Twisted: A Dark Fairytale
A fascinating, unusual visual novel (VN). Dark - even gruesome, in parts - but compelling. The shape of the story emerges relatively quickly, but leaves questions that make the reader want to unlock more information and more endings. There is always fear and running at the forefront of everything, but the protagonist (Sage) is more resilient and determined than it might seem at first. Eventually, one can feel her** compassion overriding her well-founded anxiety.
**The game allows the player to select pronouns for the protagonist: “he/him” “she/her” and “they/them”. I chose “she/her”.
– Real player with 17.4 hrs in game
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This game has an excellent story line and beautiful art. I would recommend this game to my friends, as the characters were so unique and there plot is different then most others I read.
Only thing I wish was that all the achievements worked for the game and some of the bugs were fixed with the cg library
– Real player with 10.1 hrs in game
Fear & Fury
In Fear & Fury, you play as Simon Shaw. A mechanic, cursed with lycanthropy. You can either relish in, or fight against lycanthropy in the City of The Cursed. Search for a cure amongst vandals, the law and the afflicted by joining forces or clashing with guns and claws. Fear & Fury is a challenging turn-based Tactics RPG. Set in a unique modern dark fantasy world where your crucial choices will shape the story and alter how you play.
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Give into lycanthropy or reclaim your humanity to decide your fate.
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Use fear to intimidate and spare your foes or show no mercy.
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Befriend, fight or negotiate with key characters from The Crimson Vandals, Sentinels and The Cursed - three factions with conflicting ideals.
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Play in unique turn-based combat encounters in the disturbing streets of Crimson City.
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Navigate through Crimson City, where you only have one shot at making choices, so make them count.
Disciples: Liberation
Never played Disciples (1). Was a big fan of Disciples 2. Disciples 3 was a disappointment. I was grateful for the release of Reincarnation which allowed me to finally play the 3rd issue of the game, but I didn’t finish it. I truly thought that the Disciples series was over.
So I was completely surprised in October of this year when I came across Disciples Liberation. The trailer looked interesting and there was a lengthy free demo being offered. I downloaded it, played it for some 30 hours, and was hooked. Later the full game was released and I just finished it after investing more than 120 hours.
– Real player with 182.3 hrs in game
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73 hours to finish the game, well I’m not the speedrun type. I like to go away from my screen and make me another coffee. With 73 hours I finished the first run, if you want to do the true ending you’ll need to unlock and launch Liberation mode.
Pros :
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Beautiful art, proof that you can design lots of armors for a woman, and none of them is a titanium bikini. Maps, dungeons, Yllian, gear… really satisfying.
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The big story is kind of déjà vu. No spoiler : you decide who is the bad guy, you have 4 choices and in the end you crush all of them anyway to become the champion of the gods of god champions. And nobody cares ! Look : when you take the highway from Lisboa to Vladivostok, ALL THE WAY you are fully conscious that your destination will be Vladivostok, right ? So if the big direction is 300% predictable, the good part is the quality of the journey, the details :
– Real player with 81.7 hrs in game
Revenant March
The stories are gripping, and I found the decisions I needed to make compelling, I had to think about them. I felt acutely that the many strong characters had thoughts and emotions I would have to discover as the story progressed, including the narrator.
I’ve played five hours thus far, in two sittings that both went longer than I’d planned.
– Real player with 5.9 hrs in game
What a pleasant surprise this turned out to be! This visual novel contains an engaging story-line with thrilling plot twists, a cast of interesting, non-cliche characters, and a lovely, intelligent heroine.
Setting:
Revenant March is a dark fantasy set in the Middle Ages. It tackles two mysteries: the horrors that occur in Gremach, and Olenine’s backstory.
Characters:
I absolutely loved following Olenine’s perspective, and how logical minded, yet still empathetic she could act towards the other characters. She ticks all of the boxes in my female protagonist requirements, and I wish we had more main characters similar to her. The side characters are memorable, and their dynamic with Olenine was impressive. Most noteworthy were her interactions with other, equality well written, female characters; such as Tanith and Seilana. But I have to say, her possible friendship with Ennet was also very precious.
– Real player with 5.3 hrs in game
The Grim Ending
Excellent story and setting, definitely a must for point and click adventurers!
– Real player with 5.8 hrs in game
really like the mood of it. i love that small studios like you guys make games like that. keep it up and cant wait for more to come!
btw the music when you pull out the scythe made my day lol.
– Real player with 2.3 hrs in game
DOOMBLADE
Lured out of her solitude, she discovers a chamber containing a sentient blade, trapped and bound for eons. Freeing DOOMBLADE, “Doom and Gloom” join forces and begin a quest to regain the blade’s powers and enact vengeance on its captors.
Wielding DOOMBLADE, Gloom Girl can ride through the air to attack enemies. Target monsters to attack them directly, and slay them with DOOMBLADE’s wrath!
The blade is hungry to wreak its revenge on The Dread Lords, who bound and trapped it in the Underworld. But first it must regain its lost strength. Search for statues of the old gods, where DOOMBLADE’s powers were hidden and stored by the long-dead Gloomfolk, awaiting its return.
From the abandoned halls of Gloomhaunt, into the New Wilderwood forest full of untrusting tribesmen, through the Molded Mines with their hedonistic shroom people, and into a technological hellscape known as the Power Sector. Wielding DOOMBLADE, Gloom Girl must destroy the monsters within and hunt down the Dread Lords who imprisoned DOOMBLADE.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/922050/DOOMBLADE/
Iris Covenant –Song of the Forgotten Heroes–
Iris Covenant is an unusually pretty JRPG for its quality - by which I mean, the character and monster art is all quite good, but the story is intentionally vague and also poorly translated from Japanese to English, and the mechanics are very simplistic and lacking, between character classes which are only defined by their names and skills generally not doing much except having 100% hit rate or hitting all enemies, but generally for less than your basic attack.
Its unique gimmick, being able to recruit almost any enemy in the game to join your party, is likewise set back by most enemies being mechanically terrible and thus not worth using even if you recruit them. Likewise, while it has NG+ and multiple endings, the two endings (at least, if there’s more, I don’t have any idea how I could reach them!) are very similar and also intentionally vague.
– Real player with 5.9 hrs in game
The game looks nice enough, I expected adult content but its surprisingly R15.
It reminds me a lot of “The Vagrant” and menus as well as stat mechanics are well implemented.
However, theres as of now no controller support and the game is basically point & click, which takes a lot of the fun imo. If you dont mind that, then its a solid game though.
– Real player with 3.7 hrs in game
ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights
Bought the game because of Mili, but it turns out that this is a well-polished Metroidvania. Great soundtrack and immersive atmosphere, good range of abilities to use making the game far from monotone, okay-ish lore and plot. The combat felt kinda clunky at first, but feels good once you get used to it. Another good point is that it is very easy to get 100% in this game.
My only complaint was that the final boss was a total pushover compared to some previous bosses
That said, the audio aspects are the charm, so I nominate this game for Best Soundtrack award.
– Real player with 32.1 hrs in game
Beautiful art style and music, with an environment fitting of the souls-like tag, and fun combat, ENDER LILIES is a wonderful experience I recommend to anyone who loves metroidvania or souls games. Moreover, It’s subtle and hidden story is both haunting and majestic.
Worth every penny.
– Real player with 27.4 hrs in game
Chronotopia: Second Skin
~~~~~~~~ Fairytale princess dies; she gets better. Love in the bargain. ~~~~~~~~
The plan was supposed to be simple, almost ridiculously so.
When her father, driven mad by years of grief, suddenly decided to force her into marrying him, Princess Kionna enlisted the help of her childhood friend. Together, they managed to contact her long-lost fairy godmother. Surely, her powers would save her from this hellish fate. Kionna would be able to escape the castle, a prince charming would find her, and they would live happily ever after.
Alas, magic can only do as much. Things keep spinning out of control. Trapped in an endless nightmare, the princess ceaselessly rewinds time in a race with death itself. Is a happy ending truly waiting for her at the end of the tunnel?
Kionna perfectly encapsulates what you would expect from a fairytale princess. Naive and sheltered, she means to do good but comes across as haughty due to her upbringing.
Unfortunately for Kionna, she cannot rely on others forever. To escape her fate, she will have to learn to fight for herself…
Nahima’s whole world revolves around Kionna. She has been her confidant for as long as she can remember and she is dead set on staying this way.
Deep down, she knows this is impossible but she is not ready to let go. After all, if Kionna truly leaves, she wouldn’t have use for her anymore, would she?
Médeia is not quite the traditional fairy godmother. She makes it abundantly clear she is not interested in becoming Kionna’s magical sidekick. The sooner she helps her, the sooner she can return to the magical realm. And that is all that matters as far as she is concerned.
Or is it? For someone who always appears so unfazed, she seems to care an awful lot…
While life is not as convenient as Kionna had hoped, her dream might not be completely out of her reach. Indeed, there are numerous handsome lords in her vicinity who would make perfectly fine suitors. Could one of them be her Prince Charming?
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A captivating plot full of unexpected twists and existential dread
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Over 200 000 words of content with multiple endings (20-30 hours of playtime)
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2 GxG (Nahima and Médeia) and 1 GxB (the “Prince”) romances can be chosen at the end of Kionna’s journey
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Unlockable archives connecting the story to real-life European folklore
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Several gameplay phases to experience the semi-realistic medieval world in a different light
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Beautiful artwork, with animated backgrounds and special stained-glass illustrations
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Frequent use of cinematic shots to make the reading more immersive
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A full original soundtrack with celtic influences
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Available in both English and French!
Tales From The Under-Realm: Hazel
great story with likable characters. 2 thumbs up !
– Real player with 17.0 hrs in game
Not a bad Yuri VN,
Fairly choice driven but not at the Level of Volley Ball Heaven or Room Mates, Those 2 are great VN’s (Though the later of those has Non Yuri options. Though Loren and Cursed Lands are the world of this VN and great to with Yuri and/or Non Yuri. But it is not in their league.
Enjoy it for what it is.
– Real player with 16.1 hrs in game