My Lady

One of the shorter Otome's i've played but in terms of characters, writing and story it far outshines over 25% of the other Otome's i've played that lasted longer! 100% worth buying... 7.5/10

Short & Sweet.

It is very short game but I liked it alot. There is simple but captivating story, good voice acting and interesting art style.

A butler and his lady is a pairing I really love, but this game doesn't convey what is appealing about the dynamic at all. I expected more hints of the butler's feelings, like him helping you with everyday tasks with much more effort than is needed just to please you, and maybe his mask slipping just a bit, and I definitely expected MUCH more romance, but the story is so short that it cannot possibly communicate what the author was probably hoping to convey. As somebody who has worked on Renpy visual novels like this one, I understand how much work something like this takes, but I feel like a lot more heart could have been put into this. The voice acting and art are completely passable for something of this price, but it's the lack of character depth that really does the game in for me. I can tell this is very much an indie game, so I feel bad criticizing it to this extent, but I feel like the author should have avoided the alternate endings and instead added at least a little more romance or tension to the main storyline. Just a little more content and interaction between you and your lover would make this game feel worth it. The first half is spent in your room reading letters and talking to your maid, while the second half crams in the suitor, the mom, and the endings. It's almost like the creator started writing a story and then decided to throw in a subplot of romance and several rushed endings. I figured that for a dollar, it was worth trying, and honestly, it's pretty hard to complain about the price. It isn't the cost that disappointed me, it was that I was really excited for a romance that understood its appeal and played into it, but it fell completely flat. Even for someone who absolutely adores this type of dynamic, there was nothing here for me.

优点：配音挺有感情的，有代入感。 缺点：1. 剧情太简短以至于主要角色的形象有种“才立了一半就停下来了”的感觉，有些可惜；2. 个人认为选项逻辑有点诡异。我不太能理解管家的内心想法和他的行为逻辑，体验过全结局后陷入了久久的沉思，并尝试对管家进行心理侧写......不过话又说回来，感觉那个Isaac也挺怪的，不明白是什么造成了他在不同结局里有两种截然不同的态度。

My Lady is a short, simple visual novel about forbidden love. The game takes place in a medieval-ish time with horse drawn carriages and a caste hierarchy system. You play as a protagonist, to which you choose the name of, who is deeply in love with her butler, which you also choose the name of. However, in times like these, that kind of love would get you disowned or abandoned, it just wouldn't work. Especially since the butler has rejected her romantic advances in the past, it's almost impossible for something to work between them, unless...? The game has a few key choices that impact the outcome, having five different endings you can achieve. Each ending being a chess reference which is really cool to see. The name of this game is so powerful, being how the butler addresses the protagonist. I love the name! The music is also rather fitting for the times this game would take place in. There's also voice acting, adding more to the atmosphere. It's well done too. Everyone appears to sound very Bri'ish... The art style is one of the most unique I've seen, every character is faceless with dark grey skin, almost symbolic of chess pieces. It makes the game's themes even more impactful. Great design choice for sure. Get this game, it's short, sweet, and super cute. Bonus points that it's also made by Michaela Laws, who always seems to deliver great visual novels!

It's a good little VN but it's really short and it can be a bit frustrating to get all the endings. Still for the low price point it's definitely worth the 99 cents. Just don't expect it to take much of your time. It's about an hour to 100% completion and that includes the replays you need to get the other endings.

It's a nice, short game, I overall enjoyed it. The voice acting is really nice, specially the one for Sophie, she was so full of life. If I have a complaint about the game it would be that the corset facts are wrong. A corset is like a bra for that period, they were meant for support and weren't painful or uncomfortable. They did made the waist look smaller, but that's because they made the hips and waist look bigger, it was just an illusion. Tight-lacing did exist but it was an uncommon thing limited to a very small portion of their history. And even if the protagonist were of that time, I doubt she would tight-lace just to see her mother. Also, there is a small mystery that never gets completely explained. But I think it's pretty obvious if you think about it, it's just never confirmed.

I love the drama of this game, I called my butler Babagrill which made it even better

Such a nice (and sadly very short) visual novel. If you enjoy reading Regency romances, and if you like butlers... tis is the perfect game for you :)