As We Know It

Just plain good storytelling and world-building

Not a bad VN,, though the 2 stories I have done have been bad endings.. It seems you have to agree with everything the girls say no matter how stupid. I will try a couple of more times with the girls to see. The Male endings I would guess by the way they behave wouldn't be as stupid.

First off, I should say that this is one of those games where you spend a lot of time doing repetitive activities and the player just chooses which repetitive activities to do. I call them "scheduling games". I don't know if there is an official name. I personally find this kind of game boring, and since the previous game I played by this developer was the same, I should stop buying them. That having been said, it wasn't a bad game. The characters and scenario were interesting. I enjoyed playing through it. However, I doubt I'll play it more than once or twice more.

I completed the demo some time ago and recall I loved it. I could see the game had potential to be an awesome one but after I bought the game and now completed one love route (I got the crazy ex-boyfriend one). It left me confused on who the crazy ex-boyfriend was as my date was neither crazy nor an ex.. The game got such great potential to be a great and fun game but it got boring after a while because it was the same day over, over and over as soon as you pick a job. I am not really tempted to play the game again even thought there are 30 endings in total and I would love get a happy ending at least once. I love the music, great music but I wish there were a bigger (or at least better) selection on who to romance and a better selection on jobs as well as. Definitely do something about the repeating days where nothing happens several days in a row. I am sad to say that overall, I do not recommend this game.

The game wasn't bad.. but both the female romance options are ugly as hell.

So this is where I hate the steam rating of yes or no. Was this a terrible "VN". No, not at all. But I would argue there are free ones out there that have richer story and characters. I feel like this is an interesting concept, but it just didn't go far enough. Most of the time you are either same old same old in the background of your job art or the library, bar or gym or living quarters. The art is very static for the most part. Even when the characters are describing rooms they don't match with the art. Which is fine, but it makes it somewhat less immersive. I've only played a few different routes for one romantic interest so perhaps there will be more variety later. I feel like there are many things that are missed opportunities example a character finds out you miss the stars and is like remind me to show you something sometime and then nothing ever comes of that. I just wish there would've been more development in the characters and in the world building. Not a bad game, but for the price point I did expect more.

Really wished I could have romanced my bestie Sam.

I played Pinewood Island first and had high expectations for this one! I bought it during a sale since I couldn't bring myself to buy it at full price! Long story, short? I really enjoyed this game! Customization of your character was simple but I felt it added to the immersion of the game! The plot is phenomenal and I wanted to know more and more about the world we're in! As of writing this i've gotten 2 out of 30 endings; 30 endings?! That's insane but it shows how much thought went into this! Was there anything I didn't like? Yes. At times the game did feel like it dragged a bit. That may have been because I was focused on only 3 characters ( Jude, Sam and my mom) but still. Also there's so unlockable romantic pictures or even unlockable ending pictures. I was expecting something, even if it was just 1 unlockable on a 'true' ending or something but the screen just goes to black. So that was really disappointing. I would recommend the demo first just to test it out but overall, this game is really fun and is worth checking out.