Salvus: Aries

for the love of god play this

valefar, my beloved.

Im so sad there's no possibility of a harem ending... maybe ill pay extra or something to finally finish a playthrough if that happens. Otherwise i just feel sad to finish, so PLEASE add a harem or all ending. so if you're like me and want them all then im very sorry to disappoint, however if you're a one is enough kinda gal then this is an amazing game. The game is so amazing and i guess that's why its all the more disappointing to not have an ending that i want... Id love to play test if harem is a possibility

demo so good I had to get the early access immediately. I binge-played all of the demo (of which, omg, 50k word demo is insane) and NEEDED MORE. I played more than 9 hours since I originally played the demo on itch.io, then bought the EA here on steam, so I had to click through all of common route and the demo boys' routes all over again before I played the rest of Valefar's route. I would approximate the true hours played to be around 18 hours, excluding me painstakingly clicking through all of the demo's content again in the EA. Orias is best boy 100% (I love tsunderes, don't judge me) and is perfect both as a love interest and as Aina's best friend in the other boys' routes. The order of the main boys for me based purely on the demo goes Orias > Seir > Xaphan > Caym > Valefar, but the early release of Valefar's route (at the time of writing, his is the only full route released) made me love him. Just with Valefar's route alone, the three endings were so unexpected in the best way (I even teared up at the normal route's ending), so based on the demo routes for the other boys, I'm so curious to see what direction the other routes go. The story is already peak, and I know that it's only going to surpass it in the future. I'm personally more of a fan of games that contain more options for routes or choices that actually matter to gameplay and rapports with different characters. However, I can't even complain about this because the STORY IS JUST THAT GOOD. The game isn't even fully out and it has already made it near the top of A-tier in my personal "Games Played" tier list (S-tier is reserved for nostalgia and games that shaped my personality fundamentally, so this game has made it as high as it can go before I move it up). Anyways, Orias is babygirl (I have so many theories about this man and where his route will go; I'm so excited) and I will not take any slander against this perfect being of a man. Thank you :)

Firstly, thank you for giving me this game to try out. I have went through the highs and lows of this game and cried my heart out so much. Great voice acting, although sometimes inconsistent. Hopefully those missing lines get voiced soon! Storyline was slowly paced but it was well explained in a sense. Although I do hope for an option to see the affection meters of the characters as you wouldn't know if you had enough to achieve a certain ending. Audio wise, some were loud, some were low. Might need to adjust this as well. Art is BEAUTIFUL. Made it into my desktop background tbh. I'd give this a solid 7/10 ❤️

A história é muito boa e o jogo bonito.

Please Korean subtitles... PLZ... The audio volume is inconsistent, so it seems necessary to adjust it separately. Also, the voices of the voice actors are so charming and the characters are so beautiful that I think it would be great to make it all full voice. I really wish there were Korean subtitles.

Overall I am enjoying the game and would definitely recommend giving the demo a try to see if it's worth buying or wishlisting until more routes are established (there may just be 2 or 3 fully realized routes so far? I didn't realize that when I bought it but thankfully the LI I wanted was included haha) Aina is a fun protagonist when it comes to her dialog interacting with the guys. From her culture shock to her playful banter taking on different moods for each LI, to the lack of damsel-in-distress moments, and even having a backbone not made of sponge, she is a lovely girl to have as the MC. Unfortunately she still suffers from the pitfalls of many visual novel female protags, her wit and personality gets overshadowed by some not-great decisions and disappointing lapses in wisdom for sake of plot, I assume. The game teases to be different, to be better, in toying with the idea of her feeling the consequences of her action (e.g. the premise of the game). I welcome protags that aren’t mary sues, it adds depth when they have skeletons in their closet, and while I only finished Caym's route, and dabbled in what was offered for Orais, I fear the writing/storytelling has yet to fully realize her ability to reflect on her behavior(I touch on this in the spoiler at the bottom) – Still, this is only Early Access so I don’t wish to judge too harshly. For technical issues, like others have mentioned, there are [u]inconsistent volume levels for voiced lines[/u]; be warned some lines will be louder or much quieter than others. I played the demo with a custom name and got hit with some "Aina" lines being used anyways, so just be aware of that if hearing the default name being used is a mood killer for you. Theres still plenty more content being added so I don't see this being a lasting problem forever. EDIT: After looking in the game files for some Caym lines, I noticed there were some General recorded lines that don't use the default Aina, so hopefully the couple of lines I heard get swapped out for those who choose to input a name. Can't wait for more of Orais’ route, didn’t want to look up if there was anything after the elevator scene in risk of spoilers, so I’m happy to wait for future updates. Spoiler for Caym’s route on how the MC is written: [spoiler]It did disappoint me how Aina is coddled in universe despite her very obviously [i]poor decision[/i] to rush in between Malthus and Caym, for Caym to solely carry the weight of the blunderer when both of them admit to being wrong/at fault more than once to each other. Caym is not written to be perfect and I can pinpoint several moments he made bad faith judgments that earned him Aina and the other Reapers’ ire, it makes him all the more exciting to witness. Aina only ever seems to earn Caym’s anger which makes him look like a bully to everyone, including the player. Just small nitpicks.[/spoiler]