Heileen 1: Sail Away

75% off sale needed to make this an ok purchase.

Tags: Adventure - VN Visual Novel Additional Tags: Delete Local Content & Remove from Library TLDR: Simple otome VN with basic production values with a carrot and stick type decision making to building romances. Not very engaging.

First, the good. There is some atmospheric writing and a flair for expressing exotic and interesting locations. The characters who aren't Heileen are often mature and interesting individuals. Ultimately I have to give this a thumbs down because of how aggressively unlikable Heileen is as a character. I'm open to the idea of anti-heroes and characters who are flawed and grow along the course of a journey. Maybe she becomes a more likable person in the sequels? But I could not stand her as a leading character in this game and there wasn't any real indication of her evolving as a person. She starts off and stays snobby and unpleasant. The other characters don't really hold her accountable as well as they could or should.

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It’s a solid visual novel with all the makings of an indie game. I really enjoy the closed proximity vibes where the whole cast is stuck in one place navigating around each other. Just don't expect deep character arcs, you don’t learn much about them beyond Heileen’s own perspective. The endings are quite limited, basically just a slight shift in the final chapter, but having played the sequels, I know it gets way better later on. This one feels more like a prologue for the rest of the series, so I’m not gonna be too hard on it. Suffice to say, It was a fun game.

This game was enjoyable enough for me to kill a couple of hours trying to unlock the endings. That said, I can't objectively say it's a good game. There are only three endings, one for each character. Even when I was a jerk to everyone, I still ended up with John (despite the fact that I deliberately wrecked the relationship). I faced zero consequences for being mean, which is a huge flaw in my book. There should've been at least an ending where the character ends up alone due to her rotten actions. Anyway, the plot with Marie was the best so far. I couldn't stand her at first, but she grew on me when I chose her route. John's ending was ok, but I felt like I was being forced to fall for him no matter who I was actually trying to romance. I haven't unlocked Lora's route yet, although I'm trying. The plot was ok and there were enough interesting twists to keep me entertained while I played. The autoskip feature is amazing, it lets me fly through repeated dialogue while automatically stopping at any new text. with it, I was able to play through the game multiple times without getting sick of it. It's one of the best things about this game. I recommend it for people that like VNs and want to mess around with a mindless game for a little while. Keep your expectations low and you won't be disappointed. I had a fun time with it even though it's not a great vn. Hopefully two and three are much better.