Starlight of Aeons
Negatives:
Main program is flagged as a malware by Windows Defender so you have to get around that to install this.
No full screen support
No text speed option
No framerate lock
4 hr kinetic novel with full Chinese VA (none on 3rd story, “1/30000 Days to Love” though). There are 3 stories, but the first 2 just make one story together. Good writing/narrative, characters, and art. Great soundtrack. Philosophical.
– Real player with 7.4 hrs in game
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– Real player with 5.2 hrs in game
Loretta
Loretta is a psychological thriller that would make the player an accessory to the heroine’s crimes and would lead her through a self-crafted nightmare. This story is about a woman, dealing with betrayal, her husband’s infidelity, relationships problems and difficult social situation of the 1940s.
Conceptually and aesthetically, the game is inspired by the American art of the twentieth century, the works of Andrew Wyeth and Edward Hopper, film noir of the 40s-50s, thrillers by Alfred Hitchcock, the Philip Ridley movie “The Reflecting Skin”, the books “1922” by Stephen King and “Lolita” by Vladimir Nabokov.
Story
The year is 1947. Lora and Walter Harris move to a farm, which used to belong to his parents. Walter is a writer and Lora is a housewife. Both are quite unsuccessful.
The family is going through financial difficulties. The situation is also complicated by the fact that Walter owes money to people from New York. And although the husband keeps it a secret from his wife, Lora has a suspicion. Moreover, she suspects him of cheating.
Lora understands that she gave up her job, her dreams and other opportunities for her failure of a husband she doesn’t even love. Now she is stuck in a cold empty house barely making ends meet.
As she struggles to make loan payments, she finds out that Walter’s publishing house has insured his life. In the event of his death, the insurance sum would be 30.000$. A plan is born in Lora’s mind.
Loretta is a story-driven adventure game in which gameplay focuses on choosing phrases in dialogue, interacting with objects, and making decisions: planning the murder and getting rid of the evidence. Killing a husband, trying to cover a crime, Loretta makes a player an accomplice.
Features:
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The plot can either turn into a web of dodgy lies, or into a crescendo of bloody murders.
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Player is free to decide the fate of the character.
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Freedom of choice.
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Many endings.
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Sea of Leaves
A young girl disappears from her hometown, leaving friends and family.
After many years, she returns to her place.
What was behind her vanishing?
Sea of Leaves is a contemplative game set in the Gargano, a remote region in southern Italy.
Half drama, half mistery, the story of Sea of Leaves revolves aound a disappearance from the perspective of the missing one.
In Sea of Leaves you will explore the story through the stream of consciousness, which will reveal thoughts, memories, feelings and sensation.
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Dance of Death: Du Lac & Fey
First of all, it’s fair to say that I bought and started the game a few weeks after main launch, so all the critical patches and fixes were already implemented. Played it through twice and encountered no bugs or glitches both times, except for one where the game crashes right before rolling credits, apparently only happening on W7 64 bit… Eh, nothing game-breaking. Later updates also added more interactive points and SEVERAL additional achievements, so I would say by now it’s pretty polished.
– Real player with 34.5 hrs in game
I now arrived at about the middle of the game and I will certainly recommend it, but…
It is a game which enchants you by its really interesting and unusual setting and a great art style. I can think of no other game (point and click adventure - like ) where you play such a stylish hero or rather pair of heroes. The dynamics between the human character and his animal compagnion is original and fun. The dog Fey talks to animals and uses her nose while du Lac interacts with humans and you can change between them almost any time, this is cool. Although -at least until now- this dynmaics is not living up to its potential.
– Real player with 19.4 hrs in game
Flowers -Le volume sur printemps-
This is the first in a series of a planned four visual novels. The second and third entries are already done, and the second one is slated to be released in the English market sometime this year. That’s important to note because this is not at all a complete story by itself, which is why I wouldn’t unconditionally recommend buying it. I don’t like saying that, because I think it’s good as far as yuri goes, and I’d personally like to see more content like this, but they are charging you $20 for one-fourth of a story. As long as that’s not a dealbreaker for you, and as long as you’re interested in about 20 hours of (mostly) 14-year old girls being very passive-aggressive, Japanese, irrational, and sarcastic by turns, then I would recommend it.
– Real player with 171.8 hrs in game
Flowers -Le volume sur printemps- is the first game in a 4-part series of VNs (the final entry is just now having its Japanese release, the second one already have an English one planned). It’s a pretty expansive (circa 15 hours for a full playthrough) Shoujo Ai, that is a female/female romance without explicit sexual content (it never goes further than a kiss). It tells a story of a shy, insecure girl who enters an all-female boarding school to find friends and change her previously solitary life, but also comes to terms with her attraction to women and finds love.
– Real player with 29.1 hrs in game
The St Christopher’s School Lockdown
It’s awesome! I love it! The ending I got went out with a BANG! It scared the shit outta me lol.
– Real player with 37.1 hrs in game
****1/2
A classic-style point-and-click adventure with a unique and eye-catching graphic novel art style. The characters are well written, dialogue is believable and well acted, and the environment feels very well lived-in, with a great use of flavour text to maximize humour and character by describing the world through the character’s eyes and personality. The only flaw I can think to mention is a few interface issues that can get annoying but should definitely not stop you from playing this little gem.
– Real player with 23.9 hrs in game
Creeping Terror
You play the role of a school girl turned electrician while fumbling around in the dark and barely looking up from your map screen, except to count which exit you’re taking, in this water downed Clock tower clone.
Sometimes, a dog, robed man or a tentacle rid shovel wielding miner chases you and you either chuck shit at them, hide or blatantly run into them then slam the A button because they’re blocking your path and you can’t be fucked backtracking.
Multiple endings exist that do nothing to help the clichéd and unclear narrative.
– Real player with 14.7 hrs in game
Creeping Terror is an okay horror, clock tower like game, so what is the story.
Arisa, Emily, Bob and Ken, four good friends wanting to explore an old abandoned mansion and shoot a video about the sighting of a monster around there area get more then they bargain for when Arisa gets separated from the group.
Now it’s up to her to not just find her friends and escape, she and the rest of them must stay alive, but she is not alone as her and her friends find out the truth about the mysterious monster.
– Real player with 8.6 hrs in game
Framing Dawes
A cursed teenager is thrown into a forgotten recursive wonderland where the last twenty-four hours are a mystery, her Mother’s been kidnapped and she’ll be framed for the murder of a missing boy if she can’t find him. Oh, and her pet rabbit has risen from his grave…
Framing Dawes is an atmospheric adventure game following teenager Bay Dawes on her journey to find and bring a missing boy to the asylum where her mother is being held captive before the end of the day. If she doesn’t, she will be framed for his murder and never see her mother again. Accompanied by her dead pet rabbit, Dink, they explore the hidden world beneath her town of Foresight in a flying bathtub to recover missing memories and rescue her mother.
But can she break the curse before it’s too late?
Gameplay
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Story-Driven, Point and Click Adventure.
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Players will interact with Dawes' world, collecting and combining inventory, solving puzzles and casting spells.
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There are occasional instances where the player can switch to Dink the rabbit and Dawes' mother.
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The game is composed of three parts combined into the full game.
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The control options are Mouse and Keyboard.
Highlights
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Over 90 beautifully hand-drawn environments to explore
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Inspired by Alice in Wonderland, mythological stories, Jan Švankmajer, Tim Burton, Labyrinth, Dark Crystal and old dreams
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The provocative narrative will surprise and immerse you
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Navigate to different locations in a magical flying bathtub
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Bizarre characters, talking dolls, missing socks, space exploration and more!
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Experience occasional possessions and paranormal activity
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Original soundtrack
Heroine Anthem Zero 2 -Scars of Memories-
Story: 8/10
Music: 10/10
Gameplay: 6/10
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Game is in early access but I’m looking forward to the future updates. The story is pretty good, though a bit confusing at times (especially if you played the first episode).
I’m fluent in both English and Chinese so I played it in Chinese. Even with Chinese though the voiceovers are in Japanese (so is the music).
The gameplay is “too early to tell” IMO. Most of the game plays like a basic platformer with skills that are level-locked (like double jump etc). Enemies become more like bullet-sponges rather than dodgeable obstacles.
! When you unlock the second character, it’s too late in the game to really enjoy playing him, and honestly Shama is much more fun/nimble to control.. The game is sort of buggy (again, EA), you can get stuck in loops and have to restart the game, or your character dies in a spot and respawns in an instant kill spot.
– Real player with 20.1 hrs in game
Its overall game play better then the first chapter ( at least before they changed stuff ) , feels much more balanced .
currently there is no fast travel.
so far I really enjoy the story , the world have a lot of lore and characters are not shallow .
I think there is more content in this chapter .
currently there is no voice acting , I remember voice acting in the first chapter
for an alpha build this game have very few bugs , but they still exist .
I wish development could be faster , and hope to not have a cliffhanger in the last chapter , but I am happy devs took their time to come up with this chapter ( and porting It to PS4 and switch, places I prefer to play the game but wont because I’m not that patient) , at first I didn’t even notice is was an early access title only to be surprised at the end of chapter 7, there are finished games with more bugs then this game . thank you devs for releasing this English title even after the mixed reviews of the first chapter .
– Real player with 19.6 hrs in game
Last Dance
Last Dance, a full-fledged VR short animation that has been highly evaluated by many international film festivals and famous artists for its epic scale and unique VR presentation, is finally available worldwide!
Synopsis:
The human race has devoured itself in war, resulting in the destruction of our home, the Earth.
Only an AI created by human wisdom was able to survive.
The AI escaped into space and was given a single mission: the Regeneration of Mankind.
It kept recreating the Earth and humanity over and over, hundreds of times.
However, the cycle of human extinction did not stop – it only repeated itself every single time.
Just when it seemed history would only repeat forever, a woman danced alone right before the end of her life.
The AI, interested in this woman, could not help but to land on Earth to ask her the reason for her Last Dance.
The encounter between the AI and her would change the fate of the Earth.
Director’s Comment:
This story is a “myth” in the distant future, in which a god-like omnipotent AI falls in love with a human woman.
But what is so attractive about a human to an AI whose existence is beyond human knowledge?
Perhaps, for an AI that can live forever, the short life of a human is like a trotting horse lamp, with their inconvenient body bound by gravity.
Maybe under these limitations, their glittering dance may look peculiarly attractive.
I hope it can become the VR experience that allows us to rediscover the fleeting existence of human beings and the joy of love through the eyes of AI.
Toshiaki Hanzaki
Producer’s Comment:
This is my first time making a feature-length VR animation.
I worked together with Director Hanzaki to create the original story, with our staff gathering the creativity and techniques from all over the world.
Together, we have successfully created a wonderful work that made full use of the goodness of VR media.
I would like to thank everyone for their hard work.
For the time being, we will mainly be exhibiting the film at different festivals.
However, we are planning to broadcast it and release it through events next year.
Please look forward to it.
Kodansha VR Lab
Representative Director and President
Kenji Ishimaru