Bakumatsu Renka SHINSENGUMI

《Bakumatsu Renka SHINSENGUMI》是一款发售于2004年的乙女向恋爱游戏，本次登录steam是本作的高清版，但画面方面并未有相应的重制仅仅只是一定程度的高清化还是不免显得陈旧，从画面来看就明显能够看出本作应该已经有了一定的年头。本作故事基于发生于日本历史上的真实事件改编，游戏自带繁中，同时存档、快进等基础功能也比较完善，作为一款原作于04年发售的移植作品能够将这些基础功能做当相应齐全还是挺让人感到意外和欣喜的。 [h1]游玩体验[/h1] 首先的确对于乙女向游戏接触不多，但其实上玩起来还是和主要玩家是男性的galgame差不多的，就是把其中的可攻略的美少女们换成了美少男。本作中共有10名可攻略角色，最让我感兴趣甚至有些动心的角色就是那位可人的“大姐姐”山崎丞，好家伙经典“画女说是男”，从外貌上看就是个漂亮大姐姐可人家偏偏是个男人（笑）。 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2537309050 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2537309075 游戏首发于2004年，本次登录steam的移植作品就是对游戏功能的优化以及画面上的一定程度的高清，并不是一般常见的remaster甚至remake，并且说是画面高清化可看着还是肉眼可见的粗糙，所以不论从画风到游戏系统就像商店页面的截图所见有一种上了年份的陈旧感。但虽说如此，游戏的故事结构或者说本身的叙事方式和现如今市面上大部分的同类型乙女向游戏或者说甚至是galgame类型中都不多见，本作的故事结构并不是一般常见的先打通主线然后解锁个人线的“先大后小”模式，而是采用了主线与个人线交替进行的形式。主线推进一定程度后（例如每个大章），便会进入一段和不同角色对话的个人线模式，在该模式中玩家可以在给出的角色中选择想要与之对话的那一个，在这自主选择对话对象之后会进入一小段的该角色专属对话，根据玩家在于该角色对话时所做出的选择不同从而决定剧情的走向触发不同的个人线结局。若是在这些个人对话模式中重复选择同一名可攻略角色则会在之后进行一些同样是该角色专属的个人事件（比如Date Event），随后会在流程中后期根据前面玩家所作出的选择进入角色的个人线以及其对应的结局。总共10位可攻略对象，但虽说角色数量不少但每名角色的个人线流程并不长且同时每个角色都有且只有1个结局，玩家在流程中做出的选择仅仅之能够控制进谁的线路同时触发哪一名角色的个人事件，这些选项并不会导致剧情分支。虽说没有剧情分支仅仅只有不同角色的个人结局，但本作的的全结局收集起来还是相当费劲的，得在对应的选项处做出选中对应的答案才能够进入想要的结局，这边建议可以参考下当年原版游戏的流程攻略（当然得需要一定的日本水平），在steam的社区指南处有一位大佬已经给出了一份各个角色的[url=https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2523959111]图文攻略[/url]，感兴趣的玩家不凡做个参考。 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2537309113 因为基于真实事件改编因此剧情走向和最终的结局以及整体的基调都早已是确定的固定死的，对游戏剧情背景那段时期有一定了解的玩家估计在前中期就早早能够看出结局来。但游戏在部分个人线中的处理方式还是让人有些不太能够接受，几个个人线中的欢快氛围就和游戏背景中那战火纷飞的乱世和沉重的历史背景颇为不搭，要说小打小闹我觉得还说得过去，但这个总感觉有些太欢快了反差有点太大了玩起来有些说不上来的怪异感。 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2537309166 好在本作的移植做的还是很不错的，抛开有些粗造的画面不提，游戏的基础功能比如说自动存档、快进、快捷存档、快捷读档、历史文本等等都一应俱全，就是这个音量不能关闭只能拉到最小比较难受一点，没有办法完全关闭游戏内的总音量。游戏的稳定性也不错，作为一款04年的移植作品玩了这么几个小时下来完全没出现闪退崩溃的情况，这一点比不少炒冷饭却不优化游戏兼容性的丑陋吃相好太多了。 [h1]总结[/h1] 总的来说，还算是一款不错的乙女向作品，同时移植质量也在线，由于剧情是基于真实历史事件改编因此整个游戏的基调会显得比较沉重[spoiler]吃刀拉满，玩了个五章就自尽了俩，我好心痛[/spoiler]，同时这种将个人线与游戏主线相互穿插的模式还是挺新鲜的。整体上还是值得一玩的，情怀玩家或者对乙女向游戏感兴趣的玩家可以入手一试。 [quote] 游玩百态，将游玩心得用汉语化作玩家的指明灯，(๑•̀ㅂ•́)و✧ [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/35402408/]点击这里关注汉化语录~[/url] 如果喜欢这个评测，请点个赞让更多人看见 [/quote]

Oh boyyy. Is this game really finished? I am not 100% convinced. The voice acting is really nice but that is about it. I mean, the characters are also able to blink so there was a lot of work put in there. The art style is extremly outdated (~2004). Of course that is very subjective but none of the characters were really speaking to me. The first time i started this game the heroine was like a ghost and it took 1 whole minute for her to load completely. I wasn't really able to read the plot. It just wouldn't let me. So I closed the game and restarted it. And oh my. Apparently there was supposed to be an intro video that didn't even load for me the first time. Normally I am a sucker for this plot but this game was so hard to play. Everything just felt like it was going in slowmotion with the background changing like you put a video on 0.25x on youtube. You can escape the voice lines but you can not escape the slowmo scenery changes. Every. single. small. gesture. change. As a small reference: Currently 44% of all players have finished the prologue which took me even with restarting about 3 hours. Sooo.. if you want to try the game out to see if you might like it, you are not really able to. All the other achievements have 16% or less (understandably so). pros; - there is a dictionary in case you don't know everything - this game teaches you patience (but also might result in an anger issue therapy) - it is very interactive. There was clearly a lot of time and effort put into this game. It also seems like the main character has a personality and is not just a lifeless doll - really nice japanese voice acting (excluding the main character of course) and music! neutral; - I can't really say anything towards the characters/different routes because I am still not entirely sure if my nerves are strong enough to withstand that long. It is extremly hard to focus on the plot since I keep getting interrupted with every little gesture change. I do feel like some of the characters do lack a little bit of personality sometimes cons; - Heisuke is giving me an identity crisis. He and the main character could be twins - a lot of historical background which I personally wouldn't mind if it would be explained so that you do not need to know any background at all. Because of the mention of so many different names without a picture to go along with it was pretty confusing - sometimes the storyline felt more like multiple choice than a romance visual novel. Overall it felt like parts of the storyline were missing - did i already mention you are going to get so tiltproof that not even League of Legends is able to tilt you anymore? Jokes aside, it is is really not funny anymore at this point. Asking for 50€ for this is a rip-off. This game has been out for over a year and you can not tell me there is no possible way to fix this. Sometimes the changes are so slow I have a head in a head from a character or the same character spawning/despawning next to each other I do not remember how much it was on sale but the full price is definetly a hard no. Even the normal amount for a decent otome with voice acting (~30€) would seem hardly justified. If I finished the story and I feel like this is worth playing I will change my review accordingly but for now I can't recommend it at all. Please fix your game.

Uhm... So, don't get me wrong...I LOVE the Shinsengumi, I LOVE Japanese history and bakumatsu specifically, I LOVE the fact that the MC can fight--unlike the the typical female otome protagonists. A lot of reasons to get this game and this game would have a lot of potential, but the major problem is that the game is OLD and there are so many bugs that it's just not worth playing anymore... I was so excited to play this game and I really...REALLY wanted to play this game, but I just got disappointed in the end. It's not worth getting this game unless they fix the bugs, but given how many years have passed without any updates, I doubt it will ever happen.

历史的沧桑与无力感

完全没预想到的精品，一开始看这简陋的画面还以为就是图一乐的，没想到后劲超大。刚打完近藤线可能有点上头，现在只玩了两条线，未来可能修改。 总之先明确下受众，奔着恋爱来的不推荐，目前通了齐藤和近藤，两条线路恋爱感都不太强且感情线超突兀充满槽点，不过喜欢正剧向又能get到武士道精神的可以盲入。我很喜欢本作的一点是人物们的人生轨迹真的都是按照历史上发展进行的，每个角色只通向一个结局，真的很能感受到个体面对历史潮流的无力。但剧本娘在保留历史原有结局的基础上，又会将实在过于残酷的地方稍微修改一点，留下一点可怜的温情，让大刀来得更加凶猛（草）新选组的故事本身就足够精彩，再加上本作剧本节奏紧凑，女主塑造完整生动，全程很有沉浸感，个人观感极佳。 被近藤线结局电到头晕所以可能有点语无伦次hhh，总之真的很推荐很喜欢 全通了，平稳落地全程无雷。存活率比想象中高不少，同时玩了隔壁捆绑包同样题材的作品，高下立判。（有趣的是不同剧本娘笔下的新选组真的截然不同，从剧情里似乎能瞥见一点她们对于这段历史的个人立场hhh 都来玩！！！

[h1] I like it, aber.. [/h1] [list] [*]Das Spiel ist klasse vertont und auch der retro Animestyle ist super schön. [*]Leider kann ich aktuell aufgrund technischer Probleme kaum was zur Story sagen. Ich versuche zwar irgendwie die Story zu durch zugehen, aber ob ich dazu die Geduld haben werde weiß ich noch nicht. [*] Der Preis ist leider extrem teuer, woran dies genau liegt kann ich leider nicht sagen. [*]Nun kommen wir zu dem großen Kritikpunkt. Das Spiel läuft an sich super, BIS die Sprites oder Szenen wechseln! Der Prolog hat bei mir ganze [u]3 Stunden[/u] gebraucht!! Der Wechsel zu anderen Szenen und Sprites dauert ewig und geschieht in Zeitlupe. Da im Forum bereits im September sich über das gleiche Problem jemand anderes äußerte und anscheinend es seit dem kein Update gab, werde ich es leider nicht empfehlen können. [b](Ich habe versucht mit der Hilfe des Publishers das Problem zu lösen, doch leider war dies nicht erfolgreich. Komischerweise laden manchmal die Szenen die man wiederholt abspielt im Skip-Modus besser, aber nicht immer. Was genau das Problem ist kann ich nicht sagen. Da dies aber einige andere Spieler auch betrifft, gehe ich davon aus dass das Spiel selbst das Problem ist und hoffentlich ein Update bekommt.)[/b] [/list]

Haven't gotten very far yet but I'm enjoying the game so far. Contrary to what another review said, the heroine DOES NOT disguise herself to join the Shinsengumi, everyone knows she's a girl and she doesn't hide it. I thought that was very interesting, no one holds it against her and she's the only girl in the group. She is still just a rookie in the group though so she isn't privy to a lot of the inner workings, but she's not stupid and won't just accept things as she's told. She's proactive in seeking out the truth. Still she's more of a bystander than someone who's directly involved in the direction of the Shinsengumi. The player's choices do not influence the outcome only which guy's route you're on and each guy only has one ending. Haven't experiences any particularly slow transitions so I guess the bugs have been fixed. This game's got a crazy large amount of dictionary terms, even with the same term coming up over and over I'm afraid I'm still not that familiar with all the terms as I'm not that big on history despite being a fan of Bakumatsu themed stories. I saw a bunch of reviews comparing it to Hakuoki but I personally find this game more interesting, I only managed to get through the prologue of Hakuoki and for me it felt like a slog to get through. I think other reviews were right that there isn't a whole lotta romance here so I'm keeping my expectations low on that front and savoring every little one that comes up. I like the art. In particular, I think the heroine is very pretty and appreciate that she has a character portrait with changing expressions. Each guy looks unique too. There are blinking animations and their mouths move when they talk too. The game is fully voiced, excluding the heroine. I was a little disappointed that the default name is not voiced.

Bakumatsu Renka Shinsengumi This game is more cartoonish looking, but once you get start the game I know you will enjoy it. The one route I was able to get was with Kondo, it was great, I was also able to get Yamazaki's routes, and some others but the routes ended as bad endings. For me personally, I don't like the way Harada is portrayed and Heisuke (looks like the main character), but I still enjoyed their stories. I do really like the storyline and the comic scenes and, of course, the voice actors are wonderful. I am looking forward to a guide in English. If you like Shinsengumi, I do recommend this game, because of the characters, and the VC's, etc. Even though this game, for me, is not in the same category as Hakuoki or Night Shade, I think you will still appreciation this version of Shinsengumi. Be safe and have a great day!

时长中等偏短，恋爱浓度比较低，喜欢历史类和悲恋的可以考虑入手，毕竟好几个人都只有be。不过有的角色从历史上来看是铁定be了结果峰回路转强行he，有点突兀不过也可以接受。 玩的过程中真实地感受到了人们都想让那时候处于迷茫和动荡的生存之处有个美好的未来，每个人都有自己坚持的正道，但是却因为正道与正道之间出现了岔路而互相攻伐，每个人的命运都被挟裹在时代和洪流和信念的坚壁里...沉浸入游戏的话会有很强烈的无奈感。 总之除了某条埋了天雷的线路以外，其它的角色线都还不错，个人比较喜欢原田线~

Bakumatsu Renka SHINSENGUMI is a visual novel that wears its historical inspiration openly, blending the romantic conventions of the otome genre with the turbulent political climate of late Edo–period Japan. Developed by VRIDGE INC. and published by D3PUBLISHER, it places the player in the role of a young woman who disguises herself and joins the Shinsengumi, the legendary samurai militia tasked with maintaining public order as Japan edges toward massive cultural and political transformation. Rather than treating history as simple set dressing, the game uses the era’s tension—rising Western influence, internal ideological conflict, assassinations, and shifting power dynamics—as an emotional backdrop for every character route. The result is a story that feels larger than any single romance, where loyalty, survival, and duty constantly pull against personal desire. The narrative structure follows the traditional otome format, introducing a shared prologue before branching into multiple character routes, each focusing on a notable Shinsengumi figure. Characters such as Hijikata, Okita, Harada, and Kondō are written not merely as idealized love interests, but as flawed, passionate men grappling with fear, honor, and the approaching end of the samurai age. The protagonist’s presence among them—initially an outsider—forces these icons of history to reveal softer, more vulnerable sides. Some routes lean more heavily into romance, while others emphasize war strategy, ideological debate, or tragic inevitability. That variety gives the game replay value, ensuring that each run feels distinct rather than simply rearranged dialogue. Visually, the game reflects its origins as an earlier-generation otome title, but the Steam release updates the artwork to higher resolution and gives CGs, character portraits, and UI elements a cleaner, more polished look. The art direction favors traditional period aesthetics: dimly lit barracks, candlelit tatami rooms, bustling Kyoto streets, shrines, and moonlit patrol routes create an atmosphere that feels both intimate and grand. The soundtrack enhances that tone with restrained instrumentation that supports dramatic confrontations and quieter reflective moments alike. Voice acting, especially in the Japanese audio, brings nuance to emotional peaks, allowing even stoic characters to reveal depth through subtle performance rather than exaggerated theatrics. Gameplay remains firmly rooted in visual novel conventions: reading dialogue, choosing branching responses, and unlocking story variations based on relationship development. What keeps it engaging is not mechanical complexity, but the way choices reinforce the protagonist’s identity. Decisions often carry weight beyond affection—selecting a diplomatic answer, an act of defiance, or a moment of compassion can shift perceptions within the Shinsengumi and subtly affect how events unfold. Some routes feature surprising story turns, including political intrigue, betrayals, or moral dilemmas that acknowledge the historical Shinsengumi’s brutal legacy. The game doesn’t shy away from the harsher realities of the period, yet it also allows space for tender moments that highlight why romance remains a compelling possibility amid chaos. The game’s biggest strength—and potential hurdle—is its commitment to historical drama. Players seeking a lighthearted or purely romantic otome experience may find certain storylines emotionally demanding, and some romances take a long time to develop because they must fit organically within the Shinsengumi’s rigid, hierarchical world. The pacing can feel slow for newcomers, especially during the shared prologue, and like many visual novels, repetition across playthroughs is inevitable. Yet for players who enjoy gradually earned intimacy, relational subtlety, and character arcs shaped by circumstance, the deliberate rhythm becomes part of the immersion rather than a flaw. Because it is built around multiple routes, Bakumatsu Renka SHINSENGUMI rewards commitment. Completing every storyline reveals new perspectives, hidden motivations, and thematic echoes that strengthen the overarching narrative. Some routes end tragically, reflecting the real fates of historical figures, while others offer bittersweet or hopeful resolutions. That emotional variability ensures the game never feels formulaic, even if its structure remains familiar. Still, it does not drastically reinvent the otome format, and players expecting highly interactive gameplay, branching minigames, or alternative endings determined by complex statistics may find it straightforward. Ultimately, Bakumatsu Renka SHINSENGUMI succeeds because it treats its characters, era, and conflicts with sincerity. It respects its historical foundation while reshaping it into something emotionally resonant and accessible. The romances feel meaningful not simply because the player chooses them, but because they grow against a backdrop where time, politics, and mortality are constant threats. For fans of historical otome games, samurai-era fiction, or character-driven storytelling with emotional gravity, it offers a rewarding narrative journey. It may be too measured, serious, or structurally traditional for those seeking breezy escapism, but for players willing to immerse themselves in its world, it delivers drama, passion, and tragedy worthy of the Shinsengumi’s mythic legacy. Rating: 6/10