The Symbiant Re:Union

É uma ótima continuação a história original, mas peca em alguns pontos: - poderia ser um DLC do jogo original e não um novo, já que é curto demais e os finais são lineares, não há bifurcações ou influência de escolhas aqui. - as cenas explícitas são menos trabalhadas, considero elas bem curtas, e ocorre com menor frequencia comparado ao primeiro. - é dispensável se parar pra pensar, mas suficiente pra quem quer um gostinho de "quero mais" depois do primeiro jogo. pontos a elogiar: - ótima localização, assim como o primeiro jogo, as traduções para o português estão excelentes. - arte impecável - danya seu gostoso

Assim como The Symbiant, The Symbiant Re:Union é extraordinário. Falo como alguém que jogou a rota de Odaria e, sinceramente? É simplesmente maravilhoso. Assim como no primeiro jogo, o ambiente é acolhedor, os personagens são calorosos e todas as interações são interessantes e confortáveis num nível que eu me sinto em casa, rodeado de familiares. É surreal! Gostaria de ressaltar, como disse na minha análise de The Symbiant: Foi tão lindo que, se eu visse a pessoa que criou esse jogo na rua eu lhe daria um abraço! Esse jogo renovou a minha alma. Amém.

我以为布雷弗是清冷美人的。。。。

很可惜后续这部没赶上折扣原价购买的，看评论本来已经担忧到快要退款了，游玩结束后觉得还好。 画风和前作的确有些差别，尽管色彩线条变化不大，但布雷弗的CG没有前作那么清秀了，纯粹冲着前作画风购入的话观感上有点落差...不过剧情依然较符合逻辑，文本信息量恰到好处，也不是粗暴的机翻，很喜欢。 顺便，一些负距离接触的暧昧DLC可以在相关里找到，我是购入下载后重启游戏一直无法触发这部分，退出Steam后重新登陆才顺利检索体验到这部分内容。希望对其他人有所帮助。 卡亚马线路：我有看评论区说很不太能接受布雷弗后续和其他人发生关系，但老实说并不意外。一方面前作里两人对于彼此前任态度都比较开明，二一方面此事是发生在两人正式分手断联后，更何况布雷弗经历很多打击后孤立无援精神状态很差——自己的研究事业灭顶之灾、因为这项研究还同时间接导致了朋友的死亡，我相信以他的性格会非常内疚，蹲过监狱也没人为他提供情感支持，这种颓废情况下很难保持自律自持。 毕竟分手又不是守寡，更何况也没有什么替身文学或者因为丹尼亚和共生体的事情心怀怨怼，真是挺难得的。 这种类型的成瘾还是可以挽回的，在陪伴支持下承诺戒烟也确实做到了，虽然他天台抽烟那张也很美丽哈哈哈。 为陪伴爱人暂缓事业，真有你的丹尼亚，真的需要很大决心啊啊啊特别感慨。这种陪伴别人从低谷期走出来需要的情感支持和精力投入是巨大的，太厉害了。 欧达里亚线路：纯粹小甜饼了属于是，唯一的点可能是有人无法接受这种恋人一块被触手进入，不过我这种混沌中立派吃得很香，前作布雷弗也说过对共生体的情感态度所以也不觉得算NTR，把它当作智慧情趣道具看了。呃不过老实说其实看完没懂共生体是注入什么了才导致异常，催情剂吗？ 以及，居然没有前作布雷弗被寄生后的第三视角后续吗？明明很期待的说，小失望。只是这两条线路的话定价小贵，但CG数量又小小弥补了这一点。嗯，真的只有一点点，我一点也不心疼我的钱（？ 最后，有看到工作室在收集问卷，迫不及待看到新作了，快更新——

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(I do my best to 100% any visual novel in both gameplay and achievements before reviewing, but the achievements are currently broken! Rest assured, I have every achievement in-game, but sadly they don't show up on my steam page. Bummer.) This review will heavily mention parallels between my previous review for the last game. I shouldn't need to say it but, please play the first Symbiant game before this one! The stories don't make sense at all otherwise. [h1] Short Review [/h1] Gameplay: 8/10 Visuals: 10/10 Audio/Sound Design: 8/10 Voice Acting: 10/10 Story: 9/10 Overall: 9/10 [h1] Gameplay [/h1] [b] 8/10 [/b] Your standard visual novel, I use 5/10 as the standard rate for this software. The extra points come from the choices themselves. This rating is slightly better than the previous game, The Symbiant, purely because the menus are much better. Especially the replay feature! The original branching design was cool but ultimately a bit confusing. Much like the last game though, the story is very linear (even more-so in this case since there is only one ending per storyline), but that doesn't bother me because this is an intended sequel based off two of the endings in the first game. I was pleased to see two alternate storylines! I only thought there'd be one, so that was a fun addition! [h1] Visuals [/h1] [b] 10/10 [/b] Much like the last game, the visuals are beautiful. The art remains my favorite style from this publisher, and I was sad to see it won't remain in their future Symbiant game. Still, I'm appreciating it while it lasts! Every art piece hits in this game! [h1] Audio/Sound Design [/h1] [b] 8/10 [/b] Much like the previous game, the sound design is still just as good! Sadly nothing, yet again, stood out in the new tracks. A lot of the tracks were re-used too, so that's why nothing really changed in the rating. [h1] Voice Acting [/h1] [b] 10/10 [/b] The voice actors remain incredibly pleasant! Still great work and nothing feels awkward or overexaggerated, or even underexaggerated! [h1] Story [/h1] [b] 9/10 [/b] THIS is where the rating from the previous game really changes! The story in this HEAVILY clarifies some major flaws in the offical "bad" ending for the first game! (I hated that ending SO much, but after playing this game it really helped me feel some form of closure for how Danya was clearly wronged.) And for once, they gave Danya a backbone when put in a difficult situation! (Spoilers) [spoiler] When Brahve basically tries to throw himself at Danya, and Danya firmly insists that they do not yet sleep with eachother seeing how horrible Brahve's headspace is. I was really not expecting them to give Brahve firm, valid boundaries after how the first game went. [/spoiler] Not to mention that the good ending's storyline was soooooooo cute! The only reason that a point was knocked off was because the good ending's story had a weird conflict, [spoiler] Danya being injected by Brahve's symbiote and being basically put into a "heat"-like state, [/spoiler] but it was barely addressed other than being a minor issue that goes away with time. I would've liked to have some actual "meat" in the good ending's story, just like how there's clear conflict and resolution in the bad ending's story. In the end, this was still really fun and I am so happy I played it, as it addressed a lot of previous flaws in the first game's bad ending and turned it into a story I grew to love! [h1] Finishing Notes [/h1] Basically, this game is much worth the money if you loved the first Symbiant game, ESPECIALLY if you had conflicting feelings about the official bad ending. It adds so much more depth and gives Danya the apology he well deserves (and the backbone he deserves, too). I'm glad I played this and went back to revise my first review upon the previous game. This series DEFINENTLY works better as a pair, neither is perfect as a stand-alone game.

不錯，但感覺H部分少了一些，沒第一代那麼多，但整體故事有補足一代的部分

Una buena manera de cerrar las historia y disfrutar de nuevo de nuestra pareja alien favorita de la galaxia

Danya continues to steal my heart. Brahve continues to be a complex, intriguing individual. Juniper is still her loyal, confident, wise, and balanced self—and probably still the best friend you'll ever have. And now we meet at least two other important side characters: the much-anticipated Riemphea—Juni's partner, and Brahve's third cousin—Chohra. The Symbiant Re:Union continues to captivate me and send me on a rollercoaster of emotions with its storytelling. Although a bit shorter than the original and a bit more heavy in some ways in both storylines—(we'll get into that in a moment)—the pacing continues to deliver in a very balanced way, much like the first game. There are two major paths you can take within the sequel game: Cayama and Odaria. For the sake of not spoiling overmuch, both have "good" endings. Though each for me came with their own perks. [ The Odaria Path: ] Odaria assumes the storyline from the first game if you had the "perfect" ending, i.e., the only real "good" one with zero repercussions. Odaria is essentially the honeymoon phase of what life is and can be like for Danya and Brahve, as they explore the latter's home planet and Danya gets to know more about said planet, family (referred to as his clan), and their clan's 'empire' of sorts. Their lineage essentially goes back some thousand or so years, so it's especially intriguing. All the while, you remember that the "perfect" ending of the first game includes your three-way relationship with Brahve's symbiant, who survives because you chose (or rather overcame) its influence on Danya's mind, thus leading to said perfect ending where Brahve doesn't have to go through torment or sickness of any kind. And while all this is fine and great—and I thoroughly enjoyed getting to see a cute, perfect scenario from our cute couple—I also felt like there were low-to-non-existing stakes at hand as a result. It felt incredibly sweet, but also like there was missing a bit of depth. You may have had a more balanced gameplay experience if you got to meet the bad apples from Brahve's family, but this unfortunately doesn't happen. So there's little risk. All in all, still a very lovely and heartwarming experience. I look at this route as the more "fan service" path gifted to the fans by the devs. There are many adorable scenes you get to experience throughout, and it's technically longer than the Cayama path. [ The Cayama Path: ] This leads me to the Cayama path—the first of the two options. This path represents the ending where although not on the main "good" path, it's the better of all the bad routes. Your favorite power couple decide to take a break due to Danya's betrayal mistake, and likewise Brahve's harsh words that drove the former to not only go into a deep depression and find his self-worth again, but took more than a couple of years to overcome. And although both of them reunite at the start right where the original branch left off, it's not without strain and difficulty. Brahve no longer seems like himself, Danya's not ready to take him back, and there's all sorts of tension and frustration between the two that seems like a hurdle that isn't going very well. Cut to... frustration and a long-time pent up energy, and you're in for some real treats to say the least. Make-up "snu-snu" becomes actually a good part of the equation to getting things back on track. But it's not long during and after that's where things become increasingly heavy. You get to understand why Brahve changed so much, what he had to endure since the time they broke up, and how lost he feels within his universe. All of it comes spiraling out of control as the weight of everything in his life comes crashing down on him. There's a lot of heavy dialogue, emotional trauma, and scenes where some instances may warrant a trigger warning to those who have experienced negative outcomes in real life. Through it all, however, I found Cayama's path to be a lot more rewarding and pulled on my heartstrings in ways Odaria wasn't able to do (despite how cheery, passionate, and romantic it was). Cayama's path was heavy, sure, but it was also more believable. Throughout some of the roughest scenes, I was crying tears of sadness, and also tears of joy and longing at much of Danya's words—many of which I found extremely relatable to my personal life. It was so much more raw (no pun intended). And more layered with nuance. There was depth to it that made the characters feel more well-rounded and complex. And that's exactly why even though it wasn't as rosy and smooth-sailing as Odaria's path, I wound up enjoying it more. The ending is still a very positive one, and I personally felt the backdrops were more my style of sci-fi wonderment and beauty. (Odaria does this well too, but with more fantasy-inspired, whimsical, organic shapes.) - - - - - [ TLDR: ] All this is to say, if you've loved the first game, you're bound to love the sequel. Just be prepared for a much deeper, psychological, and layered character arc full of dramatic elements if you go with Cayama; and a very joyful, happy-go-lucky, romantic, and sensual—but more simplistic—arc if you go with Odaria. Both were a very fun experience, but both are very polarizing. [ Final Thoughts: ] So incredibly glad to have played this. I never wanted it to end no matter which path I was on, and I still don't want it to feel as though it's ended even now that I'm done and gotten 100% completion in both games. The characters are absolutely fun and super adorable to get to know, and this definitely carries over extremely well from the first game. My biggest hope is that The Symbiant II will at least give us the very same universe even if we don't get our power couple again, or perhaps they will make a cameo if they do. All in all, the developers continue to amaze me with their production, and I'm so thrilled to have played these games! The Symbiant Re:Union will leave you feeling full of deep, emotional, and a great sense of closure from the previous iteration, and for any of its flaws that may exist, I personally couldn't have asked for more!

Minha nossa, eu amei essa DLC!! Eu comentei no primeiro jogo e vou comentar aqui também, vai ter um pouco de spoilers sobre a minha rota. Eu continuei pelo final do primeiro jogo, infelizmente meu final no primeiro jogo foi o final Cayama, e eu falo infelizmente porque no primeiro jogo essa rota e esse final me deixou com o coração apertado, pra mim eu achei um final ruim, e até comentei na review que fiz sobre isso do primeiro jogo. Mesmo assim decidi continuar de onde parei, pela rota Cayama, e foi muito interessante de ver, mesmo sendo uma DLC breve, foi muito bonito ver todo o amadurecimento do casal, não ficou nenhuma ponta solta ou algo assim. A dinâmica deles dois é incrivel, os diálogos sã maravilhosos, e o final da minha rota terminou maravilhosamente bem. Agora sim eu realmente gostei! Amei que a história dessa rota continua trabalhando algumas sombras que envolve o casal, mas vai amadurecendo conforme os diálogos vão avançando, o companheirismo aqui é evidente. Mais uma vez o dev e a equipe fez um trabalho maravilhoso, agora continuo ainda mais ansiosa pelo The Symbiant II e espero que no futuro esse dev possa trazer mais romances visuais de alta qualidade assim! Amei demais!