Dizzy Hearts Chapter 1

Despite not being exactly fond of eroge games in general, I decided to give Dizzy Hearts a try as I’ve heard that it’s supposed to focus more on romance, comedy, and drama. However, I don’t mind a couple of sexy scenes, as long as it fits into the context, although I seem to prefer romantic scenes in the end. As of now, there is only the first chapter of Dizzy Hearts available and therefore, I wasn’t able to see the whole story, but the first chapter already gives a pretty good impression of the game and its cast. Admittedly, it was the first visual novel I played that was developed by Lupiesoft and whilst they are more well-known for eroge visual novels, I was especially curious how their new approach will turn out. Dizzy Hearts takes place in a world that is split between eternal day and night. The protagonist, Seriva, originally is from Assard and is on a journey to explore the world. During her trip, she happens to discover the city of Lungarde, the land of eternal night. There, she bumps into a mysterious white-haired girl that turned out to be one of the princesses in this kingdom. She introduces herself as Mercilia and decides to take Seriva temporarily in. After spending time with Mercilia, and the rest of the people that reside in the palace, Seriva decides to extend her original intended stay. The player gets introduced in the strange world of Dizzy Hearts here and it strongly reminds me of a fairy tale story with all the elves and slight fantasy elements. A thing that stood out was that every character Seriva met in the city is female. But again, I suppose males aren’t needed here as there are so-called “fiores” that can procreate elves which is a very important thing in this world or else they would all go extinct. The fiores get explained further during the game and the world with only women makes sense this way, although I wouldn’t have minded both sexes appearing in this game, it strongly hints at Dizzy Hearts being a pure yuri game. Being the first chapter of Dizzy Hearts, the story ends abruptly and is also very short. I felt like the main purpose of this part is to only introduce its world and characters first, before the story begins to unfold. During the game, the player gets thrown into the castle with a lot of people at once. There were so many characters that I got confused and couldn’t remember their names so when a choice popped up I simply had to guess but had no clue who that person actually was – well until the game advanced and I saw whom I was meeting up with. Getting to know different kinds of people also means that there are a lot of different personalities the player can meet here that they will appreciate. Sadly, romance isn’t happening in the first chapter yet, but I’m positive that it will change with further chapter releases. Speaking of romance, as aforementioned, Dizzy Hearts supposedly focused more on that aspect, yet that doesn’t mean that it’s completely non-erotic. There are a lot of scenes throughout the game where the characters talk openly about sexual things and aren’t even ashamed of it – in fact, it’s even common to chat about that. These scenes were quite confusing to Seriva as well as me since we both found that it’s strange to talk about that with a stranger, but the protagonist and the reader agreeing is actually a good thing as it made it easier for me to identify with her. The main thing that often confuses me here is that I found the introduction into the culture and world of Dizzy Hearts fell rather short so I often didn’t know whether it was just considered normal there unless Seriva actively pointing it out. Graphic-wise, Dizzy Hearts is quite outstanding and contains gorgeous CGs. I noticed that each character has multiple poses and facial expressions that greatly improved the immersion. A unique thing here is that the main cast's outfits change quite often and some characters even have different hairstyles. But that doesn’t even end here, this visual novel even contains a lot of unique features such as that the text gets smaller when the characters are whispering or the screen becoming darker for specific occasions. Even subtle animations aren’t missing here such as snowfall or when Servia is traveling with the carriage. Sadly, the voice acting isn’t available as of now which would have made the immersion even better. Since Dizzy Hearts Chapter 1 is only the first part of the whole game, it’s obvious that story-wise there isn’t a lot going on yet, however, the first chapter introduces the world and cast of Dizzy Hearts and although getting confused about a few aspects, I enjoyed it for what it is. The whole cast is adorable while some characters tend to be on the rather weird side but I guess that’s their charm. When it comes to visuals, the developers did a surprisingly good job so I often ended up admiring the subtle features they implemented in this visual novel. 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Not a single sex scene in chapter 1. No idea if it's planned for later chapters but this is literally nothing but an introduction. Which would be fine, but there has been no updates in months. The missing DLC for their title Mutiny has also still not been released. I really REALLY like their content, but it seems more and more that this is another case of a creator who just can't follow through. It's GalaxyPink all over again. Wait until the entire series is released, they just don't have a good history in terms of actually finishing their games. Oh and the creator/artist also tried to scam me for a commission, where they basically didn't do anything for over 2 months and then pretended to be shocked when I refunded the money. Stay away.

Add russian language please.

Nice yuri VN in fantasy setting with beautiful art and interesting story.

Don't bother with this, no update on this or any other game by this company in years.

I'm pretty impressed with the lore and world-building in this story. It's also very cute with pretty interesting characters. I enjoy the Elven culture in the story and their free-spirited attitude towards sexuality. Speaking of, there's nothing in this game to merit the "adult only" flag. That's just Valve being Valve. Light and tasteful sexuality bad and only for adults, and violence, murder and mayhem is fine for all!

I just couldn't get into this one. it felt so all over the place with the artwork and just like other visual novels from this creator abandoned. 1/10

Disappointing follow up on updates just like mutiny. No voice update, no sexual content and the Queen has really badly censored. But the visual novel do have high chance of being a really good one. The music is really good, and it looks as pretty as an EA game and plays like one.

Romance, but apparently no sex. It's edging in text format.

I had my doubts the moment I saw that “Chapter 1” in the title, cant say it was unjustified. The game is for a really niche audience, and when I say “niche” I mean people who are not against being reminded that the pointy ears have the D every 10-20 minutes. Granted, I saw only 2 bulges (how the hell do most of them have the Ken doll groin I have no idea), but the amount of unnecessary reminders was far too great. I get it, the devs made a game about pirate girls with big ol’ 8=D’s, but I dont think politics and day-to-day stuff mesh well with the constant “btw i have ♥♥♥ bye” you get. But I am willing to let it go. The music is as generic as ever, but at least I didn't get tired of it. Some backgrounds dont go well with the characters, almost like they were drawn for a game with a different art style, but maybe it’s just me. What I CANNOT let go is that the devs really messed up with the scale of the game they want to produce. There are way to many unnecessary plot points and characters (most of em are friggin shadow people). Like, I think the story will be fine without Noble Lady 2 or Elf Kid. If you dont have the budget to detail every character you can either a) take em out from the story , or if you think that they are too important go with b) Just leave them as text. Most of the choices either dont make any difference outside of 2 or 3 words, or they will matter in chapter 2, that I am not even sure will ever come out. If you want to support the devs I recommend just buying Mutiny! (Even if its also unfinished), at least it has some action, I guess. I wont recommend buying chapter 1 until every chapter is released, maybe they can change my mind in the full release. I’ll leave the review as “recommended” because I am afraid that without good reviews the project won’t get any motion and thats plain sad. It still got some charm, not much, but something about did keep me interested enough to finish it, and I can’t say that for some other vn’s...