Orion: A Sci-Fi Visual Novel

Really nice game.

Even for a fiver, this cost too much to what it has. That's it. That's why I don't recommend it. Oh, it's get worse. As much as I just want to point out that the price is too high, considering how short this game is. I just wanted to leave it there but how the game pans out, I can't help to explain the contents of how bad the game is and I really hope I'm not being so harsh about this. I really do. The game markets itself as a sci-fi visual novel. It's a slap together visual novel with a sci-fi theme too it. When you see it, you see how poorly tackled together the story is with the theme of it being sci-fi, then you see how the developer somehow takes away and monopolize the idea of it being a sci-fi visual novel. Somehow the developers has made the scif-i theme extremely generic like it's never been done before, only to find how narrowly driven the story is, maybe because the developers feels that it's their game and to respect it. There's loads of actual other visual novels from Japan that take the science fiction setting and their art is way better and somewhat stylish, then this game, to express that it's more entertaining if anything and doesn't take itself too seriously. This game seemingly does and places it as decoration. The story, you play as a guy who gets thrown in the most predictable situations that have almost nothing to do with science-fiction or anything. It's Anything social, like having to stand up to a bully or be taken away by some ghetto styled characters. There's a woman character who's extremely stubborn and gets her friend to breathe down your character's neck and to gang up on you, to see if you can handle the situation and then that's really about it. Like we need a situation like that in a game theme like this? It does feel like it's being forced on you with the artwork and bullied into it. There's nothing else in the game, where you explore or find anything new, to feel lost or anything. The more bizarre element about this game are the artwork you unlock as you progress and replay the game. The game normal presentation is the anime style illustrations but as you unlock scenes, you find these water-color painted style artworks which glow and bloom, like it's meant to be a 80s neon wash render of Logan's Run, which seems to be the award of playing the game and seeing the different endings. It's hard for me to understand why there was a mix of these to begin with. It looked like they were made for an entirely different game and assume us that we know that's meant to be the award, for playing and unlocking endings. They're nice but it doesn't fit or gel if there's one style to watch and then to see the other style. The ideas are smashed together to the point where I don't see where the game's story is going with.

This feels like it was written by someone fresh out of high school with a very shallow understanding of politics, human relationships, and life in general. There are some potentially interesting ideas here, but they are squandered by weak writing, unlikable cardboard characters, and mediocre voice acting. I really cannot recommend spending any time on it, even if it was free.

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 very engaging to be honest. The "true ending" that can be unlocked after all the other endings have been played through was slightly better but not sure I can recommend the game on any account. Well, the music was ok!

You should buy this and play this but not expect too much. It's three hours and a little frustrating at times but I think it's worth it if you are bored like I was. Well the whole game takes 3 (?) hours (feel like I played it forever which is always a good thing because length is important) if you listen to the voices and read at a pace to understand the story so it's not toooo short (still not long for nine endings) like other people are saying, The art, story, writing, and voice acting are good. My issue is I wanted longer endings since all the endings are all incomplete/abrupt. It is very disappointing when you start out the game and get the first endings before the true endings but if you keep playing, you'll see why they did it so it's ok but the endings are really short. It's still a good game overall if you make sure to get all 9 endings - if you play it once, you'll never get the full effect - you have to play all of it to get your money's worth. To be honest, if I hadn't read the reviews, I would be so angry with the endings so that's why I'm saying it again. SPOILER I'm totally disappointed with the second half of the true ending but whatever - I just wanted a big final adventure. The visual novel is kind of short for 13 bucks to be honest. The true ending's finale didn't make sense to me. I get what they were saying but I would have liked some action. Basically, they skipped everything to three months in the future with no solid details including nothing about the MC's future either.

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

It's a cute game. I love the characters and the story, even if you need to replay the story sometime if you didn't made save points. but I still love the game!

Great Story Loved the ending