Wayhaven Chronicles: Book Three

Still great, I really liked Book Three like its predecessors. Great writing and Wayhaven is my home now. :D I can't wait for Book Four!

It's ALMOST shameful how fast I devoured the three books out rn

Adumb :(

The last of the games of the Bundle and my final review until the release of book four LOCK IN IMA GLAZE A AS USUAL MOST PERFECT WIFE HOW YOU HURT ME SO AVA. But first lets get the actual review out of the way, Book 3 is okay. It feels like a return to how book one was in alot of aspects. I felt like book two and book one where so diffrent and i was exspecting more difference when it came to book 3 however it seems like a return to how book one was which. In my eyes was a masterpiece i enjoyed book one alot more than book 2 however thats not saying book two was bad it was just good in a diffrent way than books 3 and one. Theres alot of negative reviews and i understand completely. If i was actually waiting for these games and not playing them back to back for the first time i think i would most likely be abit disapoined with book 3. (Note Anything with Ava is the best and you cant change my mind). It did end up feeling more like a set up for future events more than anything. Which i dont mind but if your waiting along time i can see how you would be disapointed with this book. Overall the game is okay and its setting up future things as well as exspaninding on relationships and characters that we all love. So i definetly recommend the game if only four you to play it before book 4. SPOLIERS HOLY ♥♥♥♥ WE ACTUALLY KISSED HER. I was actually screaming this is great everything is perfect ill live off this high for like two weeks minimum. If you find an A in RL Marriage Easy not elabration needed Crashinging out Im so happy even with the things that happened after we dont talk about it. Lock in Mcs its not over dont give up hope. On another note the picking a best friend was interesting i wonder if thatll matter in the future. This game series if nothing else has fundamentally changed me i definetly may have a type that ive figured out i didnt know i had before playing this series. I am curious if our decisions will ever come back to help or haunt us. Because in my playthrough muphey ♥♥♥♥♥♥ me up and actually got away and that was actually huge with how i continued the game. As for the second game the main antagainst. Falk WAS MY ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ BOY HOLY BASED MAN Like i hear you man just wanna do your ♥♥♥♥ and be away from people i get you. we had our differences on stuff but we worked it out. The third villan was Meh. Also i hope sin gets more development in general going forward. Anyway This review is so long but i had so much to say after finishing these games and i love them so much. Until Book 4 everyone!

great sequel love it !

As with book 2, A good sequel and once a gain no real intensity with any antagonists feels more like two and three were a chain to introduce a new villain for the fourth book and onwards. On the other hand though the friction in my Nat/Ava triangle either has started to hit a boiling point or has hit a high note. It still even more so in book three pains me being torn between the two while I try to stay focused on Nat who accepts me rather than Ava who always pushed. Seeing how Ava reacts to my attempts to be happy with Nat hurt so much that I've even considered not doing the love triangle anymore and restarting lol. I'm hoping this pain is worth it in the end as I have powered through with the logic of it being my canon choice. I'm no longer agreeing with my book 2 review where I wanted to struggle lol, it ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ hurts XD. All around I once again think it was a good addition to the story, and while it lacked the intensity of a major antagonist, it made up for in the romance aspect however at this point book four absolutely NEEDS either one but preferably BOTH the love triangle to either peak and boil over/explode and/or an antagonist with similar intensity to Murphy from book one. Both book two and three's antagonists and conclusions with said antagonists were lackluster but the romance aspect held everything together through both. I am not sure this trend can keep things interesting for much longer if it continues. I'd say one more book at absolute max before it feels like this trope/trend is dragging on longer than necessary. IF the next books antagonist isn't a major focus or follows the previous book two and this one, then the romance needs to be the absolute primary focus and if it hasn't peaked it needs to be explosive in book 4. Ideally both the story of book 4 and romance should be explosive to reignite the spark from book one. Logically I believe the author is going to do this as it feels like the end of an arc and the start of a new one. Considering this next one will be book four of the planned seven, this makes the next book the mid point, where I personally believe the relationships (especially the Nat/Ava love triangle) will "explode" and most likely at the end of book 4 the final antagonist for the rest of the series will be introduced. Just a theory though. Sided note I do feel like instead of choosing between Ava or Nat you should be forced to interact with both in the love triangle root the majority of the time where it makes sense as to add more character development between your character and theirs which would in turn make the ultimate choice between the two even more impact and harder. Tldr: I enjoyed it even though I suffered with my love focus being the triangle route, and while I will continue reading the entire series, I am ready for both the relationships and overarching story to progress more than it has in the previous two.

Ava Dumb Mortain 10/10

After playing 3 books with 4 romance route I can say thats this is definitly interesting and good game. (I am gonna skip one with 2 ro at the same time as I am not fan of that kind development). So if someone would enjoy first book he should definitely purchase other as well. There is one route i would hope to end in a bit more specific relationship but outside of that every other route seem to have it defined (after 3 books I was thinking we would get there but maybe 4th will be the charm). Overall I would say N>A>M>F where I still think that F route was pretty good.

a really fun game with multiple endings and a strong amount of replay value

Wow. Where do I even start? Big thumbs-down. It's just so....boring. Like another reviewer, I also regret my decision to purchase the 3-book bundle. I powered through the 3 books because of the praise it gets and just to see what all the hype is about. What a disappointment. I do enjoy romance in my games, but I dislike the romance dynamic in Wayhaven. I constantly felt that the plot and my MC's behavior were being sacrificed to serve tropes. My MC's personality also had no effect on how affection was expressed to the chosen RO. This is not a Choose Your Own Adventure game when it's already been chosen for you. My MC didn't feel like mine. If you want to play a stoic, cold, calm, and/or competent MC, you're out of luck. Your MC will still react with shock and warmth despite having high Stoic, high Mind, high Intimidating, and despite always picking the most stoic option available. It seems the MC still gets the shocked Pikachu face upon reveals when things are so glaringly obvious it's painful. Being a detective, albeit an inexperienced one, should still give the MC some baseline level of intelligence and perceptiveness. It just seems the MC has a pre-written personality and characterization that's forced upon you. And it's not a pleasant one. It's worked into the narrative and every time it happened, which was frequently, I just had to ignore the out-of-character moments and forget that they ever happened to continue on with the story. I also dislike how much feelings, breathless melodramatic inner thoughts, and emotional vulnerability there are interwoven into the narrative, and how much of an annoying lovestruck simp push-over the MC is. I could of course pick the most cold and indifferent options when given the choice, but often times, all the options are unappealing and out-of-character for the MC I wanted to play, and I just had to pick the least offensive one. My MC also had high Science and high Deduction, but this is like one of those stories where you're TOLD the MC is knowledgeable and competent rather than being SHOWN that they are. Choosing the Science & Technology option to solve problems often means just using their phone. For example, using their phone to download some blueprints, and M and N were impressed. Really? They've lived in the modern world for a while now and are two of the best from the Agency, and yet things that children could do still impress or surprise them. I also got really annoyed at how weak and incompetent Unit Bravo and the Agency started acting, especially when the Trappers started showing up. I get that they have specialized equipment, and even have supernaturals working for them. But really? Should they be giving you this much trouble? Really? The books rely too much on mandated incompetence that feel totally out of chracter in order to move the plot along. It seems with each book, it gets progressively worse. And the more the world gets expanded upon and the more the story progresses, the more the cracks show. Even with my brain turned off in an attempt to just enjoy the game, I just couldn't get past it. There are much better IFs out there that you could play that don't force a pre-written MC upon you or railroad you into certain responses, where you actually get to CHOOSE your own adventure. One example of this is Tin Star. The narrative respects the character you've built. Another good one is Choice of Robots. A more recent one is Leas: City of the Sun.