I AM RATING THESE ALL THESE JAM SUBMISSIONS RELATIVE TO ONE ANOTHER. THERE ARE HIGH HIGHS AND LOW LOWS BUT PLEASE DON’T TAKE THIS TOO PERSONALLY, AFTERALL, WE ALL ONLY HAD A MONTH.
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Implementation of Theme (2):
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The iconic “you’ve expanded” line haunts my nightmares with joy.
Story (3):
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I might have been huffing NWS earlier than most but there’s a certain way that this story flows that makes it quite the treat to read. I am frothing at the mouth to read the Holiday special that Karl is cooking up.
Presentation (4):
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Karl’s ability to assemble an Avengers-like team to work with him is frightening. Anyone else would be terrified to have to put out a “Help Wanted” for an artist so close to the deadline but not Karl. His gamble paid off in spades by having one of the pre-Made sprite artists draw CG’s for him which lead to this VN having a certain consistency that other submissions could not obtain.
Please do not do this again, uwu
Creativity (1):
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I think overall plot of NWS is kind of generic. I think it should have gone in a more cultural concert direction like Karl’s other VN. The production values really elevated the rest of the VN.
Total (10 PLAY NWS!!!):
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Despite all of the memes and jokes about this VN, I still had a great time playing this one knowing what happened. It was a like playing Russian Roulette with a VN. I never knew if this would be the centerright time or not.
I don’t even think that the whole centerleft and centerright issue was ever updated because it became that well known. If you keep it forever, that’s some mad props on y’all.
I have no idea how Karl convinced so many people to work with him and the end product might just be his early magnus opus.
I still don’t know why this is called New World Symphony instead of Old World Symphony.
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