Serafina's Saga: Awakened

A remake of the original game that was never published on Steam, Serafina’s Saga: Awakened is a prequel to [url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/449340/Serafinas_Crown/]Serafina’s Crown[/url] (one of my favorite visual novels). The story follows Serafina, who has only ever known life in the jungle, up until a fateful day when she spots an unknown person during a hunt for prey. Having never seen another person other than her father before, she is shocked and quickly retreats. Little does she know, that encounter is just the beginning of her new life [i]outside[/i] the jungle and back to where she is originally from: Castle Krondolee, where she was born a princess. [u]Information[/u] • This is a standalone story and can be understood without having played Serafina’s Crown. (Although, I do highly recommend playing the other game, because it’s also good.) • No initial character customization, but at the end of Chapter 1, the player can choose Serafina’s hair color as part of her disguise and it remains for the rest of the game. • Romance options: 3 men, 1 woman. • No nudity. Only implied sex. Risque, sensual descriptions and CGs though. [u]Praises[/u] • Good voice acting, fitting music. • Excellent sense of humor. • Decent writing and captivating story. • Characters are all unique and have depth. • Each ending is different with a particular fate for Serafina and her romantic partner. • Cute, romantic, and/or risque CGs within the gallery. • Criticisms of greed, blind faith, corruption, monarchy, classism, and upholding the status quo. • Decent diversity. Two important black characters to the story, one being a romantic interest. One character vaguely reminds me of a Romani (but that’s my interpretation). • Non-binary & genderqueer representation. One fairly important character goes by they/them. Some gods in the lore have been known to switch genders when they feel like it. [u]Complaints[/u] • One must hold down left shift to skip and it does not distinguish between read and unread text. • Saves are imprecise. It always loads at the beginning of a scene, regardless of where one saved during a scene. Can be a little annoying if there are multiple choices in one scene. Having played both the original and this remake, I certainly enjoyed this one, but I must say I thought the art style of the original one had a certain charm to it. Serafina looked so cute with her freckles, which were removed in this version’s rendition of her. Though, I definitely appreciate black characters actually having afro-textured hair instead of straight hair in this version! Of course, the best upgrade is Reuben. He looks [i]a lot[/i] more attractive this time around. Much prettier. Ooo, and that fishnet on Jezu. Gonna need a gallon of water for that thirst. If you’d like to learn more about the original version of the game and see Serafina with freckles, you can do so on [url=woodsy-studio.com/vn/serafinas-saga-visual-novel/]Woodsy Studio’s website[/url]. I recommend this game to anyone who likes romance visual novels and definitely also recommend the sequel if you do end up liking this game.

......还可以。但如果是因为对制作组上一部作品感到相当惊艳而选择入了这一部的话，或许会有点小失望。 个人第一印象的观感是一个中规中矩，没什么悬念的故事，简而言之就是丛林长大的小公主成年后为救养育者被迫离开新手村，遂结识各怀心事（和绝活）的可攻略同伴，了解身世秘密，面临新的人生选择。 当然，仔细了解每个角色后也可以把故事解读成另一种更抽象（并可能更有趣）的东西：[spoiler]你所操纵的女主是一个长期脱离人类社会而存在的白纸，继承了前任女王的血统，如今需要进入文明社会的游戏棋盘。所有的伙伴本质上是代表着不同政治选择的符号与手段，不过呈现的方式感觉还是有点粗糙且随意（） [/spoiler] 目前只看完了其中一条线，老实说并没有在剧情层面上获得个人希望有的难忘体验；不过由于早期玩过demo，只能说多少也是有相应的心理预期，较为平淡的发展也算是意料之中。之后大概会补一下同一系列的Serafina’s Crown再结合起来复盘。 剧情以外的其他配方还是蛮熟悉的，属于是一种好的坏的全盘继承：仍然有超绝可爱的女主立绘及表情差分，很是贴合角色形象的配音（是的，仍然是部分配音），祖传的UE4引擎，3d背景搭配2d纸片人，无法定位到具体选项节点的save/load。以及，同样也是4位RO，三男一女，集齐路线以后应当是可解锁新的额外剧情，暂时感觉缺乏动力去刷完所有路线，可能有缘再看吧。 以上。 -------------- 首先我是经典款口嫌体正直，所以虽然说着没动力刷但还是又看了一条线。 感觉分数可以回升一些，因为我逐渐重新回忆起了这个组的作品真的不适合只玩一条线，信息量会不足。虽然剧情大体走向不再悬念，但RO的角色配置设计上其实依然保留了比我所想象的更多的内容，也是这个组特有的剧本风味亮点：几个RO会分别代表不同的社会阶级立场，于是其决策路线与夺权手段会呈现迥然不同的风格——[b]对“权力再分配”的争取仍然是潜藏在表层剧情下从未更迭的命题。[/b]即使表述方式上确实有种曾经沧海难为水的感觉......嗯，但是聊胜于无。 p.s. 悟了，表面romance option，实则political option（喂

[i]Serafina’s Saga: Awakened[/i] is a well written romance/adventure novel where you play as Serafina, a young girl raised in the jungle but whose fate lies in the heart of the Kingdom of Krondolee. [h3]The Story[/h3] You play as Serafina, a girl raised in the jungle alongside her guardian/father Arken, with no memory or knowledge of her life before or of her mother (who Arken is highly reluctant to speak of). After Arken is captured by soldiers you journey forth from the depths of your jungle home to eventually the royal halls of Castle Krondolee in search of freeing him. As you journey you uncover the dark secrets of your past, and Arkens, as you weave your way through relationships, romances, schemes and adventures. This game is a prequel to Serafina’s Crown but is a stand-alone game. I myself have not played the first one but this one was very good and has me excited to try out other games developed by [i]Woodsy Studio[/i]. [h3]Game-play & Features[/h3] The features in this game include your standard text speed, audio controls, text size, brightness, resolution and quality controls. Controls include text forward, skip, auto mode (nice), a history log and wasd controls for movement. There is a gallery that you can unlock special moments as you play the game of each main character & moments. Text is really easy to read, white font on a black background. And the hud is easily hidden for those wanting to enjoy the art and take screen captures. The game is divided up into chapters and does auto save quite often which is nice as sometimes you will meet your untimely end. The game has romance but nothing graphic or lewd. The romantic parts fade-to-black and are not explicit. So hints of spice but not super spicy! [h3]The Visuals & Audio[/h3] Visually the character art is well done, hand drawn and cell shaded.The backgrounds are CGI with some animations in the background like smoke stacks or birds flying. The CGI in this case blends well enough with the character art and looks good with the added effects and lighting in some parts. The characters are voice acted and sound very good. The only character without voice acting is you, the main character, which works well for immersion. The soundtrack blends well with the gameplay. Ambient sounds are also well done such as birds chirping, weapons grating, brush moving and transition sounds from scene to scene. [h3]The Save system is unique…some good, some bad[/h3] Alright here is where I appeal to the visual novel, otome lovers enthusiasts. We know how these games traditionally work right? We save a lot and we reload a lot in order to achieve all the romantic endings the game offers and the achievements. In this game that grunt work is not needed. * Yes, sometimes we still want to save and the save files are lacking identifying features that would make it easier to know at what point you're loading into the game if you're going back to look for a certain point. So maybe an image displayed on the right side of the save file when selected can have an image of the load point. Just a file name is not enough and the current image displayed is generic with a chapter number. It needs more, I will highlight that. * Your individual save points are not saved. You are loaded back to the most recent checkpoint the game autosaves at. That can be a bit of a grumbling as we are used to being in control of where we save and load into. When this happens you can hit the left shift button to fast forward and it will stop when a choice is to be made by the player. The game has many checkpoints as you go along so backtracking is not as tedious as it sounds if you want to change a fairly recent decision. [i]But[/i] the bonus is that at the end game you can go to the Extras menu, pick one of the other romance options routes , bypass about 75% of the game and play the rest at a certain point to see how the other endings play out. This is taking a lot of the grunt work out of the game for us who are used to playing by endlessly saving and reloading to get different story paths. [h3]Overall Experience[/h3] Overall a well written story with some nice romantic arcs. I like all the potential mates and one play through is pretty lengthy with about 5-6 hours clocked for one route. There is character development between potential mates that I found satisfying. After the credits continue watch for a post-credit extra scene featuring your chosen mate. [i]The developer has reached out to me and now I understand the mechanics behind their save system. It is unique and in the end takes a lot of the grunt work out of how traditional visual novels function. How you go about getting the additional romantic routes and achievements is much quicker and easier. So I have changed my review to a positive and am happy to recommend it as the story really is an enjoyable one.[/i] Otome Lovers wishes to thank [i]Woodsy Studio[/i] for providing a free review copy for this game. [quote]Please follow our curator page, [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/4680120/]Otome Lovers[/url], if you'd like to see more reviews like this one! [/quote]

Покупайте но только если уж по очень большой скидке и если прям вообще нечего вам делать. История вроде как и ничего если смотреть через совсем маленькие щелочки но как только начинаешь обращать внимание на диалоги и события и разные действия героини и её помощников это становится невыносимо. Теперь немного спойлеров Нам на выбор: Музчинка девственник которому поставить пьесу важнее жизни Мущщщина проститут который будет ходить-блудить за хлеб да масло Мурзилка с комплексом А У Меня Сосиска Больше который так и просит чтобы его избили Дэвушка у которой не все дома Мне было немного не по себе когда я типа сижу в отеле с проститутом и тип любовь морковь а потом он уходит целоваться с другим Дядькой чтобы мне принести ужин.... Ну хоть все в дом как говорится Потом иду по руту девственника у которого чуть не случился срыв из-за того что у него никогда не было, готовим эту его пьесу, обманываем всех и вся и убегаем куда глаза глядят.... ХЗ, проститут хоть накормил, а этот ещё и в окна заставляет прыгать от местной полиции События разворачиваются не пойми как. Вроде бы начинается как волшебная сказка, но это все так перегнуто в середине что ни в какие ворота не влезает. Возьмите лучше игру от этого же разработчика - Crimson Spires, там и история и руты все сладко и со вкусом.

The story so far is fairly interesting. Closer to an actual novel. The choices with who you side with, or don't, give the overall character you play a sense of personality in favor of your preference. This is a game that is great when you just want to sit back and relax with a cup of coffee and read a good book, but with something more interactive.

I bought this game after playing and really loving another game from Woodsy Studio (Crimson Spires). I also enjoyed it ! I replayed to romance all possible characters but Reuben stays my favorite :D ALso nice voice actors and nice soundtrack !