I was gaslighted by Lestat de Lioncourt, and then I began a relationship with him even though the rest of the characters wore an expression I can only describe as: BITCH, WHAT ARE YOU DOING.
Jokes aside, I appreciate the length of the game; some of the games around here are unnecessarily/frustratingly short, to the detriment of the game itself. This is a solid 4/4.5, but I’ll give it 5 stars. I mean, it’s fun, engaging, and free. I am nothing if not grateful and budget conscious. I can overlook grammatical mistakes and miscellaneous flaws when a game is this entertaining. It has considerable replay value, as well.
Fun fact, I thought the game was about vampires, and I was surprised when it turns out it is about elves, haha.
My first complaint would be that hair options and customisation for the MC were a tad underwhelming (except for the clothes, ugh, I’d die for those). I wasn't a fan of the character designs at first, and then I came to love them. I love they're not animesque; they suit the game. I mean, blond pimp fossil daddy with thick, luscious lips? Yes!
However, I will be forever mad that Calipoa wasn’t a love interest. Skylar could’ve worked as a love interest, too. I thought either she or Cali would be the Gay Option. I was disappointed when there was no such option at all, not even a poly option with Skylar and Duliae.
My second complaint/nitpick would be that the choices are odd. Usually, I can tell the tone of the dialogue option I’m choosing. But here I’d choose an option that sounds friendly and then it’d be aggressive. I didn’t know which choice would raise which stat, either. It was unnecessarily confusing.
Also, it’s unfortunate how the game loses steam after the Cas-Cas? It feels almost like the developer didn’t want to tinker with the game anymore (understandable, as the game is long enough to be satisfactory by that time) and just cut the end and epilogue short to publish it already. The anticlimactic ending and choices regarding Gawloyes’s drama are underwhelming. I see people complaining about the Creature’s choices and endings, but I disagree. The Creature part is well done, and it is the Gawloyes drama which disappoints.
In conclusion: Length = Great! Free? Yes way! No gay romance? = Me Sad. I would play another game by the developer. A sequel of some kind wouldn’t be half bad. *hint hint*
For anyone new to the game, I’d recommend playing the romance routes in the following order:
Lanceaga: Get that sexual tension out right away. Also, don’t miss the dialogue option that will nickname him “Lacey” for the rest of the game.
Vadeyn: Cute, cute, cute!
Haron: Deceptively straightforward. His is my second favourite romance.
Enrol: Hard-to-get ice king. This and Haron’s romance are perfect appetizers for the plot-heaviest route, which is…
Duliae: Play with high Cunning, rob him blind, explore all the dialogue options. This is meatiest romance, so to speak, and I would play an entire game of it. It goes without saying this is my favourite romance. It’s a shame that it suffers from the constraint of the other romances, because I think it could’ve/should’ve been a lengthier romance.