Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved

(spoilers included) While it was on the shorter side, especially as far as mystery VNs go in my experience, it was a very compelling and enjoyable story to read through. In general I honestly like just about everything from this game, from the aesthetic and visuals, to the music, to the characters and writing, and the latter two chapters specifically managed to get me fairly emotional. Also, I have to say I actually like the fact that we didnt tie up *every* loose end, like Senator Gordon is still out there, and we wont get to stop him ourselves. It helps the story and its events feel significantly important without being overly grandiose. Like, this game could have very easily been like Ace Attorney Spirit of Justice, in the sense that we- as foreigners -just come in willy-nilly and overthrow the reigning government but no, we just helped a woman on a train through a dangerous conspiracy. We still did something of significance but without having to be forced into the role of international hero. We get to remain as just a couple of college kids at the end of the story, and I personally really like that. solid 9/10 game for me

This was a pretty alright game. Has a lot of charm in its art direction and I liked the music. I think the characters were also pretty entertaining in their writing and how it carried their voice, though I wouldn't really call them deep to be honest. And the setting was interesting! I would like to learn more about it. I feel like most of my issue was the direction of the storytelling where at a certain point, you were just learning what happened through the characters talking to you. And sure they were omitting parts of the explanation, but it was just back-to-back conversations where the characters were revealing parts of the mystery. I think the game was intending for the ending to just be sad and unsatisfying with its resolution, but I just kind of felt like I was being dragged along by the end of the game. I think I also would've preferred if the game committed to making the main character his own guy with a name instead of halving him as a kind of player-insert character. I don't regret buying or playing the game though. I still had fun with it, I just wished I liked it more.

I forgot to check if there is any voice acting... there is none... purchasing mistakes were made.

A really good mystery, not super long and easy to keep track of. The length of the story actually helps keep everything flowing and every reveal feel satisfying, as you're expected to keep track of everything that's said. Part of me wishes it was longer, but it told the story it wanted to tell. Great experience, and I'm excited to see more from this developer!

剧情不错

辛うじてオススメ。 列車内で、一人の女性が忽然と姿を消した。しかも乗客は誰も彼女を覚えていない。――ただ一人、あなたの友人であるエマを除いて。 っていう導入文で妙に期待を上げすぎてしまった感。 SFC(SNES)時代っぽいインターフェースは懐古厨には刺さる…のか？ 仮想の国、仮想の時代背景なども前提にあって、話を進めると情報として説明はあるのだが… ちょっと馴染みが無い感じでイマイチ。 うーん、良い所…どこだろう…。

I was captivated by the story and had so much fun solving the mystery