Melancholy Love

"If I had a knife, I'd stab you to death."

This game truly is amazing, it's a beautiful yet complex story that i found myself spending all my free time on recently and that I can't help but gush about. I am slowly working my way through "Symbiotic Love" and am really hoping for them to translate the rest of the Linghua series as well

This game took me by surprise, I thought the story wouldn't be as good as it actually was so i'm very impressed. The story felt realistic and natural which made me become immersed and intrigued by how it progresses, I also felt emotional in the way I want the characters to be happy and for it to work out. It was a magical experience which i won't forget.

Well written, but i do not agree with the narrative. One Protagonist (the bully) manipulates the other (the bullied) to be closer to her and to get her out of a school-political test situation. So far so good, the interaction and the inner thoughts are well written and belivebale. But then the second protagonists family joins in on the manipulation, completly misses that the first person used to be the others bully, helps gaslighting her for her own good and when she finds out doesnt even bother to tell her about the political situation, despite this beeing the reason they joined the manipulation in the first place. The bullied girl is beeing lied to, manipulated and used as a political pawn (wich she remains completly oblivious to) and in the good end all this is swept under the rug. In the bad end the protagonist is at fault for not telling her bully that she loved her fast enough, despite her bully telling her nothing important at all. Only in the "worst" ending does some callout happen, wich is why i dont see this as the worst ending. All in all well written, but excuses to much ♥♥♥♥♥♥ and shady behavior in the name of love.

This review contains spoilers. The story put me really off. It is full of lies, deceit, bullying and cruelty, and somehow, the victim of all of this is still falling in love with the offender? I don't buy it. To me, this is romanticising toxic behaviour. The web of lies the offender keeps weaving grows thicker and thicker, and she even envelops others in it who should be on the victim's side but somehow think "awww, the offender's just in love, that excuses everything," and the stuff the victim is wiling to believe and put up with is ridiculous. I would have loved a good enemies to lovers plot, but the victim apparently falls in love while the offender still has not done barely anything to come clean or better herself. It got to a point where I just couldn't see a way of the story redeeming itself, and I quit. I also would have been okay if the toxic stuff if the victim would have reacted accordingly in a consistent manner, called the abuser out on her ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ and left her in the dust. I would have applauded her if she had deliberately bunked this "special exam" forced upon her and left the school, leaving her bully behind and, perhaps, sullying her cousin's reputation even though I liked her a lot until she, too, took place in this game of deceit. But what I got instead was the feeling that nobody really took the victim's side. I wanted to try a different route or have a look at the different endings, but even using the skip feature, the progression through the dialogue text and, even more so, these chapter cards or whatever they are (the ones that throw these quotes at you) is to unbearably slow that I couldn't be bothered. So at least for me the claim "A Romantic Yuri Story" is absolutely false. I rooted for the "big sister" cousin and the headmaster friend, but not for the actual couple. If I had played this sooner after buying, I would have definitely requested a refund.

[h1] Chinese Citrus?[/h1] It was my first thought when I saw Melancholy Love for the first time. Truthfully, beginning of the game really reminds it (minus step-sisters plot that doesn't exist here). Gyaru-like girl is starting to getting closer to admired by everyone quiet beauty. Seems familiar, right? But this is where all similarities ends. I don't want to spoiler the story, so I won't give more details. Overall, I think that White Dew Games studio did a really good job with portraying slow-burn relationship between two girls. Sure, it's not the greatest story ever made, but it has some charm and sweetness in it. A big plus for great visuals. Nice backgrounds, amazing character sprites, great CGs. It's really hard to tell something bad about it. Another plus for voice acting. I'm used to japanese voices in VN (english in some rare situations), so this was something new for me. It was a little weird at first, but at the end I didn't mind it. Audio quality was good enough and most importantly - you could hear the emotions. Big boost for immersion. Definitely give it a chance. Must have for yuri fans, especially if you consider the low price and the high quality of the whole game. [i]Check my Curator's page for more reviews: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/41437353-mnik%2527s-Experience/[/i]

Really good, one of my favorites. Beautiful artwork and music plus an engaging story of a relationship that has to overcome quite a few bumps on the road to (hopefully) a happy ending. For such a short novel, it offers some plausible character development and makes you emotionally invested. Also, I loved the final CG that signifies the True Ending.

It's a good visual novel. Likeable characters with a straight forward storyline. Definitely recommended

Excellent VN with well-written characters, great art and superb acting from cute, talented Chinese voices that narrate almost every single spoken line. A story that keeps tugging at your heart when it dips into the tragedies of deceit and misunderstandings, lifts your spirit with the sweetness of affectionate yuri romance, and makes you laugh at the antics of the characters. Even side characters like "Sassy Xi" add so much to the experience that I'd love to see all of them again. Whilst not quite reaching the levels of a, say, Kindred Spirits on the Roof, this game is definitely among the better VNs on Steam, especially with its art style which manages to stand out as both good and unique. Please, more like this!

Nice little read of roughly 6-10 hours, depending on how fast you are and if you're getting all the endings. I generally enjoyed everything about this game. Good music, nice artwork, FINALLY another game with (good!) chinese VA and fun and interestingly written character dynamics (I love the banter between Yuxi and Mianxue <3). Another of my favourite parts is how we get to see the perspective of both the main characters in a tandem. Now, apart from all the things that aren't the main point of this, the plot was also pretty neat xD Is it the best thing I've ever read? No Is it a good read? Definitely. And I'm looking forward to playing the next game in the series! If you're a fan of the genre you should definitely give it a go, especially with that low price! Even more so if you're like me, and you're just living for that tragic pain lol