Anicon - Animal Complex - Cat's Path

*UPDATE! I have finally finished the game and am so happy it twas not lame bunny! (MY awful attempt at Bunny humor lol! :D Most games I won't even bother going through again for other endings and extras but with this game it was worth it! Lot's of hidden gems in this game (literally!) lol! The Side Story and Epilogue had me rolling on the floor laughing! I just really love these characters so much!!! ^.^ I got about 6hrs of play from doing basically everything (besides a achievement or two) and for me it was definitely worth the money! Can't wait for the next Route to come out! <3 <3 <3 The story is predictable, but i really enjoyed how fluffy and sweet it was. I usually enjoy really complicated visual novels with lots of twist and turns and extremely deep storylines. This though was a very simple story which was actually a nice break. I was able to just relax and laugh at all the silly characters and their antics. All the characters are a lot of fun and I've really been enjoying my time in their lively circus world. Also adding to the enjoyment: -The art is so bright and lovely to look at. There is a lot of attention to detail with all the cute little cat items throughout the game. I also liked the changes to the circus throughout the seasons. -The characters have their own little quirks and personalities which makes it a lot of fun getting to know them and I can't wait till i can get the chance to romance them all! -The music is really pleasant as well. My favorite was the acoustic song "under the stars" it is such a nice relaxing song. -The expressions on the characters are super cute, funny and change quite a bit as they talk. -The character designs are really incredible too! The characters are adorable in their animal forms and the ones i got the chance to see in their human forms were super hot! Clena has a very unique look to her too and everyone had awesome clothing designs and hair ect. Just really nice details and outfits in general, especially owl! I LOVE his outfit, that hat!! :D -CGs are beautiful! So much colors and detail i've been trying to figure out how to do a screenshot because I want to use them for my computer's wallpaper backgrounds! -The dialogue is absolutely hilarious. I smiled throughout this whole game. It's cheesy in the best way possible and i really enjoyed reading this as a way to relax and laugh after a long day. All in all this game was even better than i imagined and I am so glad I gave it a chance. P.S. Kad is just the most lovable cat character ever! I want a plushie of him (in cat form....well maybe human form too lol!) I wasn't sure about him in the beginning but as he opened up his character became a lot more interesting and so sweet. I couldn't stop blushing! <3 <3 <3

It was very cute. I like the art style and the characters' personality through out the rather short tale. However, I feel as though there could have been more added to it, instead of just fastforwarding through the months. It honestly felt like I was just watching an episode of an anime. There was little interactions between the heroine and her forced love. There was a strong lack of any connection you feel between the characters. It felt like the makers had an idea and then rushed it. In my personal opinion I feel like the art saved it for me. If you do buy this, you're paying for the art and story, not gameplay.

A very fun game. Characteristic Art Zeiva, Very beautiful and pleasant. very funny story, it conquered you, and even if the game does not have a serious mystery, you begin to create various, just for curiosity. I had already played the demo and was waiting out in the steam so that I could get. I have not made any final so maybe when I do I will add something. I also bought this game to support Zeiva, since their game has a great story and I would like it to continue doing good games as well. Potuguês Um jogo muito divertido. Arte Caracteristica da Zeiva, Muito bonita e agradavel. História muito engraçada, ela conquistava você e mesmo que o jogo não tenha um misterio serio, você começa a criar varios, apenas por sua curiosidade. Eu ja havia jogado a Demo e estava esperando sair no steam para que eu pudesse adquirir. Eu ainda não fiz nenhum final, então talvez quando eu fizer eu venha acrescentar algo. Também comprei este jogo para apoiar a Zeiva, ja que seus jogos tem uma otima história e eu gostaria que ela continuasse fazendo bons jogos assim.

３／８更新：I have got all achievements,all images and the three endings Now I'm looking forward to the CHINESE version of this series of games,but it must be too difficult. I will play 《Sheep' path》 soon,waiting for your new interesting games! 全结局GET～我甚至不知道制作组会不会看评论。。。特地用英文发一段还有点别扭。 ——————————————————— 我在想我是不是目前这游戏唯一一个中文评测，因为翻下去基本上都是英文评测。。。。。。 不过已经打通一个结局了，就聊聊这款游戏吧，我是被游戏的人变成动物的设定吸引的，所以虽然是英文游戏也啃下来了（毕竟其实一点也不难，随手查查单词基本上都能理解），虽然看了介绍了解到这部只能攻略猫——KAD，但是我也喜欢猫，而且KAD害羞又敏感的设定真让人欲罢不能，所以玩的也很开心，游戏选项不多，大部分选项还都是日常工作安排，但是不会像普通的养成游戏那样巨无聊地只能点点点内容千篇一律，这个游戏里每次选择不同的地方都能遇到不同的动物，就算不想收集拼图，也能保证每次点进不同的场景和不同动物对话，不会有重复的剧情。（不过后面有一段中间去找DALOS他会让我们等着噩梦训练，后来的主线剧情又说了一遍，虽然可以理解为强调，但是感觉句式完全一模一样就不太好了） 这款游戏最大的优点就是人设了，先说男主KAD，他的原型猫本来就是特别讨人喜欢的动物，作为本系列第一个攻略男主也是非常合适的，游戏开始没多久，玩家就知道了KAD是九个动物之中最容易变成人形的，因为他很害羞，所以几乎女主抱抱他他就嘭得一下变成人（脸红的KAD超可爱(●'◡'●)）他的口头禅应该就是“绝对不是因为我xxxx”类似这样的（英文原话忘记了），真是口嫌体正直，傲娇本娇了。关键这个猫特别喜欢脸红！超萌！ 为了让我们成功攻略，弄了一个表演《灰姑娘》的计划，女主CLENA和KAD分别扮演灰姑娘和白马王子，游戏里我印象很深的一句话就是“比起白马王子，其实KAD才是灰姑娘。”（英文原话依旧忘记了）因为KAD真的非常需要“魔法”来帮助他不再自卑，我们女主就是那个带KAD走出阴影的人啊！最后虽然我打出的是normal end（好气，不明白为什么是NE，我要HE呀！！！），但是KAD还说只要我们在一起，“魔法”就永远不会消失←这就是爱情的魔力吧。 除了KAD，其他八个动物也是可圈可点的。我最喜欢的是KID，他真的很赞，而且还是唯一一个在这种单男主线路的游戏里还有一张半CG的存在，所以他的存在感真的很高，运动会一章里，他提到了KAD很自卑，还和女主说他的身份让他没有办法帮助KAD，但是女主可以，说明他一直都很关心弟弟，只是他们的关系和弟弟对他的崇拜让他们渐行渐远，最后KAD临阵脱逃，KID好像也是最信任KAD的，其实他也没有看起来那么粗线条，不仅阳光，健气，乐观，还是个很细腻的boy啊。（所以什么时候出Lion‘s Path？二年一部的速度我等到花儿都谢了）喜欢KID的，在side story的番外里也有很有趣的戏份（KAD的猫耳一级棒！）。然后是DALOS，整个游戏里他都保持着冷静，超腹黑的一个人，完全捉摸不透，也是和MOM交流最多的人，不过他的人形挺特别而且挺帅的~~如果能攻略他的话，肯定有一点难度但是会很有挑战性。这游戏已经出了Sheep’s Path了，我买了不过还没有玩，看截图好像还多了一些新的功能，希望这两年制作组有了更大的进步吧，我对羊DAI的人形没什么感觉，但是羊的形态是真的太赞了，所有动物里最可爱的那个，啊！那毛！那眼，那手！真的好想摸一摸，也是一个害羞的boy，但是和KAD的害羞不一样，KAD比较傲娇而且很追求完美，DAI好像更内向更......害羞，还有最关键的一点，DAI会做饭，还会做巧克力蛋糕，完美！DHIN这个兔子是人形唯一一个正太了，不过不是走萌的路线的，相反又毒舌又自恋还是个喜欢恐怖故事的作家，而且和LAND无时无刻不停的斗嘴，LAND作为一个巨型蜗牛，真的是很少见的恋爱游戏角色设定，和兔子一样毒舌，对他们没有什么攻略的欲望，但是期待看到他俩更多的吵架词和蜗牛的人形，根据选择时的影像，下一个应该是Rabbit‘ｓPath，到时候也买下来支持一下。大象NAVID貌似在羊的路线里出现了人形，和想象中差很多啊，作为一个吃货＆绅士（是真的绅士不是什么奇怪的意思～），还是挺好奇会不会和女主有什么样的发展。猴子GIORDANO和猪ARCHARD都没有台词也没有人形，女主意外的对猪一见钟情Σ(っ °Д °;)っ，这是我没想到的，猴子很可爱，他俩的表情都很有趣，不知道以后会不会出他们两个的路线。 　　目前打通了NE，还解锁了两个番外，挺喜欢这个游戏的，希望续作也能早点出来吧，制作上能更精致，剧情上更有趣。

Let's start positive, I loved the art for this game. It was super cute and adorable and well-drawn in every cutscene and background. Other than that I don't have much else to say that's positive. It felt like the game spent all its time and money on the art. There was a little left over for a storyline for the individual events but that's it. The plot overall for the whole game was lacking, the beginning of the game suggested some and then it sort of vanished. I liked the ability to pick what activities you could do during the week, but it became apparent that they really had no overall purpose/effect on the game. Basically the game was lacking which was disappointing because there seemed to be some promise. It felt as if the game wasn't fleshed out entirely. I understand this was just one pathway, but even for one path I still felt like it was missing a lot. Also I understand main characters in these sort of games are usually dumb, but this girl is so dumb it's concerning.

Suffice to say, the reviewer stating "you're paying for the art and story, not gameplay" was right, although I personally would amend it to "paying for the ART, not the gameplay OR the story". This circus-themed, angstless pseudo-[i]Fruits Basket[/i]-type situation excited little attachment to the characters, who all seem to have the emotional depth of feebly drying puddles. "What exactly is going on?" I asked myself as I clicked my way through the "comedic" yet unmemorable choices, and some vague, tortured attempts at story and romance with this spineless wibbling cat. "WHAT IS GOING ON" I whispered-screamed when confronted with the anime-eyed giant snail(???), the rivet-browed broccoli afro chef character and that **GROOVY** pig. At one point I accidentally dozed off and left the game running (playtime is inaccurate), so that ended up kinda sealing the deal for me. I feel somewhat bad that this review comes off fairly negative, since it seems like other reviewers here enjoyed it, and part of me argues that I didn't give it as much of a chance as I could have - having dozed off, and all. Still, I really couldn't bring myself to finish the game. The only decently positive value IMHO was the art, which varies from cute (monkey and humans) to WTFery (aforementioned giant snail comes to mind). Granted, the art may be alluring enough to convince random passerby that the game is worth a look, but for me I could not have regretted it more when it came to actually playing the game beneath the attractive packaging. TL;DR version: Story is cheerily bland, gameplay is unexciting, art is cute enough in most cases, humor/romance/characterization are not exactly lacking but a little dissatisfying. Best to try it on sale, if at all. EDIT: I should add, if your expectations are pretty low and you just want to revel in the art and whatever passes for humor/romance, this game might still be for you.

[code] We all want a little miracle. [/code] [i] A romantic story about a mysterious circus.(＾ω＾) Lovely characters and funny dialogues. Enjoy the cute story. [/i]

Anicon: Cat’s Path is a fun little otome game about Clena and her adventures with a family of boys who are cursed to turn into animals. In this path, the story is focused on the cat, Kad. He’s a super shy cat who transforms into his human form quickly due to feeling embarrassed by Clena’s actions. I’ve been waiting for the release of this game for a while now. I’ve been looking forward to Zeiva’s Dragon Essence for years now, but this game was announced and I thought it sounded like something I’d love to play in the meantime. When I first heard about, I thought it sounded cute and fun. And that is what this is. A cute, fun, lighthearted game. It doesn’t have a deep story or anything of the sort. Clena has one mission set by a character and the rest of the story is just moments that happened throughout the year. It felt very episodic in that way. Still, it was funny and an enjoyable read. The artwork was gorgeous as well. I’ve been playing Zeiva’s games for years now since they released their older flash games on deviantart and I’ve always thought they were enjoyable and quirky. This one’s no exception. I do, however, have a recommendation for them—switch the engine from flash. Flash is kind of a dying breed nowadays and it’s not very secure. I recommend switching to a VN engine like Renpy or Tyrano Builder or if they don’t want to go for those, HTML5 is a choice. It’ll also make implementing Steam features more easily, since the game doesn’t have Steam overlay which sucks because I would have loved to share some funny screenshots I took of my favorite character—the snail. It would have been nice to have the in-game achievements implemented onto steam as well. It’s those extra things that make everything even nicer. I also would have liked the game to have a widescreen option. I couldn’t play it on full screen on my PC. When I tried, the screen would go completely black. It never showed up properly, so I had to play it windowed the entire time. Leaving those things aside, I do recommend the game. I think it’s cute, fun and perfect to play when you want a shorter game that doesn’t get exhausting. I’m looking forward to more paths, and I would really love a snail path!

The art was cute , but i kind of felt like i was tossed in a middle of a plot that i had no clue about. I didn't understand were it was going. It did explain how they got there and it felt to random. And the music was annoying to me.

A cute little game! If you're looking for a VN with twists and turns and groundbreaking events, this isnt for you. But, If you want a relaxing VN, with laughs and cute moments, this will be just what you're hoping for. The game itself is very Beautiful, with adorable characters and a quirky (in a good way) soundtrack, and the way it is presented will leave you wanting more backstory on all of the characters. I found it refreshing, and very cute. It definetly filled the hole in the heart for a light-hearted Visual Novel, and I cant wait to finish more of the secrets endings and play the other paths when they come out :)