Emily is Away <3

It's a cute game. decent story. will bring you back to the late 00s if you have nostalgia for that. old school facebook, some classic songs from back in the day (honestly decent soundtrack). the old pc sounds which is a nice little touch. Some good references to media at the time and new stuff out then (youtube videos from the time, some good music releases at the time, etc.) makes it a decent little time capsole. Typical high school drama storylines in it. your choices can influence what happens which is kinda nice. if you like dating sims you will probably have a decent time with this. i like the aesthetic and inspiration from it. storyline is nothing mind blowing but it does it's job. generally enjoyed the game. recommend checking it out if it sounds like your thing. i'd give it a solid like 7/10

emily </3

"You ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ liar! You ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ manipulator! You ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. wish you would have played your cards right with me, you ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥!", Thanks Evelyn find me hanging from my ceiling fan tomorrow...

♥♥♥♥ THIS GAME, WE JUST COULD`VE STAYED TOGETHER EMILY

(SPOILER ALERT FOR THE MARKED AREAS, VIEW AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION) this game is tagged as a dating simulator. dating simulators, by default (and ideally) offer you one of two things: 1. one love interest to be with 2. two or more love interests with their own respective personalities, stories and motives that you can unlock different outcomes with and have unique interactions and dialogue with emily is away <3 gives you neither. i'm not kidding. emily and evelyn have close to zero character that distinguishes them from one another. borderline the only difference is that each like a certain kind of music from one another, their parties in early game are different, they wear different costumes for halloween, [spoiler]the guys that are into them are different (but are also basically the same character)[/spoiler]... and that's kind of iiit... NOTHING distinguishes their dialogue. you will have the exact same encounters. they will make the exact same decisions as one another in the same situations and go through the same series of events. [spoiler]you [i]are[/i] forced into a bad ending on your first playthrough[/spoiler], but that is very very very mildly saved by the fact that nothing is even different about the girls' characters, so you can just go for the other one next time and borderline nothing will change about how you interact with her for the most part, even though that is an issue within itself [spoiler]the confrontation is very nasty, too, and in all endings except the one where you don't talk to jeff/steve and don't confront emily/evelyn, you are treated as being in the wrong[/spoiler] good luck to the folks behind this game, but i can't say i recommend it. i'm just glad to have gotten platinum, now i can be done with it

Really is such heartwarming stories to unfold. Every couple months I come back to this game just to replay through it, plus this game showed me a few songs that I absolutely love now and has been added to my own playlist lmao