Fading Hearts

This game tries to do too much and ends up being a hot mess. There also seems to be a lot of bugs, glitches, and confusion about how to actually complete the damn thing. They've added stat building elements, magic and combat (all RPG elements) into a game that also tries desperately to be a dating sim and visual novel. Very difficult to micro manage things and get what needs to be done accomplished. It was okay my first time through just focusing on the story and on which girl I'd rather date, but after I tried to go for all the endings and get into the complexity of the game, that's when it got frustrating. Balancing working, reading, training, relaxing, dating, socializing.. it's just too much. Nobody can seem to agree on how to reach certain endings or get certain achievements. The newer version of the game didn't seem to fix these issues either. You can be on multiple ending tracks at once, and some endings completely contradict one another.. which is insanely frustrating. This game is riddled with all sorts of inconsistances and it makes me just not want to go through the effort of TRYING to finish it. The front page advertises about one of the unique features being that characters can lie to you and that it's supposed to add some sort of mystique to the game and somehow be game changing. This is not the case at all. It feels nothing like that. I've played several times, picking each dialogue option to see the differences (if any), and really.. there are none. I've played many a visual novel and this one just doesn't have a lot of characteristics that make a good one. The story is interesting, but nothing special. Your two love interests aren't all that interesting in the slighest. Choices seem to matter very little. Endings do not have a clear cut set of directions to follow in order to achieve them. Music is acceptable. I just can't really justify recommending this game for all of these reasons. The devs really should have decided whether they wanted this game to be an RPG, a dating sim or a visual novel.. but not a bad combination of all three.

This game was endearing and amusing. It's complicated enough to need to replay it a few times, short enough to replay without a major time commitment, and full enough to replay without getting bored. The twists and connections throughout the storylines are interesting, and surprisingly unexpected without being completely random. Unfortunately the engine is a little broken, certain events aren't tied to flags, and therefore can be unlocked through illogical or unwanted means. The writing is also a little unprofessional at times, but that was easy enough to live with. As the first project from this group I think is was wonderful and I look forward to seeing them grow through future releases!

I dont recommend the game at all. There is nothing of value to see in this game, you have boring writing, poor choices to make and a boring fighting system. The game offers many things to do, like working instead of meeting friends and discovering another small plotline, hanging out with friends and even meet a magical girl and fight along her side. Sounds good and promising , much variety here. But this falls short since very action is the same, the story is awful and uninspiring. The most interestening thing is probably that they took the y2k event and made it that much people died trough this. The story ranges from cliche female friend who is in an abusive relationship, to meeting a magical girl and helping/supporting her to fight evil thing X. Ive seen eroges with better magical girls stories than this. Dont mention the fighting system its just simple grind and click click attack attack . There is basically no real tactics there. Dont waste your time. The devs tried to make something outstanding by letting you play either as a normal guy whith a helping friend storyline or a fighting type roleplay game in which the game fails to make fun in any of those things because the story and the fighting system is awful and boring. 2/10 Terrible game

Too chaotic with too little sense of in what direction you'd need to proceed. Some might find that freeing, but with so little to go by it's really just guessing on whatever you choose to chase after. The multiple storylines pulled in too many directions and left it with a weak product. I deleted it a few years back and haven't redownloaded.

get hunie pop instead

I keep debating if this has become one of my favorite Visual Novals. The game is well made and the 2 main charicters, are fun, interesting, and believable. I don't really find any flaws in this one, and would happlly recommend it to anybody.

A good visual novel offers you engaging writing, loveable characters, and sumptuous art. This is not, in any sense, a good visual novel. The writing is, to be charitable, exceptionally poor, and you will see rather a lot of it even before anything interactive happens - near on to 20 minutes of it, in fact, even if you're hammering the space bar to advance through it at a quick trot. When the choices are reached, they are inscrutable and meaningless, and every button makes the sound of a mouse being murdered. The plot veers wildly into often contradictory genre spaces, most ripped from stories you've seen told better elsewhere, in a way that feels like plagiarism more than homage. The visual novel is a wide and wonderful genre and there is no good reason for you to descend far enough through it to reach Fading Hearts. Spend your money elsewhere.

Amazing i was blown away by all the endings.

Visual Novel with some RPG elements.

BAD