I Was a Teenage Exocolonist

I was really excited as this game was seemingly right up my alley. Strategy plus Dating Sim is one of my favorite combos. The art is absolutely gorgeous but the writing and gameplay are where this game truly suffers. The characters and story take a back seat to heavy-handed social and political commentary. Not in a way that these topics are used to explore the characters and choices but just stated, usually with little context. Player agency feels like an afterthought. The choices I made rarely felt like they mattered to the events taking place. And the gameplay itself was repetitive and exploration felt more like a chore than an exciting experience. I'm just overall disappointed. It might be the right game for the right person but as for me I regret buying this game and can't in good conscience recommend it.

I do not understand the hype for this game. Very repetitive gameplay loop. In order to pass skill checks you are railroaded into specializing into a narrow skill set and developing friendships with only a small number of characters. The game sells itself on its characters, but most are so frustrating and annoying. To cap it all of the ending is terrible and you get no closure on anything that happened during the game.

I give it a 3/10. If you prefer super easy mini-game like parts, it may be an 8/10 for you. The game is supposedly a strategic deck building card game and a visual novel. Sadly it is mastering neither. I love strategic card games, but this one had me tire out of its gameplay after less than 2 hours of active play. The story and most characters didn't grasp me. Like one character died, but while I felt other characters being sad, I had no connection to that person, as we had way too little dialogue between eachother. (which may depend on early choices? idk.) So, I cared about one character only so far. The game would have been better as a pure visual novel. No tedious walk around and repetitive card game attached. The visuals are very pretty though, 10/10 on that.

Ce sera pour le restant de ma vie un de mes jeux préférés. Ce n'est, bien sûr pas un jeu pour tout le monde. On l'apprécie à travers ses personnage, la manière dont on va connecter avec leurs difficultés, ce qu'ils apprécient et leur personnalité. C'est très réussi, à bien des égards. Les personnages sont très colorés, variés et globalement chouettes tous autant qu'ils sont. Même si je ne m'y attendais pas, le gameplay à un petit goût de reviens-y. On est pas là face à un jeu intense ou qui demande une optimisation aux petits oignons, il faut faire avec ce que la vie nous donne selon nos choix, et du coup, on se retrouve avec une forme de deck building un peu subie mais très révélatrice de nos choix et c'est très appréciable et très malin. Nos choix on non seulement un impact sur l'histoire, mais aussi sur la manière dont on va jouer la run. C'est simple, mais efficace. J'adore le style global du jeu, ses décors, ses sprites, et la musique évidemment nourrit magnifiquement le tout. Pour moi c'est un sans faute de ce côté là. Evidemment c'est un jeu qui défends aussi de belles idées ça joue énormément sur mon appréciation du jeu bien sûr. La tolérance, l'ouverture à l'autre, ça fait aussi se poser des questions sur des situations de vies vécues ou projetées, personnellement j'ai connecté avec l'oeuvre et ça m'a beaucoup touché. Je recommande largement que ce soit pour une run ou pour tout ré-explorer encore et encore et faire différents choix, se rapprocher d'autres personnages... Moi je n'ai fait qu'une run, et ça m'a beaucoup plu, mais j'ai bien vu l'intérêt de tout explorer si on accroche particulièrement avec le jeu et ses personnages ! Une belle réussite !

無理やり日本語にしてプレイ。日本語版が別で出たら買いなおしてもいいくらい。フルプライスで。

I felt like I was reading a book. I had to read a whole page to get a choice, and sometimes choose "say nothing" and wait for another new page of reading. Constantly. Even with inconsequential stuff (most of the time). The cards game gets very repetitive pretty soon. I couldn't connect emotionally with the game, it felt like my choices weren't affecting much so I didn't feel very motivated to continue the endless loop of going to classes or working and having a card game for every little action.

ONE IMPORTANT THING: This game has triggers that are not listed in its trigger warnings. It involves child abuse by trusted(ish) adults that happens because the kids parents aren't there, and the community that is supposed to be raising the kids repeatedly turns a blind eye to the abuse. This happens with at least two different children in the game. The game doesn't label it as abuse, because... both of the kids ask for it. It is also possible for the player to engage in a romantic relationship with one of the abusive adults, but you can't confront them about it (as far as I've found). You also can't stop the abuse of the children at an early age, you can only mitigate the damage later on with significant effort. With one character, the only way to save them from harm (that I've found) is to date them. Developers: Just because a child says they are okay with the abuse, or actively seeks out the company of the abusive adult, doesn't mean the abuse is okay or should be treated as a positive relationship. Full stop. Though I do appreciate there being the comparison of being able to (as a child) flirt with a functional healthy adult and have them shut you down as they should, to greater highlight the differences between good and bad adults. That being said, in general, this is a good game if you like card games, especially emotionally complex ones where no one is happy, no one believes children if they say anything at all, there is no such thing as real love (for the player), poly people are basic ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ or literal dogs, trad-relationships are physically abusive or soul mates (but not for you), and a ultra-liberal group child rearing leads to abuse and neglect for kids without parents. This game is a hardcore WTF, especially because it presents under the thin guise of a happy yay lib culture blanket of fake comfort only to bash you against the shores of grooming, abuse, death, suicide, and cruelty to animals then casually tosses you in the river of inescapable rejection.

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