Cinders

tl;dr very immersive, I love some characters and the structure is great, but the writing isn't Romance and male LI are okay, though the most interesting part of the game is [i]definitely[/i] the stepfamily, all three women are cool! (and tbh I would LOVE a [spoiler]Sophia[/spoiler] romance!) The best part is definitely the choices: all justified, all matter, all logical (and satisfying: slight spoiler [spoiler]my second palythrough I was thinking Cinders was nicer, but maybe *too* nice, and guess what :D it's more nuanced than good Cinders/evil Cinders![/spoiler]. And getting all the variations is easy and satisfying (you even get stats to know how much you're missing!) - though at some point it does become "autoskip 90% of the game to get three new lines". The actual game is like 5 perfectly enjoyable hours. So really, it's very well done! And the story is pretty well crafted! The only problem... is the writing. Everyone, Cinders especially, is so preachy, and in such unnatural manner (and in my opinion, on uninteresting topics - I didn't really need to know what Cinders thinks about Fate). It makes a lot of conversations boring and/or forced (just imagine mending relationships...), which is a shame, because sometimes the dialogue is really good! Some banter is really fun, and I enjoy the dynamics between some characters. If only it was all the time. I definitely recommend it, but I wish it was [i]better[/i], because with slightly subtler writing it [i]could[/i] be. After all I kinda want to go back to the world even now. Also the music is great. (Actually one tiny rant: [spoiler]"what sort of person would want their own family imprisoned [for doing something illegal]?" WELL I DON'T KNOW MR BRIGHT AND HAPPY I SURE WONDER[/spoiler]. I felt that the writers believed that too and I did Not vibe with that) (And I kept expecting the [spoiler]fairy deal[/spoiler] to come back, but I guess not? It's not necessarily bad, it's really not needed, but I was kinda interested) + the wiki is really good

Well written and excellent artwork. The story of Cinderella retold in way that allows you to see the motivations and desires of the characters, getting you to emphasis with characters you wouldn't have before. Four different endings with each ending having different outcomes based on how your choices have influenced Cinder's personality, her relationship with her family, who she is in love with, if anyone, etc.

เกมนี้เราจะได้เล่นเป็น Cinderella ที่เราสามารถเลือกเส้นทางของตัวเองได้ สามารถแต่งงานกับเจ้าชายตามเทพนิยาย หรือ วางแผนเอาบ้านคืน ยาวไปถึง วางยาแม่เลี้ยง จะเป็นนางซินสายสว่างหรือนางซินสายดารก์ เราเลือกได้เองหมด สนุกดีค่ะ แนะนำ

This is really addictive... so, it's a visual novel. You play as Cinders, an orphan now that her father has passed after remarrying a cruel woman named Carmosa after Cinders' mom died in childbirth. Carmosa brought her two daughters into the marriage: Sophia and Gloria. Gloria is the elder, bent on imitating her mother until gaining her approval. Sophia is the bookish and surly younger daughter. Cinders, being relegated to the life of a servant, has to do fetch quests for both her step sisters and her step-mother as well. One day, thinks take a turn and Cinders decides to change her fate. She begins trying to figure out what Carmosa's deal is and the secrets she's hiding. Likewise, Cinders has the option of wooing several dudes (this was 2016... I will try to be less severe): Tobias, the childhood friend turned merchant who works the store; Perrault, the captain of the guard who is on his way out now that there's no war on any longer; or the Prince... whatever his name was. There are several options for endings: fairytale, Cinders becomes queen (with various types based on advisors and lovers chosen); traveler, Cinders hits the road either solo or with a man or Madame Ghede (a potentially problematic racial stereotype and known in the town as a witch despite having knowledge of magic and little else); independent, Cinders gains control of her estate once more and the specifics depend on family relations alongside her lover. There is another ending... but I'm not going to spoil that one. You get different blurbs at the end of each path depending on what you choose and who you chose. I did not go through all paths, but I did 100% 3/4 of them because you get to replay variants from the "Rewards" screen with different combos when this happens. Obviously, the crux of the story is Cinders goes to the ball to try and woo the prince. Since this is a more modern retelling of the story, the ball is a masquerade ball. Cinders has options at the end regarding help to get to the ball: either a mysterious power in the lake, or Madame Ghede. Your dress is pale if you go with the lake power and it is darker violet if you go with Ghede. In the ending slides, the dress changes color depending on Cinders' personality and even cut. However, I do wish that the dress had been colored in accordance with those slides in game as well, but it's a nitpick on my part. You can also develop relationships with your step-sisters and step-mother. There are a lot of variants for a visual novel. This is even arguably full of more variety than some bigger name RPG's on the market now... and obviously some endings are the "better" ones than others, but part of the fun is poking around in this. I did get my own ending first before I resorted to guides for other endings... I think it's best to do that first. The art is gorgeous. I do question why she's named Cinders, allegedly b/c of her hair color matching cinders in the fireplace, but those would be embers... eh, it's fine. I liked the reference with Perrault, heh. Only thing I do wish control wise is that we could have a skip dialogue to the choice tree option. Some mobile games have that feature for replayability and I wish this one did too, as it would make replays less of a slog. I still recommend this game, though. Great on the choices.

This game was surprisingly refreshing, I would recommend this game if you like choice-based visual novels. This is not the Disney version of Cinderella, it's much more fascinating. I'm looking forward to giving it a second go to see an alternative outcome sometime in the near future.

It ran well and the story was fine. It wasn't too memorable, but I didn't regret the purchase.

A pretty neat CYOA visual novel game that's short, pretty well crafted for it's budget and based on the tale of Cinderella with some loose caveats.