Samurai of Hyuga Book 3

l love this book as much i hate it. And that's a lot of love and hate. 10/10

This is a really fun series that focuses a lot on relationships and character development along with a steady plot. The choices mostly focus on the type of personality you want to maintain interspersed with lasting decisions that follow through the series. I would highly recommend to any fans of IF.

Samurai of Attunement sure is a fun cyoa... if you don't want to choose your own adventure

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Good. Weird, confusing, but good.

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The first half is definitely Umineko. That's what I think when I read it. Then, it kind of goes back to Rurouni Kenshin vibes. Even the ending in a way.

This feels like 2 books in one. The 1st part you're trying to solve a mystery. How good you are at solving the mystery will affect your 2 new stat bars, Observation and Deduction. Later these stats will give you hints in an immersive way. The 1st part is just okay and feels alot like Book 2. BUT OMG the 2nd part is amazing and brings out all the feels! You're mostly preparing a group of misfits for a competition, a fight to the death. Pros: -Felt alot longer than 225,000 words. -Group conflicts and secrets make it hard to trust your companions, but also really humanizes them. -Lots of twists and fake outs. -Your decisions come back to haunt you, unintended consequences. -Can get pretty dark. -MANY duels with interesting decisions. No more games, this is life or death for you and your friends. -Hard decisions, found myself 2nd guessing alot. Cons: -Some options just aren't well explained and are the complete opposite of what you intended to do. Overall: -You'll hate some of the choices you make, but this is what makes this story so great. You feel flawed and human. I think it's worth full price, not just for the feels. There's alot of replayability, few CYOA games are this long, and the story continues after this book.

Yeah, it's all downhill from here. For the choices it gives you, know that nothing is changed beyond your surface personality and <Personality> insertions, like <Impulsive> or <Calculated>, and the initial response sentence to them. Just adds a bit of flavor. Attunement seems irrelevant, at least for the entire story so far. Author has a story he wants to tell, usually at the expense of your ronin. That's well and good, but so far as a 'Hero's Journey' is concerned, this is the beginning of that downward inertia. Maybe it will be better in book 6, but who knows? Certainly not me. And, if the trend begun in book 3, then proceeding thru books 4 and 5, continues? well, this is a good place to cut your losses, assuming, that is, that you have an image of your ronin as anything beyond a self-flagellating loser. It wouldn't be such a big deal if your efforts were occasionally rewarded, rather than denigrated. For every single page of 'positive' or enjoyable stuff, there's at least two chapters of deflation, like your good time is air in a balloon slowly being fart-squeaked out in that high pitch whine. ---Definitely the weakest entry. So much to do, so many ways to really mess it up. If you care about attunement, this one is a nightmare. Countless dialogue choices that seemingly fit your character's animal/personality, in actuality, do not. And you'll take a -5% to -20% hit per derp. I'll be honest, and recommend the game(s) for their overall quality. Make no mistake, however, trying to be anything but a chump is a losing battle. First and second playthroughs I tried on my own, third and fourth i used the Steam guides. Basically the same hat, different weather.

i like it lots tbh 3