VOID

I'll be honest: I really, REALLY want to like this visual novel. Unfortunately, even after I completed the canon route (took ~4.5 hours from zero to reach 100% completion on my end), I couldn't help but to feel the entire experience is more underwhelming than I had expected it to be. To highlight: The could-be-improved: [list] [*] The premise is interesting, but unfortunately, the execution itself suffer from pacing and underdevelopment issues. While Ciel's and the canon route flow quite well, Julie's route and the final parts of the canon route feel very rushed. The climax of the canon route also feels...well, anticlimatic, leaving a certain sense of lack of closure/satisfaction. The supposed romance also feels abrupt/shoved, and the heroines' story is underdeveloped as we only hear what their story is from they told Arthur, not from their line of thought/point of view. At least the story itself doesn't add unnecessary padding/filler. [*] Underwhelming action sequences for the most part, likely due to the visual presentation. I actually hoped that they would have their own unique event CGs, or at least have character sprites for the mob characters/enemies. Furthermore, considering Ren'Py engine's ATL capability, they could've put more use on the feature to make the action sequences feel more lively. [*] Messy scene composition outside of event CGs. This is [i]personal preference[/i] as a hobbyist artist, but I feel that the otherwise stellar visual assets are dimnished by how some of the background depicting location/time is just slapped together with character sprites without taking note of aspects such as the horizon, resulting in awkward placement. [*] Abrupt transitions between certain scenes, somewhat ruining the pacing as well. [*] Typos, albeit minor. [*] Accuracy aside (which I cannot comment on because I don't have much knowledge on it), the bits about weaponry as such could probably be framed in better manner than expository-style that makes it look like the writer is blatantly showing off their knowledge on the matter xD;. Personal preference, though. [/list] The good: [list] [*] Regardless of my complaint about the scene composition above, I agree with everyone else that the visual aspect of this VN is top-notch... [*] ...as is the soundtrack. [*] Underdevelopment aside, the characters don't feel flat and managed to pick my interest as characters instead of mere "types", which is good. Personally like Ciel's route due to the constant jabs the characters throw at each other. [*] The "sleeping darts" running gag is darkly hilarious. Sorry, Arthur. [/list] This is -not- to say the visual novel itself is bad; there is no doubt it is stellar in terms of graphics and soundtrack. Rather, some things (especially execution of the story) are just not my cup of tea, and others may actually find it enjoyable. As such, I still recommend people to give it a try regardless of my personal experience on this.

Az egyik kedvenc Visual Novel-em lett, pedig igen válogatós vagyok. Élveztem minden pillanatát. Csak ajánlani tudom. 10/10

Spy thriller visual novel. Story is quite good and narrative can be quite thrilling. But ... when you go Julia route, Julia is borderline psychopat whith plenty of trust issues while Ciel is perfect handler, if you go Ciel route, she is nervouse, amaterish, insecure while Julia is perfect cool martial artist ..... WTF game ? No voice acting, there are sounds, but the way they are handled is quite weird. For example phone rings and character picks it up, but you are listening to ring tone for like 20 more seconds when you are already reading the conversation, or MC talks about how silenced rifle isnt actualy silenced and the silencer works mostly to hide muzzle flash, but once he starts shooting the sound is usual almost not noticeable pew pew of silenced pistol you know from games .... so what was the whole lecture about silencers earlier about? Worst was when there was pub scene with pub ambient sounds .... and then the pub ambient sounds kept playing for next 5 minutes until different ambient sound was used. There is like one sprite per character, with like 2 different clothing or so. CGs are good but nothing to write home about. Why is this even positive review then, you ask? Well because the narrative was good.

Честно сказать после прочтения двух рутов девушек было желание бросить новеллу, но к счастью мне хватило сил дочитать её до конца, и я не пожалел своего времени (эх эти драматичные моменты как же я их люблю) до конца основного сюжета подозревал просто каждого, но такого поворота никак не ожидал, что касается рисовки бэг граундов как бы то по мягче выразится – скверно, но до стабильной 3 дотянуло, катастрофический не хватало ЦГ, спрайты на уровне, музыки было маловато, но она не надоедала и были кое-какие проблемы с русификатором, но это уже совсем другая история, в общем на раз пойдёт.

VOID is a controversial story that starts with revenge and grows into a conspiracy theory in which the main character Arthur gets involved, and it all starts with the murder of Arthur's girlfriend Hana, which drives Arthur to find her killer. The story is not quite so simple, so an apparently involuntary murder turns into a hunt for secret organization and rulers from the shadows. The entire focus of the game is on the story, there is very little description of emotions and relationships between characters, everything is thrown on the action. While playing, I had the feeling that the story was rushing, mission after mission and so on until the very end. I wanted to get to know more of the agents that Artur was with, so maybe some emotion would happen, but there was no time for that, just some small dialogue with dinner or lunch, and then the briefing for the new mission. The missions are short, described in detail with a lot of details about the weapons themselves, models, capacities, calibers of ammunition, which I was not too interested in considering that I have little understanding of it, but a good description of the action always kept me reading. All in all, a solid visual novel. It's not one of those that you'll stop and think about, nor one that will stay in your memory for a long time, but a pretty solid story concept. Although it is relatively short, it took me 6 hours to finish both ends, I liked it. Solid visual novel, especially if action is something you like in books or movies.

Интересная новелла,прикольные персонажи (особенно понравилась Джулия),хорошая графика,а также неплохой саундтрек и опенинг понравился.Даже не знаю,что можно выделить из минусов,мне принципе всё понравилось.Ещё и неожиданный поворот в конце. 10 из 10 , всем рекомендую поиграть)