Spoilers for the ending
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I'm gonna need about 5 sequels to this vn filled with just the day to day lives of Zancer, Red and Bruce and them being the power throuple of all time
(Spoilers and critique of the new update)
Honestly this VN is amazing. Easily one of the best but Tate's route just felt the weakest to me. It was all going really well up until the Protag and Tate go to the tribe Tate grew up in. It started great but kinda fell off near the end with Tate's identity and name crisis being solved within the chapter which makes me less interested in what his route holds in store cause his arc already felt complete. But the worst part of the route for me is the borderline defending of slavery. Especially since it frames the Protag as in the wrong for feeling empathy for a slave. And after that whole mess with the slave, it makes me weary for how this vn will treat the Protag because so far, he just reads like a complete punching bag with not much of a personality. I mean no offense at all with this and am begging on my hands and knees for you to not delete this comment. What I wrote at the beginning of this still stands. This is one of the best vns I've read, and I hope it only becomes better and better. It's just the bad things about this vn I've noticed makes me worry for its future.
They put the gay romance behind a paywall? Girlie the vn just started there will be routes in future updates if they're made. The AU is just a small bonus and even then it isn't necessary for the whole vn experience. And all this without even considering what will happen when the vn is complete. Having free updates with a paid extra route is so much better than the alternative of making people pay for each update *Cough* Kingsguard *Cough*.
After reading though this vn after the new update I realized that Loken shows a lot of neurodivergent (specifically autistic) traits and as an autistic person myself I actually really love how Loken's autism is portrayed not as a good or bad thing but just Loken being Loken. It's quite a respectful way to portray it. Though is it intentional?
Being honest, first seeing this vn I was a bit standoffish about it but then I played it. This vn is truly fantastic and I love each of its characters and each of their personallities bounce off of each other very naturally and the banter is great. I've only played through Red's route so far, but I am very excited to see where this story goes. Keep it up!
Spoilers for Tyson's route
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I've been playing through Tyson's route, and I was kind of annoyed that Dave did nothing when Orlando punched Tyson and yelled at him since the poor hyena has been through a lot and seeing his best friend punch his boyfriend just felt like it was the time for Dave to snap and yell at his friends that he's a grown man who doesn't need to be babied. It just feels like a very annoying part of Dave's personality for me that he's so annoyingly passive and just never gets angry.
Being completely honest at first Lyre felt a little same-y to other vns of this style (Adastra and FBTW as a few examples) but wow did the ball scene and this update really change that for me! The way that the MC and Lyall's relationship bloomed, the unexpectedness of what happened to the king and especially what happened in this update really feels like this visual novel is carving its own identity and I am very excited to see where this story goes next!