Summona Realm: The Secret Flame

The art style is unique, especially the black-and-white look. Love the character vibe. Feels promising for an Early Access game.

I like the art and game story. Well done!

[h1] 「♥Summona Realm: The Secret Flame♥」 [/h1] [h2] 「♥游戏介绍♥」 [/h2] Summona Realm: The Secret Flame是由Odd Ember制作的一款文字冒险视觉小说游戏，游戏中玩家需要操控角色探索不同的地点，在不同的地点触发不同的事件，目前游戏内容大概在1小时左右就能全部过完，而作者说游戏还在更新中值得期待一下。 [h2] 「♥游戏内容♥」 [/h2] 游戏比较有特色的地方就在于他的画面，就是这种黑白色的日系漫画的视觉风格，开发者没有追求华丽的色彩渲染，反而以简洁的黑白线条构建世界，包括对话时的气泡效果，还有场景的细节，都是用黑白的漫画形式来展现的。非常换原日式漫画风格，让人玩完之后感觉就像看了一部漫画一样。 游戏没有采用传统的视觉小说风格，而是采用了在地图选点交互的剧情推进方式。每次进入新区域后，玩家看到的不是开放式场景也不是选择分支，而是一张标注着关键地点的地图，选择不同地点，触发的剧情，遇到的 NPC 都完全不同。 游戏剧情主要讲述了有着隐秘过往的神秘主角杰罗伊（Geroy），以他的视角在旅程中探索，揭开这个世界的种种秘密。作者预估剧情大约在10小时左右，目前游戏还没有制作完全，作者还在全力制作中，在图鉴中也可以看到已经解锁的人物信息，游戏中也有笔记本让玩家观看世界观和部分设定，是一款准备的挺充分的游戏。 [h2] 「♥总结♥」 [/h2] Summona Realm: The Secret Flame虽然目前制作还尚未完成，但是未来的潜力还是有的，目前没中文，需要玩家有一定的阅读理解能力才能游玩，文本量比较大，适合英语高手和喜欢深度剧情的玩家来游玩。 [table][td]欢迎关注鉴赏家[url= https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45519015/]“无趣评测”[/url][/td][/table]

[i] As of the time of this review the prologue and chapters 1-3 are available in full. Note: My playtime is notably lower than it takes to read it in full because I played it on itch.io before and skipped the prologue and the first two chapters here on Steam. [/i] An interesting and promising start of a visual novel that seems to aim big based on the massive amount of world building already happening within the first three chapters. The pacing is well done, important terms are conveniently marked up the first time they appear and there is an automatically updating notebook that explains all those terms so you can easily look things up. They also provide a lot of additional lore and contribute majorly to the overall worldbuilding. The developer is communicative and responds to feedback on various platforms (Itch.io, Discord). The characters come across as original and have depth with the player learning a little bit more about them with each interaction. So far all characters encountered (save one) are old friends of the MC so we are learning about their past (and the MC's) bit by bit. The art is entirely hand-drawn and overall very nice. There is a change in art style partway through because the developer at first hired an artist and then took over the drawing himself. Backgrounds, characters and maps are all well done and pleasant to look at. In it's current state I can clearly recommend the game. There isn't a ton of content yet, but it's actively being worked on and the quality of what's there is worth the price tag, especially considering this is an indie project, not a creation of a big studio. NSFW version can be found on [spoiler] itch.io [/spoiler] There is a walkthrough for chapters 1-3 on Discord.

Already watched someone play this game on stream, now playing just to get every art in this game, visual novel but like a manga. Even though I’ve seen many visual novels and manga art, this game’s art is unique to me. The main characters interact with others in a silly and cute way, which makes me really like them, even though the game’s world-building is kind of dark. After playing early access ver, I think that the future storyline will not be too dark. It is very suitable for those who want to chill with a light and gentle story. Although there will be dramatic sometimes, everything will surely be resolved in a good way, without excessive violence or heavy psychological themes (this is just my subjective opinion). And of course, it also suits those who love attractive, sexy, cute female characters. The female character designs in this game is very very good; just by watching the trailer, you can understand what I mean. In short, for me, this is a game with unique art, a story that not be heavy, good at fan service. The game’s price is also cheap. With the effort the developers put into the art, I don’t think this game could be this cheap—it even costs less than the amount I have to pay for one month of Fanbox or Patreon XD. (I not very good with writting a review and english so i use chatgpt to help me, sorry if that make you guys feels uncomfortable)

The game’s pretty interesting! I really like how the story’s told. It’d be awesome if the creator added a little in-game app to read each character’s own story (if there is 18+ version it would be great hahaha). The story seems to have open plot. Hopefully it goes deep enough to keep us attracted.