East Tower - Akio (East Tower Series Vol. 1)

I definitely recommend you play this if you want to play a romantic comedy where you can turn your love interest into a freaking CARROT!

I only played the first romance path, since they are sold separately, and I'm not really impressed. It is _very_ short, the art isn't that good, and there wasn't much build-up. If the games were much less expensive or longer, it would be worth the cost, but there are much better otome games that you can get for this price. If the series is ever really on sale, I might pick it up, but I wouldn't recommend paying full price for it.

Very short in and of itself, but when you consider it's part of a "pack" not that bad price/game ratio. There was very little facial expressions/movement from the character: Eye open/shut, Mouth open/shut and checks blush. Odd "anime" style of artwork, but I don't dock for people having their own art style. Story line was okay, but it was not obvious what was the love path vs the friend path. Cute main male character. [possible spoiler] I felt like the girl struggling with her sexual identity was thrown in without real thought. Her struggle with wanting to be a man [only because she wanted to be strong to protect people and have more freedom from her father] seemed pushed. Really felt like it wasn't necessary or really resolved with the main female character. Nor does the male lead seem to care that she decieved him about her gender.

I went in with low expectations, considering the mixed reviews and something about a carrot? Anyways, indie visual novels are usually a hit or miss with me. The story looks like it has potential, but is not as in-depth as it could be. The characters fall into certain tropes, but if you're just playing it for a few chuckles, it's not so bad. Because honestly, what did you expect from playing a romanceable visual novel? The art is decent - though I myself am a very forgiving person when it comes to art. The best part was the puppy though. That was some rad design. Overall, I say this game is good for a few laughs. I've only played Akio so far, and hopefully will finish the rest sometime. I hope the story will be fleshed out much more then. As for if it's worth the price, I'd say yes, because it's not really that expensive, and is worth an hour and a half of reading. But if you're looking for something with serious plot and top-notch humor, this isn't the game for you.

Counterfeit Ready Player One story with OG Webcomic One Punch Man artwork quality. And don't forget the annoying Shouta Tsundere.

I first had some issues with the game, because I disliked the German translation, but the developer was so kind to explain how to change the language to English! So I now can finally recommend this game whole-heartedly. East Tower Akio has been my favourite of the four Episodes. As the first entry of the series it has the weakest overall-plot (not because it was bad, you just get familiar with the game world itself, and the good thing about this series is the way they build up the plot over the following episodes, so Akio is more like setting the stage than anything else), but I liked it's lighthearted tone and Akio in general. While the sereies is more of a funny one, I felt like the plot thickens and gets more interesting and deeper the more you play. But as I said, Akio is like setting the stage, and because of this the story focused on him, which I enjoyed very much, as he's my favourite of the guys.

I'm cautiously recommending this game because I enjoyed it, but I will add on up-front that it is very short. There aren't many chances to do anything 'wrong' in the game, so if you're a fast reader and choose wisely, it's only going to last an hour. I would say that the best idea would be to pick this one up if it goes on sale. It's probably best to get this game if you intend to buy all four parts or if you want to test out the game to see if you're interested in all four parts. Needless to say, it's still an interesting concept- most of it taking place inside of a virtual reality game world which can be changed at the whims of the people playing said game. This game is clearly just one 'path' of a romance-focused visual novel, with the love interest already being picked from the four candidates- you can see him on the cover. Because this game is short, there isn't much time to develop the romance between him and the main character, but there is some interesting complications between the heroine and her love interest due to the fact they first meet up in the game with him looking very young and her in a male body. The virtual reality game they find themselves playing actually has some simple puzzles for you to navigate, but they're very basic and hard to go wrong with. Everything resolves, in a way, but by the time the game ends, there is clearly a bigger mystery to be solved through the other parts of this series.