East Tower - Kuon (East Tower Series Vol. 3)

This review covers all 4 of the East Tower games in one. Simply put, the game isn't very good. The art has occasional good moments but most of it is pretty bad. The story is set up in such a way that it could lend itself to an interesting discussion of gender identity and digital sexuality but it instead chooses to do cliché "oops, I tripped and grabbed your boob" moments. There are dialog options but the game is still very linear; you either die instantly, find a solution, or pick a solution that gives you a bit of extra dialog. I would not recommend any of these games except for Kurenai (which was admittedly pretty good). However, there are parts of the Kurenai story that won't make any sense without playing at least a bit of the other ones. The game is also way too expensive. I bought them all as a set with 40% off ($18 total) and I feel ripped-off. There are much better VNs available for much less. Takashi, Kuon, and Akio were each only about 1.5 hours of play time, which is not a great value. Finally, every time you finish a section (and there are at least 7 sections per game) the game tries to get you to post to social media. That really pisses me off. It takes me out of the moment to try to get me to advertise for a game that I paid for. Dear game devs, please don't do that!

I've given positive reviews to the last two games in the East Tower series (Akio, Takashi) but this one isn't as good. Kuon isn't an interesting character, he acts bipolar and weird, without any of the childhood issues of the previous two romantic interests. It's the longest game in the franchise so far but the length doesn't translate into quality, it's just boring. Replaying through the levels for all the achievements wasn't fun.

The third chapter is a bit different from the previous ones [spoiler]since there’s the looping thing happening in the game[/spoiler]. I thought that was interesting, and I really felt sorry for Kuon. I liked this character, he appears so innocent but he actually has many sides of his personality. I liked the fact that the game was a bit longer than the previous ones too. Looking forward to play chapter 4! 8/10.

非常好的剧情，使我眼角旋转， 作者君的日本语本当上手， 良辰劝你购买时三思而后行， 毕竟无汉化，剧情看不太懂。 至于其他部分评测， 你看我清澈透明双眼阴暗且无神， 吾只能说， So9rry，Sir！ 8太行吧，能力越小，能力就越小， 通讯终止，OV7er！

Basically, You take on the role of Sakuya. East Tower is an attraction where the participants enter the Dream World through their consciousness, and Sakuya is one of those participants. So this time around, Sakuya is paired up with Kuon, and there are the usual obstacles to pass and all. However, Kuon's route is different from Akio's and Takashi's in that Sakuya finds out that the game keeps repeating itself. I won't spoil as to why this happens although I did find this twist to be interesting and made Kuon's route different from the previous ones. If you especially go on Kuon's love route, there is a teaser at the end.

真TM丑，真TM简陋 一个游戏当四个辣鸡卖 后面3个游戏的id还是连号的

So... This edition of the East Tower saga features a boy named Kuon who wants to escape reality... So for some reason, he is trapped in an endless loop... and so are you. How... nice. You again play Sakuya (you can rename her), a young woman who... does not want to act girly. As such, when offered the chance to be a test subject for her cousin's new attraction for women, she manages to convince him to let her try the other attraction... the one geared towards men. In the first few moments, she finds herself trapped with one of the four other participants. Oh, and since she can choose her avatar, she chose to partake as a male. Oh, and the real Kuon... may not be that old... There are three endings. The bad ending is unlocked if you make a wrong choice (one of which unlocks a CG). The neutral/friendship ending depends on you choosing the lesser of two choices at the end of a stage. And the good/love ending is the better of those two choices. Oh, and choosing that better one also unlocks a small additional scene for the story (and accompanying CGs). There is a split in the route for the Love Act/Scene/Chapter, as you can choose to have Kuon in his real form or adult form. The game is beautiful, at least for the time. I begin to think these were made back-to-back, as the small issues seem to get only slightly better each volume. Also, my suggestion would be to buy the East Tower Complete Edition. Especially as the last volume is almost three quarters of the price of the bundle...

The 3rd out of 4 East Tower games Target: Female audience mostly Type: Otome (female heroine, boy love interests) Playtime: 2hrs Price: ~soso Origin: Smartphonegame This sequel gives again a little bit more towards the characters and its story. You might want to start with either the "bad" Akio game or Takashi before reading this, yet its not mandatory i gues 62/100 recommended on high off sale and mostly for girls Suitable for children as there is no nudity or similar

I really love this series and definitely recommend it. It's much more than your basic dating/romance VN. This is the 3rd instalment and one of my favourites, because htis character is just adorable (and scary) XD There's quite a bit if replay value to this due to the different endings and achievement hunting. I personally head canon the main character as a non-binary person, although the dev's indicate this wasn't the intention. But by cautiously playing with gender identity and it's place in romance really is a nice thing to see done well (and without crapping on us trans folk). You do best to play the entire series really to get the most out of it, as the last one in the series really just goes over and above expectations.

Hilarious game with time loops and split personalties galore; can't recommend it enough!