Girls in Glasses

这个游戏真的是让喜欢眼镜娘的人欲罢不能。

Can't get the game to even start, at least on one computer, on my other one, it works fine, it's a simple story, not exactly deep, but it's fun, if you can get it working anyway

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A VN game that plays like old school dating sim games. You play as a student at an academy starting a new school year, and over 2~3 weeks go through his daily life. Each day there comes a chance to choose where you would like to go or who you would like to visit, and with this mechanic you can build your bond level with one of the 3 main heroines. When you get to a romantic path the story becomes charming. the background art is well done and some of the sentimental BGMs are nice. There is an official 18+ patch available online if you fancy that

It's what you'd expect from the price, a distilled version of more expensive VNs with less choices and more obvious routes. Better than expected but nothing standing out either. The art, particularly from the 18+ patch, is a lot better than the typical styles used in a lot of VNs, and it had more emotional scenes than I had been expecting going in. That said, it's not without problems. The routes up until you're locked in feel largely identical, as all characters are treated equally even if you're only following one, and the story feels afraid to branch off until you're past the point of no return with the decisions. I can see that they didn't want to have any "Bad ends", and you just end up on the friendship route with Ken if you mess up, but it still felt a bit pointless. The routes themselves were overall alright, though it felt at times like it was forcing emotion onto you rather than naturally. For example, [spoiler]Kana's route is the only one where Hidekazu's past is mentioned at all, and it had zero buildup and ended up being inconsequential anyway. Iroha's felt extraordinarily quick, and I didn't really feel like she had a real connection with Hidekazu given he spent the whole time being neutral or annoyed by the things she does and likes.[/spoiler]. I have nothing I hate, and for the price it is worth it, but don't expect a well designed storyline. The 18+ scenes were essentially just shoved into the main story without much regard for pacing, but that's not an issue specifically with this game as much as it for anything in the genre.

Each routes are short but sweet. Each girl has a different struggle. Don't mind my hours. I was busy with other stuff while playing the game so I left it on idle for a long time