This World Unknown

𝙑𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙨𝙤, 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙡𝙮 𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙪𝙣𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙡, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚'𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩. 𝙅𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙~

I didn't expect much from playing this novel and I was right. The story is basically just 90% filler text and the artworks are not my cup of tea either.

It looked like a very cute and interesting game and I did fall in love with it's characters and the world they live in, but.. this game goes on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on without getting anywhere!! This. Game. Is. Boring. As. Heck. I can't say that I hate it, because I don't, but I also know that I probably should. I REALLY hope that I get to force myself to get through it one day, because the characters really warm my heart and I WANT to, but.. I can't. I just can't. Not now, at least. An hour of this game feels like you've spent years in a dungeon cell somewhere and it's really frustrating.. I really can't recommend, though I still hope that there are people out there who come to actually love it.. So, maybe, give it a try during a sale or something?

There's a huge amount of unnecessary dialogue. I found it quite dull and tedious to get through. The story is good, but it's just boring to read it. I sadly cannot give this game a positive review. This game basically feels too slow for my taste. Maybe you will enjoy it more. You can try it out. In the end: This game wasn't what I'd expected.

A cute Viual Novel game. nice pictures, nice graphic nice musik. nice story. all achievements work. The normal price is a bit to high but in offer alright. all in one 7/10.

Thought the game to be lighthearted due to the look of it. The art is really colourful, therefore also quite deciving how serious this game is. A nice contrast to be fair, the cute art can amplify the heavy tone. How can something so harmless looking, be so dark, to the point that the chest feel heavy with torment? A rather pleasant suprise. The art strongest point, is the colouring and the characters designs, despite them being chibis. But they had odd porportions in the CG:s most of the time .. The background are just blurried photos, not super distracting and they had a one to match each enviroment. Same with the music, the game had a beffiting tune every moment! They were catchy, sad, spooky and one in paticular that I found so cosy <3. It's enough to make them stuck in my head, and make me want to start the game, just to listen to the music, due to the comfortable feeling it had at times. The writing was simple, easy to follow. And times it was really engaging! But also what the game need to improve the most ..It could be more variaton in wording things. Don't know how many times they said ''He seems to have a headache'' or ''Running his hand through his hair''.( Which is divided between the love interests. two with headache, and two hair runners.) The most annoying part with the writting was .. that the characters themselves had to say every aspect of their personality, especially the bad parts, and so does the MC, then they counter it .. As if you never will get to know the characters unless they tell you their characteristic descriptions .. which also got boring to read at times, making all the romance scenes super forced. There were also some typos, not many to be much of a distraction. The story itself had .. a lot of sidetracking, to a point I was ''Wait .. which route am I on?'' Since the love interest seems to be hidden away a little with a lot of other things. Which could add a flavour to some routes, but also just be .. confusing. Although, they did tie everything nicely together, and nothing leaves hanging, making it feel fullfilling to know all the routes. All routes have a heavy topic, that involves the love interests, which was interesting. The love interests have a good dynamic between them, and rememberable personalites... till they butcher it with the writing, when they just say everything about themselves..Other than that, you can still get to know them. They could also angle one topic differenlty, which felt really refreshing, two different routes, two perspective. And something else important .. it's .. the game have a trustworthy skip-button <3 In the end, despite the writing of the characters, did I like this game. Espacially how heavy it could be, and dark, which what made this game good. My favorit routes were Vally and Luca's. <3 And last, I bought this game .. since I liked Vally's design .. And I did indeed get what I wanted and more of this game. :D

I started reading [I] This World Unknown [/i] because in the previous story I read by ebi-hime in the Notes it was mentioned one of the characters resembled Asa here. So I just couldn't ignore that. I didn't want to bid farewell to those chars I truly became attached to! I keep reading the visual novels brought up by the author in the final part of the games. I love this feeling of connection! :) Here I kinda didn't expect too much, as it was said by the writer herself this is one of her early novels, the writing style is not very characteristic of her now or smth... Plus, I scanned the negative reviews, found complaints that dialogs are long and boring. So I decided it'd be just a good language practice as usual. But aww (♥ω♥*) all the routes, all the love options were truly captivating! She keeps writing that male characters, typical otome is not her forte but everything was fascinating! I felt connected to every character despite their great differences! Story-wise it's really a praise-worthy work! I llove how the main problem remaining in all routes was solved in different ways. I kinda got used to repetitive writing in case of many long routes when you just skip lots of already read part but not here. So many characters are skilfully portrayed, their stories, past experiences are so well-written. It was a real pleasure to get acquainted with them. They truly became close during my slow savoring of the story. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3027810559 Love is not the main focus despite romances in all routes and it's an amazing feature. I guess I can't imagine ebi-hime stories without angst, sorrow... Some heavy topics are mentioned here as well like war, bulling, physical disability, prostitution, racism, murder, poverty... https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3068217670 As usual my main praise remains about writing! I learnt some new words (for example, effigy, frump, puce, scion, facetious and others). I'm always grateful for that! And I truly enjoy how the story-telling drags me into that fantasy world and I FEEL all those intense emotions! I couldn't help but be sad when reading about heartbreaking stuff, but at the same time I giggled a lot during happy moments, too often with goofy grin on my face. That's what I want from my visual novels—to be educational but entertaining at the same time. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3021322270 Visually sprites look like a childish cartoon but soon it grew on me. Now I think everyone is so adorable this way!♥ What I also appreciated: +cards! +achievements! So plus one perfect game in steam collection! +not a kinetic novel. There's a steam guide. The only serious complaint I have is that spider CG in the gallery(( I feel Asa in this regard T_T I had to read that part hiding all the screen except the text :( Oh, and unusually long (for ebi-hime) list of typos:( So, I do recommend this captivating novel full of exciting adventure, love, friendship, and fascinating engaging dialogs! One more time after having finished ebi-hime's VN I feel grateful for the quality story and I pray she'll continue creating more and more visual novels! <3 [table] [tr] [th]More thoughts about the game in a [url=https://steamcommunity.com/groups/readingnook/discussions/0/5911590080719197394/] Reading Nook [/url][/th] [/tr] [/table]

片田舎の病院で働くナースが主人公の乙女ゲーム。 可愛らしいヴィジュアルに惹かれて購入しましたが、途中で読むのを断念しました...。 話の内容は良かったのですが、話の"構成"が自分には合わなかったです。具体的に言うとストーリーに関係のない話が多すぎます！ 物語において特に展開がない期間が存在する場合、「数日後」とか「数か月後」みたいなテロップが出て時間を飛ばすのはよくある手法だと思いますが、このゲームにはそんなものはなく本当に一日ずつ物語が進みます。その間はキャラクター達のたわいのないやり取りが展開されます。やり取り自体は面白いのですが、それがずーーっと続くものだから、面白さよりも「いつ物語が進むの...?」という不安の方がだんだん大きくなっていき、終いにはキャラのやり取りすら楽しめなくなってしまいました...。いくら美味しい料理でも同じものを毎日食べていたら流石に飽きます！ とりあえず8時間ほど読んでみましたが、その間まったく物語が進む気配がなかったです。読むのが遅いというを加味しても流石に進まなさすぎかなと思いました...。このゲームの単語数は約30万文字(文庫本3冊分！)もありますが、もしかして最後までずっとこの調子なのかな？と思ってしまったらもう駄目でした。 総評： 物語に関係のない会話が本当に多いので、それを楽しめる人じゃないと途中で脱落すると思います。カートゥーン味のあるビジュアルはすごく好きです。デモ版があるので、口に合うかどうか購入前に確認してみることをオススメします。

[h1]不喜剧透的慎看，内含大量剧透与主观评价[/h1] 主要是本人闲的没事的记录和吐槽，目前只玩了医生Valerian线，有些地方写的不准确，感兴趣可以随便看看，欢迎纠错 ———— [b]简介：[/b] 故事发生在古代的一个僻静的小村庄。在这个世界里有天使恶魔，精灵还有女巫等等等。女主Rhea所在的国家在几个世纪以来一直与邻国交战。女主作为一名护士在村庄里照顾那些受伤归来的士兵或者其他需要治疗的人。有一天她儿时暗恋的玩伴Luca从战争中胜利归来，但是因为这一年的经历让他对女主的态度变了很多让女主担心又不安。与此同时在村中很有名望的牧师突然身患重病住在了女主所工作的医院，如果不治好他就会有大麻烦发生捏(´･ω･`) [b]人物：[/b] Rhea：（18）女主。普通的乡村女孩，虽然有时候有些笨拙，但工作很努力，体贴温柔为他人着想。在Valerian医生手下做护士。 女主的心理刻画很细腻[spoiler]和医生说自己想法的时候我直接泪目，表白的时候我的心都跟着悬起来了，本人简直看一步就停下来平复一下自己激动的心情（礼貌骂人）[/spoiler] Valerian（29）：黑切白医生，腹黑毒舌但内心柔软心思细腻，对病人负责对下属严格。常年失眠，外表看像是要随时过劳死的僵尸（←不是我说的！是Clair！(＃°Д°)九年前作为医生在Meirin的帮助下在村子里建立了一个医院，但后来[spoiler]因为决定收留无家可归的恶魔女孩Clair[/spoiler]在村子中的名声很差。[spoiler]将Clair和Meirin视为自己的家人。童年挺悲惨的。[/spoiler] Luca（20）：Rhea童年玩伴之一，可靠诚实的男孩子。一年前参加了战争。他向Rhea承诺一定会回来，但在他回来时态度变得很冷漠。有一个妹妹叫Lucia，很宠爱妹妹。 Asa：Rhea童年玩伴，随和开朗爱开玩笑。喜欢调戏女主，在面包店工作。（应该是可攻略人物吧但我真没啥好说的） Garrett（15）：女主所在的医院的小病人，在村门口被发现腿部骨折。当自己的战友们在战场冲锋但自己却只能在病床上度日让他自己非常不安。渴望成为书中描述的真正的英雄。 Clair：女主直率狡猾的朋友兼同事。因为头上的两只角被大多数村民所厌恶，但在医院中Valerian和女主都平等的对待她。 Meirin：（年龄不详，5000+？）大概活了好几个世纪的女性精灵。虽然一直在和Valerian口头掐架但实际上感情很好，是他[spoiler]母亲/大姐姐[/spoiler]一样的角色， 目前身份是有钱的面包店老板。 [b]画风：[/b] 主要想吐槽这过于萌幼Q的画风（暴汗）怀疑画师是无法控制住自己的笔不去把人画小= =|||没看简介还以为是一群初高中生年纪的孩子谈恋爱。除了爷爷大叔辈分的，其他人只看立绘基本就看不出年龄差别。母子站一起，妈妈基本看起来和儿子一样大。这样子谈起恋爱总有莫名罪恶感，适应了之后倒是还好吧，但就真的让我很想吐槽。。。。比如说[spoiler]医生线回忆的剧情完全与这个画风不符（叹气）冰冷的文字+可爱的画风让我心情复杂。。。[/spoiler] [b]简单评价：[/b] 全英的标准乙女游戏，看评价数汉化应该遥遥无期。故事挺有意思的，也有很现实打动人的一面 （为我光看画风以为剧情很幼稚的想法道个歉┌(。Д。)┐只玩了医生线，不过单看这个线我觉得这游戏不比其他任何我玩过的乙游差w告白之后甜到我骂人///（捂脸） 游戏里有一点不太喜欢。（可能只是医生线里面这样？存疑） 整个游戏中的选择肢很少，更重要的是故事中期女主的参与度也很少。玩家大部分时间都是在读可攻略角色的故事，女主在剧情的关键点没有实际的参与感。直白了说，女主在除了明确自己的心意、和男主谈恋爱以外，在整个剧情里面可有可无。不过依旧很喜欢这个剧情w[strike]只要有甜甜的爱情谁管这啊！[/strike] 个人吐槽：买了这个游戏有段时间了，下载完看着占的内存不是很大，就以为是个短流程游戏。。。前几天无聊想来点快餐爱情打开了，结果发现是我错了（*゜ー゜*）这故事一点都不短啊喂！读完一个人的线就用了我10个小时救命orz（但不排除我读英文很慢+走医生线太兴奋看一段就嚎一段的情况） ———————— 211222更新： 好家伙，玩了Luca线（就玩了一点点）发现要和他妹妹抢人，他还是个过保护妹控。。和妹妹剧情拉满，但是对女主就陌生人（后面可能会好很多？我不知道，但玩到这里真不想玩了，要是有人玩了后续很甜麻烦告诉我谢谢） 红毛线和黑皮线看CG好像还都有女配追……？玩不下去了，怎么那么多CG都是男主和其他女配捏T T真没见过这样的，溜了溜了，是女主不配嘛？（嗯，有一说一是挺不配 女主在剧情里的作用跟个小透明似的，气人） 总结下来就是除了医生其他三个人我都看着很不爽（） 还是只爱Valerian吧。。。Vally好男人55555。。太爱他了，把他的剧情反复看了三遍Q_Q 如果有后续就好了（做梦）没有饭饭只好自己画了，在我心里Vally就是绝配！！！(′д｀ )…彡…彡 ———————— 251120更新：时隔几年又花了四个半小时读了Val线，作者写的真好啊，BGM也好听，读完心里暖烘烘的，一直这么幸福下去吧www

[h1][i]This is a story set during archaic period in a small village where you work as a nurse tending to soldiers who had the chance to come back home from war.[/i][/h1] [h1]Game’s premise:[/h1] [b][i]This World Unknown is a choice-based Visual Novel about the bond between three childhood friends who took each their own path once grown up. The connection remained nonetheless loosening up due to everyday’s obligations. However, a mysterious illness seems to have contracted the priest of the village who happens to be one of the highest reference figures of inhabitants. The only villagers able to save him happen to be you along with Asa and Luca, your childhood friends who will have to take a dangerous path through the forest – at the end of the venue you should be able to find a helping individual, however the forest is inhabited by inhuman creatures addressed by most villagers as “dangerous monsters”. Will you be able to succeed at this mission and return taking this occasion as a possibility to reunite with your cherished friends?[/i][/b] [h1]Village’s setting:[/h1] The game is set during medieval era in a small village which happens to be very old-fashioned coming to the rules, fears and unacceptance enforced by the priest himself. While writing and reading are not of common knowledge and education is for privileged people only who had the luck of being born in wealthy families, the common inhabitants who are relatively ignorant are treated less seriously and wealthy personages are supposed to hold more importance in other people’s eyes. It is said there are demons outside the village and while there are different types of creatures such as dryads, slimes, succubi, etc – all of this has no matter to the obstinate priest. Who does not happen to be born as human is considered a dangerous monster. This causes several discriminations from the human side towards other beings, who at the same time realizing so, started to despise humans. The inhabitants are very religious and look up to the priest whom with the features of an angel is considered to be the messenger of God himself. [h1]The three childhood friends:[/h1] [b]Rhea[/b] is the main heroine of the story and while viewing herself as a typical ignorant girl who did not have any privilege such as attending school given her poverty, she happens to be really intelligent and observing. She might find difficult expressing herself with complex words not having had the opportunity to study, but she always manages to state her point of view clearly and not many people do notice it given the importance of difference of classes of each human being. Appears to be a simple clumsy girl at first, but she is really hardworking and passionate about everything she does, her work at the hospital included. Tends to go out of her way to make her patients feel at ease while conversating with them and listening to their troubles. [b]Luca[/b] is one of the two childhood friends of Rhea. He decides to go off at war to serve the lands seeing it as an important duty to take as mature person while leaving to peace his cherished ones. He makes a promise with Rhea that he will surely return, however at his return the things don’t turn out equal to Rhea’s expectations. When he spots Rhea after re-entering the village he decides to avoid her and becomes a cold and distant person, unlike the typical reliable and collected Luca from years ago. He has a little sister named Lucia whom he cherishes a lot. [b]Asa[/b] is the most easy-going out of the three friends. While he finds amusing to joke around and teasing Rhea, he is also a really hardworking person working at Meirin’s bakery. He often is not taken seriously by the surroundings given his personality. [h1]Other characters:[/h1] [b]Selene[/b] is the [b]priest[/b]‘s daughter and while they both are seraphs, the villagers don’t look up to her the same way as to her father. She happens to lack confidence and really wants to work hard, but she feels like she can’t perform her duties properly which causes a lot of clumsiness during the work while her father is hospitalized. [b]Doctor Valerian[/b] is the head Doctor of the hospital where Rhea is employed. He often mocks her and some people would describe him as sadist. Tends to scold the nurses a lot and while showing an impassive expression to the surroundings he cares about his work as well as the employers and other connections of his. [b]Clair[/b] is Rhea’s cheeky friend and colleague. Most of the villagers despise her given she was born with two horns, but that was not the case of Doctor Valerian who treats her as an equal. [b]Garrett[/b] is patient at Doctor Valerian’s hospital who was found with a broken leg at the entrance of the village. He is very upset at himself that he can do nothing but sit still while his comrades are on war. Aspires to be a real hero like the ones portrayed in books. [b]Meirin[/b] is an elf woman who appears to have lived for centuries or so the rumors go. Not much is known about her whereabouts while she knows more than she should’ve about other villagers as she really does enjoy gossip. [h1]Featurings:[/h1] This is a ~26h long Visual Novel featuring different routes determined by choices you take during the playthrough. The dialogues are not voiced but accompanied by few sound effects and background music that matches the mood of the scenes you are going through. The gameplay is really easy and with a bit of intuition it is possible to complete the routes with no use of guides. The story presents no sexual content and features romance and discovery of the background story of the characters that do surround you. Being an Otome game you play as a girl and are able to go out with male characters only. The heroine’s face is displayed and the character sprites are on point. While I really enjoyed the coloring of the sprites, what felt slightly amiss were the head proportions used by the artist. The characters were accompanied by simple backgrounds with generic idea of the surroundings to fit the scenes in question. The characters appear to be mostly cheerful and very endearing. While the narration is easy to apprehend and held at the right pace it presents periodic sad moments coming to background stories of the characters and the story setting. [h1]Overall:[/h1] Recommended if you are looking for an easy-going read that still features sensible topics such as discriminations of diversity. Not recommended for public disliking fantasy genre. 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