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Thanks for the hints. Actually savior is on my black list https://vnrank.blogspot.com/p/poor.html and I don't remember why, probably because of sandbox, incest or simple I found the plot silly. But maybe I will give it another chance if you rate it so high.

Regarding Acting Lessons & City of Unbroken Dreamers: I played them quite long time ago and forgot to evaluate them but I didn't like them.

'Acting lessons' have very limited choices, you are stuck with one girl and may only decide whether to cheat on her or not. And the last chapter doesn't have any decision at all.

'City of Unbroken Dreamers' I stopped playing more less when the MC found the girl. I was simply bored with all the Sci-fi staff, probably it's not for me.

Matthias_Omega3 years ago (2 edits) (+1)

Regarding Acting Lessons, I enjoyed it a lot because of the well crafted characters and story especially the plot twist and I understand your frustration of only being only able to save one of the main girls. The thing is you can choose other girls too (aside from either Melissa or Megan) like Rena, Leah, Angela, Hedwig, and Ana. The only sad part is one of them would die (one of the main girls). Overall, I'd say give it another go. Its story is superb. Characters are solid especially Liam (your best friend). Very emotional story. Dr. PinkCake sure knows how to create excellent visual novels. I still rate it 9/10 after playing hundreds of visual novels.

Kuokaman3 years ago

It all depends what are you looking for in the VN. For me the most important is to make decisions and have an impact on what's happening, to feel like you live another life . In 'Acting lessons' I had a feeling that my actions don't count at all.

Matthias_Omega3 years ago

Shadows over Manston sucks too hard. idk what made you overrate it. It has barely choices too

Kuokaman3 years ago

To be sincere, I played it half a year ago, so I may not remember everything well but I do remember there were choices to develop your relations with your girlfriend or meet with new girls. There were also choices how to treat the schoolgirls. Plus a lot of beautiful women you can choose from and some interesting fetishes (consensual maledom). The relation was itself very interesting and there was also the police investigation plot. Really there was a lot of threads though not yet well developed. I really regret this game was abandoned.

Matthias_Omega3 years ago (5 edits)

You should reevaluate your rankings seriously.

Especially the following are overrated:

1. Shadows over Manston (imo, 0/10, poor plot, characters bland, i rarely say this but it's a waste of time)

2. Three Rules of Life ( 4/10, Plot shallow, characters bland, drama is too shallow yet overacting too much, characters are not that nice)

3. Bare Witness (4/10, Illusion of choice especially if you want to choose Athena)

4. University of Problems (5/10, too simple, nothing special, meh, it's average)

5. Abroad (....too short to even have a rating)

6. Esteria (5/10, meh, To Be A King is much better than this)

7. Intertwined (7/10, overrated in your list imo, but it has good potential)

8. College Kings (6/10, This is nowhere near Being A DIK. It is more like a budget version of BADIK)

9. Nothing is Forever (7.5/10, Too short to be hailed as the top 4 best VN in your rankings, but i like the story so far)

Also games that are underrated:

1. Acting Lessons (9/10) reviews are overwhelmingly positive in Steam.

2. To Be A King (9/10)

3. Leap of Faith (8/10)

4. Pine Falls (8/10)

Anyway thanks to your list i was able to play some great games i have never heard of, but yeah just want to give you a feedback that some might be overrated and some are underrated.

Kuokaman3 years ago(+1)

Well, you are welcome to make your own ranking based on your own criteria. Most of it is subjective. And I agree that it is especially difficult to rate when game is just in beginning. At first the ranking was made for my private usage but then I decided to share it.

I don't know if you've seen my more detailed ranking which I posted recently: https://vnrank.blogspot.com/2021/09/20210925.html

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