
"Some stories are best told to none," she whispered. Long ago, the stars disappeared. Then, a man returned them. Few would believe such a thing; fewer still can recall how he bent heaven's ear. However, you won't find the tale in books or archives—only in the hearts of those who were there.
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It was very sweet, bittersweet, tragic and beautiful at the same time. Everything is pleasant and after you find out the truth, as well as finish the game... You can feel sadness overtake your heart... But just for a little bit. Then the final, yet somehow comforting words appear on the screen and you know it's time to move on. Your story is worth it. Thank you! :) =) :>
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While I admire the charm of the writer in this VN, it has a LOT to be desired. The entire story seems rushed and not well thought out. I mean it's free and some might enjoy it more than I did, so I'll give it a reluctant positive review since I can't give it a "meh" and it's not so bad that it deserves a negative review. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKZrbGEsC7s The biggest problem and confusion is that you have two goddesses, Lune the Goddess of the Moon and Sol, the Goddess of the Sun who are sisters and then you have "Solis" who is a mortal man who is hopelessly in love with a woman destined to be with another man. I won't spoil it all, but Solis, Sol and the entire story just don't mesh well in this visual novel into a relatable or even an understandable story. I get that the writer is trying to speak of a love so true that Solis would do anything and even risk a death to the galactic gods and goddesses to ensure his loves happiness, but it all just falls far short of what I think the writer had hoped. I give it a 5.5 out of 10, and it gets a thumbs up really only because it's a free kinetic novel. There are simply much better VNs here on Steam that are also free. A "meh" and a hesitant thumbs up. It's alright but also very forgettable.
[quote][url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_slop][b]Warning: AI Slop[/b][/url] This e-book is partially made with talentless, soulless AI generated content.[/quote] "For Whom the Stars Shine" is not a game, it's an e-book that's been dumped on Steam masquerading as a game. As a visual/interactive novel, this doesn't feature any notable gameplay, it's just a lot of clicking through badly written dialogue that would never have been accepted or published in print, which poses the question, "How did something this badly written end up on Steam?". When someone hoping to become an author is unable to get published in print, they spend $100 and dump their high school fan-fiction onto Steam, under the guise of a game. This is a completely garbage CYOA e-book, and, amazingly, the topic is, you guessed it, the author himself and his imaginary girlfriend going on an adventure about restoring the stars because they disappeared. Yeah, that's not how astrophysics works, but when we get these junior high school anime club drop-out fanfictions supplemented with disgusting AI slop, what do you expect? The use of AI slop in the development of any product here on Steam isn't acceptable, no matter what extent it's used. It's an insult to gamers and to genuine content creators. This was slapped together with the godawful Ren'Py visual novel construction kit... enabling terrible authors to publish books as if they were games when otherwise we might have been spared the pollution. So, just like no professional writing took place here, no professional software development took place, either. Visual novels/e-books are tedious at best... imagine the best novel you ever read, be that Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy or 2001: A Space Odyssey or Twilight (if you have terrible taste in literature), but then translate that to a format where the words dribble out and you have to click your mouse every time you wanted to read the next sentence, instead of just turning the pages. You'd think it was garbage. Now imagine that experience, but with much worse writing (because if these guys could write professionally, they'd be published authors and this would be on shelves in bookstores, and they wouldn't have to pay Valve $100 to self-publish this on Steam), and you have your average Steam e-book. One of the chief problems with failed authors polluting Steam with non-game E-books is that E-books can easily just be presented in a web browser... there's no justification for charging money on Steam for what might as well be a webpage. We don't spend thousands on buying a gaming rig to spend money on Steam for something Chrome or Firefox could do. Despite having no up-front cost, this failed to appeal to the 130 million+ gamers on Steam. SteamDB showed the e-book peaked at only 2 concurrent readers... this is a dismal public reception. This was so bad they couldn't even give it away. The funny thing is, if you wanted to print this book, you'd only need to print 2 copies to satisfy the entire world's demand for it. While this E-book has no up-front cost, you can get better quality, professionally written books and comics for free online (from places like Project Gutenberg) or from public libraries. Steam isn't a comic book store, neither is it Netflix, it's for games. Your gaming rig is not a Kindle. It's impossible for me to recommend things to PC gamers that aren't really games.
For Whom the Stars Shine is a wonderful tale beautifully told, and illustrated in an anime format. The story is charming and slightly melancholy, yet hopeful at the same time...after all, the stars still come out at night. It is well worth your time! The story is short and linear, it reads in under 2 hours. I think you'll find the time well spent...enjoy! My hat's off to New Dialog and Pony with a Pen!
It's cute, give it a go!
"Bazı hikayelerin hiç kimseye anlatılmaması daha iyidir" diye fısıldadı. Uzun zaman önce yıldızlar kayboldu. Daha sonra bir adam onları geri verdi. Çok az kişi böyle bir şeye inanır; daha da az kişi onun cennetin kulağını nasıl büktüğünü hatırlayabiliyor. Ancak hikayeyi kitaplarda veya arşivlerde bulamazsınız; yalnızca orada bulunanların kalplerinde.
Yes.
Why do most stories end in tragedy? It's quite depressing.
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