Dear Althea

A good visual novel with a few rough edges in it. First off, a positive stuff: [list] [*]Pretty visuals with plenty of unique colourful characters and backgrounds [*]Good soundtrack in the spirit of the time depicted in VN [*]An engaging story about personal conflict and social-economic discrepancy in the end of XIX century [*]Simple puzzles allowing to get rest from continuous reading (and which can be safely skipped!) [*]Stylish pictures and descriptions of various clothes and personal items used in those days (I was amazed to learn that such simple things as buttons on a coat could reveal many about their owner) [*]Lots of choices leading to different outcomes [*]Hack mode to help player view different endings [/list] Secondly, aforementioned rough edges: [list] [*]Lots of typos, however not critical enough to distract from story [*]Minor bugs, like sentences being repeated or UI glitching [*]Lots of choices leading to same outcome since developer guides player towards specific narrative (though I understand that creating truly unique paths is difficult, moreover for a small game studio) [/list] It's clear that developer put a great effort into the game and cares about it. All in all, I liked this VN and recommend it to play.

Please put a guide for different routes (it can be a "DLC), as this game is sooooooooooo good

ヴィクトリア朝の頃のロンドン。 父の死によって家族が崩壊し自分の将来も危うくなったアルシアは 早々に人生の転機を迎えることとなり 新しい未来、新しい故郷、新しいグループを選ぶことを余儀なくされる。 英国の作家ローダ・ブロートンの「Dear Faustina(未訳)」 を原作としたビジュアルノベル。 基本は海外のＡＤＶで良くあるパターンで、 パズルを解きながら選択肢を選んで話を進める。 （無論パズルはスキップ可） 登場人物のイラストで身につけている物をクリックすると、 その品物をキーとして話が進む点が興味深い。 話を進めていくとパートナーとなる人物が現れる。 昨今の欧米的な性的指向に合わせて、同性異性人種を問わず4人おり、 肉体関係を持つも良しプラトニックな関係のままもよし、 1人に絞るのもまとめて関係を持つも良し、全ては貴方の選択次第。 ダウントン・アビーが好きな （かつ英語のメッセージが理解できる）御仁はお楽しみいただけるだろう。

i didnt expect this. i feel like the main character in this game is faustina.

[h1]7/10，就当你买的本就是个艺术集[/h1] 我从22年本作登录itch.io预售时就在关注它了，可能是因为其动态封面确实令人容易注意到。直到今年重新看到它的steam页面时，发现其于23年有一次major update，故而选择重新体验一次。提前声明，如果你还没有意识到的话，这是一款味很冲的LGBTQ游戏，以至于你在游戏中可以缔结浪漫关系的所有角色，所有，都是非异性恋，且游戏允许开放性关系。我从未读过《Dear Faustina》的原著，不知道制作组进行的修改具体是哪个层面的，但恐怕相当部分都是对原著角色的LGBTQ化。 故事的背景在19世纪维多利亚时期的英国，阿尔西亚维恩本是一位上流社会的女性，在故事开头就接到了自己父亲过世的噩耗，而她的母亲也决定抛弃家人追寻自己的生活，留下阿尔西亚及其兄弟和姐姐，在飘摇的环境下选择自己的人生。游戏强调选择取向，你需要从开头的葬礼开始就选择好你要亲近的人和疏远的人，游戏中的线路推进更多时候像是阵营选择，主要角色身上都有足够的标签，没有对错，选择你喜好的人和家族就好（Dear Faustina原著中是和Fajstina在一起的，笔墨也最多）。以及这不是一个简单的选“我讨厌你”“我喜欢你”式选项，你真的得推敲两个似是而非的回答里，对方更想听到哪个，又或者对不在场的人有什么影响；而且不似日式avg，几百句对话给你一个关键剧情选项，本作的对话选项非常密集，你不可能把握每一个分支节点都进行保存，好在本作有着足够的现代化的剧情树回溯系统，不必抱有畏手畏脚的错失感游玩，就像我所说的，除非你主动搞砸所有人的关系，这个游戏就像是阵营选择罢了，没有对错可言。 游戏的美术新颖地采用3D渲染后再套用油画化滤镜的效果，不仅实现了出色的画面细节，光影效果和一致的影调，而且让CG可以像是不要钱一样的批发，游戏中包含近800张静态CG，对于流程长度（游戏没有翻译，以西语native speaker阅读速度计）四到六小时上下的游戏而言已经不错了，所有剧情节点都不会缺少对应的画面，虽然跨章节的复用存在，但是观感尚佳，当年我就是被美术骗进来玩的。更不必提游戏一眼惊艳的UI设计，虽然舍却了一定的直观性，但是我第一次看到语言选项界面和菜单（它们被极大程度地提升了美术质量）以及排版精致的互动式人物信息板时还是不禁惊叹。仅仅为了美术购买本作都算是值得的买卖，永远不要担心一个LGBT游戏团队的美术质量，除非他们是有意搞砸的。 游戏的谜题设计精巧，结构多样，且融洽地融合在故事流程中，都是阿尔西亚实际遇到的问题。比如开头的打开太阳徽章看到照片和按合适的顺序倒茶，但是非常吃电波，老实说我所有谜题都是跳过的，由于游戏的有限影响力也没有找到相关教程，比较可惜。 [quote]关注鉴赏组：[url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45134494]浮生评测[/url] ←"浮生若梦，一鉴倾心，邀您共赏人间烟火" 加入Steam组：[url=https://steamcommunity.com/groups/LLFLLFF]浮生评测[/url]←“一起追寻'浮生若梦'般的游戏体验” 开始“浮生若梦”鉴赏组的奇幻之旅！[/quote]

DO NOT BUY THIS GAME First time playing. Crashed on load, asks what language i want every time game starts, terrible FPS in main menu, crash on new game, crashed after exiting options menu, esc closes game rather than opens menu, game dialogue plays while options menu is open. Game loads into menu, cant leave menu. unlowerable LOUD menu sound effects, Bad dialogue translation, spelling mistakes. Cross dressing characters, everyones a lesbian, if these girls went out in public in Victorian times theyd be stoned to death. I would ask for a refund but its far too late for that (bought at Xmas time). This is not a point and click adventure, this is a static visual novel with no animation, do not be fooled by the trailer, you just pick dialogue text choices.

Hay varias posibilidades...1.Que te guste leer en general 2,Que te guste la Historia 3.Que te interesesn los movimientos Sociales....,En la Historia mas contemporanea el evento social mas relevante ha sido la formacion de dos modos de pensamiento que han Formulado nuestro mundo...los ya consabidos Capitalismo y Marxismo.. La tercera posibilidad por cuestion de dinamica social, de concentracion de la poblacion y de pura idiosincracia homana no funciona lo suficiente,,,entiendase Anarquismo con sus diversas modalidades...y sus diversos intentos..Tal vez funcione en grupos pequeños muy determinados. En suma de esto trata el juego por lo demas muy entretenido y ademas Feminista...es una relacion de amistad entre dos chicas...que por cierto como voy como de costumbre por una etapa inicial o intermedia no puedo dar mas detalles que seran importantes.... Y por favor disculpen la forma iinusualmente elaforada de narrar pero de no ser asi no seria Victoriiano,,,,,,

[i]I received a free copy of this game for my curator, [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/32080131/]Games for Hopeless Romantics[/url].[/i] I encountered a bug that made it impossible to progress through the game. My save was literally on the line immediately before where the crash happens, so reloading isn't helpful. The game does have a chapter menu that lets you restart the game from a specific point (at the cost of losing the impact of all your decisions except a select few)...but choosing the chapter I was in brings up the previous chapter instead. If I had enjoyed the game up to that point, I would be willing to just skip through. The potential is there, especially with how well-done the visuals are, but the game is laggy and the text itself...isn't great. It's written to imitate 19th century English novels (such as the one this VN is based on) but doesn't really succeed at it, often being more confusing than an actual 19th century novel would be. This isn't helped by the repeated pronoun confusion: narration is usually in third person ("She is...") but abruptly shifts to second ("You are...") or first person ("I am..."), sometimes multiple times within a single sentence; and characters generally are often referred to using the wrong pronouns, such as using "he" for various different female characters including the MC. Additionally, there are many instances, especially in menus, where the last few words of a sentence will repeat. It all adds up to tedium; before the bug I was vaguely curious enough about how e.g. the polyamory would be handled to at least power through it casually, but that bug broke the camel's back for me, so I'm done.

The story is not my cup of tea. I bought it because it was made with reallusion software, and I wanted to see the animations. Graphics are cool tho, but there is some words used that I had to research because I never heard them before lol

https://youtu.be/5nbQ5DWldLM Translations issues are immediately apparent and frequent enough to distracting. Despite all that, the story and characters are compelling and well written to match the intended era.