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The story of Jung and Ai continues, faced with another inevitable fate. Will Jung be able to save her this time? Or is he going to put all their memories behind him?
This is the direct sequel to Carpe Diem, beginning at where the previous one ended. It is not necessary to have seen the prequel as Reboot has its own story.
- ~50,000 words
- About ~2 hours of story content
- 8 characters to interact with
- 14 CGs
- Fully-voiced in English
- Two endings
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Languages: English**languages with full audio support
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I played the first one which was short and I liked it, so I got Reboot as well. Ai is amazing and it would be an amazing visual novel if it didn't had the most boring and unlikable protagonist ever... Seriously, Ai is finally with him and he has the excitement of a gravestone. Ai is an artificial intelligence and it has more personality from Yung. I let it run many times, leaving it open and forgetting about it and could not bear to play it for more than a few minutes at a time, but I wanted to see what would happen only to have a true ending which is tragic and a "Good" ending... Ai was amazing, but Yung is literally the epitome of boredom. I would prefer if the protagonist was just the player and we got to act as we want. I hope for a 3rd instalment regardless and I either hope to see Yung more enthusiastic and not like a npc or as I said above for us to be the protagonist. Very good story, but bad protagonist.
This Game is really fun and wholesome yet pretty depressing. Both of the ending really caught me off guard, the true ending makes me feel disgusted of the main character selfish act and the good ending is just so depressing knowing that there's nothing else that the main character can do other than......
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Hours played at review time, across 42 reviews with recorded playtime.
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meh
The original was an interesting take on people avoiding reality, with a made up one. This "reboot" instead is completely in it's own reality. Where the first one was a short game that had the ultimate message of "Go touch grass.", this one's message is... Don't be a super genius that creates the most advanced AI ever known? Not directly comparing this to the previous one, it's a okay visual novel. Not amazing, not awful, but not above the tier of anything you could find free online. The only things that make this stand out are the voice acting and, admittedly, pretty good art. The writing isn't good and they would have benefited from having a proofreader involved in the project, because there were hundreds of errors in the script. If it was free, maybe I'd recommend it, but for a product that costs actual money, no this isn't worth it. Just play the original one.
Gioco breve ed interessante, ho impiegato 5 ore circa per vedere entrambi i finali. La trama per quanto breve è interessante, le scelte sono solo tre, ma vista la durata del gioco ed il loro peso non sono poche. Personaggi ben caratterizzati e disegnati, oltre ad una musica di sottofondo gradevole, rendono questo gioco una visual novel non male.
In [i]Carpe Diem: Reboot[/i], the storyline of the previous game, [i]Carpe Diem[/i] is expanded in a rather satisfying way. You learn more about the A.I., the MC, and more interestingly, the powers that be in the world of [i]Carpe Diem[/i]. The game features two different endings, leaving the possibility open for two potential paths for a sequel. A sequel I would be quite interested in seeing made, more for [spoiler]a potential redemption arc[/spoiler] than anything else. As they currently stand, the endings are not terribly satisfying, however the gameplay is nice for a casual visual novel experience.
Carpe Diem is a really fun read. I really enjoyed the characters and how the story progressed. Even with how short this novel was I think the dev did a good job with the overall pace of the story and I did not notice any random plot holes. Even though some side characters only get enough screen time to finish a bowl of ramen they all left enough of an impact without intruding on the story. The soundtrack and the art style are both really nice and elevated the overall experience for me. The endings while not the greatest did leave a large impression on me, especially the True Ending that really flipped the story upside down for me. Based on how the previous parts of the story were written I was expecting some completely different endings so that bait and switch was a great way to conclude this novel. I fully recommend Carpe DIem: Reboot it was a great read and I do hope to see the dev continue making more fun stories like this one.
Nicely written. Hits you in the feels, for sure. [spoiler]The worldbuilding is odd, but interesting, and while it isn't like DDLC levels of mind-screw, don't go into this hoping for a standard romance VN between a guy and his AI.[/spoiler]
Enjoyed it.
[h1]Scénario irrationnel[/h1] [i]Carpe Diem: Reboot[/i] est la suite du jeu gratuit [i]Carpe Diem[/i], proposé par les mêmes développeurs. Elle est centrée sur Jung, un informaticien introverti, et Ai, une intelligence artificielle qu’il a conçue avec une personnalité et une apparence féminines. Bien que sorti en 2017, ce roman visuel livre une réflexion sur plusieurs thèmes d’actualité liés à l’intelligence artificielle. Deux éléments me semblent indispensables pour un roman visuel : les images et l’histoire. Toute la partie visuelle correspond à mes attentes. Les dessins sont de qualité et illustrent correctement les événements. Mon problème concerne l’intrigue. Pour moi, elle est totalement irrationnelle, et mon esprit s’est refusé à l’accepter dès le premier tiers du récit. J’ai eu beaucoup de mal à me motiver pour terminer [i]Carpe Diem: Reboot[/i]. Voici quelques points que mon esprit cartésien rejette : [list] [*] [spoiler] Ai se fabrique un corps organique en tout point comparable à celui d’un être humain : besoin de sommeil, goût pour la nourriture, cheveux nécessitant un après-shampoing… Elle réalise ce corps en deux ou trois jours avec des produits commandés sur Internet, en n’utilisant qu’un simple coin de bureau (pas la pièce, le meuble). Pour moi, seul un laboratoire offrirait une chance de réussir cela, et encore, en un temps bien plus long.[/spoiler] [*] [spoiler]Ai, qui a créé son propre corps féminin humain, devrait donc maîtriser son anatomie et son métabolisme à la perfection. Pourtant, elle n’a aucune idée de l’existence du cycle menstruel qu’elle devra subir. Qui peut avaler ça ?[/spoiler] [*] [spoiler] Et voici la coïncidence qui m’a totalement fait décrocher : que Yume, la vendeuse de la boulangerie, soit en réalité Troy, la programmatrice en tête du classement de CodeBounty (les meilleurs codeurs au monde). À ce moment-là, Ai ne connaît que deux personnes sur Terre (Jung, son créateur, et Yume), et Yume se trouve justement être Troy, la programmatrice qu’elle souhaite dépasser. Mon esprit rationnel ne peut absolument pas accepter cela. Théoriquement, Troy pouvait être n’importe quelle personne sur Terre (homme ou femme) en âge de programmer. Cette coïncidence est une aberration absolue qui, en plus, n’était pas indispensable à l’intrigue.[/spoiler] [/list] Pourquoi les dialogues de Jung ne sont-ils pas audibles comme ceux de tous les autres protagonistes ? Je peux admettre que ses réflexions intérieures ne le soient pas, mais je ne vois aucune raison de ne pas entendre sa voix. Dernier point : contrairement au premier opus, ici, seule la langue anglaise est disponible. Si vous parvenez à mettre de côté certains aspects incohérents, vous pourrez, contrairement à moi, peut-être apprécier cette histoire bien illustrée.
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