Sorcery Jokers All Ages Version

Sorcery Jokers starts out very slow. Enough that I was unimpressed and getting bored fast with the slice of life events. However once the first tragedy hits, things start to get really interesting, and it remains that way till it's conclusion. I recommend sticking with it past the first chapter before passing judgement.

[h1]Sorcery Jokers: ¡Que la magia no te engañe![/h1] [h2]Resumen[/h2] ¿Te cansaste de los mismos viejos juegos de rol donde lo más emocionante es elegir entre ser un mago calvo o uno con sombrero? Bueno, aquí te traemos Sorcery Jokers, un intento decente de mezclar trama y magia sin convertirlo en un circo. Así que si estás buscando algo con hechizos que parece que realmente podrían funcionar y no solo hacer puf, este es tu juego. [h2]Aspectos Importantes e Interesantes[/h2] Primero, ¡hablemos de esa historia! El juego no te suelta en un mundo de magia sin más, te meten de lleno en una trama donde cada hechizo tiene su porqué. Y sí, los personajes... algunos parecen sacados de un reality show de magos, pero al menos tienen más profundidad que una piscina para niños. Las gráficas no te harán llorar sangre – son bastante decentes, supongo. Sin embargo, aquí no vamos a ganar ningún Oscar a los efectos visuales. [h2]Aspectos por Mejorar[/h2] Oh, la música. ¿Por qué? En momentos donde deberías estar sumergido completamente en una batalla épica, la melodía te hace sentir más en una sala de espera. Y, por supuesto, no podemos olvidar esa maravillosa IA... que a veces tiene la inteligencia de un sandwich. Mejorar esto definitivamente ayudaría a que los enfrentamientos no se sientan como peleas de almohadas. 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I never imagined you could fit so much pointless filler in a story. 6 out of 7 hours I have played to this moment were full of pointless scenes, contributing nothing to the story, characters, or the world. Each stretched to the limit. Even simplest comic relief dialoues between characters are pumped full of lines like some sort of high school student end of term paper. What little good story there is, is split between different character points of view, which waters down the story even more, nearly losing its already faint coherence. Honestly, this is first time where im reading a line, and just outright not remembering it 10 seconds later. There were even moments where I was close to falling asleep. Setting seems cool, visuals are great. Effects are rather poor, very short, often put on a loop or just repeated multiple times throughout the dialogue. I will keep playing in hope it gets better and makes me change this review. edit 23h in: Story flows a bit better when told with just 2 points of view but there is just too much padding. Combat sequences are just 5 effects repeated on and on but last good 10-15 minutes. I regret I kept playing. Also it crashed at least five times, no error nothing, just closed to desktop.

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gameplay : asahi graphic : asahi story : asahi music : asahi

Senri route is a bit to good its kinda unfair ngl

interesting Story :) i liked it ^^

NOTE: This review contains spoilers. If you want to know if it's worth the price of admission, yes it is. *REVIEW STARTS HERE* I've had a strange history with sorcery jokers. I read a lot of VNs when I was a teenager, and after playing MUV-LUV Alternative, I wanted another one to read. I found this on Steam and bought it on the Steam Holiday Sale of 2020. I started it and then read through some of it... and then stopped about an hour in. Started it Again January of this year... and stopped about an hour in. Resolved to finish the game since I bought it, I was left with a good story that had me hooked until I saw the end credits. Sorcery Jokers is a Action Visual Novel about a world where magic is real (it's the tagline of the VN, actually). Magic was thrust onto the world suddenly, and Magic has been ingrained into everyday life. Technology relies on Magic to function, and there are even schools that are dedicated to studying magic despite it not being in the world for that long. There are people who use Magic, Casters, and people who cannot. The story of Sorcery Jokers is presented in a unique way that I found made the pacing really well done. Initially, you read a prologue that introduces you to our two main protagonists, Haruto and Senri. After that, you are presented with a story tree that lets you experience the events of the story through the eyes of additional characters. Even though for the most part they are a kind of retelling of the same events, the game does a good job of making the scenes feel fresh with the perspective of someone else. Some parts of the different character routes even deviate from what we already know happened and shows what a character was doing in a certain part of the story. I haven't experienced that in a VN before and I felt it made the pacing feel like it kept on track as it doesn't linger with exposition for too long. As for the characters themselves... this is where the weak point of the VN comes in IMO. To me, the saving grace of the entire VN was Senri. Senri was a well crafted, stoic character who has a aloofness that I really liked about him. He was always one step ahead in battles, I loved how he baited his enemies in fights with plans that I did not see coming, how he was deeply analytical about situations, and how philosophical he was when he thought about the people around him. I really enjoyed following Senri's journey, and the ending where we discovered what his true goals were gave a nice finishing touch on the VN. The other characters were... meh to say the least. Asahi was a good character. I thought she had some good scenes and the way she influenced and was devoted to Haruto made me smile while reading. But... there was Haruto himself. For being a protagonist, a lot of the story focuses on him and his point of view. For 90% of the story I found him 100% insufferable. From reviews I have read this seems to be the consensus. Haruto constantly talks about playing fair and justice and doing what is right... but he does so in the most repetitive and annoying way that it makes it hard to read through. "YOU'RE KICKING MY ASS?! YOU'RE NOT PLAYING FAIR?!" (not an actual line, but it may as well be). When he gets over his ♥♥♥♥♥♥ way of thinking near the end of the story He actually becomes a joy to read. The final fight scene was well done and I liked seeing Haruto ♥♥♥♥ the big bad's ♥♥♥♥ up. The rest of the characters are alright. You have Fiona, and Riku, who are good characters that contribute to the overall plot, but they really werent the focus for me. To me, It was really all about Senri and what he had to go through that I liked the most. As this is a battle VN, I can say that the fights are good and exciting. What I liked about them is the frequent change in music (some even mid fight) to highlight the change in the situation. It made reading the fight scenes engaging. They are quick, in your face, and don't drag on forever, which was refreshing to see. Overall, I quite liked this VN. I thought it was good, and well worth the time spent. I would 100% recommend this game, and especially on sale Overall score: Senri/10. (in all seriousness, 8.5/10)

Sorcery Jokers is a decent fantasy battle visual novel, but it has nary an aspect that I don't have mixed feelings about. It's an urban/science fantasy story in a world in which magic is a relatively recent phenomenon—only 12 years prior to the story, some ordinary people started to gain magical abilities. In the present, the government, economy, schools, and more are all in in regard to magic. However, there's a seedy underbelly of plots and conspiracies to the magic world that both protagonists become involved with in some way. Haruto is one of those protagonists. He's a fairly ordinary teen-aged boy with a strong sense of justice, but he attends magic school instead of normal school. While he seems to be the slightly less favored protagonist, I actually enjoyed reading his perspective more. He actually has emotions and an obvious reason to delve deeper into the underground of the magic world, so it was easier to care about what he was doing than it was for the other protagonist Senri. Senri actually does have perhaps even a stronger motivation for his actions than Haruto, but that motivation is unknown to the readers until the last 2% of the story, so I ended up not caring much about his perspective. He's also stoic, calculating, and fairly unemotional, which made it even harder to relate to him. Sorcery Jokers's mystery has layer upon layer, and it was satisfying to watch them peel away to reveal the core of the story. (Side Note: It's small, but I also appreciated how the VN would send me back to the title screen and make me press "START" to continue the story after each act concluded. It was a neat way to use the fact that Sorcery Jokers is also software, not a traditional paper novel.) However, I also felt like the story meandered a bit too much in between each new revelation. In the process of investigating the magical underground, both Haruto and Senri encounter a number of enemies who stand in their way, and whom they must overcome with force. The battles in this battle-heavy VN, though, were a mixed bag. It's easier for me to note which ones were good: [spoiler]Senri and Fiona's first battle with Inui[/spoiler] and almost all battles in the story's final act. Almost every other battle went in one eye and out the other. The best things I can say about Sorcery Jokers are that it has a strong mystery; Asahi, a prevalent heroine in Haruto's half of the story is an excellent, 10/10 character, with her similarly strong sense of justice and ironclad determination; [spoiler]Ruu and Rikudou[/spoiler] are pretty good villains; and the story is well-structured, which may seem weird for me to say when I was just complaining about its pacing, but I mean that in the sense that every detail is included for a reason—even minuscule interactions or plot events have some payoff further down the line. Overall though, Sorcery Jokers is okay; its battles—a significant portion of its runtime—are okay, the soundtrack is okay, and any other scenes not related to mystery are okay. It's just okay! 6/10

[h1] 剧情 [/h1] 双男主，一个校园小雏男，一个龙傲天大哥。每人各对应两个女主。 单线剧情，没有任何实质选项，非常长，非常中二，且有不少转折，引人入胜。虽然有些桥段略显俗套，但整体完成度较高。[spoiler] 就是反派有点拉了…… [/spoiler] 正传中感情戏较少，大部分时间都在推主线，六个角色的故事互相交织展开，且各有成长，非常有意思。 个人比较喜欢Fiona线。 [h1] 美术&音乐 [/h1] 人物设计方面，女主角人均可视北半球，最明显的就是Fiona的修女服，可以看出来就是奔着色气去的。 男主帅！挺喜欢Haruto的常服设计。 不过我注意到有些角色的立绘中衣服布料的位置似乎不太合理。[spoiler] Riku穿着战斗服时的侧身立绘，布料显然包不住胸啊…… [/spoiler] 大部分CG还挺精美的，但是到战斗环节就复用严重了，我只能说制作组尽力了…… 大部分BGM都挺好听且应景的，大赞ED。 [h1] R18内容 [/h1] 正传里只有4段H场景，且其中1段是配角&仅被看到，都比较靠后。大部分H场景都在后日谈部分里，实用性算中等偏上吧。 [spoiler] 笑死了，我听Riku的第一个H场景听出了ASMR的感觉。 [/spoiler] 除此之外，本作涉及一些暴力血腥桥段，且会有角色死亡。不过这方面CG刻画很少，更多的是一些屏幕溅血贴图。还有一个场景会渐变全屏红色，倒是没感觉恶心啥的，就是感觉怪刺眼的。 随之而来的还有些微的恐怖要素，不过本作没有jump scare，大可放心。[spoiler] 我感觉比较吓人的应该是Ruu咧大嘴笑的那个表情，但是细看眉毛的话又会觉得很搞笑。 [/spoiler] [h1] 系统 [/h1] 本作的系统似乎有不少bug，最影响体验的就是切到某些CG时会闪退的bug。我摸索出来的解决方案是使用Win 7兼容模式启动。然后我在兼容模式下又在另一个地方闪退了，于是我关了兼容模式，又TM好了…… 主菜单背景图会在剧情进行到一定程度后更换，有点意思。 CG和场景鉴赏会在正传通关后解锁。 [h1] 其他 [/h1] 两个男主在重要剧情以及自身视角外的剧情中会有配音，在全部剧情中占比不小，也算是一个新奇的体验。 目前游戏还没有汉化，我是硬啃的英文半熟。不得不说，MangaGamer的翻译真够用心的。 希望有汉化早日出炉吧，给这部冷门佳作带高点热度。