Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut

"Что посеешь, то и пожнешь" Помимо отклика, зацепила необычная подача изначально происходящего. Я, будучи пресыщенной изобилием похожего, редко что-то новое изучая, добралась до игры, и не пожалела. У игры несложный сюжет, но хорошая реализация задумки, подача через глубину и ключевую мысль. Приятная музыка – с чем у меня частенько бывают проблемы в играх. Здесь музыка всегда радует. Озвучка тоже радует. Свой стиль, запоминающийся лично мне. Восхищает столько отриосванного материала! Некоторые диалоги героя? и др голосов излишне повторяющиеся в какой-то мысли, которая уже была озвучена. Но это не портит впечатление в целом (я не про задуманные повторы). Некоторые диалоги забавны) ... Любовь в этой игре – это разносторонний объём, охватывающий самые разные грани хорошего и плохого. Что игра буквально стремится раскрыть. Тема выбора, предательства, грань между ними, последствия. Что на самом деле является большим предательством? И кое что-то, что всех вариациях все равно остается, даже если в искажённом виде. [spoiler] Зацепило, как реализовали, что концовка – начало, но это уже нечто совсем другое.. [/spoiler]

i don't get how this game has so many positive reviews. maybe it's just not my cup of tea. it's the same short story that you can complete in less than half an hour and then you have to repeat it over and over and over. every time you make different choices and get a different ending. and that's it. in less than two hours i got three or four endings (and their achievements). now i'm supposed to play it another hundred times to get all the remaining ones. well, maybe i won't (i'm not even sure how i'm supposed to remember all the ones i've already done).

This was a gloomy, yet funny and entertaining little trick. Slay the Princess is a choose-your-adventure-style game, and a very well written, and well dubbed one. This game is all about going on loops and unlocking new content and endings, though after the third full loop it felt a bit too repetitive to me, ths first few the decisions feel really impactful, specially since you don't know what's going on...main problem is that as mystery is unraveled, beginning new loops to unlock new content feels a little meaningless. Regardless of that, I had quite some fun for a couple of days and for the sale price, I would recommend

《Slay the Princess》像是一部披着恐怖游戏外衣，深入探讨亲密关系的互动剧。本作最耐人寻味之处在于，它将亲密关系中那些微妙的张力转化为具象的交互反馈，你的每一次选择，都会有其对应的后果。玩家对待公主的方式，无论是敌视，怀疑还是沟通，最终都会塑造出她不同的模样。这种互动逻辑隐喻了关系中的一种普遍现象：在亲密关系里，对方往往是我们个人心理投射的产物。游戏中的叙事颇具哲学意味，它不断追问真实的自我与臆想中的对方之间究竟有何关联。个人认为对于希望在游戏中寻求情感共鸣或愿意深入剖析亲密关系中个体心理的玩家，这部作品提供了一个独特的切入点。它像是一面镜子，让玩家在那些扭曲与疯狂的形态中，看到自己在关系里的影子

Unironically the best love story I've ever experienced, if you don't go in completely blind you will do yourself a massive disservice, just trust your gut, there are no wrong decisions only the choices you've made and those you haven't yet

It's a meta story about stories in general and it's just not very interesting. Yes there are tons of branching paths and lots of work put in, but it all ends in "well this is a game and none of this makes sense and the real ending is walking way from it." As in; Stanley Parable but without the funniness.

Great start: in a very short time, it creates a situation where the player no longer knows what to do, who to trust, or why. The game offers an endless amount of interactions and different scenarios, often impossible to replicate. The unfolding mystery is intriguing and sufficiently well-developed. The art style is okay, even if a bit generic and humble. The voice acting is very good, but a larger cast to better differentiate various voices would have been great. The ending is perhaps too convoluted and not entirely clear, yet it remains narratively and emotionally satisfying enough, with several ways to complete it. Replayability is also good, as you can easily load your saves and try different endings.

This game thinks it's profound and very smart, but it's just pretentious. Every time you start a new act, a new voice appears. A voice, that is supposed to be yours as a player. It predicts your personality and stream of thoughts, except it doesn't. It makes fun of you for playing the game the way it was intended. This is not my thoughts and personality, and i don't see a reason why would that be the case. I don't even see a reason for this feature to be in the game. The game has no actual endings. Every "ending" leads to one place, because turns out every playthrough you had is a part of a bigger story. This could be interesting, except that's not what i came for. The game is literally called "Slay the Princess", and turns out the story is not about slaying and not about the princess. Then what's the point? To waste my time? Well, you did it. You wasted just enough of my time so i couldn't refund the game.

this game blows. for a game about choices you have nearly no choices and the game takes agency out of the players hands and just forces things to happen

В трёх словах: Визуал. Музыка. Озвучка. Что и делает визуальную новеллу хорошей. Есть ещё, конечно, сюжет, но в этой игре он, как мне кажется, не так силён, как всё вышеперечисленное. Но то, что выборов в игре действительно много и они влияют, скорее, не на сюжет и концовку, а на повествование, лично меня порадовало. Игра — шик. 10 принцесс из 10. Их, кстати, там много. Не уверен, что понравится не любителям новелл, хотя для них лучше вообще никакие новеллы не брать... :) :) :) ///