Lovingly Evil

画风蛮可爱，可以捏MC，还有配音！剧情方面的话没有主线剧情，就是和心仪的人外反派从早聊到晚，打完了吸血鬼的线，流程比我想象中要长，一共是4天还是5天，还有些小游戏，像吸血鬼线里就是按照花语制作花束的小游戏，非常适合打发时间放松一下！

This game is short, so it's best to wait for a sale if you're thinking of buying it. I completed all the endings and achievements in 12 hours. PROS: - Inclusiveness - Witty and funny dialogues - Catchy soundtrack CONS: - When skipping previously seen text, it is not possible to go back, and the question/sentence before the option is not shown, so you're picking dialog options blindly; and they are often simple yes/no - Tiresome minigames (can be turned off)

[h1]Short Review:[/h1] – Humor didn’t work for me – Player character personality didn’t work for me – Character creation was pointless – Some cute characters/romances, but I had no interest in others – Fun mini games (can be disabled) – Nice art – Queer friendly – Overall, mixed feelings, wait for a sale [h1]Full Review:[/h1] I'd give this a middle rating if I could. It wasn't quite for me, and I cannot recommend it for the $12.99 price, but I do see the heart and effort put into it, it's well made, and some people may enjoy it more. So I'm letting it have the thumbs up, if it's on sale (it does have good sales). [b]Writing / Characters:[/b] I chuckled here and there, but for the most part, the humor didn’t quite work for me. Not sure how to describe it, maybe a mix of dad jokes and Tumblr but not committing enough to either? Without that humor, the writing fell flat. Humor is subjective though. The player character had too much predetermined personality (weirdly immature personality, at that) and backstory to be a good blank slate for roleplaying, but not enough to be a real character of their own, which made them feel flat. I have mixed feelings about the other characters. I think the more heartfelt side of the game, when you get to know the characters more, was the best part. But I think those issues I mentioned above with the writing put me off wanting to get to know more of them. In these kinds of games, I usually do every route, regardless of my attraction. For this one, I just didn’t want to. I did two romances (Felix and Satan), and they were cute. The characters had a little more depth once I got to know them. So maybe the other three (Nova, Evil Queen, Clone) would’ve been cute and had depth too. I feel like I really tried with the clone for a while though, and they just never got more interesting to me. [b]Gameplay:[/b] I call this a dating sim more than a visual novel because there’s not a story, there aren’t even really routes. There are just conversations, and your ending depends on whether you’ve gotten to know a character sufficiently and made certain choices. And the endings are just a few sentences with a CG (sometimes the same CG). Also, I’m not sure exactly what endings there are for each character. Some have friendship and romance options, but others may only have one or the other. “Freely explore the conference area” feels like an exaggeration. A lot of the locations have nothing at most times of day, or things happen at random there but not always. Mini games can be disabled, but I liked them! Especially the flower bouquet arranging, that could be its own separate game if it were built out a bit more. (P.S. If you use five screaming plants in the bouquet for someone you hate, you get some extra comments. Not sure if there are more things like that.) The card game was alright, a combo of rock/paper/scissors and poker. The quiz was just trivia, but I like trivia. The cooking game was chaotic, but I thought the chaos made it fun, and the imp questions and answers were funny sometimes. [b]Character Creation:[/b] Character creation felt pointless, for numerous reasons. The aforementioned personality problem. The visuals are pretty limited too (except eyes, so many of those), and a lot of the separate pieces don’t go together well, overlap in weird ways, etc. But that doesn’t matter, because the picture is only used for your ID that you never really see. And then your clone doesn’t even look like you. Their body changes a little, they have the same ears and hair, and they have the same number of eyes (though not the same type), but that’s about it. I would not have even known it was meant to be a clone if I hadn’t been told. I’m guessing it was for sprite and CG reasons (not wanting to draw every combo), but they could’ve found ways around that. It just felt weird talking to my “clone” who looked like a random teenager. They’re also voiced, and it’s unfortunate if the voice doesn’t match how you envisioned your character. [b]Everything Else:[/b] The rest of the art is nice! Especially the CGs, though there aren’t that many. (I checked the files, 13 plus some slight variations, and you’d have to play the same character romance multiple times to see some.) No gallery to see them later. There’s partial voice acting. A word here, a sentence there. I didn’t pay much attention to the music. It didn’t stand out in either a good or bad way. The game is queer friendly. You can choose different body types, choose between he/she/they pronouns, and romance anyone regardless of gender. At least some romance options are canonically queer. My first playthrough (romancing Felix, getting to know the clone quite a bit, attending some panels) took 3.5 hours. After going back to see the other Felix endings and romance Satan, my playtime is 6.2 hours. (A chunk of that was mini games, so it'll be shorter if you don't plan on doing those.) As I said, I’m on the fence. But if you end up clicking with the humor and liking all the characters, or if you can get the game during a good sale, it might be worth it for you. *Review can also be found on my blog (link in profile).* [h1]Accessibility:[/h1] (May not include everything) - Although made with Ren'py, the self voicing doesn't read text if any of the partial voice acting plays. Self voicing also doesn't work with the main menu or some of the in-game UI, like the map and phone. This is not accessible for blind players or screen reader users if you can't look at the screen. - Separate volume for music, sounds, and voice. - Mini games can be disabled. As far as I can tell, there is no consequence for skipping them.

As a dating game enthusiast, I hold a rubric for all the games I play. [b] -: GAMEPLAY :- [/b] 1) [b] Inclusivity [/b] - Really good. [spoiler] <3 nb robot [/spoiler] [b] 10/10 [/b]. 2) [b] Main character creation [/b] - Pretty good. Good pronouns options. Character creation could have had more potential. [b] 7/10. [/b] 3) [b] Datable characters [/b] - Cool. There are only a couple options and they're heavy cliches. The suitors aren't very dynamic or fleshed-out and it's a little disappointing. [b] 5/10. [/b] 4) [b] Overall storyline [/b] - Each character has their own unique life and storyline, but it doesn't go super in-depth. I like the setting a lot. [b] 6/10. [/b] 5) [b] Actual gameplay [/b] - It's OK. It's a good setup, but it feels like a visual novel game that's harder to play and it doesn't really make it easy to follow one datable character's story. [b] 4/10. [/b] [b] -: PROS :- [/b] - I am obsessed with Nova [b] -: CONS :- [/b] - They didn't do Nova justice - Endings don't feel fleshed-out - There is no chemistry. It's just you trying desperately to date a stranger - I don't vibe with MC [b] -: OVERALL SCORE :- [/b] I give this game a [b] tier D to C [/b] and don't really recommend it. If it follows a couple specific tropes you really like, then I think you'll like the game. If you're searching for more out of this game, this definitely isn't the game for you. I pursued Nora and followed her around everywhere and I didn't get to flirt or romance her at all. I haven't gotten into much hidden content because the game just isn't motivating. At all.

Lovingly Evil fell pretty short for me. The concept is cute, and I can see what they were going for, but I don’t think it was executed very well. The gameplay ended up feeling boring, the characters weren’t very likeable, and I was often confused about what I was supposed to be doing or how to do it. The mini games were also pretty bad and honestly just made the experience more frustrating than fun.

I've put off buying this game for quite a while. I'm now not sure why I did. It was super cute. The ending was pretty easy to get to, even without a tutorial. Very nice game.

chill, love the characters!