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Quest my beloved <3

(Toaster please play ffxiv with me)

Loved the concept and the attention to detail such as the written story related to the web novel, the post ending extras, as well as the voice acting for the characters were well done! I enjoyed how they approached the 'calls' as well as the server stuff. It really felt like it was a discord server! The links even worked when you clicked on them! Character identities were easily understood and each were unique in their specific way, including how they typed!

I do enjoy the story but I feel like I could have gotten much more into it if it was given a bit more time to 'bloom' (heh). The story beats and plot came over the romance, and that's fine but I do wish we could have spent time with the fun romance aspect. Some quality time where they play off of each other would give their interactions a deeper meaning between the MC and the LIs. This might be because most of the responses were essentially a 'continue' button, so I didn't feel like the MC had the chance to play around with the other characters in a satisfying way (if you get me?).

4/5 Highly recommend!

Klaus my beloved <3 

Okay detailed review time: 

1. Art style: I love the art style, it's so charming and it gives the game such a cozy feeling to it. The backgrounds were cute, and I loved the CGs! Each of the characters had such a specific style unique to them that I got an immediate understanding of their character. 

2. Music: I noticed that depending on who you were with, the style of the music would shift. With Nightshade, the music had a sci-fi feel, and with Rosamel the music would have a light hearted tone. This was a really cool touch and I thought it was really neat, though the start up of the game's interface didn't seem to have any music so I had worried at first that I had the game on mute. So that's my suggestion when it came to music. 

3. Story: I love all of them and after doing all their routes, I can safely say I have my favourites (Klaus, Mac, Amos, top three hands down because they suit my tastes a lot) but all of the characters had their merits and tackled their flaws in ways that felt satisfying. Even if they aren't my 'type' I still enjoyed their story a lot! Each of their stories were unique while matching their specific genre. 

Conclusion:

This game is cozy on cozy. Turn off your brain and fill it with fluff. If you want to giggle like a schoolgirl, this is the one for you. Each of the romance options had a bright personality that felt unique and three dimensional. The moments they all have together particularly made me smile because it really made them feel lively. One thing I did note though is that when you finish a run, and the screen turns black, it kicks you back to the main menu. This can feel pretty jarring, so making it fade after ending would make it feel less abrupt when it ends. Each of the characters personalities are obvious straight from the bat with each of their genre's reflecting this. 

4/5 stars, I had fun playing this! Klaus, please marry me. 

This hits different when your friend was in the same position as the pov of the person asking all the questions. BRB gonna cry.

This is such a wonderfully detailed game, I'm shocked it's even free! It was so cute and I love how tailored to the player experience it was! It's so darn adorable I was blushing like Cove was! And Cove!!! What a wonderfully written character, in fact all the characters are wonderfully written! I love how unique they are, and having the option for a slowburn childhood friends to lovers romance hit my sweet spot SO HARD! I SWEAR! 

All in all, amazing! Amazing! Amazing! Important things should be said 3 times!!! 

Adorable!!! ADORABLE!!! ADORABLE!!! 

Miqo'Tem spinning on Ozma now lives in my mind rent free

What's funny is that after posting this is when I figured it out ahaha, I'm now a proud owner of 9 lovely mushrooms! Thank you for humouring me though!

Hi! I just unlocked the bathroom but when I tried to grow a mushroom in the bathroom, it couldn't grow because the air was too dry. 

Here's my Cave Flower, Schezo! I name him after my favourite character in Puyo Puyo Tetris : )

Sure! Three of the endings should be Braums with Good End 1 being Reaver Ash and Braums, Good End 2 is Shika Ash and Braums, Bad end is for both races, then there would be Fai's Good and Bad end, then Paris' Good and Bad end.  The endings do not vary even with a race variation, the only thing that changes is dialogue. The eight one should be Braums and Paris bonus ending which can be accessed via the bonus content. Hopefully this helps!

This is amazing! I love it so much! Ah! I'm so excited to see this finished and I hope I'd be able to support you somehow seeing as you're doing my poor student ass a miracle foe making such a professional looking game free. And it really does look and feel like a professional indie game, the fact you're a one man army amazes me! Good luck, I'm cheering you on!

*Screaming* While I did put it up, I never expected it to actually be read ahahah I'm so happy you enjoy it!

I have finished getting all eight endings, have played each route with both the same race and then the alternative race, as well as redone certain routes twice out of love. I have to say, the game is well paced, the soundtrack amazing and the characters are likable. I played the unvoiced version since I wanted to read with my own interpretation of their voices first as well as wait for the voice acting is finished hehe.

tl;dr version of this: I love this game so much I wrote fanfiction

-The changes in inner monologues and dialogue as well as certain moments based on each race of the mc is a nice attention to the backstory that each race has. My personal favourite would have to be Shika Ash because of the fact I can romance my two favourites, plus it also allows me to access some of the minor world building details about Shika. Reaver Ash is a close second due to the personality as well as the emotional drive with the restaurant. Sadly, Cubi Ash isn't a favourite of mine but is still a good one seeing as Cubi Ash has a lot of development for the romance with Paris (due to the many references to Ash's crush on Paris). 

-The little mentioned details on the world itself gives it a solid feel, well done! I liked how the small references to history don't feel hamfisted and Paris cursing out the king feels quite natural. I also enjoyed the reference to religion such as Rafael explaining the Shika world creation story, or the mention of Savaran vs Shika religion is like. Shika Ash mentioning Talia instead of the Saints as well as recognizing Rinka's statue is pretty cool.

-The romances have me swooning for days! Rafael is my favourite by FAR! He's so sweet and caring, especially when he smiled and made a little joke (Plus when he actually says 'cheep, cheep'! I love it!) Rafael has me smiling and having him leave in his neutral ending only to come back had me crying and grinning at the same time. I love how Rafael is both honest while being deceptive. It's a hard balance but you've done it well. The ship moment with him and the rats really make you think about what he's gone through once you know his backstory. And when he started saying the smoothest lines, my heart is his, no question about it.

Braums is my second favourite because of how shy he is as his walls fall from the arrogant noble to the shy person behind it. (Which I think is due to the strictness of his father) I was blushing and covering my face from how downright adorable he is as well as how innocent. Though I do wish we could have had a bit more mention on his opinion on his father, considering this isn't a very long game, that's understandable. I played his route first since I played Reaver Ash and I loved every second of it. My favourite part was how you did the emotional 'forced to say bad stuff' moment. It's so emotional and hurt, I was mumbling apologies.

Paris is my last, sorry Pear but you're route was built on childhood bestfriend stuff but I didn't have much to build it on besides 'childhood flirty bestfriend that Ash has a crush on'. I prefer Reaver Ash with him though, it added another flavor to that story especially when the whole Rain scene happened. The CGs and the moments though did make me fond of him and I laughed a lot at their banter.

-Over all story: The story is rather linear and after playing through it for around twelve times, I basically slogged through it since I memorized what would happen next. It's to be expected but I would have preferred if each route provided a different take on the story after the prologue but that's just me being picky about things. Otherwise, the twists and the endings had me gasping and pausing when I first experienced it. Especially when the guild does a play and the sudden tone switch was like watching Mulan and going from 'Girl Worth Fighting For' to the ruined village. Well done!

On the technical stuff, I love the soundtrack! Rafael's theme is a bop and Braums theme had me smiling and Paris' theme really did remind me of rabbits. Though there are times the music glitched out for a moment before going back to normal (when I go from the menu to save then returning back to the current game for instance) it only happened a handful of times. However, I do have ONE problem and that would be when Shika Ash is romancing Braums 

At the end of watching the Theatre in Riddel all the way to Chapter 5, Shika Ash says 'Saints' instead of Talia and it may be minor but it kinda frustrated me because 'Ash are you so in love you forgot you're a Shika'? It really pulls you out of the moment, but besides that, nothing else. 

Besides that, I really have nothing much to comment on.

The art is also great! It's so fun and memorable, and the CGs are glorious! 

Also! The fact Ash is customizable, *chef's kiss* Thank you and I love you. The fact some of the dialogue makes references to Ash's appearance as well as how it makes the CGs look pleases me very, very much.

All in all, good job! Story is well paced, music is wonderful, art pleases the eye, romance has me swooning (Rafael, call me) and it's pretty good! I'd say 8/10 

*Btw, I've fallen in love with this so much I am writing fanfiction for it, if you want to read it then look for my ao3 'ClearAutumnVibes' the title of the fanfiction is 'Liar, Liar' I'm not taking the fanfiction too seriously lol since it's mainly self-indulgent.