Heileen 3: New Horizons

[h1]Description[/h1] Heileen 3 is the third part of a trilogy of visual novels telling the story of Heileen, a sheltered noble girl who embarks on a journey to the Caribbeans with her wealthy merchant on an uncle and ends up [spoiler]shipwrecked, stranded on an insland and then rescued and taken in by pirates[/spoiler]. (note: the previous spoiler is only a spoiler for Heileen and Heileen 2 as those events take place before the start of Heileen 3). Heileen is a straightforward visual novel with no extra gameplay element. Heileen 2 adds a vice/virtue system and is less linear than the first. Heileen 3 is a Princess Maker-like, a dating simulation where you choose activities to raise the stats of the protagonist. It has a lot more endings (you can choose to end up with a romance ending or with a profession ending, provided you meet the requirements). While I do not think it is strictly necessary to play the first two games before the third, it would certainly help you get a sense of who the characters are. [h1]Pros[/h1] [list] [*] 4 otome (GxB) romances and 4 yuri (GxG) romances with enough variety that most people should find something to their taste. [*] Technically impeccable visuals (of course you should see for yourself on screeshots whether the art style itself appeals to you). [*] Good writing with each character having their own story and quirks (though no storyline has very susprising twists). [/list] [h1]Cons[/h1] [list] [*] Useless delay in the activities that can only be skipped via click, making the game a bit of a clickfest, especially if you're replaying to get different endings. [*] Extremely basic job system that will not appeal to most fans of the dating sim genre. [/list] [h1]Verdict[/h1] Going through the game for the umpteenth time to get all the achievements was a painful slog... but I keep fond memories of my first playthroughs, when I was still avidly reading and enjoying the story. If you've played and liked Heileen and/or Heileen 2, there is no reason you wouldn't enjoy Heileen 3. If you're new to the series, but you love visual novels (or you don't know whether you like them), I suggest you try the demos first (they are available straight from the [url=http://www.winterwolves.com/]Winter Wolves website[/url]). If you dislike visual novels, or enjoy dating sim mechanics more than reading a novel, stay away from all three games. On account of all the fond memories I have of pursuing Marie through all three games with increasing amounts of success, I give this game a thumbs up. ( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ

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Well first of all, the game is: - Repetitive - Art repeated, let's talk about this: This company Winter Wolves makes Visual novel, the price of a Visual novel increases due to the original arts for each game. But this company reuses the arts and also charges the expensive games. - The game has no voice. - The game is boring. Some characters are interesting, some are not. I really enjoyed Winter Wolves because of their games like, Loren. But after playing several Visual novels, I DO NOT ACCEPT paying for the same art twice. This company may be Indie but she has Patreon. And for the price they charge, in my country it costs more than a game with voice, like Cafe 0 ~ The Sleeping Beast. I do not recommend this game due to having to go through many repeated events while doing the routes, and also because although the game has a nice gameplay, in the part of parameters, the finals are quite simple.

Before I played This Game... I had a small wee wee, no friends, no girlfriend, depression and absolutely no will to live. None of these things have changed, but the game is pretty good.

I just finished playing all three Heileen games in a row. I appreciate the fact that each one tries to do something different, and the fact that each one is bigger than the last. But that's where the positives end for me. Heileen 3 has many irritating aspects. * It carries over Heileen 2's virtue/sin system, which makes some vexing assumptions about certain aspects of morality. Heileen 3 tries to put this system to use by tying it to professions, but that doesn't help because... * The bloated "sim" stat building is tedious and hardly motivating. You want to get back to the story instead of doing this mindless button clicking. But that too is a problem, because... * What you think might be the main plot actually disappears right quick, and what's left is aimless. The writing slips too often into modern sensibilities, which is fine for an opinionated but lighthearted comedy with wacky character interactions. But those interactions are actually painful because... * The characters are repellent. The MC is a birdbrain at least half the time. Almost everybody else is unappealing, sleazy, violent, needy, or dimwitted. And this is a problem in a game where you're supposed to fall in love with somebody. Then again, the romance system itself is a problem, because... * You can't aim for someone as a romantic interest and expect a path tailored for that. All seven other contenders remain open to you. Any positive interaction always feeds their romance rather than, say, a friendship track. I suppose that's sensible for game flexibility, but it makes the story unsatisfying because... * The romance you do pursue feels hollow as a result. It's already weird, story-wise, that so many people would be so fascinated with and attracted to this unappealing MC, all at the same time. (It's almost like the effect in Dragon Age II.) I was relieved to reach an ending for this game, and I have no desire to slog through it again, even partway, for any other ending. I'm glad to have finished all three of these games just to see what stories they had to tell, but unfortunately those stories were not enjoyable.

[h1]Super short review[/h1] [h2]TLDR[/h2] Don't buy unless heavily discounted and you have nothing else to buy. [h3]Positives[/h3] [list] [*]Artstyle [*]Music(it's ok at least) [/list] [h3]Negatives[/h3] [list] [*]This game just feels like a very long common route where you split off into a specific ending at the last second and then it's over. [*]Plot: You're on a pirate ship where you talk to people and you stat grind, there's nothing beyond this. [*]There's a lot of dialogue in this game but almost none of it is interesting which only contributes to the entire game feeling like a long common route. Wide and shallow is the name of the game for almost everything in this VN. [/list] [h3]In Conclusion[/h3] Never buy this at full price, not even close to worth it. Maybe if it's more than 75% off and you have absolutely no other game you want to buy and you're looking to waste 15+ hours.

boring af

puedes iniciar una relacion amorosa con tu madrastra. 8/10 volveria a cometer cuasi incesto otra vez.

Tags: Adventure - VN - Visual Novel Additional Tags: Delete Local Content & Remove from Library TLDR: Stiff scripting replaced with a now grind-a-stat system with social events represented as tarot cards. Not bad but high entry point in the heileen series and ultimately sloppily executed. Not really worth the bother.

i got this for 3 cents and i still despise this