before, but a certain sequence of events makes them come to know each other. Kagome isn’t loved in the school, and she isn’t really burning with desire to become friends with anyone either. Is there a reason for her behaviour? What hides behind the facade of a simple unsociable girl? What secrets does she hide?
Main features
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Four heroines, each with her own story and several possible endings
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Over 100 backgrounds and over 100 event CGs
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3,5+ hours of music
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Unity3D as the game engine
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Over 400 000 words in the script
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Fully animated background and character sprites
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Multiplatform (including web- and mobile versions)
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Milky Way Prince – The Vampire Star
Usually I don’t write reviews for things (more of a lurker lol) but I really really loved this game. I’ve only done one playthrough and plan to try and unlock other routes as well. First off I love the art and music a lot. The characters are drawn simply but emote so well in a Masaaki Yuasa kind of way. The soundtrack is subtle and adds a lot to the mood, but the game knows when to utilize silence as well. Now to the PLOT. My mom works in mental health and has dealt with a lot of clients with borderline personality disorder and the way she describes it is very well represented in this piece. This is not a fun or lighthearted game and the warnings are reader pretty deserved. I think Milky Way Prince did a really great job being a personal story that balances out its psychological horror themes really well. Some stuff REALLY scared me and I thought the use of
! incredibly small text in the bedroom scene to bring the reader close was inventive! I was expecting a jump scare so my heart was racing . Another point I really enjoyed was the use of
! Sune’s perspective chapter. It helped flesh out the story and gave the reader more understanding on how people like Sune do harmful things to themselves and others both wittingly and unwittingly. His chapter also really brought home the consequences of every choice you/Nuki made.I thought it brought a whole new layer of empathy and introspection to the game that really impressed me . Overall I think if you feel like being sucked into a short deeply engrossing, highly abstracted game full of symbolism this will be your cup of TEA. I’m an asexual filthy hipster so this game was right up my alley. If you are looking for a more linear plot this may not be for you but I think you should give it a chance!
– Real player with 8.0 hrs in game
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So, my friends and I saw this in the Humble bundle, and thought, “Wow, this looks like trash.” I got gifted a copy because I was like, “Let’s see how bad it really is.”
I’ve tried to play the game five times now. Each time, the game crashes on a loading screen or the title screen, and it sometimes forces Steam to crash, too. I’ve never had that happen before.
UPDATE: So, I got the game to run properly. Now the question is: what kind of game am I dealing with? Let me put it this way: it’s the equivalent of a movie that deals about a serious subject like racism, and the filmmakers assume that they’re going to be praised and get a bunch of awards because the logic is, “We’re talking about a heavy topic, so people will give us awards!” And yes, the game does address something serious (toxic relationships), but everything about the game is so pretentious or childish that I can’t appreciate it. The artwork is surreal at best, but most of the time, everything reminds me of a generic anime game. The characters and their discussions were so boring that I forget about them every time I close the game. The personalities are barely there, and I felt no connection between the “protagonist” and the love interest. They insist and act like they’re totally dependent on each other, but I was not convinced.
– Real player with 6.5 hrs in game
Heroine Anthem Zero -Sacrifice-
The game is decent, but has its flaws. There is a massive game breaking damage bug at the start, that makes it so you do close to no damage. But it is easily fixed so I ignored it. Overall, I enjoyed it.
The graphics and music are very nice. From the moment you start the game and hear the soundtrack, it is evident the developers really nailed it when it comes to presentation. It has full voice acting in Japanese or Chinese. No english. This way ther eis no bitching from people about the english voice acting being bad. The graphics are vibrant and colorful with a Norse mythology theme. Every once in a while it will cut to a hand drawn illustration to better portray the mood of the story. You can look at the screen shots section to get a better idea of it. As for the story, I skipped through most of it, but there are some genuinely funny moments, and some cringy anime moments sprinkled in, which has a charm to it. It is to be expected in a game like this. The banter between the main character and the fairy atleast mildly entertaining.
– Real player with 24.9 hrs in game
alright… it’s not patch 1.1 yet, but patch 1.0.1.0 is good enough to edit some information.
since the developer said “Action-hungry gamers beware! The core of this game is the storytelling” so I’m not gonna mess with that anymore because it’s thier way to present the game.
ok. if you don’t mind what I’m about to say, there’s no reason not to buy this game. otherwise please consider about the review, and I’m not gonna compare this game with odin sphere or muramasa either.
– Real player with 14.3 hrs in game
KILL la KILL -IF
I don’t really enjoy fighting games but this is one I have really stuck with. It sticks very true to the style and animation of the anime, being just as bombastic. One thing you must keep in mind with this game is that it IS kusoge, so don’t go in expecting Tekken or Street fighter tier quality. But, for a kusoge, it has really impressed me. Each voice actor for every character going, Japanese and English dubs, have voiced hundreds of unique voice lines each for this game which really impressed me. It also features a decent soundtrack, with each character getting a few tracks each. The models look good and the game is very well animated during matches.
– Real player with 117.3 hrs in game
EDIT: Review was edited
The game itself is fan-freakin-tastic. It’s probably one of the most fun fighting games I’ve played in a quite a while and is miles better than My Hero One’s Justice, and eons above shovel ware crap like Jump Force. So why is the review marked “not recommended?” TLDR, it’s the port.
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VISUALS:
The visuals are incredibly damn good and faithful to the original show, recreating scenes, moves, and ultimates straight from the source. Just watch a video showcasing all of the ultimates in the game, because that will show you just how gorgeous it looks. My only problem with the visuals is the odd blur and pixelation the game has, it’s especially noticable when comparing gameplay to the UI, but it’s definitely nowhere near a game killer and doesn’t impede gameplay in any way; either way, I think this game looks grand. Not DBFZ level grand, but it gets close.
– Real player with 98.1 hrs in game
Akihabara - Feel the Rhythm Remixed
It’s pretty much the same as the non-remixed version only with a couple more songs, but without the bonus DLC mode.
The bonus DLC mode is in my opinion worth more than the extra songs, so play the original first, and then if you still want more you can give this version a try as well.
The main reason I’m giving this game a negative review is because it has broken achievements. If you care about achievements do not get this game.
The broken achievements are Destroyer Deluxe and Blockography.
– Real player with 8.4 hrs in game
[Edited this review to account for new changes and response from developer]
This game seemed interesting being a mixture of a puzzle and a rhythm game, but even if you ignore some of the game’s current bugs it mostly feels like a much slower version of Tetris with some background music that doesn’t impact the game much.
The music itself is mostly bland and too calm. It was putting me to sleep at times, which is typically not good for a rhythm game. This music is fine background music for just a puzzle game but the problem is this isn’t just a puzzle game this is also, more so, supposed to be a rhythm game. Rhythm games usually keep players engaged by making players feel like they’re performing the music themselves in one way or another but in this game the music is just a timer to the end of the puzzle and an annoyance you have to deal with to clear matches.
– Real player with 1.4 hrs in game
Ceress and Orea
Short version:
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Great story
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LGBT positive
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Lovely visuals and designs
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Amazing Soundtrack
+/- Puzzles are (very) easy
- Short time with Orea
Recommended to story lovers, people who want to see LGBT-led games, people who enjoy short games.
Long(er) version:
Ceress and Orea has been on my radar since the developer first started her dev thread over at RMW. Reading and seeing the amount of progress she made over all those months, left me very excited for the final product and I’m happy to say it didn’t disappoint.
– Real player with 3.1 hrs in game
I recently received this game for free as a curator connect offer for my group Visual novel, JRPG, Anime. This RPG Maker-based game by Plueschkatze features a female protagonist Ceress who was sentenced to death for falling in love with a noblewoman Orea as her personal bodyguard. Ceress was forced to jump down a high cliff with an offer of a full pardon if she were to survive such a fall.
Ceress would wake up inside a cave that happens to be the realm of an unnamed deity where if she is resourceful enough to reach the exit of the cave, she would be allowed to leave the place without losing her soul. As Ceress makes her way through the cave, she would recall fragments of her memories with Orea.
– Real player with 2.5 hrs in game
EZ2ON REBOOT : R
The good:
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There are 230+ songs from all kinds of genres, one of the most varied song lists I’ve seen in a rhythm game. Also, we’re getting 4~ new songs each month for free.
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I get over 500 fps on a slightly dated setup, making the gameplay smooth and input-lag free.
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The difficulty distribution covers all skill levels, so both beginners and veterans can enjoy most of the content (except for the 8-keys mode, which only has 1 difficulty per song for now.)
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The patterns are quite varied and complements the songs very well, there’s also modifiers to randomize the charts in multiple ways, so you can enjoy the same charts in different flavors
– Real player with 138.0 hrs in game
This review is aimed at newer rhythm game enthusiasts looking for another game to play and wondering if this game is for them.
What is EZ2ON ?
EZ2ON is a PC spinoff of the arcade series EZ2DJ (now called EZ2AC for legal reasons, more on that later) which is an hardcore (and I mean hardcore) rhythm game heavily inspired by beatmania. The series is considered extremely high quality by rhythm game standards and is beloved by a niche, almost exclusively Korean, really hardcore fanbase.
EZ2ON first released as a free to play game in 2008, shutdown then revived in 2013 with a new interface and some new songs, then shut down again as the free to play model wasn’t viable. The game was also exclusive to South Korea.
– Real player with 114.0 hrs in game
Flan
Okay here we go, first english review of this game.
Flan is a story about a little girl who finds herself in a cold and hostile world, upon being cornered by some ghosts, a black knighted… “thing”, comes just in time to save her. They form a sort of symbiotic relationship, he cannot move without being close to her, and she cannot fight for herself without him. The story is a simple, but still interesting one. What I absolutely love about this game is, other than the memory crystals that you find throughout the game (which reveals insight on the girl’s life and upbringing), it is told completely without words. It is a perfect example of “show don’t tell”.
– Real player with 1.6 hrs in game
Colossus Down
Colossus Down is a pretty fun beat ‘em up with interesting mechanics, such as the abilities you can unlock, going into a shoot ‘em up for one of the levels, solving several puzzles, or making karmic decisions. There were however, some things that were not all that fun, such as a couple of bosses, along with the karmic decisions not impacting the game as much as I would have liked it to. Still, even with those gripes, I still enjoyed the game, and I would still recommend it.
– Real player with 26.6 hrs in game
Kid goes into a temper tantrum, mounts a mecha and kills the president of the United States.
AND THAT’S JUST THE FIRST LEVEL
I’ll be updating the review as I play, but for the moment, is this a good game? - Yes. It’s an absolutely ridiculous odyssey bursting with personality and a pretty damn good beat’em up.
(Playing Agatha Knife and MechaNika beforehand is recommended)
– Real player with 18.9 hrs in game