Arcadia Fallen

Kaboom, kaboom. Nice visual novel gate kept by initially charming puzzles that become annoying. Kaboom, kaboom kaboom. Wouldn't care if the whole puzzle didn't reset itself after every kaboom. Spent ten minutes on the glasses polish potion and made no headway. Pity, was getting invested.

Un visual novel avec un univers intéressant ! On peut personnalisé notre personnage principal et façonner sa personnalité en fonction des choix qu'on fait. Les puzzles sont assez simples et le doublage des personnages est un plus !

Ну вы уже в курсе, что это визуальная новелла. К ней прилагается небольшой паззл. Но, как говорится, любим мы ее не за это. Мой любимый стиль рисовки, разумеется, завоевал сердце почти сразу. Диалоги прописаны скорее хорошо, работа актеров озвучания просто хорошая. История достаточно симпатичная, складная. В целом, мне было и интересно познакомиться с самим сюжетом, и с историями персонажей. Романтическая линия тоже удалась, в нее вполне веришь. Есть несколько моментов, об которые я споткнулся. при всей яркости рисовки это очень чернушный мир. Дарк фэнтези, как есть. Но нас очень крепко держат в пузыре хороших вменяемых людей. И каждый раз, когда этот пузырь лопается, реальность крепко стукает по эмоциям. Из минусов - с финалом очень поторопились. Вот у нас фэйл, мы его еще как следует не прожили, на нас вываливают затянутый катарсический эпизод. Потом просто подбираем сопартийцев. Идем на финальный бой. Пиу! И все, прыгаем в эпилог. Серьезно, я все еще не совсем прожил фэйлы и потери. Время для эмоциональных наград еще не пришло. По итогам - весьма приятная визуальная новелла с несколько скомканным финалом.

Really interesting game! Puzzles, stories and choices! I got lost in it easily!

HIGHLY recommend this game !!! Was eating this story up at every turn. The characters are lovable (both your main group and the side characters who aren't as present are endearing!), the worldbuilding is coherent and intriguing and left me wanting to learn more, the alchemy gameplay is fun and makes your brain work for it but not in an overly frustrating way, and the dialogue is fun and the banter feels natural but at the same time the game knows when it needs to be serious to make a moment land. And when a moment lands, it LANDS. The ending ACTUALLY got a few tears out of me which is VERY hard for games to do. I also appreciate that the choices you make are marked with their tone, so I know in advance if a line I'm choosing is being spoken as genuine, a joke, or a complaint, and that romance lines are filed away in their own tab to prevent any stealthy wooing you didn't intend to happen. Very nice qol features for my neurodivergent brain that can sometimes be an issue in other VNs/choose your own story type games. Plus, I also really like how your impactful choices are usually not cut and dry "good guy" and "not as good guy" choices; all major choices are more or less arguable with no clear "right" or "wrong," especially when it comes to character paths, and I adore when media makes you stop and think for a moment about what choices you're making and why. Hugs for all the cast because they deserve it and I would also like a Mime plush asap she is so cuddleable. I will be buying the next installment I can tell and CHOMPING at the bit for the third one!

This's a visual novel and so it needs to be consumed as such. But as far as narratives go it is rich storytelling. An epic fantasy in visual novel form. And it has nuance, allowing you to explore complicated morality and complicated characters. It's not necessarily the easiest game to pick up at any given moment, but when you pick it up, it has substance, quality. It's like a really good book. Worth the while.

I came for Michael and the diverse customization options but stayed for the puzzles. While I did enjoy the uniqueness of the art, it could be improved at times (the backdrop especially missed shading etc, but i suppose that's not that much of an issue if you don't mind that), as well as certain sprites just kind of looked goofy or cliche in a way. The music also didn't really strike me as much when compared to other visual novels.. The main story wasn't spectacular so to say and I was very disappointed to learn that it's mostly linear, with only small changes on the outcome of the story, as well as not as much depth in the characters as I would've liked. Yes, they were well written with wonderful personalities but I would've loved to know more about their story instead of the general things, or routes for example, but maybe I'm just very picky. BUT. The voice acting was excellent, I'd love to see this more in other games as well. Especially the voice acting of the alchemist as they are the protagonist was a pleasant surprise; it's not often that that happens. And i absolutely did enjoy racking my brain to figure out the puzzles (still haven't completed everything yet) SPOILERS Personally, I did quite dislike the whole 'grr I'll get you next time alchemist!!' thing ronan kept doing every chapter; i personally would've enjoyed another outcome or the possibilities of bad endings instead of a linear story like Arcadia Fallen, but even though I have lots of critiques for this game I cannot say that I haven't enjoyed playing it. Completing the first few chapters kind of took me a while because the main story was so cliched, but the dialogue is written wonderfully.