[i]“If you spend all your time looking backwards to the past, you might miss out on whatever precious chances the future brings.”[/i]
[b]Note:[/b] I only played the S1 & S2 Prologue, Main Story, His PoV, and Epilogue for all the characters, except for Dui, who I finished all the content for. Each character takes around 12 hours to fully complete and I only did about the first 4 hours for each.
[h3]Synopsis[/h3]
The MC works at a planetarium. One night before the Star Festival event, she wishes for the weather to be clear so the event goes as planned. Suddenly, she notices a bright light streaking towards her apartment and out of fear, she closes her eyes. When she opens her eyes, she suddenly finds not one, not two, but six hot men standing inside of her apartment room. These six men have been exiled from the heavens. They are Gods, Princes of the Stars. They tell her that she has stars in her eyes and that she is an ex-goddess. Ridiculous, right? She doesn’t remember being a goddess or seeing stars in her eyes. They then claim that she has the ability to erase them of their sins that had cast them out of heaven. She is absolutely flabbergasted. She doesn't know what they are talking about, much less believes them. What a hoax. Threatening to call the police, one of the men named Leon snaps his fingers and suddenly she’s floating in the sky. This pompous pri— I mean as— uhh, this pompous, prideful God, teases her and then drops her, letting her fall towards the city below. She then wakes up on the floor of her apartment, assuming that it had all been a dream.
At work the next night, she is on the roof of the planetarium for an event so that people can hang their wishes. Suddenly out of nowhere the same six men show up, telling her that she needs to come with them. A young boy is reaching over the edge of the roof and is knocked off by the wind. She tries to reach for him, but ends up falling off herself.
Which God will you call for in your time of need? In this version of the game, you only have the option of three of these original six due to the game being split between the different departments. This game consists of the Gods from Punishment, who punish mortals for their sins.
There are three other Gods who do not show up in this prologue, who instead show up in the season 2 prologue. The season 2 prologue starts off sometime after the season 1 prologue where you didn’t call on a specific god and have absolved those original six gods of their sins. It is here that suddenly the Dark King is trying to resurrect to come back and destroy the Earth and Heavens. He needs the MC, the ex-Goddess of Fate, to be able to fully revive. She has to choose which of the other six gods (three in this version) to protect her.
[h3]Love Interest’s[/h3]
The six gods in this game include: Scorpio, Dui, Ichthys, Zyglavis, Krioff, and Partheno.
Scorpio - The Scorpio God. Vice Minister of the Punishments Department. Extremely rude personality. He was exiled for using a forbidden power. He’s constantly calling MC “stupid woman”. Basically stings you like a scorpion with how harsh his words are. He does open up to her and becomes a bit softer as his route goes on though.
Dui - The Gemini God. Was exiled to Earth for killing another God. Due to this, [spoiler]he developed a split personality.[/spoiler] He is normally a very sweet and caring person, but when he sees blood, [spoiler]his other side awakes. This side is dark and menacing and the first time you meet this side, he tries to kill you.[/spoiler]
Ichthys - The Pisces God. He is the typical guy that has to play jokes and pranks on everyone, which is the reason for his exile. He is extremely friendly and gets along with Dui. He tends to prank Zyglavis and Scorpio specifically.
Zyglavis - The Libra God. He is the Minister for the Department of Punishments and is very strict and work-oriented. He is always calling the MC by her full name and is extremely strict and harsh.
Krioff - The Aries God. Known as the God of Destruction due to the power he holds. He volunteers to be the one to protect you due to wanting the reward the King will grant.
Partheno - The Virgo God. He’s the God of Beauty and Love, and a pervert…at least that’s what the other God’s refer to him as. His route was the most interesting, as it plays out differently than the others. I personally enjoyed his route the most and there are some very steamy parts in his main story and epilogue.
[h3]Negatives[/h3]
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[*]MC is eyeless & there is no voice acting (may be subjective based on the player).
[*]If you’re anything but thin, you might feel out of place if you self insert due to the LIs calling her small, thin arms, petite, etc.
[*]The OST has very few tracks and is quite repetitive.
[*]The backgrounds are very basic because it is a mobile game that’s from 2014, the backgrounds just weren’t as important to worry about looking nice. Although each of the LIs have different rooms that match their personalities and some of the bg’s are nicer than others.
[*]MC is a big crybaby, naive, and can be a bit annoying. She’s the basic early otome days MC with no real personality.
[*]When you go to load, it does not remember the latest one, so you have to scroll down to the one you want to load. It’s easier to just go to Story List and load from there (as long as you didn’t stop in the middle of the chapter).
[*]The skip read mode does not work unless you had read that part in your current session. If you read the text, closed the game, then loaded it back up, it does not think you have read it. There is a force skip button.
[*]You cannot choose which stories you would like to read first. They are all locked and you have to go down the list in order and read the stories to unlock them. I shouldn’t have to be forced to read or even forced to skip read through His PoV to read the Epilogue or even the Sequel.
[*]The little previews of the stories spoil one of the CGs, and some stories only have one CG.
[*]Many issues with words being misspelled or completely wrong and even some of the characters names are wrong for who is speaking.
[*]Because this is a mobile game, the relationship moves very quickly.
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A definite positive for this game is the loading when you load a previous line. It’s instantaneous with no loading screens.
[h3]Final Thoughts[/h3]
The main route for each love interest, basically involves a bit of drama and have the MC find a way to figure out how to absolve each God of their sins or deal with the Dark King. With His PoV after seeing the main story through his eyes and the Epilogue involving how the two are adjusting to their love life after the main story (a short three chapters). The one good thing though, is that each route seems to be different in the problems that each character deals with.
Personally I struggled to get through this game. I used to love it when I was first into Voltage games. I feel this might simply be because it’s more of a mundane story than very adventure-filled. If you’re new to otome games, this may be of interest to you. Especially if you like to self insert. It’s also good for people who want a game with a lot of content and many hours of playtime. There were a few spicy moments after the main story for some of the characters, so this might be of interest to you as well.
My full review can be read over on [url=https://otomelovers.com/2024/07/08/star-crossed-myth-the-department-of-punishments-review-by-jeminijess/]Otome Lovers website[/url] due to the Steam character limitation. When I’m done with the rest of the game, all my final thoughts and info on the game can be found there. Anything not included here will be in a different color.
Otome Lovers wishes to thank [i]Voltage Inc[/i] for providing a free review copy of this game.
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