Serafina's Crown

[u]WARNING - This Game has regular use of profanity (offensive words) so if you are easily offended please consider avoiding this title[/u] [b]Woodsy Studio the Developers behind The Echoes of the Fey series[/b] released this 2015 fantasy Visual Novel as a sequel to Serafina's Saga featuring past characters (such as Arken, Kallias, Nikolaos & Reuben) and introduces new characters that include the Female Protagonist role you play as - Odell Perin. The story starts off with the murder of Queen Belatrix leaving the Kingdom of Darzia without a Ruler, this causes Arken to find Odell Perin to become the temporary neutral Regent since all remaining successors to the throne will be under investigation. Those four successors each represent a Family House with political characteristics of : Military, Diplomat, Socialist and of course Serafina, the daughter of Arken, and her accused husband Reuben. As Odell, you not only take control of Royal decisions but also assist neutrally in the murder investigation by settling disputes and having evidence presented to you throughout the story for you to act on. There is a mini-game system used to help decide disputes or debates that involves being given a list of numbers (1-12) and the Highest or Lowest number to win over 3 or 4 rounds depending on if the Debate is Minor, Normal or Important. Each outcome will decide a ranking system for the Family Houses and this can be swayed further by choices made as the game progresses. You will get choice matters angles in the game that can gain you abilities to use in the mini game such as remove opponents number or double points. The story also has a romance angle and it's decided by which Family House you regularly interact with over the 5 chapters including an epilogue. There is also a costume feature that allows you to change Odell's appearance throughout the game via a shirt icon in the bottom left of the screen. For me, this game had a lot of variety to it including a hilarious sense of humour both in the superb voice acting & the story's progression. There are 25 Achievements each needing up to 4 playthroughs to fully complete making this excellent for replayabilty unless you save and reload to gain them. The Menu has many options including text-speed, skip dialogue, save & return (which can be done throughout the game [i]except during the debate mini games[/i] by accessing the cogwheel icon in the right upper screen) and music or sound alongside Quit. Ingame you have music-player controls to the left upper screen for skip or text speed as well as a mute button for sound. I thoroughly enjoyed this Visual Novel (Thanks Ash!!) and would recommend it to anyone who often plays VNs or who enjoys a Fantasy plot with loads of funny moments and catchy signature voice acting that adds great depth to the characters. ~~~~~~~~Liked what you see? You can find more at [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/32839633/]Have a Word[/url]~~~~~~~~~~~~