Valentine Panic

[h1]It impresses as much as it disappoints.[/h1] "If you’re looking for some form of a decent story or some fun gameplay, then I really can’t recommend Valentine Panic. As much as I would have loved to enjoy Valentine Panic, it’s a shame that it wasn’t a bigger visual novel with more put into developing a story and actual romance paths. Even if a bigger game wasn’t possible, focusing on only one or two characters with a significant story plot could have made it a much more satisfying experience, as I feel it stretched itself more than it needed to be with multiple “romance” options that add very little to the game experience." [i][url=https://bethaniaarts.com/2018/09/vn-reviews-seduce-me-the-otome-and-valentine-picnic-michaela-laws/]To read the full review, you can click here to read it on my website[/url][/i] (♡˙︶˙♡) [b]Rating: 2/5[b]

This isn't much of a dating sim, the relationships don't go very far before the game ends. It's more of an acquaintance game. None of the four paths thrilled me. But the worst part for me was the voice acting which was just stiff. I don't dislike the memory mini game but it quickly gets repetitive. There are much better visual novels out there.

Никакущая визуальная новелла и отвратительная "найди похожую картинку". Пара десятков строчек текста на всю игру (и сотня перепрохождений одного уровня с поиском пары - достижения ради. Благо ценник всего 30 рублей, но как полноценную игру это воспринимать нельзя т_т [spoiler][url=http://store.steampowered.com/curator/6857971]А, еще можно на меня подписаться в качестве steam куратора（＾ω＾) [/url] [/spoiler]

Valentine - ou o nome que você escolher! - está presisando desesperadamente de um emprego quandi, do nada, K, a proprietária do pink lady cafe, telefona convidando para ser parte da equipe, ajudando-os durante o rush da semana do dia dos namorados! Será que vale a pena aceitar tal convite misterioso? ESerá que tem capacidade para trabalhar num lugar assim? 4 rotas, minigame de joguinho da memória, uma história e música simpáticas, arte maravilhosa - os personagens até mexem as boquinhas ao falar :) - e uma dublagem impecável. Não dá para esperar outra coisa da Michaela Laws! Ah, e tem também um endless mode de joguinho da memória! Divertido para passar o tempo ;) Recomendado!

В игре нет даже мало-мальски приличного сюжета (рутинная работа в кафе c одинаковыми, скучными ситуациями, никаких конфликтов (а следовательно - драмы), симулятора свиданий и прочего), а геймплей в виде мини-игры «Найди пару» за отведенное время... я, честно говоря, не совсем понимаю, зачем в новеллы на Ren'py вообще добавлять хоть какой-то геймплей - это же фикция. Ради галочки? Смотрится это в подавляющем большинстве случаев просто-напросто убого. Фонов в игре всего четыре, нарисованы они максимально просто, но хотя бы прямыми руками. Изображения персонажей слишком мало детализированы, но нельзя сказать, что являются полнейшей халтурой. Все персонажи моргают, что может вызвать головную боль - из-за общей статичности картинки этот анимированный элемент слишком сильно мозолит глаза. При разговоре (проигрывании аудиодорожки при отображении строчки текста на экране) также есть анимация губ (деревянная - с чередованием картинок, переключением нескольких стадий). Есть английская озвучка персонажей: для копеечной новеллы - приемлемая, слух не режет; в отличие от музыки, которую пришлось выключить через пару минут пребывания в игре. В целом, абсолютно бесполезная трата времени: ни менеджера кафе, ни чего-либо минимально интересного тут нет. Мусор.

this really wasn't fun for me to play, but the voice acting was kinda nice. the font was really hard to read though and for some reason some of the characters just had gray skin? and the memory games were a bit much

I am a big fan of Michaela Laws games, so I am a bit biased, but the art, music, and voice acting is what I expect from this developer (in other words, its good). In general, you're essentially paying for a matching mini-game, which I think is completely fine when you consider the price, but it is not really my type of game. In terms of the visual novel itself, it was reeeeeally difficult to read the font and interactions between the MC and the NPCs aren't fantastic. For me, the only real positive was having a snapshot into the future for another Michaela Laws game (we all know which one lol). Therefore, if you're buying this game because you want an interesting visual novel, I would advise against it. Even though it pains me to say it, I would not recommend this game because, for me, I think the downsides outweigh the upsides. If it was not for the fact that I enjoyed this developer's other games (including free ones) so much, I probably would refund this. However, if you just want an excuse to support this developer and/or you actually want a fun mini-game to play at an affordable price, go for it.