Cinders

A feminist retake on cinderella that's not too on the nose about it. Also it looks gorgeous and has A LOT of endings. What's not to love about it?

fun sweet visual novel with some replayability. actually looking for something similar now that i've finished it. time is inaccurate, its more like 8 hours

The artwork is nice and I liked being able to do a playthrough without relying on a romantic partner to save her.

It is quite good.

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

The artstyle is beautiful, and the choices that we made will really impact the next story. I like their characteristics and the way they banter lol.

Gorgeous game with an interesting story!

art felt like being in an old painting it was nice. Think the twist on cinderella was nice but I felt like I wasn't compelled to do other endings. As if there wasn't as much of a drive or goal for those plots

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.