While I still have to get the After Stories... now that I have all of the endings, I really wanted to say that this was an incredible VN experience. Something about Binary Star Hero really clicked with me.
[There will be some !!!spoilers!!! in the comment. Y'all have been warned]
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The entire story was brilliant. I loved the idea of playing an ex-villain who just can't escape from their past in one way or another. Not to mention, having a yandere superhero was a whole lot of fun!
I went into this not being quite sure if Binary Star/Ray was a yandere until we looked through his stuff.
It was such a "oh!" moment, and I loved how subtle he was at first. But when I went through to get everyone's relationship points after getting the first set of bad endings, it was like seeing the story through a whole different lens.
I noticed so many things I hadn't before (and I love that I had to play it more than once to really grasp the entire feeling of the story. It was amazing. Getting all of the endings was a phenomenal experience!)
The characters were also just so well written. Each of them was really fun to interact with, and getting to know all of them was such an intimate experience.
I literally have fallen in love with Haley and Ray for such different reasons, and I adore how awful Double is. (I guess to be fair, I adore how awful Ray is too, but he also just feels so tragic.)
(As an aside: Haley's ending and the Ray ending were my favorites! And I cried so much during the bad Ray ending and the Quasar ending ;-;)
The aesthetic of BSH was also really on point. I loved the use of screen toning to give it a comic book feel, and the art itself was so gorgeous! I was in awe of how every CG looked. I can't even describe just how much of a treat this was visually.
Plus the music! Zack did such a great job with the soundtrack. Every piece fit the scenes perfectly. The scenes where things were unsettling or scary especially got to me with the use of music. It was wonderful.
I really loved BSH and honestly ;-; I wish there was more even beyond the After Stories. (I am possibly a little obsessed with this VN now...)
Thank you for working so hard on this VN.
I hope you're doing well.