Amarantus

arte muito bonita e personagens muito interessantes assim como as relações interpessoais, mas senti que a história no fundo era meio... rasa? não sei se não entendi muito bem a escrita mas só me pareceu bastante estranha, como se eu sempre estivesse esperando alguma coisa a mais que nunca chega a acontecer.

WOW

Una idea potente malgastada con personajes y giros cliché.

[h1]色情度不足 Not my type 2/5[/h1] 剛開始玩沒多久就讓我心情複雜。劇情的鋪陳不足、節奏混亂、邏輯破碎、銜接不連貫，選擇和後續結果之間的關聯性更是詭異。還需要遊玩兩次才能補完完整劇情，我看不出有何必要。明明增加的東西放在第一輪也 OK，甚至於我敢說體驗會更好。 首先我無法理解為何這群人會主動自願跟主角踏上旅途。每個人的動機在一個稍微有點奇怪的時間點被拿出來討論，但他們的動機都有其他替代方案，根本沒有說服力。而主角的背景其實還滿不錯的，可是前面的鋪陳完全沒有拿出來講。只看到一個路邊的農民突然說要去推翻暴君，然後他媽的只帶四個人沒有任何長期計畫。認真的嗎？ 其次說到這個長期計畫更是可笑，要推翻一個暴君至少要先獲得民意吧？又或者需要時間獲得一些貴族、派系的支持。假設都沒有最少也要有一定的武力吧？NO，一個沒有任何背景的農民說走就走，沒有知識、沒有武力、沒有民心、沒有正當性。而且遊戲內從計畫出發到暴君面前好像才一個禮拜左右…… 處理暴君的方法有三（實際上到了真結局只有一個）——和暴君面對面談、殺了他、讓他下台。先不管那個看起來有點詭異的面對面談。你今天什麼都沒有，幸運的「推翻」暴君，你猜會發生什麼事情？馬上有人覺得你沒站穩好欺負，現在誰都可以篡位。更糟的情況就是被原有勢力操弄變成傀儡政權。 跟隨主角的那些伙伴基本上也沒有任何從政經歷或是能力，到底能幹嘛？然後這些問題全部都被一個非常「簡單」的理由給打發了，主角是[spoiler]暴君藏起來的兒子[/spoiler]。 說實在主角的背景沒有鋪陳或暗示就算了，他那個背景也不足以讓他無痛登上王位。或者說，我更不理解他為什麼最後只有[spoiler]殺了暴君[/spoiler]一途可選。而第二輪增加的「東西」更是有點……奇幻？這裡是這樣的世界觀嗎？ 遊戲裡所有的理由都很薄弱，感覺不出必然性，彷彿單純是因為劇情需要所以存在。 至於戀愛的部分，我覺得抱持著那種東西不存在的心態遊玩可能比較好。不提除了主角外其他四個人早就湊作堆這點，可攻略對象在很前面就確定了，而且還沒有任何提示。我知道遊戲介紹有說過不保證戀愛，但是老天，後面完全沒有挽救的機會。 另外他的選擇以「遊戲性」來講有點微妙，為什麼我選擇做事的方法會關連到能不能跟某人勾搭上？還同時牽扯到主角的性格。一般來講這三件事是分開的，性格影響做事時的態度或說話方式；而攻略對方的選擇會放在小支線裡，按照對待對方的方式來決定能不能在一起，而不是放在決定主角性格的選項裡。說實在我看不出主角性格跟攻略對象之間的關聯性。 再來不和角色談戀愛就不能深入了解對方，我覺得這點很可惜。要在不了解角色的情況下，決定以某種態度／方式去走對方的線？感覺不怎麼對。此外某些路線和伙伴的互動有點過於好，好到讓人覺得那條線是正史。 遊戲在一些細節刻劃和互動的部分描寫得很好。但是這些段落東一塊西一塊，並沒有很好的融入在主線中。除此之外值得稱讚的只剩下畫風還有立繪的小動畫，做得還算滿有趣的。

The lack of choice is STAGGERING, should've just made this a short story rather than a game, so boring.

The protagonist on this visual novel is a young man who is brought up by dissident parents who tend to be more talk than action, though their past is hinted at. He is forced to flee from government soldiers, after his parents are taken into custody, and his home burned down. Tired of people saying things need to change and nobody actually doing anything about it, he decides to go to the capital city and confront the dictator who rules the country, and sets off with a few like-minded friends who come along for the ride. The story is the people he meets on the journey, the choices he makes, and the outcome of his meeting with the tyrant, assuming he makes it to the capital without being captured as soldiers search for him. There are basically two games, and to unlock the second game, you need to complete the first, though if you make it right to the very end there are further discoveries to be made. There are plenty of choices to be made, so there is opportunity to replay the game. The save system allows you to go back to a particular choice to see what happens if you made a different decision. The illustrations are lovely! Many of them look like they are old-fashioned etchings with limited washes of colour to add to the atmosphere they create, and the characters in the story themselves look like old-fashioned cut-outs from a child's theatre, though in this case the eyes move and the faces show expressions to match what is going on. There is a "History" folder so you can reread anything you miss, and I found this essential as the speed of the text is not consistent. The music is unobtrusive. My four hours so far is for the first run-through, so I will get plenty of mileage out of this game. Yours will probably be different. I enjoyed the tale. I found the protagonist and his friends to be likeable, neither perfect nor imperfect, and thoroughly annoying at times, which makes them all the more attractive and realistic than the characters usually found in interactive fiction. The plot is centred on the characters and their journey and their thoughts and feelings as they travel, so don't expect any battles or one on one physical fighting. The emphasis is on being your own person and trying to do what you think is right, and weighing up the cost, without being judgemental. While this is sad, its not depressing, and I still have the second part of the game to work through before seeing what the outcomes could have been if I made different choices along the way.

Unfortunately not for me, and sadly I slept on it long after I purchased it so I can't refund it. I just genuinely did not enjoy my time with it, which makes me feel bad since it clearly has a lot of love put into it.

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