ISLAND

Straight up, ISLAND’s a total must-play in the vn scene, even with its super obvious flaws that can turn new players off right away. The main issue’s all in the winter arc, where the pacing drags like crazy. Way too much filler detail makes players lose track of the core plot, n tons of scenes are straight up useless since they don’t move the main story forward at all. But once u power through that bloated section, the midsummer arc ties every loose end together perfectly. u might guess some of the twists, but never the full picture, n that’s exactly why ISLAND’s writing hits so hard for me. Ambitious, far-reaching storytelling hidden under chill slice-of-life moments, that’s exactly the kind of vn content I’m always down for.

想写的好评太多完全没法表述出来（，故事线其实并不复杂，但是自己玩的时候各种烟雾弹和一些诱导到后面铺开真相，根本停不下来，知道大致设定的情况下各种冲击还是一次又一次。 几年前看这部的动画的时候完全没这么震撼，[strike]玩完太上头了又去看了眼动画，发现相比之下实在是太迷惑也缺乏各种铺垫[/strike]，果然视觉小说的长文本在展现这种世界观的时候会有不少优势，而且这部个人认为不少台词写得相当好，一直在截图（）强烈推荐

[h1] Back And Forth Through Time For Love's Sake - ISLAND [/h1] "Island" is one of the best Visual Novels that I've ever played. Along with "Clannad", "Tomoyo's After - It's a Wonderful Life", and "Chaos;Child". As you can probably tell, the standard is incredibly high. This VN surpassed that standard, and got its way as my fourth favourite Visual Novel. I've been a lover of the medium for years and have read more than forty Visual Novels throughout my life, so I'd like to believe I know what I'm talking about when I say this: [u]"Island" is something special. [/u] https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3734239175 What initially presents itself as a mysterious summer visual novel about a man who washes ashore on an island somewhere in Japan, gradually transforms into something far more ambitious. A remarkable story about romance with a heavy Sci-fi background foundation. Beneath that romance lies a surprisingly complex Science Fiction story involving time travel, time loops, paradoxes, reincarnation, mythology, quantum mechanics, relativity theory, the grandfather paradox, etc. If you liked how "Science Adventure/Steins;Gate" talked and portrayed about this Science/Quantum terminology, you'll like how it is portrayed in "Island". The island is called "Urashima". The place has traditions, superstitions, local conflicts, history, and social dynamics unlike the mainland of Japan. This island stayed afloat and survived thanks to three main families: The Oharas, The Garandous, and The Kurutsus. It's a place trapped between past and future. A place desperately trying to preserve itself while slowly dying from the weight of its own history and characters. Every major character feels connected to Urashima's history in one way or another. Rinne, the mysterious girl imprisoned inside the Ohara mansion. The more the story unfolds, the more layers she reveals. Everything revolves around her. The mysteries, the tragedies, the beautiful moments. Everything eventually circles back to Rinne. Karen seems to be the most "normal" girl among the three, but that's just an illusion. She burdens with family expectations, responsibility, social pressure, and the weight of carrying an entire family's legacy on her shoulders. Beneath her cheerful personality lies someone constantly fighting with her reality, trying to flee from Urashima as soon as possible. Then we have Sara. Honestly, I wasn't prepared for how much I would enjoy her character. At first glance, she feels like pure comic relief. But as always, "Island" hides much more beneath the surface. Her route reveals so much stuff, being far way more than just a romance route. Between Karen's and Sara's routes, this last one is better. I think so personally, at least. I think that Maria deserves a special mention. Many Visual Novels struggle to make side characters feel important. "Island" rarely suffers from that problem. Of course I can't afford not to talk about Kuon. I'll try to keep this spoiler free, but what I can say is this: the deeper you go into this VN, the more important she becomes. Kuon is deeply connected to almost all of the events of this story. She's connected to almost all of the mysteries of this story. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3741404269 Talking about that, one of the reasons I became completely obsessed with "Island" is how effectively it handles its mysteries. Every answer creates new questions. Every revelation changes the meaning of the whole story. Every route feels like another piece of a puzzle that is much larger than it initially appears (puzzle that, by the way, I couldn't complete even though I've already finished this Visual Novel). Looking back, I was surprised by how many clues had been hidden in plain sight from the very beginning. If you allow me to give u a tip, I would say that is crucial to pay attention and remember every detail, as little as it could be. Get ready to have your mind blown for every twist and revelation, this VN has a lot of those. I warned you. The funny thing is that the deeper you go into "Island", the less certain you become about everything. When I finished Karen's route, I thought I was finally beginning to understand Urashima. Then Sara's route happened. When Sara's route ended, I thought I had finally grasped the nature of the island's mysteries. Then Rinne's route happened. When Rinne's route ended, I was convinced that I finally had all the answers. I couldn't have been more wrong because then came the Winter arc, the Never Island arc, and eventually, the RE ending. Of course I won't spoil anything about those arcs/routes. But let me tell you, if you liked Island before that Winter/Never Island arc, you'll start to love this VN when u get to that point. Of course, no discussion about "Island" would be complete without addressing the controversies around this Visual Novel. I'm talking about the most obvious one, spoiler-free of course. For many readers, certain revelations introduced later in the story became one of the most divisive aspects of the entire Visual Novel. Some considered them an interesting consequence of the narrative's ambitious use of time travel and causality. Others felt uncomfortable with the direction the story ultimately takes. Like many controversial topics in fiction, its reception largely depends on how each reader interprets the story, its themes, and the context surrounding those revelations. I've finished this VN just a couple hours ago, and I'm still figuring out how to feel about that. Anyways, I would encourage anyone interested in the Visual Novel to experience the story firsthand before forming a conclusion. I DO criticize the excessive sexual jokes between an ADULT and MINORS (and vice versa), and the allusion to prostitution OF MINORS, in the Winter/Never Island arc. Definitely I do not condone that stuff. This is supposed to be a VN suitable for all ages, not a hentai one or +18 one. That's what makes it weirder. Despite that criticism, I don't think those moments are representative of what "Island" truly is. When I look back at my time with this Visual Novel, those aren't the things that come to mind. What I remember are the mysteries, the theories. The countless moments where I thought I had finally figured everything out, only for the story to completely shatter my understanding of what was happening. More importantly, I remember the emotions. The love. The kind of love capable of crossing years, centuries, generations, and distances. After forty Visual Novels, very few stories still manage to surprise me. "Island" did. And for that reason, it earned a place among my favorites. [u] Highly recommended. Final Score: 92/100 [/u] https://store.steampowered.com/app/857450/ISLAND/

浅评一下，微剧透慎点： 时空轮回的点子不错（虽然各种科幻作品也已经写烂了，但在 gal 里还是挺少见的），但剧情不足以支撑起这么好的点子，甚至冬篇开头我就已经能预测到后面所有故事的走向了。 夏篇凛音线的几个小反转确实有点意思，但回过头来看不免有些为了反转而反转的刻意感。 黄段子太多，又不是兰斯那样的正经黄油搞这么多下头对话是何意味。 人物塑造只能说一般，甚至会有各种为了推动剧情才出现的神秘行为。 TE 开放式结局的动机是好的，悲剧内核的世界观也是好的，但是男主的性格并不能很好地和这种世界观相匹配，导致我认为真结局在某种意义上是烂尾了。 题外话，莫名想到早前看到的两个科幻点子：一个是经典的时间闭环，主角将时间机器的部件带给过去的自己，过去的自己研究这个部件制造出了时间机器，但是在时间线上这台时间机器就像是凭空产生的；另一个是海因莱茵的《你们这些回魂尸》，角色本身就构成了一个循环。 总体来说作为 gal 算是在及格线以上，但是单纯冲着设定来的话，有这 20h+ 的时间我为什么不去多读几部科幻小说呢？

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？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？ 这个作品非常的牛逼以至于我打完以后要在纸上打草稿才能理清这些人物关系，还有时间顺序。按我的理解这应该就是一部轮回作品，但是时间又是一直在往前走的（？在推这部游戏的时候真的就感觉这游戏一直在传统迷信和科学之间反复跳跃，然后呢最精彩的是它的反转真的好多啊，根本想不到(ΩДΩ)本来以为是超自然事件结果突然又用超级科学的道理去解释搞得我心服口服。在Linne真结局之前我真的感觉这游戏超级有宿命感，看得我非常之感动啊，但是真结局一出来真的感觉，，，，唉虽然我是真喜欢Linne啊，但是之前打的东西全都变成伦理大作了真的很奇怪啊？？！！好遗憾啊o(╥﹏╥)o为什么我们Linne没有好结局呢！！！我想让凛音和Linne都幸福啊o(╥﹏╥)o果然鱼和熊掌不可兼得吗TAT玩完以后感觉我在这轮回里面被耍了，此等烧脑程度我觉得喜欢《命运石之门》的朋友应该会很喜欢。嗯。总之我很喜欢这部作品。（语无伦次中

我很想给一个9/10，但综合我只能给到7/10。 本作绝对是神作，当之无愧的神作！此作后劲极大，会让你魂牵梦绕魂不守舍，恨不得把所有的衍生作品全看一遍，虽然不能跟命运石之门这种天顶星比，但喜欢时间穿越题材的仍然不能错过！ 那为什么综合评分只给到7呢？首先，本作在层层反转，不断跳出玩家的设想的叙事架构上确实绝妙，但作为一个逻辑严密的时间系、轮回系作品，居然留下了不少未解答谜题和逻辑bug，这点大扣分。 其次，在我进入最后一个场景，以为一切都要迈向新的开始，男主已经回收了所有flag，集齐了所有线索，准备拯救【剧透规避】时，作者居然选择不让枪响，而是很不自然地拐回了下一轮轮回。 这就给我一种未解决感，当时以为本作还没完结，还有第二部或者外传之类的东西，急不可耐地去找相关信息。但没有。经查证，后日谈和设定集确实是有的，但不是游戏，而是广播剧和书。所以只有最迫切想要知道结局（最急）的玩家才能从这些边角料里回味一下余韵，而无法再亲眼看到那个最完美的结局了。 老贼！你什么时候把真冬篇端上来！

如果你是来看评价决定买不买的，我的意见是，绝对值得你花60rmb购买。 被骗了好几次，甚至写了两千字以上的感想和思考，最大的两次是纱罗的穿越时空说辞和Linne的身份，仔细想想确实是存在一两个疑点，CD和磁带的区别我想到了，但是当时我懒得去查1999年流行的是什么音乐播放器了，甚至mp3出世没有都不知道，还有为什么玖奈不是凛音真正的妈妈却长得这么像这个问题也搁置了，因为凛音没有小时候的记忆这一点太容易迷惑人了，居然说是因为落水导致的ptsd，我看氛围都到这了就放弃了思考。 情节上的确有很多细节和疑点，玩完之后也不去思考手法是否高明了，我确实上了当，至少就这点来说，这个游戏不错。 其次setuna离开22016年的岛上的那一幕我确实泪目了，因为石头门的缘故，最看不得一个人要乘坐时光机器为了拯救另一个人而牺牲过去的记忆这种类似的情节了。 不说了，去看动漫了。

顶级的故事性，复杂而苦涩的情感体验。 本作有着精彩的故事设计和出色的叙事手法，以及反复推翻重构的世界观和克制的情感描写。同时，ISLAND是轮回/穿越题材中，人物最让我喜欢的作品，无论是极其吸引我的性格和外表还是田村大魔王的声音，都让我无法自拔。 我很喜欢夏篇结尾和凛音在暴龙岛从深夜聊到日出，很喜欢在冬篇和Rinne度过的无数个日夜。我投入了太多情感，于是真结局让我无所适从，在那场盛夏夜晚的狂欢后，我产生了一种无法言明的空虚感，不知道该如何看待之前的自己，这样的故事，我是在为谁感动呢，得到了幸福的又是谁呢。 我脑海里还在不断闪回着那些瞬间，那些一起经历过的时间和情感，随着真相揭露而变得更加复杂，甚至让我感到有些可怕。 我还没办法整理好全部思绪，心里被强行挖开的洞，也不是一个“せつな”就能“拯救”的。

游戏是真不错，所以我真冬篇呢，就这样是真结局有点太恶趣味了