The Seasons

A very short novel that discusses a few life concerns in a concise and meaningful manner, but it lacks a solid foundation on story pacing and on-point execution. [b]Graphics: 7.5/10[/b] Pretty? Yes. But not the highest of the high. Its comparatively better than other VNs in its price point; I’ve seen much worse. This is more than enough for this type of novel. I’ll go as far as to say that this is one of the strongest points of the novel. [b]Storyline: 5/10[/b] The story told in the Summer and Autumn seasons were spot-on and I’d give those a 9/10 respectively. Although, the story told in the Spring and Winter seasons didn’t make much sense. It feels as if the author [i]tried[/i] to connect these two seasons with the TREE you keep seeing at the end of each season, but it seems as if it didn’t turn out as expected. I initially thought that the individual story for each season was a great idea until the author decided to connect them, it was a good attempt, but was poorly executed at the end. [b]Sound: 6/10[/b] This was “fine” for the most part. Sure, it’s very repetitive, but it sounds great. For its price point I didn’t expect so much attention to the soundtrack. I’m quite pleased with it. [b]Gameplay: 8/10[/b] It runs smoothly with no lag, bugs, glitches or crashes throughout my entire gameplay. But I found the options menu to be lacking. There are no options to start the game at full screen or have the ability to change the resolution. Also, it doesn’t tell you this, but if you want to hide the text box (to take a screenshot of the scenery/ characters), just press “H”. [b]Price: 5/10[/b] I think it’s a little too much for £5.79, I’d give this a 10/10 if it was at £3.99 though. Get this on a sale, it would be worth it then.