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A visual novel where you hypnotize cute girls and feel bad about it (in development) · By Angela DeMille

final review (spoiler allert)

A topic by Necrotoy created 91 days ago Views: 269
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Alright. I've played all the endings.

I must admit it has been a big surprised by the story's and art's quality. And for once, a game on the hypnosis theme with some sort of morality behind. Honestly, I'm scared of mind control. Like Hiroko said, that's a fate worse than death. So having a game showing you the consequences of it is a really nice touch.

I've loved all the endings so far weather they are good endings, nightmarish endings or karma endings (boy, those ones were quite funny, my fav of those was Sayori's "Now seems a good time to say my daddy is a cop")

I also love the hidden messages here and there like “I’m sure Kyou would enjoy a robot girlfriend.” while Nozomi was formatted. Also, Nozomi’s show was kinda similar to Hiroko’s robot rout (one of my favorites).

Finally, I know how you show two similar situations can mean two totally different scenario. Sayori’s doll routs are a good example. Both are Kyou turning Sayori into a doll so she can lose her stress. But man, standing up plastic doll and comfortably numb ragdoll are opposite one to the other. The message was clear here.

 

Now to make it a perfect master peace, I think you should give more balance to the girls’ time. I understand Nozomi is Kyou's crush and some sort of hypnosexual, so it's normal she has more screen time. Same here, Akiko and Risa are not even Kyou's acquaintances so it’s normal they appear less.

But if you compare Sayori’s and Hiroko’s consent routs, there are less intersection for Sayori than Hiroko, and Hiroko’s showtime run is quite long so, I’m a little sad Sayori is kanda less important than Hiroko.

Same goes for Akiko compared to Risa. Poor Akiko has so few screens time compared to Risa. Also, it’s kinda sad we only got to have one main path leading to Akiko and none to Risa (for now) while both could have a focused path from the consent routs.

Also, some routs deserve more intersections because they are really linear compared to the others. (Sayori’s doll path and Hiroko’s devotee path both have no intersections until the very end which is kinda sad)

Well, nothing that can’t be corrected. But I agree that would mean adding more stories and I know it’s time consuming and art demanding. And in the end, this is your story.