Demonheart: The Ice Demon

This is a beautiful visual novel in the series Demonheart. This time, it is set in a different land and features various characters. You play as Shar, a young witch who moves in with Eniri, a famous witch everyone wishes to learn from. However, Shar's dreams of becoming the best witch have dissolved as she discovers a big secret Eniri is hiding; our protagonist will try to contact her mother, the oracle who can see the future and sense people's intentions; this time, she sends her a mysterious message keeping Shar thinking if all the people around her intending to harm her. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3102507267 The love interest options are few; I prefer going with Sirath, the witch -Enari's- younger brother who hates your guts, a perfect tsundre since the other option is a lying demon who couldn't get through to me. Somehow, his personality didn't click with me at all. I have played half of his route, enjoying it, but I can't see myself fitting as a love interest as the story goes. The good thing is that this game has five different endings; I earned two, and it took me around 11 hours to do that; the game is good and has a high replay value. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3102506984 I found the side characters very interesting, and depending on your responses and doing favors to him, their fates will change at the end of the game. I wished Zhan was a love interest. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3102507378 Pros: +Interesting story. +Excellent writing. +Choices and consequences. +Beautiful soundtracks. +Well-done voice-over. +Good character design. +Character development. +Unlimited save files. +Good game length. +Multiple endings and routes (Total of 5 endings) +Steam achievements. Cons: -I wished there were more love interest options. I enjoyed it so much that I know I'll get more content when I get the rest of the endings. Each option you choose will give you a different conversation branch tree. The game is enormous and a good read. I highly recommend it to people who enjoyed the first games and who are looking for an Otome VN. [i] Other Reviews: [url=https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198071375554/recommended/578900/]Demonheart Review[/url] [url=https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198071375554/recommended/897930]Demonheart: Hunters Review[/url] [url=https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198071375554/recommended/2364560?snr=1_5_9__402]Demonheart: The Cursed Trial Review[/url] [/i] [quote]𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤𝑠 𝑐𝘩𝑒𝑐𝑘 𝑚𝑦 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝑎𝑔𝑒 [url=http://store.steampowered.com/curator/32399565/]𝐹𝑒𝑒𝑛𝑎'𝑠 𝐶𝘩𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒[/url][/quote] [quote][url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/32732116-IndieGems/] Follow [b]IndieGems[/b] [/url] for more reviews like this one. [/quote]

For the price, it's a bad otome game. You might enjoy this, but I think if you do, it's largely because you haven't played a better otome game yet. Which is fine, but this isn't the game I'd throw my money at the genre with first. I 100%'d it in 5 hours, with about 30 minutes of that afk, and I am a faster reader, but it is very short. There's about 4 endings, all of which lock during 1 prominent choice at different points in the same route, and there's not much of a relationship meter like in the first Demonheart game (so dialogue often repeats with not much variance on route). There's not many CGs and the quality varies between them quite a lot (for example, Esmius's was miles better than Nissa's). The UI design is also a little clunkier than most otome games, and the skip function is tedious. And they ditched the personality system that I enjoyed in the first one (but they are bringing it back). As for the story, which is the main thing people come to this series for, it was decidedly mid. I enjoyed the universe and the concept of witches trying to obtain demon flesh with the unwilling help of a demonspawn slave, but truthfully I could have enjoyed the most trash premise and terrible execution purely because I love this world and lore. The stories fall flat and a lot of interesting threads are barely touched on, and where I would be tricked and surprised at plot twists in Demonheart, this felt very standard. Which arguably, isn't a bad thing - but it's not the quality I've come to expect from this studio. Purely because they've done better. The characters motives and feelings also got explained to us less, so I couldn't really connect with this the same way. In particular, I really hated this player-character and felt she was so much less than Bright in every way, as I often found myself going "I would pick none of these options" and then cringing at her. It felt much shorter for the same price and felt like the content overall was way lower quality. Maybe take this with a pinch of salt, as I've only played this after hearing about the patch to add some content about this game into the Demonheart: Hunters game, and wanted to understand it first. I'll likely play the Cursed Trial when it's complete, because I am a simp and it looks much more like the other Demonheart game. But alas, I'm not the target market to buy this game, nor did I go "oooh, a blue dude" and buy it on launch. Final thoughts: get it when it's on sale, otherwise skip it and go to that instead. Unless you're really desperate for more Demonheart content, or new to the genre with a lot of money to waste. Edit: For anybody wishing to start the demonheart games, this could be considered a prologue to the first game.

Demonheart: The Ice Demon has some really great characters, a lot of story potential, and an interesting tie-in to the original game, but ultimately feels unfinished. I played through two routes: Esmius’ and Sirath’s. While not nearly as long as a playthrough in the original game, Sirath’s at least feels like a complete [i]story[/i]. Unfortunately, Esmius’ storyline is even shorter, with a lot of abrupt and rather nonsensical plot twists that don’t fit the characters, and a rather abrupt ending. It was really unsatisfying. I also wanted to complain about the relationships not making much sense either, but I replayed the original game after this and was reminded how little sense it made for the MC to fall in love with literally anyone in either game, so I’ll give that a pass. Remember kiddos, demon-romancing VNs are probably not suitable role models for healthy relationships… As a fun tidbit/bit of an annoyance for those who have played the original game, [spoiler]some of the plot of the original games implies a particular route is more canon than the others[/spoiler].

The art was great, but the romance felt rushed and forced. Was more of a $5 game, definitely not worth $20.

+ Симпатичная картинка. Всё ещё имеются огрехи что касается анатомии, но всё же симпатично. + Приятная музычка. - Бестолковый сюжет. Невозможно не сравнивать с оригинальным Demonheart. Там было приключение, сюжет двигался. Здесь же вы будете бродить по дому, разговаривать пустопорожние разговоры, а потом хоба! и конец уже. Другой рут же максимально наполнен водой. Для растяжения времени добавлена бестолковая беготня и похищения. Максимально разочарована. - Поведение персонажей не поддаётся никакой логике. - Озвучены три фразы каждого персонажа и несколько кринжовых хихихи, хахаха и хехехе. Голоса и отыгрыш актёров так себе, не смотря на то, что и отыгрывать то особо нечего.

[h3]是猫猫蛇！！！[/h3] 坏猫猫和好猫猫，把所有人都想成猫猫突然就好合理 打得我膝盖发软，太爽了太爽了，就好这口 [h3]内容好少的一部[/h3] 又是熟悉的味道，全员小贱人，实在是太符合我xp了，而且还得要自己判断相信谁 但是感觉这部比较偏线性，有的选项也有影响，但不多 虽然能跟三个人有恋爱结局，其实真正算数的只有俩，剩下一个属于bonus之类的 太符合我xp了太符合我xp了呃啊啊啊啊爽死了 应该也不会有续作什么的，毕竟一部结局已经差不多完了[spoiler]至少加个后日谈啊吗的[/spoiler] Sirath真的是太香了😭😭😭😭😭[spoiler]非常可爱的地下苏丹，口嫌体正直嘴硬心软brat傲娇人夫嘿嘿嘿哈哈哈桀桀桀桀桀桀桀桀桀桀桀[/spoiler] 剧透[spoiler]真的非常可爱啊啊啊啊，刚开始打还以为他会是蛇，结果后来问了才发现他不是（可以一直觉得他是，但是不觉得他是的话女主会发现Nissa才是，但是还会存疑）后来会发现他一直都没骗女主，就是不会害姐姐的，还勤勤恳恳做家务，很可惜结局还是得跑国外去 啊啊啊啊啊打了Esmius的线，😭mistress结局真的算最好了，不用跑海外又能住一起，姐姐和Nissa又出书（算是有点后日谈？），可惜喜欢Sirath的话得靠head canon[/spoiler] [h2]建议所有结局都走一遍[/h2] 光打一条线会感觉东西少，但是走完所有结局才能知道故事全貌[spoiler]特别是到底谁在满口谎话 ರ_ರ[/spoiler] 五个结局，除了一个额外的，两条线两个好结局两个坏结局（其实就是喜欢上了错的人，那两个结局里喜欢另一个的话也算一种好结局吧 Nissa和姐姐的drama真的好有意思 [spoiler]笑死了S‘yke家族一个比一个傲娇[/spoiler] 很多都是走了别的线才会知道[spoiler]比如说走了Sirath线才知道Esmius能脑控，E线Eniri突然出走应该就是被脑控了，遗书也是Esmius写的。后面Eniri回来会发现她袍子上的宝石不见了，然后问她为什么把东西留给女主她会嘴硬说当然是留给她弟弟🤣[/spoiler] 我服了这个Esmius，打了好几遍都进不了他好结局，[spoiler]结果是得一直信他啊，稍微清醒点都不行xs，引用Sirath的话就是how gullible are you，真的是从头骗到尾啊这哥们，就没几个地方讲真话，不是好骗恋爱脑完全进不了他结局（这就是谈serpent的下场吗[/spoiler] [h3]9/10 打完有种飞机落地想起立鼓掌的感觉[/h3] 符合xp是真的爽，savor every moment

Очень посредственная игра. Мне понравился Сират(Sirath), потому что я люблю цундере, но на этом плюсы заканчиваются. Выборы тут чисто для галочки, по факту, единственное, что мы выбираем - это с кем тр*хаться. Героиня скучная, финалы максимально унылые. Есть парочка "чеховских ружей" (например дается намек, что Сират будучи алхимиком мог дать героине любовное зелье) или что демон на на*бывает. Но нет, ружья не выстреливают. Такое ощущение, что история могла быть жестче и интереснее, но автор не вывез и решил остаться в рамках слащавого романчика про тупенькую мэри сьюху. Игра буквально тыкает тебя носом в то, что делать не надо (чтобы выйти на единственный плохой конец, надо вести себя как мразота со всеми - а перед этим мать нас предупреждает, что, мол, надо иметь со всеми хорошие отношения ибо не знаешь, кто тебя спасет (ну очень тонко). Касательно романов - я уже как-то привыкла, что нужно прикладывать хоть какие-то усилия для симпатии персонажа, но не здесь. Тут наоборот все любовные интересы будут домогаться героиню, и нужно наоборот активно отбиваться от них (кроме разве что лесбиянки Ниссы, так как она течет с нашей социопатки-работодательницы). Ну такое.

Goodness gracious! The women in this game are freaking rage inducing! Their favorite thing is "MEN ARE BAD!!!" and everyone is beneath them. At least give us a reason why "all men suck and should only be subservient lil fs"? But there is no world building/character stuff about that! Goodness! I nearly attempted to bat the digital game at the moon after the upteenth time a critique about a guy came up! This is labeled as an "OTOME" game!!! Shouldn't you be ENDEARING the guys to us?! Why were the women the only ones ending up being useful (minus the MC that is)?! ERGH!!! As for the women themselves... One of them is worse than the demons themselves. The other one... Constantly treats Sirath like sheet... Even though it was HER OWN CHOICE TO DO THAT TO HIM!!! BUT NO. ONLY HE IS TO BLAME!!! WTF?! The only GUY who doesn't get HATE is Zhan. I wonder why that is? Hmm... What a *mystery*. Ah and the MC? She is overly naive, dumb in most cases and yet she *does have some* intelligence, and is just there for free use. Which she not only *likes*... She begs for more............... For real? Ah and everyone else has to do the work for her. She is a "Princess" after all... -.-" The story... I don't know anymore! Some parts were interesting I suppose? But mix that with hatred and vitriol, lack of information about characters, forced romance and you'll get... Eh? Like seriously? On Esmi's route? She just falls for him instantly, without trusting him first and then she utters: [spoiler]"it's okay if I am his concubine".[/spoiler] Really? Did it ever occur to you what demonic nature is? Does the word "manipulation" even occur to you? Hell! She wouldn't even believe when other people *already knew* the truth. "There is no way! People aren't bad!" OMG! F OFF MISSY! You are far, far worse than my young, naive self used to be!!! Sirath's route seems to be longer, but he is a self-deprecating, "lowly" male who has nothing and is a nobody. ....................................... Then he presents his tool and the MC can no longer resist him.................................................................................................... Then begs for more.......... WTH WAS I READING?! The only redeeming part of the story was when [spoiler]The blonde bint was being controlled by the demon and she went to attack the red-headed super and overly terrible freaking piece of sheet. The MC runs off and I imagined they killed each other. Painfully. Suffering.[/spoiler] Those two terrible women deserve one another after all. They can go at each other every second of the day. And they do. Because they are just horrendous!!! Anyway. I am done now.

推荐弟弟线或大女主线也行，弟弟线其实也算大女主线，有很好的一大段女主独立剧情，更接近一切的真相，剧情很牛逼，恶魔之子和妮莎更像是dlc美好幻想的那种，比较短不能明白主线剧情，而且走其他线发现真相会有明显的易碎感就不剧透了。

I really enjoyed Demonheart: The ice demon! There is soooooooo many dialogue choices and the art work is my ABSOLUTE favorite part. Esmius had me in a choke-hold in my first play through and then Sirath, I thoroughly enjoyed how different the story can be just by circumstance of choosing a certain dialogue option. I do wish there was maybe even one or two more romanceable characters but other than that, 10/10