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just played this game thru and managed to get thru all the options and routes (i think? lol)!! i really enjoyed the sense of nostalgia yet building dread when it came to both suppressing and reliving the memories. what happened to orion was a question that kept at me and finding out more was only painful, that sense of being stuck between hope and resignation, ugh!! i also really liked the threatening narrator (? being ?), very nice n interesting touch, also looked fab. the art style is super lovely and the music is good too!!
*SCREAMS ENDLESSLY* i am back. again. with a horrendously long ramble 😭 ill spoiler free gush first and then drop a lil warning
after accidentally tripping into the completed game a bit back (i dont know if im actually among the first people who found it but im telling myself i was bc i like feeling <3 special<3) i FINALLY managed to finish all the endings/routes.
the art remains just as gorgeous as ever, the music still slaps, the plot? the plot had me STRESSED at several points. it felt like the more i found out the more questions i had and even now i still feel like i have so many. every reveal and choice was intriguing, it was such an enjoyable and engaging ride going through the chapters.
the characterisation is also excellent. i love dove to absolute bits. her blushing/embarrassed expressions reminded me of how alive she is, which really hit since the art style enhances the eerie and ghostlike vibe of everyone. and yet her greed and curiosity for magic and finding out more felt frightening at times. but the feeling that she really is just a kid in an insane situation never left. all the other characters felt complex in their own right, i wanted to know more about them, i hated them and feared them and also felt for them in equal turn. it really did just slap!!
[ok im spoilering now 😭 on the off chance anyone gets this far and hasnt played thru everything yet GO DO THAT]
i teared up SO MUCH when dove burnt babels remains. the detail about the flowers just got me so hard (also yay for title drop). slowly learning more about who the ghosts were was also very fascinating altho i still have SO many questions my god. also love the significance of dove and basil's names. (in the true ending when she started calling out for basil I WAS DYING). of the bad ends i found dove mercy killing basil one of the saddest and i did just have to sit there like :(( for a bit. and hypatia's resurrection definitely felt the most chilling by far.
and finally. the true ending. screams!!!!!!!!!! with all the respect in the world, for the sake of my happiness, i am lwk going to ignore the fact its the true route 😭 or at least pretend the good ending is also a true one.
the whole time i was on the edge of my seat and my jaw just kept dropping. during my play throughs several times i kept going "oh no no no absolutely not" and i RLLY felt this in the true route. i was practically shaking basil through my screen when he left, and the reveal of belphie had me reeling. in a way im very glad dove gets a form of power, hope, and freedom, in the place of being a sacrifice and victim of her fathers/the witchs grief. but there is such tragedy that she may simply become entangled in another cycle, traumatised and abandoned yet again by someone she really cared about. altho belphie seems like a very charming devil to make a deal w sksk, i will say i did have a moment where i paused my internal shock to go 'wow belphie can GET IT' but i digress.
in conclusion, i had a blast playing dicentra and tbh i still want to know so much more about the universe (who exactly was the witch boy? what happened to hypatia?? whats up with the deal/etc between the belphie, mother reverend, and the witch??? and so forth). tysm to everyone involved for all the hard work and dedication into the game, its definitely going into my list of favourites!! now i am going to sprint back and relive the good ending to dry my stunned emotional tears<3
Ah!!!!! I’m. so lucky for this omg 🫶??? stars aligning for me moment truly. I kept thinking ‘full version seems pretty,, full to me’ and looking at the date like ‘babe it’s still July tho’ LOL. am very much enjoying the rest of the game so far, dove nerding out abt magic (and. having expressions!! woo!!) is lwk so endearing I love my mildly unsettling gal.
before i played the game i thought basil was dove bc i 100% didnt clock the fact hes,, yk, a wolf LOL and all i could think of was "wow that boy needs to drop his mascara and hair routine". i digress<3
im loving the game SO MUCH so far. the art is beautiful (the use of black/white/red...), i always stare at every new bg bc theyre so detailed and the style eats. the ghosts are v distinct (and were pretty unnerving at first!), i adore dove's entire everything, and the UI is also rlly lovely. the music is excellent as well and rlly fits w the scenes. also rlly liked the timed choices thing!
the narrative is also intriguing, ive only finished the first section (?) but im already curious about the dynamic between dove and the ghosts (esp the white lady), the magic that's keeping her trapped, and even whats up w her roses. lots of things to think about and explore and im so excited to do so!! also i rlly enjoy the fact the protag is a wolf pup. whilst he can sneak about much easier than a bumbling human, i felt this intense feeling of vulnerability bc he just feels very small and very helpless a lot of the time. the obvious language barrier between him and dove is also so. like. ugh!!!!!
also i saw that the full release is august (woo!!!!!!!). i j wanted to say, and i didnt know whether to bring this up bc idk if im just being stupid/misunderstanding smth, but the version i downloaded (full version 1 mac??) looks a lot more complete than the demos i see other ppl reference (i looked at some vids in the comments). im able to progress further than all of them (the scene of dove's pov). maybe this is just an extended demo and im being Very Silly but i thought id j mention it. so sorry if im just not Clocking Something, and also so so sorry for this wall of text!! blame the 2am rambles<3!!
this was so fab!! i came here having finished the deceptively therapeutic turned v chilling and intriguing 'lycoris last words' (which i enjoyed immensely), and just like lycoris the art and energy of this is so immaculate. the UI is gorgeous and i love love love the style and detail of the room+body (handcuffs, roses, bite marks i see you). the music also rlly elevates the energy, i literally stopped several times just to give it a proper listen to.
i was rlly invested in the narrative too and ended up noting down all the choices i made so i could explore all the different dialogue options and possible endings, from the sweeter and more tender choices to the harsher ones, there's this very cloying and claustrophobic sense of doom thats really well done? the more you play the more you realise that its a very enclosed circle of death. i do find it interesting that sometimes when i chose meaner (?) choices, the stranger 'wins'. interesting to ponder whether its bc he noticed smth amiss or if it was out of some fit of rage. (i ended up going thru the whole thing a,,,,,, lot of times LOL). either way excuse this rambley mess of a comment!! im def going to go hunt (haha) down more games done by the ppl involved in this!! (already planned my next stop to be dicentria<3)
played thru the demo once and rlly enjoyed it, the art style is really pretty and the bg music is really nice too, i had it running in the background for a bit and was j vibing to it and lwk forgot it was acc from a game LOL. i also love the aesthetic of the ui. i liked all the characters including mc, the demo does v well at letting u get a nice, solid first impression! the acting scene w koen def made him grow on me<3 anywho, the premise for the game is v interesting and im excited to see where it goes!!
a short but sweet (or perhaps bittersweet!) demo<3 was a v intriguing start and i found myself getting emotionally invested despite the brevity. super curious to see how the different routes will play out, i lwk cant even pick a fav, i want to know more abt all 3! hopefully ill be able to support/play the full game when it comes out<3 excited for it!!
just finished the routes! i played jin –> clover –> v and enjoyed them all. i liked v's design a lot, his jewellery is so pretty. i love loved clover's route, i think the pacing of the relationship w him was really well done and i thought his struggles and emotional beats really landed, hes so sweet<3 jin's route i think def felt the fastest paced but i loved it, jin's design also slaps and the whole process of them becoming more trusting and the stuff abt names+home was rlly heartwarming. a few times i had some issues w saving/loading but its so minor it didnt rlly have any negative impact at all. anyway considering the game's length and the fact its literally free, its honestly so fun, the artstyle is gorgeous, and the music is super lovely too, i had a blast, shoutout to everyone involved<3
Velvet Bite: Softly, with Teeth [DEMO] comments · Posted in Velvet Bite: Softly, with Teeth [DEMO] comments
just finished the demo rlly enjoyed it! the art is pretty, love the sprites + the bg style is v cute. the bg music is also nice and all the VA lines i've heard so far sound lovely.
v small side note, and i do hope i'm not overstepping/being rude!! idk if these things have been/will be fixed in the behind-the-scenes process since this is just the demo but i j wanted to mention i've spotted a few small typos?
one of the lines says "a stranger's voice cut through the haze but were lost in the fog", i think it's meant to be "was" instead of "were". another line is the following section "Sickening amount ... blood loss spoke an unsurvivable injury." I think it's meant to be "a sickening amount" and "blood loss spoke of an...". there's also "I ... too many drinks my that head throbbed". there's also a line in madison's section where MC says "I didn't have to scare me like that!" instead of "you".
once again these r just little details i noticed and 100% not remotely a criticism or anything<333 v excited to see where this game goes!!
love loved the demo so i thought id jot my thoughts down, excuse the lwk messy v long wall of text,,,,
- the music slaps + UI is gorg, its all v intuitive and complements the game aesthetic. v beautiful art (bgs r all lovely, sprites r so pretty and i love everyone's expressions, the quality is consistent too which is nice!!)
- fio is so hot oh my god. theyre all so hot. i adore yunie's hair its so cute.
- the beginning def confused me for a moment (i thought the present day was a flashback/dream for a bit lol) but im intrigued, v curious to see the rest of the plot. i also appreciate how yunie's observations r well balanced btwn intelligent & reasonable (mystery can sometimes fall into a trap of being like. too far fetched). demo is fab at setting out several points of interest + solidifying character identities. looking forward to seeing it in a more paced out format mayhaps
- timed decisions took me by surprised but it honestly made it more engaging even if it i hadnt expected it
- the mini game was rlly cool!! it def got me paying attention. i was nervous at first, but the fact there's both a pause and slow option meant i had fun knowing i could step away if i needed to. i havent tried the slow mode but its a nice 'safety' mechanism to have.
- it took me a few seconds to adjust to the dual text system but i thought it kept the tension up and i process fast enough that it was enjoyable!! altho i understand why people might want a staggered format
- there being a VN version also means that a lot of bases r covered for people who might not want it, i personally am excited to see more mini games bc i enjoyed it a lot
anyhow a lot is def packed into this which i appreciate. sadly idk if i can financially support the kickstarter/completed game </333 but i hope it goes well and im super excited for the next demo part!!!!