Kanon

It's a great visual novel. I hesitate to give it a thumbs up, because they cheapened out badly on the backgrounds. They upscaled them with AI. Somewhat surprisingly, the results are distractingly abominable, even by AI standards. Also, they did not disclose AI in the store page. It's really strange. It looks like they spent a lot of effort in everything else, then faceplanted in the end. Maybe they ran out of money, though if that were the case, you'd think the AI slop would be placeholders to patch in an eventual update. But it doesn't seem like it's coming. I don't know. Maybe they did hire an artist, and that artist scammed them by offloading the work to AI. It's not a glowing thumbs down. The game is otherwise fantastic, but... yeah. I wish the AI pandemic hadn't reached my beloved Kanon.

[h1]梦，还在继续吗？[/h1] Key社早期催泪三部曲之一，同时也是泣系游戏起点，故事围绕「奇迹」「约定」「再会」三大主题，展开了一段感人至深的少女少男相遇相识的冬日小镇故事 [spoiler]key社不要再骗我的眼泪了[/spoiler] 游戏有五位可攻略女主，分别是天真烂漫的亚由，傲娇任性又调皮的真琴，温柔体贴天然呆的名雪，沉默寡言外冷内热的舞，文静内向的栞，人设塑造上立体鲜活每个女孩都特别美好。 游戏故事走向贯彻麻枝准的标准的“先甜后虐再治愈”写法，前期轻松欢乐大家其乐融融，中期因为某个事件陷入悲伤压抑的氛围，最后迎来温馨治愈的结局。剧情上最残忍的地方莫过于在欢乐的日常氛围中，把七年前所发生的悲剧演绎给玩家看，每一份相遇的背后都暗含女主内心极致的隐忍与痛苦。当悲伤都随着冰雪一样消逝，迎来了充满活力与美好的春天时，这份无以复加的感动与治愈确实是key社游戏独一份。 游戏内的音乐也很出色，配合冬日小镇的cg场景氛围感拉满，关键剧情节点音乐也超有感染力，（你永远可以相信折户伸治!） 《kanon》作为二十几年前的游戏，在美术卷上天的今天其CG表现力确实劝退， [spoiler]远古樋妈脸在进行一个古神低语 [/spoiler]虽然进行了重置但画质依旧不够高清，只推荐对key社游戏感兴趣的玩家游玩。

key三部曲最喜欢这一部的开头，一首«夢の跡»和久弥的文字，完美烘托出了一座雪国小镇的冬日氛围感，也让我第一眼就喜欢上了名雪。可惜是在夏天玩的，如果在冬季应该会更有沉浸感。

My room is hot af and im sweating from my eyes while doing the Makoto route. Im not crying its just really hot and someones cutting onions. 10/10

被白雪所覆盖的冬天也好 樱花飞舞的春天也好 静谧的夏天也好 鲜艳的红叶所笼罩的秋天也好 然后即使雪花开始再次飘落 七年之后，四季轮转，雪落又融，融了又落——此时此刻，我是否依然如故，没有忘记当初的约定。 终于推完了KEY社的3部曲，作为一个galgame，我一直认为能打动人心，触及灵魂的故事才能成为佳作，Kanon毕竟是第一部，有些情节偏平淡，但是不论是BGM《Last regrets》和《風の辿り着く場所》还是主线故事，都在暗示着深藏在北国皑皑白雪中的遗憾与哀伤。 "You can't repeat the past." "Why ,of course you can!" 所以我们继续奋力向前，逆水行舟，被不断地向后推，直至回到往昔岁月（So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.）。 春之Clannad＞冬之Kanon＞夏之AIR。

I have so many mixed feelings with Kanon. On one hand, it has a strong vibe (that unfortunately isn't as amazing as AIR's, but still remarkable) with strong cgs, memorable tracks, (mostly) cute characters, and each endings ended up being emotional despite me not fully connecting with the heroines.. But on the other hand, the main issue is that it spends so much of its time narrating random SoL moments that it feels like it forgot to build up for me to care about each heroines : i couldn't care less about Mai's [spoiler]monsters[/spoiler], Makoto [spoiler]regressing to a child..? idk[/spoiler] or Sayori's [spoiler]random lore drop[/spoiler]. Heck, even Ayu's [spoiler]lost item[/spoiler] felt so irrelevant because it simply did not seem to impact the story until a certain random point. Sure, there was foreshadowing, but the whole theme about the importance of memories feels so poorly delivered. I liked Nayuki's route, but only cause Nayuki is the goat (the route in itself is very much mid, with prehaps the worst emotional peak of every routes), and somehow doesn't get described like a poor disabled child that can't do anything despite whining to the MC (looking at you Makoto, i hate you, and idgaf ab your lore). I will say though, that Mai's route (+ Sayuri's bonus route) and Ayu's route, despite being a bit boring at times (especially the former), had beautiful conclusions that were the only to make me cry (and i cry very easily, which isn't a good sign when Kanon is a proclaimed Nakige). Apart from my issues with the routes, the heroines in themselves almost feel copy-pasted at times (at least, certain of their traits/reactions), which results in the same joke/interaction the MC has with each ot them. And with the game primarily focussing on the everyday life with her, it just ends up being repetitive and uninteresting. I'm actually so mad Makoto ended up being so shallow as a character, because the first time we meet her, she has such an insane CG, and I really thought she'd be like that for the rest of the game... but no Overall, I'm happy I've played Kanon, and I would recommend it pretty much to anyone, because it is easy to get into, But the lack of drama and the sensation that nothing happened just made me hold the ctrl key a bit too much for my likings

Угууууу

Oh my gosh Ayu's route ARE YOU KIDDING ME worth every penny. Jun Maeda. I kneel.