Well I'm going to eat while I wait for the download so I dont accidentally forget to eat for 4 days like last time with Royal Alchemist. (I'm not joking.) This was pleasant. Have fun. <3
I am once again here to sing my praises of this game, and its predecessor. The release date is fast approaching, and I will be thoroughly pleased when it finally does.
The previous game allows you to play as a gradually maturing individual. Which is already incredible, all things considered. But this one allows you to pick how you are perceived, based on your actions. Which is just— amazing. Wonderful. Brilliant. Apparently I'm British now. Anyhow.
I am so very incredibly tired of MC entities in games, visual novels especially, being an energetic, sociable bumbling idiot. It works for some people. Not for me. I text people like im writing my college thesis. So the fact that you can be perceived as the opposite, and various other archetypes is very special to me.
(For reference, I have Alexithemia. Effectively real-life edgy emo emotionless anime character syndrome. Its a hassle. And it makes having a character that I have to bear the consequences of acting like an overemotional, immature brat so very frustrating. This game and the previous, barring very few instances, lets you avoid most of that if you wish to.)
I dont have a good way to end this comment. Good game. Very recommend. Am happy.
I have no idea how many times ive commented on this at this point.
Even still, uh, great game. give them your money (or dont but you totally should.)
Oh and the person/people who manage the patreon are so goofy and I love them. (Fanks for the condolences, patreon friend(s))
Jokes aside, both Royal Order and Royal Alchemist have helped me a lot with finding myself, and getting through some really depressive times. I am such a sucker for fantasy mage-esque older-setting stories. So if that's your cup of tea, this is absolutely worth the money. theyre written in such a way that the possibility of being the same gender as the LI you're pursuing doesnt feel like an afterthought like it does in so many others. Seriously, that's a weirdly prevalent issue in VN's where you can pick your gender. Itll use the right pronouns, sure, but it will describe it in a way that makes it sound like a heterosexual pairing, like in shitty fujoshi content that's explicitly made so girls can project themselves onto one of the guys. So i think it's really cool that Nifty Visuals doesn't do that. This turned into a rant and I am not sorry in the slightest.
there are walkthroughs, but you can save frequently, and there should be a menu that has your path progress. I forget which tab has it, but you'll know if you made the right choice depending on if the progress bar next to the route your going for has gone up or down. (Imo the routes arent difficult to get right fundamentally. It's just making sure you have enough points in the right stats when need be.)
With my people pleasing curse, i can normally maneuver my way to the route im going for with ease. WHY AM I FUCKING IT UP SO BADLY HERE?
Don't tell me. I'll figure it out. At first I thought it might be pfp based, but that must have just been a lucky coincidence. The first day's options feel limited, and gods kill me before i choose any of the even more embarrassing options. dammit.
Edit: A lot of people don't like my takes on this vn. It's not like im some non furry being a dick- I make the suits for a living. My being a dick in this comment was kind of for my own entertainment lmao. Anyway.
It took me a few days to get through this, and i have to say... I am disappointed. I'd heard such great things about this, but not once did I feel upset. Well, aside from the last third of the game being so agonizingly boring.
Both MC and Amicus are overgrown children with no control over their infantile temper tantrums. Them fighting over the smallest things, or getting so worked up for selfish reasons was incredibly difficult to sit through.
Not to mention I didnt care for Amicus at all. He's just your usual "Himbo wolf furry with the mental capacity of a 10 year old" And absolutely nothing interesting beyond that.
I have to say, my favorite characters were Neferu, Alexios and Cassius respectively. They had something interesting going on. More than one layer of personality and motivations. Sure, Amicus had that in the first act, but once MC is informed of what's really happening, he loses all intrigue.
Also I'd like to point out, for a visual novel, you hardly get any decisions. It left me feeling even more disconnected, even if mc wasn't an insufferable brat with a victim complex.
One last thing, things going wrong one after another got super predictable super quickly. After the dance happened, I found myself just assuming that if something could go wrong, it would. And if something went right, then the next thing that happens will be even worse than usual. This is probably my cold-hearted douchebag-y-ness talking, but I felt little to no emotion other than frustration through this entire game. Through every "trying to be emotional" scene, i just found myself repeating "I seriously could not care less. Can we just move along and act like reasonable adults?"
TL;DR If you like slice of life with and immature single love interest, and an equally immature MC, you'll probably like this. If that's not your cup of tea, dont waste your time. There were very few engaging moments, just overwhelming fluff and domestic arguments with your occasional actual bit of real drama.
Edit: I literally cant find this game's data in my Regedit. There's only one file that might be it, but I don't think i'm willing to test it. Fine. I guess you win. You get to know that i'm dyslexic and cant do words
edit; the edit-en-ing (ft. spoilers): Sir how many big companies have you extorted to be able to buy out an entire wedding venue, AND and island?
Hey, things happen! If nothing else, I can say with 100% certainty that this demo inspired many people to start writing visual novels. Myself included. I probably wouldn't have gotten into developing or writing if I never found this game. Hell, this game even pushed me to do cosplay as well.
I do hope that this game eventually finds a resolution, no matter how many years or decades it shall take. But until then, please take care of yourselves.
I know all too well what it's like to push yourself to far that you just don't wanna continue anymore.
Onion when tho I wanna see whats behind that moody bih
Jokes aside, the urge to make fan characters of this game is MORE THAN PALPABLE "We might as well be married and i dont even know your real name, smh"
That aside, i did this in the order of; Xyx (by just doing what i would normally do in a situation like this), Quest, NightOwl, then NakedToaster. I should have done this sooner istg
