Re: Katawa Shoujo released
Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 11:24 am
about hanako's presence in the school: I heard something recently that japan considers physical scarring on hanako's level to be a legally qualified disability (which I also heard only applies to girls, so I don't know how trustworthy the source is...). Since I don't recall any mention that yamaku was supposed to be for physical disabilities, that would qualify her to be a student. I think Misha is more questionable...
anyway, I've only read rin's and hanako's route so far, and I would agree that the writing is not at the same level as the rest of the work. It wasn't so bad that I didn't enjoy reading it, but there is definitely more emphasis on the visuals. Putting aside my complaints on the character designs for yuuko and emi (agh! those random eyelashes!), I was very impressed by the frequent high quality cgs.
that said, I think that after 5 years of slow development, there's a certain attention to detail that should have been spread to all parts of the work. I don't know if it's just me, but it felt like the transitions between scenes were often too abrupt, to the point of cutting off the ends of conversations. In addition, the presentation of the cgs (as in the panning and zooming) didn't really match the flow of the writing. Btw, did anyone else notice the bad end in hanako's route, where they present the last choice with options that are diametrically opposed but jump to the same code? (as in, no difference at all)
still, I have to give this a good rating, not because it's free, but because it's comparable to better works. the fact that taleweaver mentioned kanon in comparison to it is good in and of itself.
anyway, I've only read rin's and hanako's route so far, and I would agree that the writing is not at the same level as the rest of the work. It wasn't so bad that I didn't enjoy reading it, but there is definitely more emphasis on the visuals. Putting aside my complaints on the character designs for yuuko and emi (agh! those random eyelashes!), I was very impressed by the frequent high quality cgs.
that said, I think that after 5 years of slow development, there's a certain attention to detail that should have been spread to all parts of the work. I don't know if it's just me, but it felt like the transitions between scenes were often too abrupt, to the point of cutting off the ends of conversations. In addition, the presentation of the cgs (as in the panning and zooming) didn't really match the flow of the writing. Btw, did anyone else notice the bad end in hanako's route, where they present the last choice with options that are diametrically opposed but jump to the same code? (as in, no difference at all)
still, I have to give this a good rating, not because it's free, but because it's comparable to better works. the fact that taleweaver mentioned kanon in comparison to it is good in and of itself.