Caffeine: Victoria's Legacy

This title is a criminally underrated masterpiece. Caffeine not only presents a unique and enthralling world but also reignited my passion for coffee in a way I never imagined possible. The game strikes a perfect balance in its storylines, offering a narrative that is both smooth and captivating. Here are my thoughts broken down into pros and cons: Pros: 1. The author's profound understanding and love for coffee shine through, making it a delightful game aspect. 2. The world-building is exceptional, with compelling stories and rich lore. 3. The characters are well-developed and charismatic, especially the villain, who stands out brilliantly. 4. The humor, particularly the coffee puns, adds a delightful touch. 5. The endings are well-crafted, leaving lasting impressions. 6. The inclusion of economic and business elements, like the coffee auction, is both intriguing and enjoyable. Cons: 1. Post-game, my Saeco Talea Ring's espresso just doesn't taste as good anymore. 2. Certain elements feel underdeveloped and could benefit from more detail, including world-building, international relations, character depth, and exploration of Victoria's internal journey. 3. The storyline involving the search for Taka's mother is somewhat underdeveloped, making the reunion scene less impactful than it could be. Overall, Caffeine: Victoria's Legacy has quickly become one of my favorite novels. It's a must-try, not just for coffee enthusiasts but even for those who prefer tea =))

nice storyline , not yet finished but love it

Западные визуальные новеллы за свой плагиат и несостоятельность пользуются дурной славой. Авторы не могут или просто не хотят сделать что-нибудь оригинальное, предпочитая в погоне за шекелем неумело копировать наработки более мастеровитых японских коллег. Однако бывают и исключения, и сейчас речь пойдет о таком самородке. О западной визуальной новелле, которую можно читать не содрогаясь от рвотных позывов. Действие Caffeine происходит в альтернативном мире, в котором существует магия и история пошла совсем другим путем. Кофеин является источником маны, позволяющий людям кастовать заклинания. Благодаря этому кофейные зерна в мире Caffeine является важнейшим ресурсом вокруг которого построена вся экономика, а бариста являются привилегированным сословием общества. Сюжет вертится вокруг города-государства Виктория, прообразом которого стала викторианская Англия. Несколько веков Виктория была кофейной столицей мира, но мир захлестнула промышленная революция. Наступает эра стимпанка: появляются первые паровые машины, ружья, поезда и дирижабли. Растущее влияние промышленников-капиталистов угрожает многовековой власти монархии бариста и Виктория оказывается в шаге от гражданской войны. Магия vs Технология. Консерватизм vs Инновации. 🤎 Главное достоинство Caffeine - ее необычный сеттинг и хороший ворлдбилдинг. Мир детально прописан и ощущается живым. Было очень интересно в него погружаться и изучать. 🤎 Новелла не просто развлекает, но и поднимает самые разные социальные вопросы. Сюжет затрагивает такие темы как классовая борьба, влияние технического прогресса на общественный уклад, взаимоотношения личности и власти, предпринимательство, экономика, конфликт отцов и детей. Ну а самая главная тема новеллы - [spoiler]любовь как движущая сила. Да, банально, но подано это очень красиво.[/spoiler] 🤎 Есть сильные эмоциональные сцены. Да, это накиге, так что готовьте платочки. Особенно в этом плане преуспел истинный рут, сентиментальная концовка заставила прослезиться. Сценарист натянул струны моей души и сыграл на них финальный аккорд.😢 ☕ Персонажи неплохие, но особенной глубины прорисовки характеров ждать не стоит. Вот не умеют на западе создавать таких западающих в душу персонажей, как это делают японские коллеги. По крайней мере, в Caffeine они лучше чем в подавляющем большинстве западных и рувн новелл - и на том спасибо. ☕ В игре есть английская озвучка, но озвучено процентов меньше 5% от всего текста. Само качество озвучки оставляет желать лучшего, но поскольку ее можно отключить, то недостатком я это не считаю. Зато саундтрек очень неплохой, я его даже отдельно купил и слушаю некоторые композиции в отрыве от игры. ♨ Coffee talks. Главный бич игры. Персонажи постоянно обсуждают кофе. Этику отбора зёрен, социально-экономический аспект фарфоровой чашки и метафизические нюансы пара, поднимающегося над тёмным напитком. Поначалу это не напрягает, но это будет продолжаться всю игру. Чаша моего терпения переполнилась как чашечка свежезаваренного эспрессо! Во всем должна быть мера и с "кофецентричностью" автор явно переборщил. ♨ Лор здесь богатый, но подается он зачастую посредством инфодампинга. Даже какая-нибудь напряженная сцена может прерваться на середине ради получасового инфодампа. ♨ Медленный темп. Эта проблема является производной от двух предыдущих. Разговоры о кофе и инфодампы плохо сказываются на пейсинге. Обидно, сюжет-то интересный, но когда он в очередной раз прерывается на обсуждение способов заварки кофе, то это дико раздражает. Подытоживая, скажу что эта новелла как неограненный алмаз. Ее бы отшлифовать как следует, вырезав все эти избыточные пассажи о кофе, и получился бы бриллиант. Но даже так ее достоинства для меня перевешивают недостатки. Это любопытная внка с необычным концептом и мне жаль, что она осталась незамеченной. С момента выхода игры прошло 5 лет, а в стиме у нее всего 20 отзывов. Курам на смех! Всякий трешак собирает кассу, а самобытные вещи оказываются никому не нужны.

What happens if you drink too much coffee? Oh, you'll learn about it from this visual story. And I keep leaning on beer, but it's useless. We have to switch to coffee. It's sarcasm. A story for coffee lovers from coffee lovers. Coffee is the most common word in this text. I won’t do spoilers anymore. Beautifully painted. History on the fan. Not so bad. Just for the fan. But an interesting world was invented. I liked this idea. I do not regret the purchase. I recommend. However, here is what I want to say. My Norton Antivirus categorically refused to allow me to run this game and immediately deleted all executable files. In this case, I started the demo version without any problems before deciding to purchase the game. I had to turn off the antivirus and run the game in the sandbox in order to play it. It seems to me that this is not right. The developer must do something about it.

[h1] Caffeine: Victoria’s Legacy – coffee-based visual novel based in steampunk future. [/h1] Caffeine: Victoria’s Legacy was created by group of developers, that are working on Kikai Digital. It was sponsored by players on Kickstarter and its full release was on 20th of March 2020. [list] [*]So, as I said before, it is visual novel. At the first, it reminds of first season of JoJo Bizzare Adventure, but after prologue scene you get not a medieval English adventure, you appear to be in future steampunk-based world. Sometimes, you will return to this medieval scenes, but not that often. The story goes on with protagonist called Taka, who is trying to discover what happened to his mother. She disappeared on his 6th birthday and everything he remember is little coffee-house on the side of the street. So, here our story begins. I won’t tell you about the main story, because there are a lot of different paths to choose. But there is one little issue – If you hate coffee like me, and you don’t want to be a coffee-maniac, so this game may not give you all of its pleasure. This world is kinda coffee-maniacal and you will see it clearly. Then, we have great art. It is incredibly-well-done. There are only a several visual novels with such details in game sprites. As I’m not a real fan of manga, I liked this one. I played Everlasting Summer, which is a great novel, but this one still more poetic and interesting, as there is no that many sexual content. Cons: you can’t play as you want to get a good ending. There is only one “true” ending and you won’t get it, if you play like a bad guy. You have to be a little, shy and honest boy, that can say only the truth. And it is not that good, as the remaining part of the game. This moment, that made me not to complete the game to the real end, but, if you’re okay with this – welcome! Caffeine: Victoria’s Legacy will bring you a lot of gameplay and story pleasure and you won’t regret buying it. [/list] Generally, it is a good visual novel. Not a great one, but a solid good. I do recommend you to buy it, if you’re not a coffee-hater, you’re okay with only good dialogues and you don’t need to see a lot sex in game.

It's interesting but...very very long... Finally reached the true ending...

[h1] 游戏介绍 [/h1] 《Caffeine Victoria's Legacy - Visual Novel（咖啡因-维多利亚的遗产）》是一款由Kikai Digital制作并发行的休闲冒险类视觉小说。游戏讲述了男主角taka在一次乘坐飞机飞往他母亲故乡的途中，由于一些事故，导致他从飞机上掉了下来，当他睁开眼的时候，发现自己身处维多利亚，并且看到了一个叫“taka Coffee House”的地方…… [h1] 游戏的画面感 [/h1] 游戏的画面我认为还是相当不错的，除了很多美轮美奂的CG之外，人物的立绘给我了一种十分新鲜的感觉，角色会在对话的同时会有相应的动作，而且自然度还是很不错的，并且加上每一个CV的配音，声音的阴阳顿挫使得人物的性格有着不俗的表现力，并且使得剧情更加具有代入感，从刚开始遇见的爱丽丝就可以很好的感受到，特别是到咖啡馆违背了条令那里则更加的明显。 [h1] 游戏的剧情 [/h1] 游戏的剧情其实挺长的，并且交互性也特别的好，主要表现在其选项是真的多，当然有时也会有一些别的操作，比如刚开始有一段需要你点墙上的照片啥的，而且里面的人物也十分的丰富，你可以遇到各种性格的妹子，当然也会出现同样的日式巧遇剧情桥段，比如撞到Moriya barista的那里，会让你找到玩其他视觉小说同样的感觉，游戏的内容上还是很丰富的，当然最重要的是它还是一个多结局的游戏，并且通关一条线得4到5小时，所以想完全玩过，得需要大量的时间。 [h1] 游戏的音乐 [/h1] 游戏的音乐我不得不说真的很棒，如果你是一个很喜欢欧美风视觉小说的玩家，那么这一作我认为则十分的契合，有着很多原创的背景音乐，比如当你从天上掉下来的那一波，你就可以欣赏到充满欧美风情的背景音乐，加上云层的散开，显得更加的身临其境。 [h1] 游戏总评 [/h1] 总体而言，这是一款质量上不错的游戏，主要推荐给喜欢视觉小说的玩家。 评分：6/10 [quote]欢迎关注我们的鉴赏家:[url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/35402982/]走心评测[/url] ←遵从内心，写出真实感受 欢迎加入我们Steam组:[url=https://steamcommunity.com/groups/ZXPC]走心评测[/url]←点击加入，一起探索游戏的乐趣 喜欢这篇评论，也麻烦点个赞，让更多人能够看到！[/quote]

[url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/34294631/] Follow Far2close - Visual Novel Playthroughs Curator Page [/url] [b]Caffeine: Victoria's Legacy[/b] Developer: Kikai Digital Publisher: Kikai Digital [h1]Pros:[/h1] [b]1.[/b] The premise is unique, I don't think I've EVER seen any media that uses caffeine as a heavy lore point. Of course in the fantastical world of Caffeine: Victoria's Legacy it utilizes caffeine down to its core and how political it can get. You might be asking "What do you mean, it's just caffeine?", well not exactly. The caffeine in this story is special; it has its own lore with Victoria being a founder of the land and passing down the caffeine from its beliefs, powers, and utility in the daily life. Caffeine is a way of like for the citizens of Victoria, they put pride into their coffee with the highest quality ingredients and processes of making it. With belief of Caffeine, you can have abilities such as fireballs or teleportation, and other wicked powers. There is also a class system with the rich having the high quality necessities while the lower end make due with their limitations, even with how they are looked upon in society. Aside from the expansive lore of caffeine, the story itself is a fascinating endeavor. You are Taka Knight, the son of your missing mother and part of a family that once resided in the steampunk town of Victoria. You find yourself in Victoria after a supposed attack on the plane you were on and discover information such as the coffee house you spend a portion of your childhood in, to still be standing. At the moment it is being run by the young Alice, a caring girl that wants to do her best for the coffee shop. As you stay in Victoria, the coffee shop is threatened of being shut down along with you trying to figure what happened to your parents. With the stakes at hand, Taka does his best to learn caffeine and making coffee in order to help out Alice along with companions such as Oceane, Eliza, and Mel. Depending on which girl you choose, you can unravel what lies beneath the truth of caffeine. Despite its serious story, it does possess some comedic moments that I found to be a fine piece of relief from moments of despair. [b]2.[/b] The characters are all unique and possess their own charm. Taka can be seen as a goofy somewhat (poorly) womanizing hothead but he cares deeply on the inside. He is an energetic protagonist that I can't help but love, kind of in a similar way to KONOSUBA's Satou Kazuma. Alice is that girl who means well every time and is someone you can fall back on. She is reliable and lights up the place with her smile. Oceane is blunt and can seem like a big grump, but under that hard surface is someone who wants to prove herself that she is worthy of love and approval. Eliza is similar to Alice but she possesses a certain authority to her and is adorable on frequent occasion. Mel is an interesting person, she's quite passionate in what she does and doesn' let bad events affect her horribly, instead she keeps on pushing forward through the hardships. They all have their own charm to them and have a lot to keep you reeled in. [b]3.[/b] The art is extremely cute and the CGs do an excellent job in highlighting the events of the scene. I think one of my favorites involve Oceane where [spoiler] they teleport to a lake and when night falls, Taka plays the guitar during a dialogue between him and Oceane. [/spoiler] Another highlight I would like to mention are the animations, it does well in some portions such as [spoiler] Taka and Oceane on the escalator [/spoiler] and it does add in some life to the sprites even at a few costs (mentioned under cons). [b]4.[/b] I love the music. In every piece of media, music is such an important factor even if you don't realize it. The opening song "Caffeinated" is a great introduction to the world of Victoria and tells you more about Taka. Again, my favorites are Oceane. The track "Oceane" adds in the emotion of watching a master work on their art; it shows their focus, dedication, and years of practice just get every little detail correct. It's soothing yet motivational. "Campfire Coffee" is a mellow acoustic guitar but it shows the melancholy, pain, and the moment of just sitting by as the day/night and your thoughts drift by. [b]5.[/b] There is partial voice acting! A majority of it plays during important events but I think almost everyone did a great job! If you're familiar with EN dub scene, you may be able to recognize some names or voices such as Kira Buckland or Elsie Lovelock. In a personal matter, I extremely enjoyed Daphne Nitsuga's performance as Oceane, I think she is absolutely perfect for the character. [h1]Cons:[/h1] [b]1.[/b] I can see some inspiration from Food Wars, an example is when [spoiler] Oceane makes Sophronia drink her brew and Sophronia goes through a coffeegasm. [/spoiler] I absolutely understand why this was here. I absolutely understand how it can fit in the lore of Caffeine: Victoria's Legacy. However, it just felt a bit out of place and awkward. [b]2.[/b] As I mentioned, the animations do well in some portions. The areas that need refining are the sprites as they do have some simple animations like mouth movement and some minor body movements as they do look a bit rough. Even if you disable the animation, the sprites don't lose that awkwardness as they will be doing one pose then immediately shoot to an idle pose, this was enough for me to keep the animations enabled as it made it look much smoother than it being disabled. [b]3.[/b] The Gallery is an excellent feature if you want to take a better look at the CG art, the one issue is the text of both the instructions and the name of the CG. I press all the buttons I know to disable the HUD but it might be permanent. [b]4.[/b] Sophronia's voice work was fine but there were some segments that could use more emotion such as big ones like "AAHHHHHHH!" or some of the laughing (unless the laughing was intentional). [h1]Conclusion:[/h1] Caffeine: Victoria's Legacy is an absolutely entertaining visual novel with a unique concept. It is only held back by some oddities in the animations and some out of place moments. [b]Score:[/b] 8/10 GREAT

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《咖啡因:维多利亚的遗产(Caffeine: Victoria's Legacy)》是一部有着多选项分支的幻想冒险视觉小说，游戏的故事背景设定在了一个蒸汽朋克&维多利亚时代的架空世界观。游戏主要讲述了主人公Taka为了寻找几年前意外离家出走的母亲而坐上前往日本江户的航班，但却没能料到由于一次奇怪的坠机事故而使得自己陷入了另一个世界线中...... [h1]游玩感受[/h1] 老实说，游戏的整体剧情设定有些让人匪夷所思，穿越世界线这一设定还能理解，但说什么只要会“品”咖啡并成为一名优秀的咖啡师就能会使用各种各样的超能力（魔法）......这种设定会不会有些牵强呢，这同时也使得全剧情上上下下都透露着一股浓浓的魔幻超现实主义气息，不过照史实来看维多利亚时代也被认为是英国工业革命的峰段，如果是“蒸汽朋克”的话倒也没有太多违和感，这点我还是比较认可的。 [h1]“咖啡因的力量”[/h1] 另外剧情中Taka在昏厥时只饮一杯咖啡也即刻头脑清醒、精神愉快，而实际上同样是消遣场所，咖啡馆与传统酒馆不同之处也在于喝咖啡的客人永远都呈现出一种容光焕发的姿态，因此，咖啡馆为吸引客源，逐渐将各种客户服务及文娱活动纳入其间：商谈、报刊阅读、政治辩论、珍奇收藏品展览、书籍和艺术品拍卖等。商业、政治、艺术、街谈巷议，社会各阶层及社会生活的方方面面聚集于咖啡馆，终使之成为一种极具社会影响力的公共机构，所以该作也正是想让玩家更多了解一番咖啡馆于历史长河中的深远影响。另外如果还有对[url=https://www.bilibili.com/read/cv3318374]咖啡师(Barista)[/url]、[url=https://www.bilibili.com/read/cv2871391]咖啡豆(Coffee beans)[/url]、[url=https://www.bilibili.com/read/cv5374478]咖啡因(Caffeine)[/url]感兴趣的玩家，可以也翻阅以上链接中的专栏知识。 [h1]总结[/h1] 总之，喜欢美式风格的galgmae的玩家可以试试本作。 [quote]用黑色译作背景，用文章谱写铭记 欢迎光临我们的网站 [url=https://www.blacklist.ink/]黑名鉴赏[/url] 点击关注我们发现更多好游戏 [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/9619592-Blacklist_//]黑名组[/url] 点击加入我们 [url=https://steamcommunity.com/groups/Blacklistgroup_/]黑名单[/url][/quote]