Sigh of the Abyss

TAKE YOUR TIME WITH THIS GAME, Truly! The world is rich with depth, moral dilemmas, and beautiful lore. Your patience is rewarded with a ending that leaves you speechless. I was hesitant in buying the game for its price, but I'm so happy that I did! You get HOURSSSSS of a visual novel, and even then you end up wanting to go back and replay it once more, not wanting to say goodbye just yet. It's a rare find in the world of quick cash-grab romances. I urge you to play it and enjoy the ride yourself!

The first thing that caught my eye were the original and artful graphics. Therefore I played the free prologue Shadow Bonds to decide to buy this or not. Obviously I liked it and bought this. I started getting weary when the prologue didn't fit what happened in the full game at all. You meet the same characters but you meet them for the first time. I thought maybe Shadow Bonds was set somewhat later into the game. However that wasn't the case either. I don't know what Shadow Bonds was, it doesn't make sense within the full story. I still liked the characters, the art and the setting for the most part. At least enough to be interested to keep going. I felt like I got to know the setting well enough without maybe an hour but it took another couple of hours, about 5 hours in, until the story finally began to start of. The more time I began spending with the game the less interested I became. Y ou're introduced as an Envoy of the Abyss, whatever that means. That brings with it some sort of responsibility that I'm not going to elaborate on and some magical powers as well. But more and more... everyone seems to be some kind of envoy or has magical powers or is attached to a god or anything. If everyone is special than no one is special. Besides, i hurt the world building. People are being manipulated by magic willy nilly as if it's nothing without much consequence. Half the population uses magic it seems while the other half, even though they know of the existence of magic, just obliviously takes everything. Either way, you're the envoy in the beginning. Then you're an envoy. Than you're one of a dozen envoys of the Abyss. Than you meet a god who also has envoys. That's more or less when I didn't care anymore. Shadow Bonds does a bad job of setting this up. The full game is much lamer. Much slower. Much less interesting. Much less happening. Less romance. Less action. Less story. And the story has nothing to do with this one. The best thing about Sigh of the Abyss remains my first impression: the artwork.

Escrevendo pois ainda não há analises em português e gostaria de fazer minha experiência com o jogo útil. Sigh of the Abyss é uma visual novel, que, em minha opinião, não deixa nada a perder. A trilha sonora é interessante e envolvente, e quando mesclada com os cenários bem desenhados e harmoniosos, deixa a experiência imersiva e agradável. A mecânica de romance é interessantíssima quando se diz respeito a escolha dos seus interesses amorosos, (é possível escolher entre ficar com homens e mulheres, ou apenas mulheres ou homens) uma vez que tenho zero interesse em desenvolver a história com as opções masculinas. O mais importante de tudo: A narrativa. Em meu ponto de vista, a história é fluida e boa de acompanhar. É evidente que, como uma narrativa fantasiosa, existem termos e relações que não serão fáceis de entender em primeiro momento, e fará necessário alguma consulta no codex para prosseguir, isso pode incomodar caso você não se sinta a vontade com esse tipo de construção. Uma das críticas à narrativa é motivada pela quantidade de detalhamentos ao longo da história. Isso não me incomoda diretamente, pois um mundo complexo como esse pede detalhes complexos. O único ponto negativo no momento é ausência da tradução para outras línguas, mas com o tempo isso pode ser resolvido. Recomendo muito! é uma história rica que vai te deixar com gostinho de quero mais! 10⁄10

I LOVE IT I LOEVE AIT AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA PLEASE LET ME ROMANCE BOTH SYLAS AND MARANE AT THE SAME TIME THEYRE BOTH 2 PEAK TO CHOOSE FROM...

Intriguing world building. Good story with lots of outcomes. My friends give me weird looks when I tell them I'm bringing forth the darkest hour.

It's much better written than it has any right to be. I'm old enough to be picky about my stories and it delivers a well crafted fantasy tale with some real creepiness and mystery. The romances are slow burn but satisfying. I sat on it for a long time because I thought the price was a little high for a visual novel, but I'm very glad I pulled the trigger.

This game was extremely enjoyable and liked the fact I can get different outcomes and reactions by doing different routes. Too bad I can't have both Ascanio and Malec in a poly relationship lol! Makes sense but digress I'm greedy. If there is ever a sequel or spin offs or more games like these, I'll definitely buy them!