Orion: A Sci-Fi Visual Novel

This is an alright sci-fi visual novel. It has an ok story, characters, visuals, and music. There are 4 main story branches you can take, each with 2 endings. Once you experienced all of them, a final ending becomes available to discover. It doesn’t take too long to finish, but most of the story is a branching path, so there’s some replay value in here. The final ending is also long to read. Also, even if not great, there’s a lot of voice acting, adding more value. There’s a bug with the game not exiting properly, messing up the play time and forcing the player to restart Steam. It doesn’t always happen, but it’s very annoying when it does. To fix it, you must verify the integrity of the game files in the Steam game properties section. In the end, it’s an average visual novel, so there are a lot of better options to choose from. Still, for cheap or in a bundle, I guess it’s worth your time if you like sci-fi or to read VNs. Just don’t have high expectations. If I could, I would give it an average or mixed score.

Really nice game.

Ok so i do like this visual novel. What i enjoyed was the music and artwork. the voice acting was pretty decent. i have completed 2 of the endings. i will tell you now its not worth the full price. its way too short and the endings can make you feel lacking. its sad that more wasn't added to this. it really had a lot of potential and the creators are quiet so no telling if anything else will ever happen again. this honestly could of led to more sequels. so despite the ending and it being short. i say pick it up on sale or in a bundle.

Po "dohrání" téte hry se nedivím smíšeným hodnocením. Hra samotná není špatná, ovšem je tu několik zádrhelů, nejdřívě však co je na této hře dobré. Samotný soundtrack a vizuální stránka je mírně nadprůměrná + příběh nevypadá špatně. Dokonce hra má i dabing, který je však chytře jen tam, kdy postavy mluví. Komentáře hlavního hrdiny si musíte číst. Co je však špatně, je to, že pro odemčení úplného konce, musíte odemknout všech 8 příběhových konců, což není můj styl hraní. A dle recenzí prý za to aní nestojí. +soundtrack, vizuální stránka, dabing +slušný příběh -nejsou achievementy, Steam Cloud, lokalizace -cena / délka a nutnost najití všech 8 konců, než se dozvíte úplné zakončení hry Hra rozhodně není špatná, pokud máte rádi VN a Sci-Fi, jistě si užijete, rozhodně ne však za plnou cenu. Ve slevě do 2€ či součástí nějakého levnějšího bundlu možná. Hra vyhrána na Steamgifts. Hodnocení: 6/10

Nouvelle interactive donc attendez vous à lire de longs dialogues et monologues avec de temps en temps la possibilité de faire des choix. Ce jeu a un gros point négatif : le personnage principal. Et c'est celui que l'on incarne... C'est un adolescent qui ne cesse de gémir, j'ai détesté sa voix, sa façon de parler, ses réactions, bref un peu tout chez lui. Autre point négatif : les personnages sont totalement irréalistes, dignes de clichés de séries, cela a nui totalement à mon immersion dans le jeu. Point fort : les artworks et visuels sont magnifiques. L'histoire est un peu bidon mais ça passe. En résumé : heureusement qu'il était gratuit.

Not the best VN, but at a discount I would still give it a chance Pros: 1. 4 main endings with positive and negative variants + true ending 2. Actually a decent, somewhat mysterious story 3. Interesting concept for Virgil 4. Skip option to go through the various paths faster Neutral: 1. Some paths seem a bit incoherent, which is partially explained in the true ending [spoiler] Those aren't really alternative paths, but subsequent time loops caused by slight changes in history[/spoiler] If you don't go for the full experience, this negatively affects the reception of each path when judged individually Cons: 1. Limited branching with the good paths often locked by choices sometimes irrelevant for a chosen scenario 2. True ending locked behind doing all other routes(however that's explained by the story) 3. While game is fully voiced, it doesn't feel that way. Most of the times you're presented with narration and inner monologues which aren't recorded, so due to the ratio of dialogues in the story you don't actually hear the actors that often 4. Most characters are "episodic", specific to one path To sum up. Game requires you to play it 9 times to fully appreciate the story(but the skip option is a remedy here). If you go for the true ending it actually becomes a decent game, if you just plan a single playthrough you are better to skip it as most likely you will feel a bit overwhelmed by the mysterious story and number of unexplained threads which start to make sense only in a complete playthrough

Tags: Adventure - VN - Visual Novel Additional Tags: Delete Local Content & Remove from Library TLDR: Extremely linear. Unlikeable protagonist. Infantilizing tone. Underdevelopped sci fi thematic. Very short. Unmemorable. Some of the art was alright but the writing not nearly as much. Voice acting was okay but clashed quite a bit. The factions are name dropped a lot but dont really matter or impact much of the brief story. Lots of you getting kidnapped and choosing or not to have stockholm syndrome and help your aggressor. 30 minutes to reach an ending as I was booted to main menu after refusing to hack into the matrix. Not my cup of tea.