This is a spoiler-free review table but I would highly encourage anybody easily triggered to seek an in-depth review that does spoil the story. If you find this helpful please consider marking it as such or leaving an award. Thank you.
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[th]EXPECTATION:[/th]
[th]SCORING:[/th]
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[td][b]EXAMPLE:[/b]
Shows what a category(read from left to right) looks like on this table.[/td]
[td]That you are able to read this table after reading this example category.[/td]
[td]I give 0, 1, or 2 points for failing, meeting or exceeding my expectations per category and note why. After I add all the points to score the game. A perfect game earns 10 points.[/td]
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[td][b]AUDIO:[/b]
Both diegetic and non-diegetic sounds including music, effects, voice acting, user interface, and other sound designs.[/td]
[td]Most game audio is clean, clear, and crisp, and overall enjoyable. Any significant issues are fixable with game settings.[/td]
[td]1 out of 2 points. Clean, crisp, clear, easily adjustable, but ultimately bland and forgettable.[/td]
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[td][b]GRAPHICAL:[/b]
Particle systems and environmental effects, gameplay effects, user interfaces, cinematics, lighting and shadow, etc.[/td]
[td]Cinematics should have no stutter. Actions and other graphics have few visual hiccups that don't break gameplay. User interfaces are easy to read. Should be overall enjoyable. Any significant issues are fixable with game settings.[/td]
[td]1 out of 2 points: I failed to appreciate the art but everything worked fine and I know some people love this style of art.[/td]
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[td][b]P&G(PLOT & GAMEPLAY):[/b]
Includes the story and settings(if applicable) and the controls, mechanics and gameplay systems that should be keeping me engaged.[/td]
[td]Game story and settings(if applicable) held my interest. Controls should feel intuitive or be reprogrammable. The mechanics and systems that should keep me engaged, at bare-minimum, stay rewarding.[/td]
[td]0 out of 2 points. I feel like a lot went wrong here; from the concept, to the research to how an actual family and their medical staff would handle a situation like that in the story, to the writing and translating of the story, etc. The result was an unbelievable and uncomfortable read.[/td]
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[td][b]TECHNICALS:[/b]
Includes game stability, presence of accessibility options, how intuitive the controls are, etc.[/td]
[td]User interface should be fluid. No major issues interrupt the gameplay and no hiccups hinder cinematics or gameplay.[/td]
[td]2 out of 2 points. These may be the most polished part of the game. I've played lots of visual novels where "auto" or "skip" or "speed" and the like don't work. Everything for this title seemingly did.[/td]
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[td][b]VoC(VALUE OF CONTENT):[/b]
The cost of a game, the content provided by it, my overall enjoyment from it and if I felt I got a good value from it.[/td]
[td]My enjoyment from the game content should justify what I paid for it(1 point). I should be comfortable recommending the game at the price I paid for it(1 point). If I received the game for free I do this evaluation at full-price instead.[/td]
[td]0 out of 2 points. This visual novel is unbelievable, uncomfortable, and unrecommendable. I don't even think I could recommend it to achievement hunters due to the subject matter of the story and the stigmas that come with it.[/td]
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An unbelievable, uncomfortable, and unrecommendable 4 out of 10 points; with the story of the visual novel earning none of the awarded points.
