Nijowari: Where Angels Fall

Sadly, Nijowari: Where Angels Fall has less to do with actual angels but is meant rather in a metaphorical sense. Nonetheless, as much as I love those wonderful creatures, I love angel-like characters just as much, so that worked out fine for me. I have to admit that, due to Nijowari: Where Angels Fall’s story having a quite dramatic touch, my heart broke while playing this visual novel, yet that only shows that the narrative is splendid and I found myself getting frustrated with the happenings more than I thought I would while cursing myself for not being able to do anything besides enduring the rather sad moments which occurred more than enough. Nijowari: Where Angels Fall tells two separate stories. In the first one, William Steele is just a young guy when his life made a complete dramatic turn and eventually realizes that his region isn’t only his home but also worth fighting for. In the end, he becomes a so-called “fixer” that helps out other people. The second story, on the other hand, revolves around Adeia Berith who happened to be a newcomer to Nijowari. While she gets introduced to a rather peaceful life in this town at first, she notices very soon that hell awaits her in this life. To be honest, I preferred the second story about Adeia a lot more than the one about William Steele, although it’s clear that Adeias is meant to be the main story as it’s lengthier as well. All in all, I liked the idea that these two different stories begin to merge at some point, while the reader has no clue how to connect the stories at first, yet I wasn’t really interested in William and found that it didn’t contribute to the story a lot, besides knowing more about the actual happenings in his past. With this story getting more in the political genre, I couldn’t quite warm up to it, but as the end is left very open for a possible second entry, I guess William might play a bigger role in the future, but as of now I would say that the second story is much more impactful and left a bigger impression on me overall. Talking about the genre, I loved that Nijowari: Where Angels Fall merges different genres so the reader will definitely find one or another aspect very interesting. As aforementioned, the first story has a more political touch, but the second one is entirely different as it includes sci-fi and romance. I’d say the common thing between them is that both stories are quite dramatic and show a lot of difficulties and cruelties in life. That being said, even the times the stories take place varied and so, Adeia’s story takes place in a futuristic world with self-drive cars and robots. But that also meant when you’re not really interested in one of the stories’ genres, you’re stuck with it and it might get very draggy. As already hinted at, Nijowari: Where Angels Fall is a visual novel that is rather emotional and sad. While slice-of-life and light-hearted scenes are available here, it’s only the minor part of the game. Most of the time, I found myself feeling bad for the characters and wanting to help them out but sadly, that wasn’t possible and as the story went on, I silently prayed that there will be a happy end for them all. After all, the protagonists deserved it. I have to admit I wasn’t really satisfied with the end and it rather left a sour taste in my mouth but that was something I guessed would happen in the end. Whilst it wasn’t exactly the happily ever after I hoped for, the end leaves enough room for a follow-up game to either break my heart once again or have some mercy with me. Although Nijowari: Where Angels Fall contains a few choices, it’s pretty much a kinetic novel as there is only one end available. Decisions don’t make a big difference here but only change a small scene afterward. I liked that the reader had the opportunity to choose an answer, so it will feel like they actually have an impact on the story, even if the text didn’t vary a lot. However, there are only a handful of decisions available throughout the visual novel. During my playthrough with Nijowari: Where Angels Fall I felt really helpless due to the small changes in the outcome of choices which got me quite frustrated. But that’s something I definitely enjoyed about the game as it managed to make me feel despair along with the characters. Nijowari: Where Angels Fall does contain a lot of stunning CGs and character sprites, however, something I didn’t like was the backgrounds. The developers updated them and it looks like they just put a filter on real-life pictures that looked off since you can still tell they weren’t drawn. Now, it does not only not fit the drawn sprites, but I found it was also a total waste of the drawer’s talent as they did their job really well. That being said, there are a few small animations, such as raining, available here that made the story more lively and greatly helped with the immersion. Additionally, while Nijowari: Where Angels Fall isn’t voiced, there are still sound effects implemented which I very enjoyed overall, except for the sobbing sounds when the characters were crying. They sounded very unnatural and slightly annoyed me after a while so I just wanted to go through the text quickly and get past the crying scenes. All in all, Nijowari: Where Angels Fall tells a very touching story that managed to make me feel very frustrating due to all the unfairness the characters go through. Of course, not everything about this visual novel is sad as there are a few light-hearted slice-of-life available here that lightened up the mood – for a short while. That being said, the CGs and character sprites are gorgeous here, although I had my problems with the backgrounds. Ultimately, Nijowari: Where Angels Fall is a visual novel that deals with sensitive topics while merging a lot of different genres so the reader will very likely manage to find something they enjoy here. Although I didn’t quite enjoy the first story, the second one left quite the impression on me and I look forward to the possible next entry. [code]𝐅𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐲 [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/34470115/]𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐞[/url] 𝐚𝐧𝐝 [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/5413792/]𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐬[/url] 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬!

The writing varies from bad to terrible. Some scenes happen too fast to make any realistic sense - for example, the first protagonist going from nobody to figurehead of a resistance movement in a couple of hours. Some other scenes are overly written. For example, the garden scene was boring and 10 times longer than necessary to convey the information / feelings it was supposed to give the player. The setting itself looked promising, but unfortunately, the story doesn't develop it at all, focusing instead on the three bland characters of the second part.

《Nijowari: Where Angels Fall》是一款较为严肃的剧情向AVG，以双主角的形式展开，描述了二人在他们所处的动荡、混乱的环境中所做出的努力。游戏杂糅了多种画风，写实、日呆、实景滤镜，剧情涉及部分政治元素，文本量巨大，但由于无官中，对于英文水平不佳的玩家宛如噩梦。 [h1]画面表现[/h1] 游戏无配音，整体卖相全由画面来体现。较为奇怪的是，游戏中杂糅了多种类型的画风，女性角色和部分青年男性角色大体上是日呆风格，而到了中老年男性，就又成了鼻子、皱纹等都有详细绘制的写实风格，然而意外的是这两种风格在这款游戏中却并没有很强的违和感。不过大概原因是出在差距更大的实景滤镜画风上，游戏中大量的场景使用了现实的照片加上了风格化的滤镜，效果虽然不错但是和其他手绘部分着实画风不统一，观感一般。 [h1]剧情流程[/h1] 本作以双主角的形式展开，一边是个普通的孩子，为了从动乱中保护自己的小世界，利用自己的号召力发表意见，抱住他人；另一边是个天真善良的外来者，受到的非但不是热情，反而是恶意，两人各自的经历中都充斥着各种灰色部分。游戏涉及的角色众多，舞台宏大，有较深的剧情深度，值得细细研究。但话又说回来，这种英文AVG，除了要学英语的和英语水平极高的，一般玩家基本还是说再见了。 [h1]总结[/h1] 游戏中许多动乱的相关内容，结合最近的时事确实有一定的共鸣，但这种文本量的英文，基本属于不可逾越的高山了。 以上测评仅供参考，只代表个人意见 [quote]欢迎关注我们的鉴赏家:[url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/35402982/]走心评测[/url] ←遵从内心，写出真实感受 欢迎加入我们Steam组:[url=https://steamcommunity.com/groups/ZXPC]走心评测[/url]←点击加入，一起探索游戏的乐趣 喜欢这篇评论，也麻烦点个赞，让更多人能够看到！[/quote]

ITA: Visual Novels! Un genere particolare e intrigante e Nijowari: Where Angels Fall non fa eccezione. A rendere questo gioco coinvolgente, oltre ai disegni deliziosamente realizzati con cura e un soundtrack immersivo, è la sua storia di giustizia, amore e rabbia. Una storia che tratta temi non proprio leggeri e la scrittura scorrevole ma dettagliata rende questa visual novel un'esperienza come una montagna russa di emozioni, facendoti immergere nelle vicende dei 2 protagonisti e facendomi amare e odiare gli altri personaggi. Insomma, non sono un tipo da Visual Novel, ma questo gioco mi ha preso, toccandomi nel profondo. Non vedo l'ora per il prossimo capitolo, per provare ancora forti emozioni. ENG: Visual Novels! A particular and intriguing genre and Nijowari: Where Angels Fall is no exception. To make this game addictive, in addition to the deliciously made drawings with care and an immersive soundtrack, is its story of justice, love and anger. A story that deals with not really light themes and the flowing but detailed writing makes this visual novel an experience like a roller coaster of emotions, making you immerse yourself in the events of the 2 protagonists and making me love and hate the other characters. I mean, I'm not a Visual Novel guy, but this game took me, touching me deeply. I can't wait for the next chapter, to experience still strong emotions.

[h1]愿称之为最好Nijowari Where Angels Fall[/h1] [code]关注[url=http://steamcommunity.com/groups/cbjhs/]纯白鉴黄师 [/url],社保是什么？ 黄油玩家，你本来就很纯洁 [/code] 宣个群：751560621 [quote] Nijowari Where Angels Fall是由Motley Crew制作并发行的一款视觉小说游戏，说实话我对这个游戏并没有多大的期待，单纯是看着这个游戏的封面好看就决定去游玩一下，不过这个游戏给我带来了很大的惊喜，这款游戏虽然是由欧美制作但却意外的游戏，给我带来了全新的游戏体验。 [/quote] [h1]这是两个反抗者的故事，真实而又深刻[/h1] [quote] 本作的剧情用两个字形容的话就是大胆，本作的字里行间毫无疑问带着很重的政治色彩，尤其是前期的剧情。本作采用了双主角的手法来讲述故事，首先登场的是我们的男主角William Steele，这个时候游戏的时间在2000年左右我们的主人公还是一个小孩子，他的母亲很早就去世了和自己的父亲一起生活然后他的父亲也并不管束他，于是他就没事打打游戏还学会了上外网，之后的剧情因为我英语并不是很好所以只能看个大概。总之好像是第三次世界大战爆发，他因为上外网导致直接被政府拉入了黑名单，这个政府虽然是虚构的不过应该还是以米国政府为蓝本，然后他的儿子发现原来他的父亲也是个老惯犯了，他父亲早就被加入了监视名单当中，只是为了保护家人后期有些收敛，而男主角就在父亲和他朋友的帮助下开始通过演讲等方式使自己出现在公众的视野中，他也逐渐了解到了他的祖国原来做过很多惨无人道的行为，而这也更加坚定了他的信念。 而当他的事业步入正轨之后叙述视角换成了本作的女主人公adeia，她的身份更加特殊她是一个能够独立思考的新型机器人，因为已经过去了许多年现在已经是2046年了，男主的父亲还活着但是他父亲的朋友很多都去世了。这个时候一个人从一个机器人公司订购了女主这种新型机器人，她知道自己是机器人不过日常生活会表现得和普通人一模一样，她的第一天过得非常幸福但是很快男主人就漏出了自己的丑陋内心，随意的玩弄欺负女主随意对她乱发脾气，最终男主人的女儿看不下去了杀了自己的父亲同时自己也死了，走投无路的女主去街上流浪，这个时候他遇到了我们的男主角，故事虽然结束但也才刚刚开始。 相信通过我的简单讲述各位就对这个游戏产生很大的兴趣了，游戏的前期多有政治元素用极其露骨的文字嘲讽这种社会制度下的现实，父亲和他老朋友的故事坚定了男主人公的信念也让玩家对这个游戏的世界观产生了一个初步的认识，主人公在斗争中的成长正是本作想表达的东西之一。而女主角在伦理上发人深省。虽然她是机器人但有感情也有心灵，那么她可不可以称之为人呢？女主角在被虐待的日常中也有大量的心理描写，这一部分的文字可谓让人抑郁，让人对其产生同情，而压迫的最后就是反抗。 本作的剧情仅仅是第一枪，作者在最后留下的一个很大的伏笔，两人的相遇在日后会擦出怎样的火花呢，这两个斗争者的结合会掀起怎样的风暴呢，我也不知道但我无比期待着后面的故事，这个故事用了很多的艺术手法主题也发人深省，可以说是今年来我玩过的欧美最好的视觉小说没有之一。 [/quote] [h1]是视觉小说也是艺术[/h1] [quote] 本作真的艺术气息十足很难想象一个没名气的独立制作组能把游戏的艺术性提高到如此程度，首先本作的CG有很多油画写实背景，粗略估计有七八十张背景CG，这种油画的写实风格与反乌托邦的讽刺文字正好相得益彰，很能鼓动玩家的情绪。而人物的立绘也非常漂亮尤其是女主人公，不过可惜的是最漂亮的CG就是游戏封面那张了，同时里还有几张艺术画和概念设计，我怀疑制作组真的是玩艺术的。游戏的动态CG也是亮点之一，同时主界面的细节安排也很巧妙，随着游戏的推进主界面会出现人物的更换，通关之后会变成成年男子在读书而女主在弹钢琴。 本作的音乐可谓真正意义上的震撼心灵，本作只有钢琴纯音乐，但是制作组借此表现出了科幻风格和反乌托邦社会下的压抑，反正我听起来真是非常愉悦，可惜的是本作人物没有配音，毕竟欧美的配音挺贵的，一个游戏能在艺术性上有如此高的造诣真是令人赞叹。 [/quote] [h1]总结[/h1] [quote] Nijowari Where Angels Fall作为视觉小说有着极其独特的风格，虽然有政治元素但其本意并不是嘲讽而是引人进行更深层次的思考，剧情一波三折引人入胜，而游戏的CG和音乐都属上乘，很难想象这是欧美能够做出的视觉小说，希望制作组能够继续的走下去，我还想看后面的剧情能，游戏如果能启发玩家令其深思就是一种成功。 [/quote]

[quote] Nijowari: Where Angels Fall（Nijowari：天使坠落的地方）是一款由Motley Crew制作的视觉小说，游戏以双主角的形式讲述了两个比较严肃向话题的故事，描述了两个在混乱不安的环境中做出的对命运转变的抗争，故事氛围总体比较压抑，偏向严肃性话题。对此，为了更加了解本作和本组我也是去做了一些调查和研究。 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1925842211 [quote] [h1]游戏的考据&科普：[/h1] 这个Motley Crew好像是第一次在Steam上发表游戏，关于其信息更是少的可怜，网上几乎没有任何表面制作组的信息。不过在游戏中有几个场景的内容还是暴露了马脚，比如明显的车牌号看出了是Arkansas（阿肯色）和Florida（佛罗里达）这两个都是美国的一个州，并且都锁定在原印第安人聚居地的美国东南部[spoiler]（所以说游戏的故事场所大概发生在这一块）[/spoiler]，所以我猜测大概是美国的一个制作组。至于Nijowari这个地点是不是真实存在的还是一个虚构的城市，那就得深入考据了。 [spoiler]如果说是美国的制作组的话一部分剧情就能够说得通了，比如较为典型的枪击事件，对待人工智能AI的态度等。[/spoiler] 顺带一提，剧情中还提到了一位爱尔兰作家Samuel Beckett（塞缪尔·贝克特），这位大师是荒诞派戏剧的代表人物，擅长以一种新的小说与戏剧的形式，以崇高的艺术表现人类的苦恼，还得到了诺贝尔文学家。剧情中其实有许多地方也展示出了《等待戈多》中的一些思想，有兴趣的玩家也可以去研究一下这部分内容。 [/quote] https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1925841809 [quote] [h1]游戏的体验&分析：[/h1] 游戏以双主角的形式讲述故事，大概是一个分总分的描述方法，第一段故事的结尾也是第二段故事的结尾，大致上还算是讲述了同一个完整的故事，只是把两条故事线最后汇总在了一起。故事的剧情上比较压抑，讲的多半还是略微贴近现实的严肃性话题，部分的话题和内容涉及到了一些时政消息，并且文本量巨大，配合上纯英语的内容，理解起来多半还是比较吃力的。同时硬要说起来的话剧情其实蛮奇怪的，甚至让我觉得故事并没有完全讲完。时间的跨度也从1776年跨越到了2046年，直接跨越了270年，而William这个角色竟然还活着。所以说剧情上确实比较有深度，还是让人难以理解。 [spoiler]（这里还是分析脑补一下，以及游戏开头竟然还玩了一个星战的梗）[/spoiler]第一个故事的William的演讲我还是仔细看了一下，大概是讲了一些美国政治体系的问题导致让他觉得人们不free了，所以带头烧了自己的draft card，结果遭到了枪击，我怀疑这个地方是严重隐射了1776年美国《独立宣言》的内容，字数有限复杂的内容就不多写了，有兴趣的玩家可以自行研究这一段。 游戏的画风比较突变，大概存在以下有三只风格揉杂在一起，场景目测是用真实场景渲染出来的，所以比较偏向艺术写实感；游戏中的女性和青年男性比较偏向日系萌风格；游戏中的年长者和比较有问题的男性偏向欧美粗犷风格，本来是违和感比较大的两种角色画风，在写实场景的衬托下违和感也没用那么多了。不过游戏中的部分CG场景运用的是动态CG的方式来表示，这点非常好，女性角色的立绘比较可爱，不过还是欧美体系视觉小说的通病，多表情、少姿势。 游戏全程无角色配音，背景音乐不多但是曲调大多都比较忧郁的蓝调，不过游戏的音效很多，在部分转场的小细节上做的也非常到位。在操作方式上还是存在部分与我们日常习惯的日系Galgame有一点区别。 [/quote] https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1925842041 [quote] [h1]最终总结：[/h1] Nijowari: Where Angels Fall在一定程度与美国的一系列时代背景有着密不可分的联系，同时大量的英语文本对于英语苦手的玩家来说如同噩梦一般，故事整体叙述严肃，风格较为忧郁，部分剧情内容深度较大，需要玩家花大量的时间和经历去考据和理解，因此本作推荐给知识储备量较为丰富的视觉小说爱好者和喜欢挑战的人，不太推荐新人玩家和一般玩家体验。 [/quote] [/quote] [quote] 游玩百态，将游玩心得用汉语化作玩家的指明灯，(๑•̀ㅂ•́)و✧ [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/35402408/]点击这里关注汉化语录~[/url] 如果喜欢这个评测，请点个赞让更多人看见 [/quote]

It has been the first time in which I've played a game like this, but my expectations have not been disapointed, The plot is actually very interesting in both parts of the game, nevertheless I enjoyed the most the second part. The character building is interesting and moreover the characters of the second part have a pretty funny friendship. In my opinion the best character is Maestro, I've literally had tons of amusement every time he came out on the screen, and even more when it included the redhead jajajaj. 10/10 would recommend to my friends, 310/10 if the recommendation goes to your crush.

I haven't played VN a long time ago, and i have to say that im satisfied so far with this one. To be one of the first games of this company, the quality of the scenarios, the effects, and the storytelling if far from any expectations. My review its only for the first story for now, an a american distopical future where the very great American Republic, once a "defender of the democracy in the world" face a very dark times. EEEEH ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ amazing pls. As far as i can tell its worth the price for sure. If you like VN type of games and want and like to support new and small developers, you know what to do ;))

[url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/34294631/] Follow Far2close - Visual Novel Playthroughs Curator Page [/url] Nijowari: Where Angels Fall Developer: Tsukiakari Studios, Motley Crew Publisher: Tsukiakari Studios [b]Pros:[/b] [b]1.[/b] The main story revolves around Adeia Berith in the 2nd act of the game; but there is a substory involving William Steele at the beginning and these two connect with each other. William's substory is bit like a prologue, explaining the [spoiler] Second American Revolution [/spoiler] and how William came to be how he is now. Adeia's story is how she is an advanced android; being able to experience emotions, eat, and learn as her life goes on, but her [spoiler] living situation is hell. [/spoiler] She must adapt to her new life no matter what comes her way. The genius of the plot of William's part is that is can be a plausible event, and how Democracy could fail us. [b]2.[/b] The characters specifically Adeia and William, go through strong character development. William was a rowdy boy but realized that he has to accept the dark realities of life if he needs to survive. Adeia goes through a similar growth however she does have some help from Gaiane, Adeia must learn how to be independent and learn quickly in this strange new world. I enjoy Gaiane's character as she is playful and compassionate, but she is cunning and has some maneuverability to help out Adeia. [spoiler] After the events in Adeia's section, it is saddening to see her with PTSD and how she is suffering through it, even if she is an android. The meeting between William and Adeia was a great sight to see in their own point of views. [/spoiler] [b]3.[/b] The art is decent but it possesses a lot of different variants with facial expressions, time of day, and differing poses. Some scenes are animated too which adds to the experience. [b]4.[/b] There are numerous tracks in the soundtrack and it adds so much to the scenes they are in. It adds to the sadness on [spoiler]Adeia's torture [/spoiler] along with making other scenes such as Adeia wandering the city with a track that adds in the wonder and mischief; or a pleasant day in the park with an upbeat track to add in the positivity. It does a great job in enhancing the scenes. [b]5.[/b] The gallery has a ton of options that you can take a look at, such as the different variations of the sprites, the items, and the bios of the characters. [b]Cons:[/b] [b]1.[/b] Henry does feel like a one dimensional character, with his intentions being mostly the same throughout the entire story, without much development even until the end. Some characters could use a bit more time such as Xae and William (Adult), it can help us get to know Xae better along with seeing William more in the current timeline than previously. [b]2.[/b] The use of real life images works well with William's section, but I think artistic backgrounds for Adeia's section would work much better to help give a better visual on Nijowari. [b]Conclusion:[/b] Nijowari: Where Angels Fall offers a grounded gritty story involving going through fallen democracy, pain and utilizing it to grow as an individual. Some characters could use more presence to help us know them better, but the main characters do bring their respective stories together into something great. [b]Score:[/b] 8/10 GREAT

I really got sucked into this one, more so the second story with Adeia and Gaiane. Their story was a lot longer than William's introduction, which was very political but entertaining. Adeia's was much more heart wrenching, as it dealt with abuse (mostly verbal), so it's kind of a hard read if you're already sensitive to that. There were some good moments too, and me and my gf had fun playing around w/ theories that later proved to be true. I mostly liked Adeia's story most because of the setting. You get robots, body modification (cat girls), self-driving cars, robot cashiers...the works. It's a great VN for sci-fi lovers! On top of that, the music and art were very good! I really appreciate that there's an in-game music player! Was happy to learn I could play Seeds of Chaos on repeat. Also that ending -- really leaves you wanting for more. There's a plot point mentioned near the very end that had me hoping they'd use it, but alas. Hopefully means a sequel? Cause I'd love a happy ending.