Novena Diabolos

Really good / entertaining VN with a great premise. The mysteries aren't that hard to figure out as there's a lot of hand holding when gathering clues and marking what's important. You also have to earn full trust by the end of the human which just amounts to spending time with them a lot. 7/10

Awesome read and a great game. If you are a fan of mystery with logical deduction, this game will not disappoint you. The characters and story keep you engaged until the end with satisfying endings. Keep in mind, all actions are permanent. So, be sure that any action you take is well thought-out since there isn't any save-scumming! I hope the DLC gets translated soon!

I've played and watched a fair few visual novel games in my day, and this is one of the better I've experienced. Now let me get this straight: the playable character is whiny and honestly the first 2 days of gameplay kind of suck. So much so that after the 2 days, I took a year long break from this game. However, curiosity got a hold of me, and I decided to continue the game. And I am so glad I did! I played it once, fully just experiencing everything and enjoying it. Somehow, this game got me to cry at one of the endings. That full playthrough was about 5-6 hours I think? Next, I immediately wanted to see a different version of the story. I reloaded it, and was actually shocked by how much had changed. Even so, I have found that the game rewards you for replaying (iykyk). Within about another hour and a bit, I had gotten to a second ending (thank you skip button). That said, I still felt like I learned so much, and still got shocked at different twists and turns. To my understanding, there is at least... 10 endings? However I have my suspicions there's more. One thing I want to highlight is the writing. Funny enough, because the main character doesn't have a ton of depth. However, all of the NPC's have convincing and entertaining stories. There were 2 characters I immediately didn't like; however, as I got to know them more, I was having fun and realizing I cared about them a little bit. There's a bit of anime tropes here but honestly none that bothered me enough to deter my enjoyment. This is translated from Japanese, and there's a couple typos or grammatical errors here and there. However, it is a huge huge game, and I'm not sure what the time frame for getting it translated was, but for how big the game is and the story that's being told, again I don't mind. If you are a big VN fan, I'd highly recommend this game. If you're just looking for something with that mystery element, maybe get it on sale. Either way, it's a fun time :)

I originally bought this game based on its similarities to Gnosia. You get trapped in a creepy town forced to play a game with the Devil. In nine days the fog that is trapping you will disappear, and you must choose one of the five women also trapped to escape with. However four of the five women are actually monsters also playing a game with the devil. If you choose one of the four monsters instead of the human, she will kill you and claim her place in hell. Each run is randomized, so the human will always be different. You will get random clues by investigating and you will have to determine which woman is the human. Sometimes you will have an idea who the human is fairly early and sometimes you will have absolutely no idea until the last day through elimination. There is one more thing to consider, the human has to trust you enough to escape with you, so you have to visit her enough until she agrees she will leave the town with you when the fog disappears. This means while you are trying to discover who is who, you also need to build trust, but there is a limited amount of visits you can do before you must choose someone. The game will auto save after each decision you make, so you can't just reload making everything you do have weight. The story isn't anything special and the main protagonist starts off obnoxious but has some decent character growth. The women each have their own backstories on how they ended up in the town. The game isn't a dating sim and only one of the five implies something might start between the protagonist at the very end. Overall, despite some of its short comings I actually recommend this game, it was a unique experience.

One of the best detective horror mystery solving games I've ever played! Really good

Really solid game, the human is random but it's not like a badly procedurally generated one. There's a lot of little different interactions you can get based on your current game's information, so it still feels smooth. There's absolutely a lot of love and care in this game, and the translation is like 99.99% perfect too. I'd easily recommend this for the experience alone, and it's worth replaying a few times for the other routes too.