Expelled!

This was an entertaining mystery romp that turned most tropes on their head. I hadn’t played Overboard!, its parent game, before- so I was surprised and delighted to realize that it was, in fact, me whodunnit and the entire point was to become a worse person in order to come out ahead of the repercussions. I will admit, at a certain point the loops just felt a bit grindy and I apparently wasn’t quite clever enough to figure everything out, so I had to look up a guide on how to properly finish a winning run. Overall, however, a fun time.

일단 한글판이 없어서 조금 고민했는데 너무나 제 스타일의 게임이라서.. 일단 질렀는데 보다보니 익숙해져서 그닥 어려운 영어는 아니라,. 할만해요.. 산거 후회없을 정도로 재밌어서.. overboard 보다 등장인물도 다양하고 경로도 다양하고.. 주제의식도 뚜렷하고.. 암튼 재밌어요! 다시 플레이할때마다 대사들이 미묘하게 달라지고 추가되어서 엔딩봐도 양파처럼 계속 뭔가가 나옴.. 얼른 후속작 나왔음 좋겠어요. 아마도 베로니카가 신인배우일때 극단에서 발생한 어떤 사건으로 뭔가를 해서 쟁취하고 성공한 배우가 되는 그런 스토리일까요..? 다이아몬드, 말콤 이런 떡밥들도 보여서 후속작에도 나올듯!

ACTUAL CINEMA i like this almost as much as i like overboard its just harder

Дуже насичена, весела і в той самий час драматична історія, де ви берете на себе роль Веріті - звичайної дівчинки зі школи для перспективних дівчат, яку намагаються підставити. Ваша задача не допустити власного виключення зі школи, але в процесі ви також дізнаєтеся багато цікавих фактів про персонажів навколо вас та про ситуацію в школі. А ще майте на увазі, що ви можете дуже сильно вплинути на історію в залежності від того наскільки ви негативно себе ведете впродовж гри. Не піддавайтеся злу! Або ні... мені все рівно насправді, можете влаштувати хаос.

So I finally finished the game. I honestly love it a lot I love her so much and I hope we see more of her evil ways.

This review is specially made for those who like to get all the achievements in games. Minor spoilers ahead. Expelled! is sort of a visual novel detective game where your choices play a huge part in the story and everything you do and don’t do will come back to bite you later on. It uses the same presentation and visual style as Overboard! but adds a morality system that unlocks new dialogue options and actions as you get increasingly more naughty. The story overall is well written and engaging and with each playthrough you’ll keep discovering new secrets and information about the characters that can be used later as leverage, specially at the end of the afternoon when your “judgement” takes place. I don’t want to spoil too much but something interesting happens to the story as you get truly evil. The visual style is different from Overboard! but has a similar cartoonish look, but with a ticker dark outline instead of the bright highlights. The background where the locations are picked is more detailed but also the several different places inside the school where you can go to. The sound is minimal, with no narration or voice acting, just a few words and sound effects and some “F Bombs” if you enable profanity. The gameplay is simple to learn but will require a few runs to memorize the characters location and some trial and error until you get the information and discover the best actions and dialogues to prevent you from being expelled. Fortunately the game has a sort of metaprogression saver,[spoiler] which is your "Filth book” where all the rumours and secrets are recorded, you just need to read it each day.[/spoiler] The achievements aren’t particularly hard but to get a huge part of them you need to interact with a particular item that enables being even more evil and later on redeem yourself:[spoiler]the owl statue in the Owl's Office[/spoiler]. I had to look for this on a guide, but I still managed to finish the game and find the rest of the secrets alone. Btw, you can also use the right mouse button to make the text go faster, only read about this near the end of the game. [b]Achievements:[/b] [b]How many:[/b] 21 Achievements. [b]How much time:[/b] Around 8 hours, almost my own, but if you follow a guide it takes less than an hour. [b]Game difficulty:[/b] Easy, even without a guide, it’s only a question of time needed. [b]Achievements’ Difficulty:[/b] Easy, with a guide. There are no missables, but there are some secrets that are hard to find without a guide. [b]Overall opinion:[/b] Expelled! follows the blueprint of Overboard! but improves the complexity of the story and the variety of dialogue and actions available and adds a sort of morality system. It’s engaging and will make you want to know what really happened. [b]Join and follow my group [u][url=store.steampowered.com/curator/42556190-Ribbon-Hunters/] Ribbon Hunters[/url][/u] for more suggestions and reviews of easy indie games to get all the achievements.[/b]

Expelled! is an utter delight. Inkle remain masters of the genre, and this game - though relatively short - is dripping with charm from its art design, writing, music all the way to Amelia Tyler's excellent voice performance as our protagonist.

This game is absolutely a joy to play, it's like the best non-linear storybook unfolding before your eyes. I started the game, intending to play it in my off-time a bit, but I was glued, gripped by the central mystery. The art is absolutely gorgeous and the writing is so fun. I have a bunch of fun just running through this game on my steam deck. I will say however, that the price tag doesn't justify the length of the game, or the amount of content you get. I 100% everything (using a guide) but it was completed in 13 hours. For a similar price, I got Silksong, (or could have bought a physical book and read it a longer time.) I would personally wait until the game has a huge sale, and get it then. I just paid the price for it because I love inkle studios alot, and their previous work with Sourcery justified it.

this game was super fun to complete 100%, if you enjoyed their first game this one is way better imo, it was better built and more through with details and endings ! although takes more time and thinking to get to the true ending BUT it's really worth the detour, it's funny and brilliant in their own unique way but you have to be ready for repetitive dialogues, it's not an easy game on that detail, you have to repeat actions and dialogues multiple times to get what you want/need especially if you get stuck on what to do next so it's something to accept in order to appreciate the game anyway, i'd recommend breaks and not trying to do it in one sitting ! the experience would be better this way

Very compelling. I'd love to see more in the Veronica series.