Virtual Ties: Isekaijoucho Träumerei

[h2][b]Hey, you. Yes, you. Our eyes met. That means we'll talk about [i]Isekaijoucho.[/i] Specifically, her very own game.[/b][/h2] Hello! After completing the whole game and getting all achievements, i feel ready to review this wonderful game that took me by storm. As how it always is on my reviews for games from Kamitsubaki, i have to disclose 2 things before we start getting into the review itself, which are : 1. I am a Kamitsubaki fan. While i will try my best on delivering a critical and unbiased view on the game, take everything i say with a grain of salt, and assume that there [b]WILL[/b] be bias in my review, no matter how miniscule. 2. My whole review is based on me finishing the game in the Japanese language. Your milage and experience might vary when playing in different languages. [b]Without further ado, let's get into the review![/b] [h1][b]How long is the game?[/b][/h1] [i][b]Virtual Ties ~Isekaijoucho Träumerei~[/b][/i] is a relatively short game. For the base scenario itself, you can read the whole thing in just around 3 hours. As it is a visual novel game, it features multiple endings and your playtime will bloat up when trying to get different endings, but strictly speaking on how many hours of scenario you'll get, i think the game offers around up to 8 hours total of story. You can definitely clear this game in a few days. [h1][b]Story[/b][/h1] The game features a total of [spoiler]12[/spoiler] different endings. The aspect of the story that i really liked is that, with both of our main casts being, and actually acting like highschoolers- in other words, minors, they don't act the most rational, and are riddled with the limitations and imperfections of youth. Combine that with them carrying a grand ambition of hitting it big as a Virtual Idol, their tale becomes a deeply endearing, and inspiring story that tugs on your heartstrings. The story takes you through a wide spectrum of situations, from heartwarming, sunny days into quiet, heart-wrenching nights. It illustrates the realities of living as a Virtual Idol, what effects could it have on one's private life, and the best part? All of this tale, is delivered right to you from the currently active IRL Virtual Singer [b][i]Isekaijoucho,[/i][/b] the very planner of this game herself. When we read the story with that in mind, the line separating this game from just another fictional tale, or as a window into someone’s life begins to blur, making every event feel more direct and compelling. I really believe, that this is a strong point [b][i]potentially[/i][/b] unique only to [i][b]Virtual Ties ~Isekaijoucho Träumerei~[/b][/i] and what separates it from other pieces of media that covers similar topics. [h1][b]Gameplay[/b][/h1] The game features an Idol Training minigame that appears time to time throughout the story. The minigame itself is very simple, and you'll get endings according to how you trained Sekai in that run. The game does not tell you directly on how to achieve every ending available, but they laid out very intuitive clues on the minigame part, which leaves little work for the player to guess on what gets you a different ending. RNG plays a part in this minigame, but barely does an impact in failing your attempt on securing a specific ending, unless...you're [b]that[/b] unlucky. [h1][b]Visuals & Audio Bits[/b][/h1] Overall, the visuals are great. For the backgrounds, most are pretty much in-line with your average visual novels, with a few that feels unique to this game. The character stills felt sufficient. While there are no pose variants, they provide enough facial expression varieties to each character for them to be expressive and fit with the voicelines. However, they definitely provided generous amount of unique CGs especially when you consider the game's total length. Most of these unique CGs are also complete with expression variants and definitely do an amazing job in capturing the mood of the moment, and some of them are just beautiful pieces that stirs your heart after you lived through those particular moments in the story. For audio, let's talk voice acting first of all. The game features an almost fully-voiced experience, save for some generic NPCs and our protagonist, Yuu Kirishima. This game does not feature big name voice actors / actresses by any means, but nevertheless they all delivered a great performance throughout the game on a level that wouldn't feel out of place against A-listers. And as a plus for the fans, this game further cements Isekaijoucho's prowess in voice acting because she did a stellar job in voicing Minase Sekai, all from mundane to emotional situations. As for music, the game has a good variety of BGMs to go with various moods, and they are of good quality. There are 3 exclusive release songs of Isekaijoucho for this game and all of them are captivating pieces. Personally, i really loved how well fitting and impactful the ending song 「また、ここから」was to close the curtain of the story. As for the sound effects, nothing out of the ordinary. But there's some grit involving it which i will get into in the next section. [h1][b]Shortcomings...[/b][/h1] Sadly, the game is not without it's shortcomings. While the art and visual directions are definitely on point, the game clearly still lacks polish when it comes to some of the system parts. I'll start with the worst bit- which is the way they implemented the minigame mode and some transitions here and there. While i am no game dev, i do strongly believe that there was a better way to implement all of these animations and transitions because first of all, the sound effect volume of these animations are nigh impossible to balance. It's clear that they are still jarringly loud compared to the rest of the game even when you've adjusted things in the settings. Especially, Sekai's voicelines in the minigame is so drowned by the sound effect of these animations, which is a shame. And then there are compatibility and stability issues out of it too. The game reliably crashes on Steam Deck when you enter the minigame mode even on ProtonGE, rendering it completely unplayable on the Deck (which is again, a damn shame because visual novels are so good on handhelds...but the game's also on Switch so i guess that's that). And then even on Windows, the game can sometimes crash when playing any of these transitions / animations, although very rarely. I got 2 crashes due to these in my 15 hours of playtime. Something that bothered me too was the fact that the game does support controllers, but the default controls doesn't function properly, and the remapping feature for it is not the most intuitive. This is easily solved by just using Keyboard & Mouse, but nevertheless it's another clear indication of lacking polish...i wonder how it is on the Switch version. [hr][/hr] [h1][b]And that's about it![/b][/h1] If you made it this far, thank you for your time and attention! As much as i enjoyed this game and want to fully recommend it to everyone who made it here to the store page, i try my best in staying critical and unbiased on my takes...and it's a bit on the difficult side to recommend this game because it is truly a niche game made by Isekaijoucho, dedicated to her fans. The high production special CGs and exclusive song releases for this game also without a doubt bumps up the price tag, and that definitely does not help when non-fans wants to casually try out the game. [b]That being said, however![/b] I would still recommend this game for you who have an interest in the VTuber / VSinger scene because i truly believe this game leaves a strong impression through it's compelling take. That's all! Now if you'll excuse me, i will humbly use my remaining character count to conduct my due diligence as an Isekaijoucho fan, and as a Kamitsubaki fan. [i][b]Ahem.[/b][/i] [b]*inhales*[/b] [h1][b][i]ヰ世界情緒ォォォ！！！（クソデカボイス） [/i][/b][/h1]

[h3] 只推荐粉丝[strike] 神人 [/strike]购买！ [/h3] 1、养成系统稀烂，全成就建议用CE跳过养成。 2、爽听牛叫，至福。 3、前半段剧情至少作为粉丝向还合格，后半段突然进入深水区，虽然知道剧本要表达的内涵，关于虚拟与现实的思考一直是神椿的一个重点，但你能不能换点形式[spoiler] 加个男V牛头人是吧，你才是真的牛组，结果牛还牛不明白，最后解决方法竟然是大喊“不要小瞧我们的羁绊啊！”突然一下双脚离地了，病毒就关闭了 [/spoiler]粉丝向作品都做不明白吗？ 4、但是最后看到[spoiler] live画面 [/spoiler]还是释然了，清楚地认识到了：[b] 我就是神人 [/b]

特装版を買ってちまちまプレイしてクリアしたタイミングでレビューを書いています。 現状ではゲームとしてはオススメできないですが、ファンとしてはオススメできます。 [h1] 総評：ヰ世界情緒は可愛いけどゲーム性に問題あり [/h1] 情緒ちゃんがフルボイスで喋ってくれて可愛いですが、ゲーム性が悪いです。 熱心なファンでない限りセールで買うか、諸々が修正されてからの購入をお勧めします。 [h1] ストーリー [/h1] 良くも悪くも王道的なストーリーで星海が成功体験を積みつつ、やりたいようにやれていく系です。 浮き沈みが全然ないので面白みに欠けはしますが、ヰ世界情緒や神椿を知っていればわかる小ネタなどもありファンであれば楽しめると思います。 あと、情緒ちゃんが可愛い。 [spoiler] いつ付き合うんだろうと思ってたら最後まで付き合わなくてびっくりしました。建設中でもそういう流れがあったし絶対どこかで付き合うと思った。 [/spoiler] [h1] 育成 [/h1] ここが本当におかしい。分岐を見つけるうえで分かりづらいしやりづらい。 失敗が起きるたびにロードするのを令和に体験するとは思わなかった。 [b] ・ゲームシステムが不親切 [/b] 何で分岐をしているのか、何が足りていなかったのかがわかりづらい。 ※炎や+でヒントはもらえますが最低限です。 [b] ・おかしい成功率 [/b] 90%台でも失敗することがあり、98%から60%までミスりまくった時に普通に意味が分からなかったです。 [b] ・重要すぎるLvアップイベント [/b] 序盤は特に積極的に拾わないと育成が間に合いません。発生しているときは優先的に取らないと失敗におびえる日々を過ごします。 [spoiler] 配信もLv2の時に発生していればLv3で収益がもらえるかつ、成長もするので自前でのLv3が近づくので重要です。 [/spoiler] [b] ・スタミナゲージが明確化されていない [/b] どれだけ休めばいいかの指標がないし、LVが上がったトレーニングに対して休んだ時に回復する量があってなくて、序中盤で行動がギリギリになり、ただでさえ低い成功率の中お祈りが始まります。 [spoiler] [b] ・バイトとクリエイティブのコマンドが死んでる [/b] 序盤は配信で収益が得られない+レッスンに金がかかるので必要ですが、配信で収益が手に入るようになったら一切使いません。しかもこのコマンドを多用してると育成が間に合わず詰みになります。 [/spoiler] [b] ・謎に存在しているフォロワー数 [/b] 序盤の目標値用に存在しているのだとは思いますが、シナリオ上で登録者〇〇人いったから次は〇〇人目指そう！みたいな話してるときに全然かみ合ってなくて違和感があるだけです。他ゲーみたいにフォロワー数で収益が変わるなども無いです。 [h1] システム面 [/h1] ゲーム性をもっと充実させられなかったのかと思うほど、システム面は非常に良いです。 [b] ・非常に充実したキーコンフィグ [/b] キーボード、マウス、タッチ、ゲームパッドに全てのショートカットを自由に割り当てられます。 [b] ・充実した各種操作 [/b] ノベルゲームをあまりやらないのでこれが標準なのかはわかりませんが、 スキップ機能だけでも5種類あり、バックログでボイスを再生したり、クイックジャンプで演出を簡単に再確認できます。 ※なぜが押すとメモ帳に擬態してくれるボタンもついてます。誰から何を隠すんだ...？ [b] ・唯一許せない画面設定 [/b] ウィンドウ、フルスクリーン、仮想フルスクリーンの3種類が選べますが、 仮想フルスクリーンはただのフルスクリーンでAlt+Tabで他のアプリケーションに移動した際に最小化してしまい、マウスを動かしても他スクリーンに行きません。 フルスクリーンは自環境だけの可能性もありますが画面全体が何故かセピア色になります。 諸々書きましたがヰ世界情緒のゲームを作ってくれたことに対しては本当に感謝してます。 今後また機会があれば次こそはユーザーフレンドリーなゲームにしてほしいです。ただの育成ノベルなので...

また会おうね！

又幻想了，幻想我是一名SNS三万粉的天才高中生画师，回到岛上老家上学助力青梅竹马水濑星海小姐虚拟偶像出道，成为异世界情绪的普罗丢撒...... 然后游戏没有退出键是何意味，想让我和情绪小姐过一辈子吗

[h3]你是谁？请支持异世界情绪！[/h3] 什么，情绪小姐皮下竟然是高中生「水濑星海」！！！但是这皮套怎么和本人长的一模一样啊（wc，盒）。本作是一款养成向的游戏，玩家将要扮演「星海」本人的[u]青梅竹马兼同班同学兼偶像经纪人[/u]，将她打造成顶尖的虚拟偶像——谁不想养一只可可爱爱的情绪小姐呢？游戏的养成体系拥有多个结局，甚至还有可能被“[i]神秘的角色[/i]”（你是…不能忘记的人）拐到其他的IF线里：[spoiler]哇，这四人怎么这么坏啊，我星海宝宝的偶像梦呢？[/spoiler]游戏的美术精美（情绪小姐真可爱好吧）、三首主题曲（《罗盘玫瑰》、《假设的世界》、《还有，从这里开始》）也好听、更重要的是全文都有配音（回本了说是）；可惜养成数值卡的有点紧，而且UI做的是在是太差了。[b]作为纯粉丝，感觉单纯为我们可爱的情绪小姐买单了。[/b]综上，7/10，纯割韭菜，[u]粉丝向[/u]。

As a Jouchohead, it is peak. But I wouldn't recommend it (especially at full price) for those not familiar with Kamitsubaki Studio. The writing is about average at best, and its fairly short at under 10 hours. It's soulful and heartwarming though! Lots of great CGs and music, the voice acting is pretty good, and I loved seeing Sekai's journey as Isekaijoucho and her feelings mirror her real life counterpart.

[h1] 如果你是情緒的粉絲，那你就可以買了 [/h1] 妥妥的粉絲服務向遊戲 不過星海真的好可愛 不買你各位會後悔的 作為ヰ組的一員，我真的很高興能夠玩到這款遊戲 [h1] 玩完全成就了，稍微有感而發，稍微劇透請小心 [/h1] [b] 以下包含個人腦補 [/b] 從官網的工作人員列表得知企劃是情緒，我想遊戲劇情可以當作是情緒想告訴我們的事情吧 情緒肯定也是經歷過類似遊戲內星海掙扎過的事情吧 [spoiler]關於黑暗線的部分 [strike] 黑化的星海也很棒呢 [/strike] [/spoiler] [spoiler] 在情緒還不是情緒的時候，大概也有些那個時候的想法投射到黑暗線裡面 [/spoiler] [spoiler] 因為就是剛好跟現在的情緒時間序相反的路線呢 [/spoiler] [spoiler] 過去的事情詳細請去看 Live 訪談的整理吧，我相信了解之後會對情緒的歌更有感覺的。 [/spoiler] 通關有偶像服的 3d live 可以看，看完又再次愛上情緒了💕💕💕 優缺點其他人都說完了，因為我有很嚴重的粉絲濾鏡所以我覺得不是什麼重要的問題。 [h1] 最後最後，希望大家可以支持情緒 [/h1] 看完我的評論，不管你有沒有要買，都希望你可以多多關注一下這個可愛的小生物，聽聽他的歌 其實我認識情緒也才兩年多，不知不覺情緒已經占據我生活一大部分了[strike] ，看向官網那十幾萬日圓的消費紀錄 [/strike] 但是每每接觸到新的情緒都讓我開心不已， 前陣子才知道 PDPP 的 YT 頻道，上面有 PDPP [strike] 職權濫用 [/strike]請神椿的歌手唱他想聽的歌 知道這件事都能讓我開心的一兩天啊，[strike] 絕對不是羨慕 PDPP 阿，可惡 [/strike] 謝謝導演、腳本的梁川ろんげ老師，還有讓這一切成立的ヰ世界情緒 我今後也會繼續觀測下去的。

你的意思是这个游戏100多块去掉养成实际上只有2小时不到剧情吗？ 神椿死了 算了，谁让我是牛组…… 神椿神了

不推荐情绪痴以外的人买，但如果是情绪痴的话，那我觉得全程情绪配音加上粉情登场那真是死都值回票价了。