Community College Hero: Trial by Fire

Loved the settings, plot, characters are well fleshed out. High replayability for sure. I enjoyed the story though being CP makes action choices a big gamble. Personally, would have failed all the tests if it weren't for answers online bc i'm not that concerned with studying & would rather get to spend time w the characters but i must say learning Crook's secret made me T_T!! bc i was so enamoured by him from the get-go hahahaha why couldn't his secret be literally anything else sigh also love the slowburn trope we have going here

I would be hard-pressed to find anything about "Community College Hero: Trial by Fire" I liked. The story and choices were all completely railroaded, with every decision leading to the same conclusion no matter what you do. If you happen to follow the intended route, then great, but if you don’t, then you won’t have a good time. Basically, the only things you could influence were your grades. If you decide not to do something the game wants you to do, it will react by having someone else make the choice in your place, resulting in you doing it anyway. There were countless examples of this, and I will give an example below. [spoiler]Say you don’t want to go visit the children’s hospital for whatever reason. If so, you’re volunteered by another. Now say you don’t want to promise to return because you don’t know if you’ll be able to keep that promise? Then you’re volunteered to come back by another. The end result? Identical to going there and promising to return.[/spoiler] Alternatively, the game’s text will simply reason that you changed your mind or had no choice in the end. A good example of this can be found late in the story if you don’t want to put down your weapon in a hostage situation.[spoiler]If you refuse to put down your equipment, reasoning that the crazy person would just kill everyone anyway, you will simply go against your own choice and do so anyway and have it stated you had no choice.[/spoiler] Another thing that bothered me a lot was how one of the teachers, by the name of Hedonist, was an absolute creep. At one point, to get a good grade, you either needed a skillset I didn’t have or be willing to service him, as in, pleasure him, like my love interest apparently did, and those were your only options. It made me very uncomfortable, and that’s putting it mildly. Consent is vital, and this part of the game alone was enough to make it deserving of a negative review, in my opinion, but there’s more. The romance options were very limited. You barely spend any time with them, and the few times you do, it’s most often connected to school work or assignments. I felt almost no connection to my love interest, and what she was pressured to do to get a good grade in the previously mentioned class, hinted at by her missing bra, only made me feel sad for her and angry I didn’t get to shoot Hedonist. Unsurprisingly, I wouldn’t recommend the game. I played through it once quite a while back and must’ve picked the intended route, as I remember enjoying some of it. But needless to say, I didn’t have a good time during my second playthrough. (1/10)

The only reason I have 23 hours playtime is because I fell asleep reading it

Easily the best Text based RPG I've ever played. Seeing so many well written character occasionally interacting at each other, Is just the best. I've been a fan of a text based games since playing "The Life of the Mercenary" and "Heroes or Villain" But this series is my most recommend.

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Just finished it. One of my favorite CYOAs. Excited to play the next installment

Very interesting game story! Well done!

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You play as a student who goes to a "Hero" college without having any special powers. I promise, you won't regret reading your story of being a "Hero"...

I really enjoyed this game. It was a decent story that felt more immersive the further you went. It was nice being able to make some decisions based on however you wanted to play the character. It reminded me of the old days in elementary school reading "choose your own adventure" books. Although in the game you can simply let back to pages and make a different decision. Your decisions are final unless you want to restart from the beginning giving the experience. I thought this was great giving the game more substance because there are consequences to the choices you make and how well you pay attention. I highly recommend this game for anyone who enjoys reading and a bit of adventure