Blossoms Bloom Brightest

Когда ты зашла за милой юри-романтикой, а получила психологический хоррор и ПТСР Blossoms Bloom Brightest - это игра, которая говорит «yuri visual novel», а имеет в виду «три травмированные девочки заперты в банке тунца, и одна из них вот-вот сорвётся». Бесплатно. С лесби. Что могло пойти не так? Всё. Завязка: ты - Эрика, капитан корабля «Блоссом». Просыпаешься - рядом две незнакомки. Сара - врач, бросившая жениха на Земле. Котоха - механик, которая любит аниме и видеоигры. Все трое похищены какой-то организацией и отправлены в космос как «последняя надежда человечества». Почему именно три мутантки? Зачем корабль? Какая миссия? Игра не знает. Я не знаю. Никто не знает. Тайна ради тайны, которая разгадывается на середине, а потом - всё, забудьте, давайте романтикой займёмся. Два маршрута, четыре концовки. Маршрут Котохи - нормальный. Милая, живая, между ними химия. Маршрут Сары - ♥♥♥♥♥♥ кошмар. Она тебя ненавидит, потом обрабатывает наркотиками, потом влюбляется. Между «ненавижу» и «обожаю» - ноль нормальных взаимодействий. Это не романс, это Стокгольмский синдром в космосе. А потом плохая концовка Сары - и тут игра снимает маску. Убийство. Насилие. Контроль разума. Это не визуальная новелла - это триллер, который притворился свиданием. Заходила за цветочками, получила клиническую депрессию. Бесплатно! Арт - норм. Спрайты зеркалятся, и у Котохи асимметричная причёска, которая меняет сторону в каждом кадре, будто это 8-битная игра. Озвучка - пять общих реплик на персонажа, которые не совпадают с текстом. Но CG красивые, всё четыре штуки. Да, четыре. И вот что грустно: за всей этой халтурой прячется потенциал. Лор вселенной написан задолго до игры. Идея интересная - люди с суперсилами, космос, изоляция. Но это джем-игра, сделанная за 30 дней, и это видно. Как набросок, который мог стать романом. Ремейк «Galaxy Girls» вышел платным с DLC, а оригинал бросили. Спасибо, что напомнили, как работают отношения - красиво начинаются, а потом тебя бросают ради новой версии. Оценка: 5/10. Минус за сюжет-лоскут, озвучку мимо текста и концовку, после которой нужен душ. Плюс - за Котоху, за бесплатность и за ту странную тоску, которая остаётся. Как будто нашла старую открытку - красиво, но выцветшая. P.S. Бесплатная. Два часа. Если хочешь пройти - бери Котоху, хорошую концовку, и делай вид, что остального не существует.

무료 비쥬얼 노벨게임 플탐이 짧고 선택지가 엄청 많다. 주인공 2명에 대한 선택을 적절한 대화를 통해 해금 해야하며 대사가 상당히 많아 해석이 힘들다. 다른 노벨류에 비해 뻣뻣한 2D느낌나서 캐릭터들이 매력있는 편은 아니다.

This is a spoiler-free review table. If you find this helpful please consider marking it as such or leaving an award. Thank you. [table] [tr] [th]CATEGORY:[/th] [th]EXPECTATION:[/th] [th]SCORING:[/th] [/tr] [tr] [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] [/tr] [tr] [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. Any significant issues are fixable with game settings.[/td] [td]0 of 2 points. Most of it is serviceable but forgettable. The voice acting was disappointing; I heard no voice acting(in spite of having it turned on) until another technical issue forced me to turn off cloud saves, delete folders, and validate the game. It then only played for certain lines.[/td] [/tr] [tr] [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. Any significant issues are fixable with game settings.[/td] [td]1 of 2 points. Nicely drawn characters but sometimes their facial expressions did not match the mood. I recall at one point them saying a character was distressed yet the model had a smile on her face.[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td][b]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 of 2 points. No game-play since this game was a visual novel. The potential the story had was high and kept me reading through my first route and the non-repeated portions of the other routes in hopes of something. I did not find it and later followed a guide for achievements.[/td] [/tr] [tr] [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]0 of 2 points. Lots of issues. The biggest was spending over 3 hours ending my first route and not getting my achievement for it. To fix it I had to turn off cloud saves, delete folders, and validate. I was wrongly given the achievement for unlocking all gallery images upon relaunching.[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td][b]VALUE & 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 of 2 points. At the cost of "free" this was not worth my time. I do feel it would have been worth my time if not for the many technical issues and missed plot potential the game has. I would be uncomfortable recommending it to anyone; even achievement hunters.[/td] [/tr] [/table] After adding up the points Blossoms Bloom Brightest earned 1 out of 10 points! Technical issues and missed potential robbed the joy from this experience.

Just a free little Sci-fi Yuri romance game.

10/10

This game is fun and has a nice story, though it is not one of my favorites. It is on the shorter side, but still has enough time to be interesting. For being a free game, it is definitely worth playing.

[h2] “I would never lie to you... unless our lives were at stake.” [/h2] [u]Positives:[/u] ▸ Girls kissing ▸ Pretty art, especially the CGs! ▸ Confident MC, which is rare ▸ Short enough to get the achievements in one sitting [u]Negatives:[/u] ▸ Story seemed rushed, not much is told ▸ Relationship can develop too fast or it's just plain confusing ▸ MC's decisions are not that impactful ▸ Both bad endings are... bad. very bad [u]Personal Impression:[/u] ❥ Considering this game was made in 2016-17, I can excuse the weird plotline. The story is confusing at first read but with both routes, you can get an idea of what exactly happened. ❥ Characters were uhh.... okay. Sara was untrustworthy with Erica until she warms up with her past. I really love Kotoha, mostly for her out-of-pocket dialogues. Also love that her bad ending makes the most sense, since she she tells how she truly feel of her and Erica's relationship. ❥ Overall, it's a short GxG visual novel, with sci-fi elements and romantic moments (and sometimes dark). ★★★☆☆ 𓉘 3 / 5 𓉝 ( ´ ω ` )

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