Spoiler Free Review
Soundtrack/Voice Acting:
As most commercial visual-novels do, it has voice acting. However, it is in Japanese and the text is in English so the vocals are kinda useless except for those who understand Japanese. If you like having Japanese voices for another reason, they're in really good quality! I have to be honest here though, the music is incredible!!! I have sometimes found myself from continuing the text just to listen to the music. It would also seem that Peach Princess agree with me as the entire soundtrack is included on the game disc in both MP3 and Lossless AIFF! I also like the fact that the music in the game crossfades the tracks. Most games just switch from one music track to another without making any sort of song and dance about it. Yumi Miru Kusuru, on the other hand, really takes music into account throughout the game.
Graphics:
Most people would struggle in this section as they'd just see the game as just a standard Visual-Novel. However, I notice the subtle differences that really make this game stand out. For example, between locations or times, a certain transition effect will take place in order to switch to the next scene. Similarly, there's day and night effects in the CGs. For example, in the morning, you see things rather brightly as the sun is shining. In the evening, the sun is setting, so there's a yellow/orange glow. At night, of course, everything is dark. Transitions between these are also virtually seamless as the CGs fade between day/evening/night.
General Review:
This game is incredible. I'm honestly finding it hard to criticize it. That isn't to say I can't find any. Overall the story is amazing and it grips you hard and won't let go until you finish! As you know, this game is an "option-choice" game where you select options at certain points to progress the story in a certain direction. However, sometimes I felt that the options were a little obvious at times, as in, you know how it will affect the story and who will like you more for doing it. I'm also a little disappointed that there's no real replay value after you complete the three storylines as I found that all CGs are collected when you play through them all. Then again, some may find that better as they don't like searching through the game to get one last CG. Each to their own!
Overall:
OK. I can only say one thing: this game is AMAZING!!! If you're a sane human being who likes visual-novels, buy this game! A word of warning though: be prepared to lose several hours of your life when you are gripped by the incredibly deep story!
Overall, I give it 5/5! I love this game.
As most commercial visual-novels do, it has voice acting. However, it is in Japanese and the text is in English so the vocals are kinda useless except for those who understand Japanese. If you like having Japanese voices for another reason, they're in really good quality! I have to be honest here though, the music is incredible!!! I have sometimes found myself from continuing the text just to listen to the music. It would also seem that Peach Princess agree with me as the entire soundtrack is included on the game disc in both MP3 and Lossless AIFF! I also like the fact that the music in the game crossfades the tracks. Most games just switch from one music track to another without making any sort of song and dance about it. Yumi Miru Kusuru, on the other hand, really takes music into account throughout the game.
Graphics:
Most people would struggle in this section as they'd just see the game as just a standard Visual-Novel. However, I notice the subtle differences that really make this game stand out. For example, between locations or times, a certain transition effect will take place in order to switch to the next scene. Similarly, there's day and night effects in the CGs. For example, in the morning, you see things rather brightly as the sun is shining. In the evening, the sun is setting, so there's a yellow/orange glow. At night, of course, everything is dark. Transitions between these are also virtually seamless as the CGs fade between day/evening/night.
General Review:
This game is incredible. I'm honestly finding it hard to criticize it. That isn't to say I can't find any. Overall the story is amazing and it grips you hard and won't let go until you finish! As you know, this game is an "option-choice" game where you select options at certain points to progress the story in a certain direction. However, sometimes I felt that the options were a little obvious at times, as in, you know how it will affect the story and who will like you more for doing it. I'm also a little disappointed that there's no real replay value after you complete the three storylines as I found that all CGs are collected when you play through them all. Then again, some may find that better as they don't like searching through the game to get one last CG. Each to their own!
Overall:
OK. I can only say one thing: this game is AMAZING!!! If you're a sane human being who likes visual-novels, buy this game! A word of warning though: be prepared to lose several hours of your life when you are gripped by the incredibly deep story!
Overall, I give it 5/5! I love this game.