miraclr - Divine Dating Sim

I originally played this on the smartphone; when it was ported to Steam/PC, I was excited to get it again, as I do prefer playing on PC. It has an interesting feature of using real time to advance the story. I can see how it might be interpretted as gimmicky on PC, but while it was played on the smartphone, this feature made a lot more sense. It was like receiving text messages or social media messages in real life, which is something people respond to occasionally rather than for a long time in one sitting. On a smartphone, the player would get notifications when new choices were available. The game was free, unless the player wanted to pay for the control of time - to be able to rewind or fast forward. On the smartphone, it's actually fun to play it casually in real time and imagine as though it were a real smartphone app. On the PC, I can see why people might be frustrated with the feature, as there are no notifications (as that's impossible to implement on Steam) and sometimes skip options do not appear like they're supposed to. Although, the developer is working on errors and is often responsive if contacted with a complaint. The romance options are five angels. ... Well, technically, four angels and Lucifer (who's a fallen angel). ;) [spoiler]Well, ACTUALLY, there are six romance options. ;) [/spoiler] All men, except Gabriel who is genderqueer and goes by "they." Michael is the responsible, diligent one who takes his work very seriously. Despite being so uptight, his route can become quite interesting. Gabriel is, despite Lucifer's presence, the most sexual/lustful one of the group. They make many sexual jokes and send the player the most seductive photos of themself. Although, they are not a one-sided character, as they can be very clever and righteous at times. Uriel loves three things: exercise, food, and sex. He's a muscular sweetheart, who often is the most optimistic of the group. As Michael says, "He's got more heart than brains." His route is one of the most amusing. Raphael is a tech savvy, cat-loving, adorable geek/nerd. He's also the one who promotes polyamory in particular. (Although, most of the angels are in favor of free love.) He's quite cute in trying to keep up with modern human slang/lingo. ... He's also my favorite. <3 Lucifer is pretty much what you'd expect him to be. He's antagonistic and rarely takes anything seriously. He encourages the player to be naughty and unproductive. (In my opinion, he's the most aesthetically pleasing and has some of the best artwork of the game.) The dialogue is amusing and quite well-done in simulating a chat. I have memories of trying to arrange tasks with coworkers or acquaintances via a chat interface, and being the Michael of the group, who wants people to focus and take things seriously, but everyone else loves to interrupt, goof off, and get sidetracked. A conversation that should take 15 minutes at most turns into over an hour because people won't focus! ... Gah, I really am the Michael of the group. The music of the game consists of classical remixes, which is not only pleasing, but quite fitting for the theme of the game. I wish I could say more on this, but this game has quite an entertaining plot twist. Actually, a plot twist within a plot twist. It definitely made the game more intriguing and surprising. For romance/otome fans, I definitely recommend this game despite its technical issues.

[b]Type of Game: [/b] Chat-based Game (similar playstyle as Mystic Messenger) [b]Length: [/b] about 5h [b]Story: [/b] 1/10 [b]Art: [/b] 1/10 I'm really sorry for writing this review. Dear developers, I know that it's hard to get your game noticed by people and that bad reviews make everything even more difficult. I know that, I, as a player didn't do anything remarkably hard, besides clicking with my mouse and that you've had to write the program and test it (a lot of effort, I know myself). But still, I don't want to recommend a game I didn't enjoy playing. Like always, when I'm looking for new visual novels to play, I get somehow exited, when I see not really common plots or characters or routes in a game... This VN had me intrigued because it's a chat app (like a true fan of Mystic Messenger I love these kind of things) and it's with angels. And I liked the idea... Or maybe I just got bored after playing too many games without a strange plot, who knows. To summarize this game: It's in fact a chat app, where you write with a few angels and the [spoiler] fallen angel Lucifer [/spoiler] about them wanting to create a miracle. Therefore, it's not actually dating, but some hilarious or 'not-so-hilarious' conversations via a chat app called miraclr. The angels don't have 'common' personalities, so to say. They act kind of strange. Let me describe them a little: Raphael is a computer nerd, who [spoiler] isn't able to have a serious commitment to one person. So, if you choose him, he is not going to be only with you[/spoiler]. Gabriel doesn't have a real gender (they). They love television and series and are slightly[spoiler] narcissistic[/spoiler]. Uriel is completely obsessed with sports and his muscles. Michael is a real pain most of the time because he is overly organized and criticises everything and everyone. [spoiler]Lucifer, who is also Michaels ex, is the devil (obviously), and he is kind of mischievous, although his pranks are surprisingly nice[/spoiler]. And finally, Metatron is the leader of all of them [spoiler]and he actually knows that it's all a game and that you're the only one, who influences the outcome of the game. You can actually 'date' him too[/spoiler]. Let me summarize it: You're a human, everyone else is an angel, but you don't really care about that and you don’t even question it. You choose a miracle and everything goes according to plan, if you’re overly nice and supportive. Otherwise the miracle fails and you get a bad end. That's it. There is nothing more to this game. My opinion? Well, good that this game is so cheap because otherwise I'd be really sad right now. I was getting the Mystic Messenger vibe and I thought... I really thought that it would be like that game. Coming from me (with about 6h playtime because there is no skip function), this may sound a bit over-reacting, but I simply found this game to be... not good? I just let it skip all the dialogue (which was quite repetitive), while playing something else, waiting for... well, at least something of interest, but... it never came T_T" In conclusion, you should buy this game, if you have absolutely nothing to do and you want to play just about anything with text in it. Or, if you like bad jokes (... well, ok there was one time I laughed too). However, this game doesn’t have any real romantic options. The characters are flat. I’m not sure, you even want to romanticize them. The pacing of the story is horrible. I know that it's difficult to tell a story using only a chatroom, but Mystic Messenger was quite the same and the story was still amazing. Besides that, the plot is almost the same in every route. The dialogue is really repetitive (actually the general chat is the same in every route [spoiler]besides Metatron's[/spoiler]). In addition to that the main character seems like a robot because of the answer options and the dialogue. It felt like I was reading the answers of a chat bot. Lastly, the art is kind of terrible. There are some 'okay-ish' drawings like some photos, but mostly... it's just bad. I wouldn’t have had a problem with it, if the story wasn't so bad though. I mean, the idea was pretty ok, maybe even good, but the execution was really poor. The writing was poor. The jokes were bad and... yeah, this game is actually worse than any Otome I've played (OK, maybe not ALL of the Otome are better... /remembering the shall-we-date series.., but it comes pretty close to that). ==> I wouldn't buy this, if I were you. Like really, don't. I literally read almost every text available of this game (I started skipping after doing like four routes) and it.doesn't.get.any.better. Buy yourself some food instead. Or a pet. Idk. <==

[b]You guys have all great ideas, but I have a better one. Give me a slice of infinite pizza.[/b] We all download apps for our phones, whether they are games, a learning tool, or just social media apps. Who wouldn’t want to take the very thing they like on the go with them? Or have easier access to a site without having to log in through a browser? What if one day a mysterious app popped up? Would you open it or will you try to delete it? Assuming it wasn’t a virus of some sort, of course. In this case, we get one that acts like messaging app. However, instead of being able to talk to anyone you know, you are connected to an office in Heaven. Linking you to five archangels and their supervisor to carry out a miracle for the first time in 400 years. With you being alive and all, this app lets you communicate with the angels without dying as Heaven is closed off to humans till they die. No pressure or anything, but we gotta get this miracle right. After setting up your name, profile picture, and preferred gender (female, male, or non-binary), you get straight to the action. Despite the differences between regular visual novels and Miraclr, they both play the same with the only difference being the way they story is told. There are multiple channels available (some being group chats, some being direct messages), that the archangels will send messages in with you putting in your opinion from a couple choices from time to time. But the main catch is that this happens in real time rather than it pausing whenever you close the game. Conversations will still take place despite you not being there and any responses you can put in will come and go. As your relationships between the archangels depends on your responses towards them, Miraclr does try to respect your time throughout the seven days you play (in real or game time). Every day you will have three meetings to go to - morning, evening, and night meetings - that you can set the times you will be most available during so you can attend. If you forget or couldn't catch it, the meeting will still go on without you and cost some relationship points. The conversations that happen in the general group chat or in direct messages are dictated by your meeting time parameters, as the day starts with a morning meeting and ends with the night meeting. Each choice has a timer till the conversation will just continue on, which is generally around 50 minutes, unless the conversation was already going then it would be more around two to five minutes to respond. The choices you make do have some impact on the story or towards the characters. Whether it be in a small way, just as affecting your relationship with an archangel, to in a huge way, like affecting the ending. As on the fourth day, your decision there will affect the rest of the remaining three days as you pick which miracle to enact. A problem this could have easily gotten into was making the messages seem too forced or seem too inhuman. Luckily, Miraclr does not fall into this trap. Each archangel has their own personality that you can easily sense and their messages throughout the game seem like something someone will actually type. Each archangel in turn has their own profile that has their information on it and an ability to change their profile picture to your favorite unlocked picture of them as well. On that note, the art is well done and I loved the majority of the artwork. Which is great due to reaction images will show when an archangel wants to express an emotion in a more exaggerated way than what text can show and of course the profile picture you will see all the time. The time respect does not only stop there. With this Steam version containing all paid features already unlocked, you can use those features to make it even more convenient for you. Missing a choice can be resolved by either clicking the option to rewind back to when it first popped up or you can restart a whole day (which is really helpful when trying out each route). If you can only check the game during meetings, you can opt to skip to next activity in general chat or direct message and log out till the next meeting comes up. Or perhaps you have an hour each day to play this, you can also skip to the next meeting till the option to skip to the next day becomes available. And of course you can skip through all seven days if don’t want to wait a week to get through the story. I can’t lie, I picked this up solely because of the trailer that made me smile the moment I saw it. I totally expected this to be a super cheesy dating simulator that I can spend my days cringing at as I collect some shirtless pictures of angels. To my surprise, the actual product is the total opposite of this expectation. There are still jokes scattered throughout, but this is played seriously enough between all the archangels. Jokes don’t hit constantly, but when they do they are hilarious as they lean towards jokes your co-workers might say during breaks. And sure, you do get some shirtless pictures, but there it weighs heavily towards getting to know the angels before you actually get these pictures. Having some locked behind their respective paths that do require you to build up some relationship with them beforehand (which isn’t that hard to do). The closest example you can make to Miraclr is Mystic Messenger. While I have never played Mystic Messenger before, and I certainly want to, they both share the same basic premise. So, if you wanted another game like Mystic Messenger, Miraclr will fill that void or vice versa. While my experience may have been filled with a few bugs, yours will not be, or at least not for long. The developers are really good at trying to fix whatever problem you may have right as they become aware of it. There couldn’t be better developers attached to this game. [h1]Verdict[/h1] Miraclr - Divine Dating Sim became something that I was not suspecting. You would think you’re going straight into a cheesy dating sim, but when you get into it, it’s not. The story has a nice balance of being serious and being silly and the characters talk like they could be real people (unless it is not supposed to be a real person). I enjoyed the whole time I was playing and even had the moment when it was suddenly 8PM and wonder where the day went. Pick this up if you’re interested in this type of story and don’t worry about how cheesy it might look in the trailer. [code] [url=http://saveorquit.com/author/ripwitch/] 💜 Check out my other reviews at SaveorQuit! 💜 [/url][/code]

Pros + very witty dialogue + option to skip time menus to continue playing + real time events are a fun addition if you want to chill and play other stuff in between/get on with life + replay value very high + pretty pretty art Cons - Crashes/errors - buggy interface sometimes won't be clicked - not worth the pricetag these things considered - some choices don't appear as liked/disliked but still give halos? Suggestions for improvement: * Work on the client stability * adapt the ending cutscenes to fit different avatars? I understand this one might be a reach given the customisation this would entail but I feel if you're gonna charge for this app, it's a waste. This still gets a positive review from me for replayability value/entertainment but just be aware that the console itself needs a good few stability updates.

Interesting as an idea. However, ultimately I didn't like it. The dialogues were like a 10 years old had written them (maybe that was the purpose to make it funnier? I don't know but I didn't find it funny at all), there was barely any romance and it was pretty short.

Do you like 2016 era tumblr humor? You'll probably like this then. But .. the jokes just fell flat for me. I could recognize them as jokes but. Yeah. Not funny. Kinda cringe. It's just.. trying too hard at points. If I have a favorite route at all it was the [spoiler]Metatron route,[/spoiler] and. Well. That kinda sums up my feelings. :| You might end up loving this, but it just was not for me.

MIraclr is a gem among the visual novels that I've played. It combines an amazing sense of humour with great storytelling and art direction, to create a memorable set of characters. None of the aformentioned characters feel like they are fillers, which is always nice. The music was quite lovely and fit the overall mood of the game. I just got a sense that they had fun while writing it. These devs have shown great improvement with each release, and I can't wait for more. Thank you Jenny and Malcolm for your hard work!

This is another game that will get a big "meh" from me. I like the characters and the conversations themselves were okay as well, in my opinion. What this game lacks is some actual depth and a good reason for me to actually care what's going on. It's mainly just you sitting there, waiting for the noise that tells you that you get to make a decision and other than that.. you just keep on sitting there. Basically all for one kiss cg. There's no actual spice or excitement or...anything. It feels hollow and quickly gets boring. This game is something fun for inbetween, when you got nothing better to do, but.. other than that? You could most certainly pick up a better game that actually gets you invested in it's characters and story. It's a nice little project people can learn and grow from, but other than that I can't say that it's a good game.

El juego nos situa en una app de chat en la que vamos a escribirnos con Michael, Gabriel, Raphael y Uriel entre otros. Los diálogos están en inglés y salvo algunas frases de Raphael (con un tono más urbano que de diccionario), se puede seguir bien. Además da la opción de aminorar la velocidad con que escriben en el chat. Es conveniente fijarse en que para responder te dan un tiempo X que varia, después se le puede dar a reply y aprovechas para contestar, pero mejor estar al caso. Pensar a veces en la opción de no contestar como una opción en sí misma ;) Y aunque te hagan decidir horas (reales) para los encuentros, puedes avanzarlos y dejarlos hechos antes si te va mejor o avanzar los días (con actualización incluso puedes pasar rápido los días que ya hayas hecho). Además también puedes rejugar los días si la has liado mucho sin tener que volver a empezar. Y bueno, otro detalle a comentar es que no siempre te sale un corazón en la pantalla cuando te sube la barra de buen rollo con un ángel. A veces sí, otras no, si eres muy puntillos@, te tienes que ir fijando clickando sobre el retrato del ángel en cuestión. Ya desde los primeros minutos queda claro que te vas a reír a más no poder. De hecho es todo muy cómico y divertido. Hace un montón de referecias a cine y otros temas de cultura ¿popular?, que te hace llegar a las lágrimas de la risa que da. No tiene perdida, en serio, a mi parecer vale cada céntimo que me ha costado. ¿Lo recomendaría para personas que les gusten muchos los ángeles y se tomen el tema en serio a nivel religión, etc? De entrada, a no ser que tengas un gran sentido del humor, pues mejor no porque Gabriel por ejemplo tiene un carácter que... en fin, a más de una persona igual la haría molestarse. Al menos no la lían con Michael. Pero bueno que es una comedia, es evidente que si buscas algo muy serio y que respete al pie de la letra temas religiosos, mejor a otra cosa. ¡Qué lo disfrutéis! En serio, los diálogos son muy divertidos y locos.

READ BEFORE YOU BUY! this game is a timed game, you play it by hour and date. It takes 7 days to complete. I tried playing the game for 24 hours and found that it wasn't to my likings so I tried to get a refund on it. Oh boy was I met with a surprise!! You can only get a refund on a game that you've played less the 24 hours on. It upset me yes. but there isn't much i can really do. i do wish i could haven gotten a refund tho...