Black Closet

A wonderfully fun game but it's a little too repetitive with its tasks. It is also a roguelite. You are intended to fail to get a few things - like the numbers for stats you need. If you fail to get enough items/stat points to level up enough to complete The Plot you'll have to start over. Your first playthrough you'll probably mess up by trying to get to know people before you realize you have to spend time with one to two people - your love interest + the traitor(if you don't want to waste item gathering). Doing anything else is going to get you locked out of the romance path and possibly mess up your chances of catching the traitor.

A better game than it should be. The gameplay is interesting, although the first couple of attempts will be spent getting used to how things work and dealing with story elements you couldn't really predict. Also, teenage romance between young ladies, if that's an interest.

This is more of a neutral review than a negative one. The game does have its charms: it is well-written, and with a mostly satisfying gameplay loop. However it becomes much too repetitive too quickly. Cases repeat all too often, and it definitely begins to break the immersion. In Long Live the Queen, the story moved along constantly and always kept you on your toes, but with Black Closet you begin to feel like a hamster on a wheel after a certain point. The UI has also taken a hit- lots of annoying misclicks my first few hours in. I liked socializing with my stooges, but once you are forced to choose one, you can no longer talk to the others. Unfortunately, the character I chose was removed from the game shortly after, which meant the visual novel portion of the game was all but gone. Of course, I could reload an earlier save, but then again, if my characters are leveled less than optimally, should I even bother? Seeing as how I can no longer refund this, I'll probably give it another go at some point. I didn't hate Black Closet by any means, but some iffy design decisions and bad pacing make it seem like a lot of potential was sadly wasted. Hopefully the dev revisits this style of game in the future. EDIT: OK, I couldn't help myself: I reloaded an earlier save and chose to ignore the red masks altogether. I can't help but think that I've just locked myself out of story content, but at least I can progress with my lesbian love story. Tentatively recommending this game, but it does have some serious issues.

scratches my brain in just the right way

Possibly the best investigation game I've ever played, and it's serve alongside a top-tier quality yuri VN. None of the paths have to be romantic if you're not into this, and as a matter of fact a third of the characters are straight and cannot be romanced. Which is fine, I like making life-long friends too.

10/10 would bully goth girls again

Very good game, I enjoyed it a lot

It is challenging to balance the tasks just right sometimes but otherwise fun.

👍

I found the characters boring