Repurpose

A very good queer visual novel all around. Very memorable characters and story.

Found it while randomly scrolling through itch.io games, played demo and it was worth it my money :3. Soundtrack also is amazing I love it edit: the LOOOOORE omg I love it more now

Bought it at 90% sale, played for 1 hour, was bored out of my mind before even finishing the prologue and abandoned the game for around 9 months. Just picked it back when summer started and oh my god. I am so sorry i didnt come back sooner. [b]The prologue might feel slow[/b], you start getting to know the characters and at that point it's pretty much just a trial and error that allows or prevents you from going down certain routes. The moment you go down a character-specific route [b]everything flows better[/b], it's the prologue that can deter people from continuing the game because of the pacing, which is sad because the moment i got past the prologue i instantly fell in love with the characters, their specific plots and the general storyline. [b]The cast is so diverse, like SO diverse, i was actually surprised by how much representation[/b] and how unapologethic some characters are. [b]Im not talking just about LGBTQIA+ people of different races[/b] (i was already expecting AND loving this), but also their context when alive, their personal reasons for wanting to go to utopia or hell (or neither), and even neurodiverse characters whose disability [i]actually[/i] affects them in daily life and isn't treated like a quirky add-on!! It's easy to see that the dev team poured themselves onto the characters, since every one of them felt so... [b][i]real[/i][/b]. Every character felt so real and relatable and i can't choose which character/route i like more, since all of them have so much personality and love put into them, they all somehow touched close to home. From wanting to unite people into making a better home [spoiler](DJ may seem like the goofy 4th-wall-breaker character at first, but they're also an activist at heart that keep their principles no matter how bad the situation seems because they know there's strength in community)[/spoiler], to recovering from religious trauma that repressed you for years [spoiler](so many queer people like Ramón, and so many bottled up feelings)[/spoiler], to feeling like you're dumb because your disability makes you unable to catch up with your peers [spoiler](during the prologue i hated Rosita, she seemed like this airhead people-pleaser girl character, but eventually you see she's trying her best and barely getting through)[/spoiler], to talks about forgiving those who try to get better and punishing those who just try to save their own ass [spoiler](both Noel and Faye are very interesting on their own, but their parallels are also very interesting)[/spoiler]; each character has their own problems and all of them are so human and unique. And the choices. Oh the choices. [b]This is the first visual novel i see that tells you when a choice can affect the route[/b], and which is mostly for flavor text. As someone who saves whenever a choice comes up (because i'm curious for every outcome), knowing which choices ACTUALLY send me down different routes is such a nice thing to know <3 [b]Talking about flavor text, there's actually a lot of it[/b]. So many hidden lines of dialogue that only show if you've selected a specific choice beforehand, and some that only show depending on the MC's sexuality and identity [spoiler](i just remembered when Ramón tells the MC about the different types of demons, and when talking about succubi if your MC is enby he says that "you'd love to be one, since they can change their physical appearance at will to match however they're feeling")[/spoiler]. It is such a nice detail and makes the game feel so much more personal, not just for a cookie-cutter MC. [b]The partial voice acting does wonders!![/b] The VAs really fit the characters, down to accents and speech quirks that show their personality. The artstyle really caught my eye when i discovered the game, [b]it's so colorful[/b] and nice to look at!! [b]And there are so many CGs[/b], with a gallery dedicated to them. [b]Something i would have enjoyed[/b] is some sort of log that saves data about the characters, at least the romanceable ones: pronouns, a small description of their personalities, maybe information about their endings once you unlock them? There are so many details told about the characters in each route, and it's a shame there's no real way to keep track of that unless you have an amazing memory. Steam achievements would also have been nice, something that keeps track of what endings you've reached (apart form the CGs you unlock in the in-game gallery) and what pieces of lore you have discovered. So anyway [b]Repurpose is a hidden gem :DD[/b] even more so if you like LGBTQIA+ games and/or visual novels. It's made with a lot of love, some tears, and hopefully no blood was shed in the making-of. my favorite visual novel from now on, ramón mi amor mi vida mi alma <3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3