Hi!
Congratulations on the finished game! I had a great time! Not to sound like an add but I played the entire day
The game inspired me to write a longish review, so I will bother your forum with it, maybe it can be useful.
I rarely write these things so I will simply be honest to the max
The CG art was amazing! The spirits were drawn beautifully, ofc like everybody, I liked some more than the others
I liked the integration of a sf theme into an everyday surroundings, which some may claim to be clice in a bad way, but most of the things we love or seek out are so you shouldn't be worried if similar things exist, they do for almost everything, it is still unique.
A game overlapping into our world someway is a near future very true and interesting concept, which I think you enriched great with freak's home world. Portals and abilities that were just allowed to be magic even though you could have gone into various detailed ways of how to scientifically make it plausible, but by removing the appearance of government you saved it from a complicating reality we often want to escape in games
A parallel spin off in a government agency and private contractors attempting to solve the murders would be a cool short extra game even.
Music was at times annoying (sorry, want to be honest!), sometimes really good, but fit overall.
The following part has to be under spoiler, so highlight
I have some problems though:
order is as they come to mind
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1. I solved the cat in tree several times but it just reappeared. My stats are maxed but the cat is now evil and cannot be attempted to be reached.
2. I overheard the rumor about the man who follows cheaters or checks for them. The man in Fuyujima Main always only wishes me all the best. Am I missing something?
3. Where is Lila? Am I blind?
4. Is Malkav Luke's gf? Did I get the order wrong or missed something for maybe making them meet?
5. Ghost girl? Anything to be done with her?
5. Should Kai and Miru be together? He had more comments about her in a flattering outright way than to the PC even when they had a pretty good relationship.
Following items are general thoughts that popped to me as I played, almost everything was good so I'm just listing the things that irked me:
1. Jackal took me away with the bed scene but the rest of the time the overstating of his childish nature was too much if you decided to make him romancable. Some of his reactions were more like a 4 or 5 year old or younger and just too much. For instance I liked the storming off but kicking and falling asleep were just...overboard. Maybe have him be angry and honest but determined to be better, have a almost angry announcement of that fact. Make him grow. Something like that. Also I think he could be amazing and I want more
2. Zed breakdancing...idk why but it felt randomly out of character, especially after we find out it's Ish!!! I wish he was younger or she older as with her being 16 I felt weird with both him and Rick...it just felt weird -.-
3. I wish there was more dialogue with everyone! Very often there felt like every meeting was copy paste. Also it would be great to meet the characters more. Especially Ish, Jackal, Rick, Nana (at least some info sharing on bro!!). It would also be cool if there were more quests; it was cool in school but the streets and places should maybe have had more, interchanging, appearing and disappearing characters.
4. Skill games like this are hard for me to replay because of the repetitive skill building, so that's just my problem. All games of this type have the same problem for me. It would be cool if they built through the game with minimum time having to be spent on a click routine with the same lines over and over.
5. Mira was really shot down. She played frequency for a very short time, without knowing any of this stuff and used her powers a lot only once and lost her voice? Game End for her? She's a singer for flower's sakes, have some mercy!
6. More explanation about the pair who also want the blue pendant and the corner girl! Or Dungeon Master as she seemed to me
7. typos and grammar, but you know that
8.my hottness list, for the hell of it
: Kai was OP hot, even as a freak really cool! Jackal also, but as I sad before too much babyness and his freak has great sexyness potential but seemed less smoothly drawn (? idk how to explain it better sorry). Zed before I found out he was Ish, idk I couldn't feel the sameness, my problem but the apartment scene brilliance
. Luke is sexy face and sad story singer dude unbelieveaby not my type but handosme
, unfrtunately Rick doesn't cut it for me with the rest of them at a point in the game I was like ahhh I feel sorry for you we all want the freaks
(???idk why)
Ok I wrote A LOT, I thinks that's all the important stuff
Sorry if it's a long read. It sounded faster in my head o.o
What you did is amazing, I wish you could have had a team of people so you could have done a more in depth job as I think it would then be fantastic and polished to the end as it should be
Thank you for this great game, a wonderful and curious time I had playing it!
zmaj