
Playtime's over. Time for despair. Experience the definitive version of a masterpiece in the Muv-Luv trilogy's thrilling conclusion. Note: therapy not included.
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Muv-Luv Alternative is a direct sequel to Muv-Luv Unlimited, and is the grand finale of the Muv-Luv trilogy.
This page contains spoilers for the first game, so if this is your first time hearing about the series, we recommend playing Muv-Luv first.

This is it. The chips are down, the die’s been cast, and the fate of the multiverse is on the line. Step back into the cockpit and prepare for deployment in Muv-Luv Alternative, the most critically acclaimed visual novel of all time.
This isn’t a cutesy high school rom-com anymore; it’s an epic tale of political conspiracies, international espionage, an alien menace, quantum causality, genetic modification, and much, much more. It’ll test your limits, challenge your worldview, and by the time it’s all over, you’ll be so emotionally spent that it’ll be weeks before you can fully process the implications of what you’ve just witnessed.
This definitive release comes complete with a brand new translation, all-new CGs, additional voice acting, and dual language/ tablet support, so if you think you’re ready to take the dive, there’s never been a better time to strap in and see for yourself why so many readers consider this the greatest story ever told.

(PLEASE NOTE: The following section contains major spoilers for the previous installment in the franchise. Muv-Luv Alternative picks up where the events of the original Muv-Luv left off, and certain scenes will play out differently depending on your choices in the first game. To get the most out of the Muv-Luv experience, we highly recommend that you complete the original game before starting Muv-Luv Alternative.)
Three years have passed since the day Takeru suddenly awoke in a world not his own — a war-torn alternate reality in which mankind was locked in a decades-long struggle against the ruthless extraterrestrial invaders known as the BETA. In that time, he’s been through an awful lot — enlisting in the military, meeting parallel-universe versions of his old friends, and even falling in love. But unbeknownst to Takeru, he and his squadmates were being trained to participate in a top-secret UN plan known as Alternative IV — a last-ditch effort to take back the Earth via experimental technology. Unfortunately, however, development screeched to a halt when the project’s chief executive, Professor Kouzuki, hit a wall in her research, and the UN opted to scrap the project in favor of its successor: Alternative V. A tiny fraction of the population would abandon the Earth in the hopes of finding life anew in another star system. Takeru is one of the ones left behind, and dies in a hopeless war against the BETA.
But it seems that fate has bigger plans for Takeru, because he wakes up to find himself back in his childhood bedroom once again. Not in his own world, mind you — but back where he was three years prior. . This was no dream; this was a recurring nightmare. But then it hits him: this is a second chance. Perhaps he can use his knowledge to warn Professor Kouzuki, and together, they can somehow find a way to prevent Alternative V from ever being enacted. If he can change history, then maybe — just maybe — he’ll find the answers to all of his questions. Why has he gone back in time? Why isn’t Sumika here? And most importantly, what IS Alternative IV?

Over 50-70 hours reading time.
Available in three languages - Japanese, English, and Simplified Chinese.
The UI has been reworked, so it's compatible with the newest tablet PCs and touchscreens.
User save data are stored in Steam cloud so readers can continue their progress anywhere with ease.
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In my opinion, this is one of those cases where the VN has immaculate potential but the writing direction made some horrible choices, which negatively impacted my enjoyment as a whole. My overall expectations were honestly exceeded and I enjoyed this game quite much, especially towards the last chapters! It's a truly well executed, complex and emotional sci-fi story with many thoughts going into the lore and general plot. Without doubt it's an iconic title in the sci-fi/apocalypse/mecha/monster genres, and is especially charming due to its highly elaborate and beautiful presentation, in particular the lively battle scenes. The first half did feel dragged out but that's just how this series is lol. The last chapters are amazing though and I loved how dark and devastating the plot gets! The portrayal of despair and trauma is really well done, with the atmosphere being highly immersive. Also the soundtrack is wonderful! However there are some really frustrating choices in the writing to me... lazy to get into much detail but my main gripes are: [spoiler] 1) This VN is insanely biased towards the main cast, which makes sense to some extent, but getting rid of ALL new characters shortly after they even appeared while NONE of the original ones even got harmed felt lame. Then within the main cast the entire focus was entirely shifted to 1-2 characters. Although everyone had their moments and notably developed throughout the story, the general presence of the "non-important" main characters felt somewhat bland, as if they're mainly there to fill space and playtime. 2) It may sound stupid, but this game is trying too hard to be a stereotypical anime; excessive personalities aside, there was no need for that ridiculous harem trope, such elements made it feel like the game doesn't take itself seriously despite how it presents itself and just forces romance instead. I had the impression that the writers were scared of distancing Alternative too far away from Extra's vibes. 3) The ending is atrocious.. while I definitely see the vision behind it, the execution is lazy and (unless I misunderstood something) potentially opened some plotholes. The "original" world isn't even the original one as they changed some significant parts about it. Most importantly, absolutely EVERYTHING that happened in this game becomes fully meaningless, not only does it dispose of the accumulated weight, but in a sense it even goes against what the story tried to convey all along. Also there was genuinely no reason to add "character routes", this story IS linear - you're forced to skip for a long time only to get a small amount of new dialogue. The lack of diversity in routes was already boring in Unlimited but this is somehow much worse. [/spoiler] Overall great VN but I despise some parts about it lmao
[h1] 从日常的废墟中重拾真爱——《Muv-Luv Alternative》杂谈[/h1] 看到有说法:galgame四大名著兰斯、白二、muvluv、海猫。前两者应该争议不大,在完整推完《Muv-Luv》的Extra、Unlimited到Alternative后我确实感受到了它为何能被称为伟大的作品。它有宏大的世界观、残酷的战争、极具冲击力的演出,以及许多令人难以忘怀的角色与场面。但如果抱着[b]“神作中的神作”[/b]这样的期待在今天进入这部作品,也很容易感受到它身上明显的时代痕迹:拖沓的节奏、大量说明性内容、部分演出资源不足,以及某些桥段处理上的生涩。所以在我看来,《Muv-Luv Alternative》最准确的评价或许不是完美。而是:[b]它是一场伟大但并不无瑕的燃烧。[/b]而它真正伟大的地方,也并不只是战争本身。它真正想讲的,其实是一个更简单的问题:[b]那些平凡、琐碎、甚至有些无聊的日常,究竟为什么值得被守护?[/b] [h2]一、时代的局限与演出的张力[/h2] 首先,《Muv-Luv》的世界观和具体设定确实很强。它能写出战场的宏大、战备体系的精细,也能写出许多悲壮、可歌可泣的场面。尤其是演出层面,运镜几乎是全程发力,在静态画面资源有限的情况下,依然尽可能做出了动态感和压迫感。游戏里也有很多细节值得称道,比如良好的hud、不错的音效,以及很大程度上依靠运镜撑起来的画面表现。即使放到现在,有些桥段的感染力也依然存在。 但另一方面,我认为它的剧本和节奏还是有一些明显问题。中间各种演习、训练、学习和说明性段落占比太大,很多时候刚精彩了一半,又会进入一段较长的平淡期。再加上时代原因,部分战斗演出确实有明显的“纸片人打架”的廉价感。它的宏大设定和情感野心是很强的,但具体落到剧本推进上,并不总是足够紧凑。 [h2]二、宏大与残酷的具象化——战场究竟夺走了什么[/h2] [b]战争摧毁的,从来不只是生命[/b] 很多作品都会描写战争。但《Muv-Luv Alternative》的特殊之处在于,它并不只是告诉玩家战争有多残酷,而是不断让玩家看见:[b]战争究竟夺走了什么。[/b] 像al篇我个人觉得真正比较出色的是[b]佐渡岛甲21号作战、横滨基地保卫战和最后的樱花作战。[/b]前面的政变篇虽然能够表现各方人物的理念和立场,但受限于小规模战役的演出观感,难免比较接近前面说的“纸片人打架”,没能完全撑起它本应有的政治和军事张力。相比之下,甲21号作战和横滨基地保卫战无论是宏观战场演出,还是个人的行动动机,都完成得更好,也更能体现这个世界的残酷和人类抵抗的悲壮。 甲21号战中体现了各方的协同作战,吹响了人类向beta反击的号角,让我们看到了人类反攻的希望。 而基地保卫战则转换方向,感受到了beta压倒性的数量和变换策略的压迫感,同样都是表现了战场的战术以及作战,在提供了双突击队长作战的优秀演出的同时也表现了人物魅力,这次保卫战让反攻的计划彻底打乱,只能破釜沉舟。[strike] (其实在这点,我本想挑一挑刺,说为什么不提前设想到最坏的情况:可能攻到反应炉,怎么不提前部署好各种毁灭程序而是要当场派人去启动,也是反应到最后才说反应炉也是给00-unit代谢的必须条件,而00-unit是人类的救星,也不至于立马想到破釜沉舟所以这里也还算合理)[/strike] 真正让我觉得遗憾的是樱花作战。它前面的卫队牺牲开路,以及进入巢穴那一段演出确实顶级,但中间部分有些地方会给人一种”必须要出事,所以必须让所有人牺牲“的刻意感,感情释放也没有完全给足。特别是向冥夜开炮那段,虽然本身是很重要的情感爆点,但实际演出稍微有点拖沓,而且完成遗书成就还必须看几次开炮,这个体验多少有点微妙。 游戏的决战本应是最能体现宏大场面、讴歌人类美好品德和集体牺牲精神的部分,但它在视角上几乎还是集中在主角团身上,缺少更多主角团以外的人类战线画面,这点真的挺可惜。不是说一定要把结尾做成主角酣畅淋漓击杀敌人的爽文,相反,[u] 主角一路上被同伴托举到终点的无力感其实是很符合这个故事基调的。[/u] 他几乎是坐在机体上被同伴护卫着前进,眼睁睁看着她们一个个牺牲,最后自己能做的只是向冥夜开炮,回去之后纯夏也不在了。这种自己被托举着抵达终点的无力感,本身很有味道。只是我会觉得,如果最后能让这种燃尽感释放得更充分,可能会比后面补偿式地失忆回到正常世界更有余韵。现在这个结尾当然也有它的温柔,但难免让人怅然若失。 [h2]三、意图与观感的割裂:白银武的“道心破碎”[/h2] 主角白银武的性格和成长,我觉得很多时候观感比较迷。但玩下去就会知道武的崩溃不是写烂了,而是有意为之,但执行层面的衔接没有处理好,导致玩家的观感比创作意图落后了一步。 al开篇时,武带着un篇的记忆和身体素质重来一次,本来很像是爽文开局:他知道未来,拥有经验,逐渐被队友信赖,也一次次试图让情况变得更好。但真正见到beta之后,大伙都不冷静了,尤其是主角打了兴奋剂后直接神志不清,后面看到中士被士兵级啃食又道心破碎,逃回原来的世界。这一段不是不能理解,毕竟后面也解释了他对士兵级的心理阴影,以及记忆纠缠、不完整等因素;但就观感来说,它确实和前面塑造出来的觉悟、技术与誓言产生了比较强的割裂感。会让人忍不住怀疑:他前面的成长和决心是不是有点太儿戏了? 当然,从另一个角度看,这也可能正是作品想写的东西:所谓觉悟和成长,在真正的战场、死亡和创伤面前并没有那么可靠。白银武不是因为说过几句漂亮话、经历过一次失败,就真的成为了可以承担一切的人。他的成长不是直线上升,而是反复崩溃、逃避、被拉回,再重新站起来。只是这个过程在剧本里的衔接和观感处理,确实还有更顺滑的空间。 [h2]四、越过创伤的真实:爱,才迎来真正的试金石[/h2] 很多人吐槽的纯夏与触手那段,我不清楚具体厌恶的是这个情节本身,还是厌恶它描写得过于猎奇、细致。这段当然有作者恶趣味的成分,看着也确实难受,但这个情节本身其实在纯夏前面那些呢喃低语里就已经有所暗示了。也许也正是在这一段之后,muvluv所谓的真爱才显得没有想象中那么廉价。 如果只看extra篇,它其实很容易落回一般galgame的恋爱公式里:几乎所有女主都对主角抱有好感,主角通过一些机缘巧合、日常互动和欲望推动,最终抵达所谓的恋爱关系。但这种爱到底有多“真”,有多“纯粹”,其实是很难判断的。那种喜欢可能只是角色属性、日常陪伴和玩家视角共同堆出来的亲密感。那种关系当然动人,但它始终缺少一个残酷的考验:[u] 当对方不再只是可爱、温柔、熟悉、可以被欲望化的对象,而是带着创伤、羞耻、破碎和无法回避的过去站在你面前时,爱是否能穿过创伤,你是否还能正视她、理解她,并且继续选择她。[/u] 所以纯夏这段虽然观感很痛苦,甚至让人不适,但它在结构上确实承担了某种验证作用。纯夏不是作为一个完美无瑕的青梅竹马被保留下来,而是被迫经历了彻底的创伤,成为00-unit之后又进行回避,之后才把这份创伤暴露在武和玩家面前。也正因为真相被赤裸裸地揭开,纯夏和武之间才不再只是日常积累出的亲近,而是[b]必须越过隔阂、痛苦和自我否定之后的重新确认。[/b]换句话说,这里的爱并不是因为纯夏仍然“纯洁”所以成立,而是因为她已经被彻底伤害、彻底破碎之后,武仍然要正视真实的她,纯夏也必须正视真实的自己。正是在这个意义上,muvluv的“真爱”才不是一句廉价的标题,而是一种被创伤检验过的关系。 [h2]五、结语:日常的残骸,不朽的丰碑[/h2] 所以我对《Muv-Luv Alternative》的评价其实是复杂的。它确实伟大,尤其是在世界观构建、演出调度、情感铺垫和主题完成度上,能明显看出它为什么会被很多人奉为神作。但它也确实有过时、拖沓、演出资源受限和部分桥段处理不够自然的问题。它不是一部完美的作品,也不一定适合在今天被无限拔高期待后再去体验。 不过即使如此,推完之后我还是能理解它的地位。它最厉害的地方并不在于它写出了多么宏大的战争,战争题材的作品从来不少。真正难得的是,它没有抛弃ex里那些看似俗套的校园日常,而是把那些日常变成al里最残酷的反差来源。[b]正因为你见过她们在普通世界里吵闹、恋爱、犯傻,后来那些牺牲才不只是战争数字,而像是某种被彻底碾碎的可能性。[/b]白银武一次次崩溃,并不是因为他软弱。恰恰相反,因为他始终记得那些值得守护的东西,所以才会被失去击垮。而纯夏的故事也并不是关于完美的爱情,而是关于当一个人已经被创伤撕碎之后,是否仍然值得被爱。所以《Muv-Luv Alternative》最终留下的,不只是战争、牺牲和悲壮。它留下的是一个答案:[b]正因为日常如此平凡,人们才愿意为它付出一切。[/b]而那些在ex里被视作理所当然的时光,最终成为了整个故事最沉重、也最温柔的遗产。 它的遗憾很明显,但它真正打到人的地方也很明显。也许正因为这些不完美,它给人的感觉才不是一部精密无缺的神作,而是一部燃烧到最后、留下很多伤口和余味的作品。
sumika best girl
If I were to lose my memories, I would find a note that reads "muv luv" written on the palm of my hand. I will never experience anything like this again. Pure kinogasm.
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很难评的作品,总体上算一个好故事吧。闪光点很多:女主都可爱,配乐好,部分情节精彩;缺点明显:部分对话生硬,节奏欠打磨,男主心理忽好忽坏重复性很大,机战演出廉价。 [spoiler]前5章因为男主保留了体魄和记忆,展开比较王道; 第6章政变篇一般,看出编剧用心想表达对生命、战争、责任的思考,但是封建忠君报国思想(男主的结论是BETA威胁下这是可理解的,这点见仁见智)和英雄史观严重,有点像披科幻皮的日本古代传奇; 第7章我认为是本篇最好的部分,一扫之前的王道展开,现实感悲剧感拔群,文戏真实动人,推测也是对《命运石之门》启发最大的,世界线收束、电话微波炉都出来了; 后面几章稍拖沓,“战斗的理由”前面讨论够多了还啰嗦[strike],纯夏触手play着实恶趣味[/strike],甲21作战和基地保卫战还可以,樱花作战廉价的动画很出戏(笑)。[/spoiler]
麻里茉老师,我还记得您
Quite possibly one of the greatest stories ever told, a fantastic conclusion to a insane trilogy. Left me a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ mess but ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, it's so worth.
这是一个少年捡起了曾经扔下的责任,在梦中成为英雄的故事;这是一个因为失去而成长,因为伤痛而成熟的故事;这是一个童话,但又有着童话所没有的沉重;这是一个没能被说出来的另类结局。它是非常渺小、非常壮大、同时也是非常重要的、爱与勇气的童话──这就是,真爱(Muv-Luv)。
expected more but overall still good
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