Serafina's Crown

Get it from the Indiegala's bundle and ... I don't know what to say... I'm kind of regret spending money on it and not save for my idol hell mini pack. The story not bad but I'm not really enjoy it and the art really need more improve. [spoiler] AND WHY THE HELL REUBEN IS CANON?!? WHY THE HELL EVERYTHING ARE SERAFINA'S? ODELL DESERVE BETTER![/spoiler]

2/10

The immersion is so refreshing! Woodsy Studio, you've just solidified a fan of your works. Specifically speaking of the Serafina series. Both novels are beautifully designed and vibrantly decorated overall. Each character represented a regal house, pledged to a god cleverly that personifies aspects of the human psyche. The clash between each of their strategic and philosophical aspects created a very thrilling court drama. Lastly, the overall content's 'M +18' rating really allowed the novel's authenticity to really standout.

I liked it. It took politics and a murder mystery and actually made it engaging with the use of a mini game of high vs low numbers. Didn't love the PC being a crying lovesick mess out the gate, but luckily didn't have to deal with it much. I actually did really well at the mini game. And then I died a horrible death XD I may try it again someday, but once through was enough for now.

[u]WARNING - This Game has regular use of profanity (offensive words) so if you are easily offended please consider avoiding this title[/u] [b]Woodsy Studio the Developers behind The Echoes of the Fey series[/b] released this 2015 fantasy Visual Novel as a sequel to Serafina's Saga featuring past characters (such as Arken, Kallias, Nikolaos & Reuben) and introduces new characters that include the Female Protagonist role you play as - Odell Perin. The story starts off with the murder of Queen Belatrix leaving the Kingdom of Darzia without a Ruler, this causes Arken to find Odell Perin to become the temporary neutral Regent since all remaining successors to the throne will be under investigation. Those four successors each represent a Family House with political characteristics of : Military, Diplomat, Socialist and of course Serafina, the daughter of Arken, and her accused husband Reuben. As Odell, you not only take control of Royal decisions but also assist neutrally in the murder investigation by settling disputes and having evidence presented to you throughout the story for you to act on. There is a mini-game system used to help decide disputes or debates that involves being given a list of numbers (1-12) and the Highest or Lowest number to win over 3 or 4 rounds depending on if the Debate is Minor, Normal or Important. Each outcome will decide a ranking system for the Family Houses and this can be swayed further by choices made as the game progresses. You will get choice matters angles in the game that can gain you abilities to use in the mini game such as remove opponents number or double points. The story also has a romance angle and it's decided by which Family House you regularly interact with over the 5 chapters including an epilogue. There is also a costume feature that allows you to change Odell's appearance throughout the game via a shirt icon in the bottom left of the screen. For me, this game had a lot of variety to it including a hilarious sense of humour both in the superb voice acting & the story's progression. There are 25 Achievements each needing up to 4 playthroughs to fully complete making this excellent for replayabilty unless you save and reload to gain them. The Menu has many options including text-speed, skip dialogue, save & return (which can be done throughout the game [i]except during the debate mini games[/i] by accessing the cogwheel icon in the right upper screen) and music or sound alongside Quit. Ingame you have music-player controls to the left upper screen for skip or text speed as well as a mute button for sound. I thoroughly enjoyed this Visual Novel (Thanks Ash!!) and would recommend it to anyone who often plays VNs or who enjoys a Fantasy plot with loads of funny moments and catchy signature voice acting that adds great depth to the characters. ~~~~~~~~Liked what you see? You can find more at [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/32839633/]Have a Word[/url]~~~~~~~~~~~~

After playing through all the endings, I finally figured out the trick to the numbers mini game. As someone who teaches argument, I kind of wish the debates hadn't been reduced to a numbers game. It's an okay visual novel, but I grew tired of the mini game after a couple play throughs.

Tags: Adventure - VN - Visual Novel Additional Tags: Delete Local Content & Remove from Library TLDR: Its an uneven title with a lot of issues but has fair ambitions at a real narrative, real interactivity, minigames, choice and consequence as well some protagonist customization options. You could do worse than play through this but it is not very recommendable or memorable at all. Hideous art. Clunky minigames. Endless soap opera arguments from silly looking characters that you brute force through with the use of a magic pendant swinging an arrow up or down and picking numbers randomly. Its basically an RNG mechanic that allows you to win arguments. Really like the potential of the politics and the ambition of the scripting. But I vastly preferred Long Live the Queen for its greater interactivity, greater implementation of choice and consequence, nicer audiovisuals and clearer plot line. Functions more or less like an otome game. Except instead of getting affection from one of four boys you get to align yourself politically with one of four factions. Game has good structure and tried to be mechanically deep. Good to have a change from pace from flat out romance. You can get to spend time with each faction leader and by picking appropriately earn outfit pieces, or earn minigame modifiers for the next debates. The game overwhelms you constantly with endless dialogue that pans from one character's face to another. The voice acting helps to keep your attention but the format of dialogue really needed a proper conference room or senate of some kind. Eventually I discovered the secret layer of the game and finished it. I got a fairly bad ending for my trouble, and I suspect that I could have picked a different ending and the game would had just shaped the events accordingly which makes sense when taking decisions as a monarch but not so much when choosing your fate over things you have no power over. Game follows arguments about the topic of the day in the castle halls. Followed by formal debate. Which then rearranges faction powers in relation to each other. Each faction has a vested interested in being at another faction's throat and the way the game tries to weave scripting, minigames, and political intrigue was highly promising. Unfortunately the whole guess a number mechanic to win the arguments felt a little bit clunky. You get used to the art assets after starting at them for a while but they look off, way off. Many characters were dressed in ridiculous outfits, were sporting silly haircuts or otherwise looked ridiculous which really hurt the immersion. The game has potential for ... some... replay value so you can explore being in favor with different factions or picking different choices but the game did not entice me enough to warrant me doing that and I am fairly confident that it would not fundamentally alter the flavor of the game.

A visual novel about drama, political intrigue, and muRRRRduRRR!! You play as Odell Perin a spoiled socialite out gallivanting about when you receive an urgent summons ordering you to return back home immediately. Apparently the queen has been murdered and since you were travelling abroad when it happened you're the only one who isn't a murder suspect. You're appointed regent and tasked with solving the murder as an unbiased observer. Cue political drama, backstabbing, and conspiracy plots. The game has a fun but ultimately frustrating debate mechanic where you can argue with other nobles about matters of state and/or regarding the queen's murder. The frustrating part is that it's all based on RNG and you could lose a debate through no fault of your own. You take turns picking numbers and best number wins the argument. But again it's all based on randomly generated numbers so it is possible to lose every single investigation possible making you the worst detective in history through sheer dumb luck. That said the story is very well written with multiple layers of character development, romantic subplots, and multiple conspiracies. Seems like everyone but you wanted the queen dead for one reason or another. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=784080643

没中文，画风诡异，不推荐。 唯一可说的就是徽章设计的很好看。

The story is great but the art REALLY needs work. There was this bit of the art that I would grade a 'B' so the question is why doesn't the game look like this all the time? http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/449340/ss_adb55256af8cbce558666beec5e64e2a379b1cb6.jpg?t=1458266830