
From the creator of Spice and Wolf, Isuna Hasekura, comes World End Economica. Haru woke up with his life but without his dream. 4 years after the incident, he finds a new cause, as a driven young lady offers him a chance to return to investing and to find justice.
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[b]My Playtime:[/b] 17.2h (finished the game) [h1]Intro[/h1] [b]WORLD END ECONOMICA episode.02[/b] is the second part of the [url=https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/2292/WORLD_END_ECONOMiCA_complete/][i]WORLD END ECONOMICA[/i][/url] trilogy, telling the story of Hal after what happened in the first series. It is a visual novel about the stock market and growing up. [b]Pros:[/b] - A nice story about hope with a little fantasy added in [b]Cons:[/b] - The story ends in a cliffhanger - Sometimes the translation is a bit off [b]Specs[/b] [url=https://store.steampowered.com/steamdeck]Steam Deck[/url]: AMD Zen 2 4c/8t 2.4-3.5GHz, 16 GB RAM, 8 AMD RDNA 2 CUs [h1]Should you buy this game?[/h1] [b]Yes.[/b] [i]If you know a bit about investing and plan to buy all 3 games, buy it on a sale.[/i] [hr][/hr] [h1]In-Depth Review[/h1] [h3]Visuals[/h3] [b]WORLD END ECONOMICA episode.02[/b] uses anime-looking visuals. Even though the story happens on the lunar surface, the background still looks similar to current-day Earth with a little twist. It kinda fits the story narrative, though, and it doesn't look weird at all. [h3]Story[/h3] As someone who hasn't played the first game, I didn't get some references on the story. The game gave a recap of what happened several times, but I still felt like I was missing out on something, especially when it tried to vaguely explain events that happened in the past. I'm not sure if it starts right after the first part ends, but the story starts a few years after the main event in the first part. The story was slow-paced at the beginning, to the point that I dozed off several times. Sometimes I even overslept. As someone who doesn't like slice-of-life visual novels, there are just too many mundane, day-to-day events that I don't find interesting and meaningful for the story. In fact, the main event won't even start until you are halfway to the story. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1334851668 In addition to the slow pacing, the story drags on. It seems to enjoy adding some lengthy dialogues before the main event. Sometimes, they even throw the same recap from the first part over and over whenever they have the chance. On the times that it didn't, I found that most dialogues were too boring. It was the reason why I slept a lot. If you are here to learn about investing, don't. It might teach you about some terms, but that's all there is to it. The story is best enjoyed if you are more experienced and familiar with those terms since some parts of the story will use those terms as part of their plan. Sometimes, I didn't even understand some of what the characters said, probably because of this. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=932227663 Some translations can be a bit off. Most of the time, it's just simple stuff like wrong pronouns. However, sometimes the game will explain things that can be hard to understand to some people, and the bad translation can make it hard to comprehend. That being said, the story starts to pick up near the end. I can't say it was that interesting, but I was hooked up a bit. There was tension and you can see how far determination and luck can go. Honestly, I was bummed out that the ending wasn't catchy because it was preparing for the finale, but I kinda like the character's growth shown in the end. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1614878926 [h3]The Game[/h3] [b]Gameplay[/b] The game is playable on Steam Deck but with some limitations: you need to use the touchscreen to access some menus and the page up and down in the backlog wasn't pleasant to use. Sometimes, it works as you expect, sometimes it will scroll too fast, to the point that you'll miss the dialogue that you want to read. As a visual novel, it has most features that the game in this genre has: a backlog to read older dialogues, skip and auto mode for your reading convenience, and others. The issue is that I don't know how to use them in Steam Deck. There isn't a tutorial for the controls and you can't change the keybinding. Luckily, it wasn't hard to figure out the basic controls. [b]Length and Replayability[/b] I finished the game in 17.2h. Since the story is linear and doesn't have multiple endings, you don't have to replay the game at all. [h1]Conclusion[/h1] To be honest, I found [b]WORLD END ECONOMICA episode.02[/b] to be mediocre. It might be because I didn't know much about investing and played the game expecting to be taught that, or it might be because I didn't play the first game, or both. However, some things are clear: the pacing is slow and the story tends to drag on. That being said, it tries to fix the former in the finale, and I enjoyed it a bit at that. However, since the story ends on a cliffhanger and how it seems to be connected with the other two games, I recommend buying it only if you plan to get the trilogy but do it on a sale because of the issues I mentioned above.
Я напишу свое мнение сразу о трех частях - так будет проще, тем более, что хоть части и разделены интервалами в 4 года по меркам игровой вселенной, и содержат логически завершенные части повествования, я бы рекомендовал читать их вместе от 1 до 3 части для лучшего понимания происходящего. Визуалка кинетическая (без выборов), то есть вы ее читаете просто как книгу, не имея никакого влияния на происходящее. Действие происходит в вымышленном будущем, когда на Земле идут почти не прекращающиеся локальные войны за ресурсы и многие бегут с Земли в поселение на Лунной поверхности в поисках лучшей доли. При этом Лунное поселение по большей части зависит от Земли в виду очень ограниченных ресурсов, но при этом из-за отсутствия налогов и каких-либо реально действующих органов власти или администрации, жизнь там довольно дешева и при этом там крутятся огромные деньги. Деньги, которые вкладывают Земные компании, деньги, получаемые от новых разработок и прочего. И самое главное - на Луне все эти деньги крутятся в основном на "бирже", где фактически каждый желающий может сказочно разбогатеть или наоборот потерять все. Безусловно, все это фикция от и до - даже те имена и другие моменты, которые пересекаются с реальностью, изменены, так что местная биржа не имеет никакого отношения к реальной. Собственно, почему оно работает именно так, вам объяснят во втором эпизоде. Сам я довольно долго откладывал прочтение, поскольку, хоть и купил визуалку из-за положительных отзывов, сомневался, что читать ее будет интересно из-за ориентации на экономику - далеко не самую интересную тему. После прочтения первого эпизода, я бы написал, что мир и экономика являются на деле лишь фоном для происходящего. Однако после прочтения всех трех эпизодов, я все-таки думаю, что меняющееся окружение и положение дел в экономике, с которыми постоянно имеет дело главный герой, вполне можно назвать полноценным действующим лицом или персонажем, что вполне соответствует названию. Первый эпизод - самый долгий и, в определенном смысле, самый скучный из-за довольно большого количества вставок, описывающих положение дел и устройство поселения на луне. В других эпизодах подобные вставки тоже есть, но уже не в таких количествах. Если говорить о сюжете, то это пожалуй не столько об экономике, сколько о взаимоотношениях между людьми. Фирменной фразой, во многом характеризующей общую идею визуалки, можно назвать эту "Даже если мы потеряем все, у нас останутся связи", которая периодически вплывает в течение всех трех эпизодов. Должен сказать, что мои опасения не оправдались. Визуалка довольно большая (суммарно я читал ее около 90 часов) и, хотя порой, учитывая такую большую длительность, уже хотелось, чтобы она закончилась, оторваться от чтения было довольно сложно. Если в первом эпизоде текст повествование в целом довольно серьезен, то во втором-третьем эпизодах хватает шуток и взаимных подколок между персонажами. С моей точки зрения, персонажи прописаны очень неплохо и они получились вполне живыми и соответствующими своим образам. Сама визуалка получилась довольно серьезной, но при этом душевной и согревающей сердце. Если говорить о минусах, то могу отметить лишь качество перевода. Местами слова написаны неправильно или повторяются (я читал на английском), хотя читать это в общем-то не мешает и впечатление мне оно никоим образом не испортило. Также нередко фразы построены так, что одни и те же слова повторяются по несколько раз в одной фразе, что смотрится довольно странно (в русском языке о подобных вещах мы бы сказали масло масленое), но опять же пониманию это не мешает. В целом, поскольку визуалка вышла в стиме довольно давно, а отзывов не так много, я бы сказал, что игра явно недооценена. С моей точки зрения, это одна из лучших визуалок, которые я читал.
感觉这游戏的感情线都有点多余了。。。
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前作同様、高まってきたと思ってからのスッと終わる感じが、「あれ、終わりです?」と思う。 今回は取引というより一歩引いた目線で別の角度から切り込んでる 右腕が動かない?らしいけどCGで動いている気がする。気のせいかもしれない。 大人になった…のかな…? クリス報われなくて可哀想すぎる
It's okay.
第二章主要是承上启下,剧情很平很无聊,开头埋了一些伏笔,最后1/4的剧情才有些波澜,看困了三四次,结尾以为留了个不错的钩子,结果第三章给一笔带过了,不喜欢这样讨巧的处理。 恶俗情节三两处,依旧没有恋爱内容,但感情线处理得太不利爽,男主跟克莉丝两个人凑不出一张嘴。 简而言之,第二章看看剧透就行了,并没有写什么关键性内容。第二章主要讲了[spoiler] 男主因为投资失败失意四年, 羽贺那也因此出走与主角团失联。在此期间,克莉丝考上大学,改进了羽贺那程式,受雇于失意的地球贵族艾蕾诺亚进行投资,并且陪伴男主克服ptsd。在艾蕾诺亚的邀请下,男主重新开始协助艾蕾诺亚进行投资,并偶然发现艾蕾诺亚同他一样有远大的理想(正义),于是开始收集数据、实地考察,试图揭露阿瓦隆的骗局。在此期间,男主也和阿瓦隆的CFO巴顿达成和解。但就在主角团打算联系政界人士揭露此骗局的时候,巴顿来电,提醒男主,一旦阿瓦隆破产,投资了阿瓦隆的许许多多普通人也会倾家荡产,艾蕾诺亚所求的正义真的是他想要的吗?也是在这个时候,克莉丝终于捅破了那张纸,向男主告白,但男主心里早已住进了羽贺那,因此拒绝了克莉丝。[/spoiler]看似留了很多个钩子对吧?但第三章只是简单地对此作出回应,我认为不如在此直接点明了:[spoiler] 主角团最后还是选择了揭露阿瓦隆骗局,男主因此成为了大英雄,继续寻找羽贺那(是的,并没有交代心理历程、抗争的过程);随后艾蕾诺亚实现所愿,告白男主失败,加之考虑到管家的身体,选择回到地球(第三部汉化用词是“甩了她们两个”?姑且认为是告白失败吧。)(其实我看第二章的时候只觉得后期艾蕾诺亚依靠着男主的几幕比较暧昧,并没有意识到是爱情线。但克莉丝也一直认为男主选择了艾蕾诺亚……男主在第二章的表现确实很中央空调、很渣,明知克莉丝爱他,并且自己始终喜欢羽贺那、对克莉丝只有同情与亲情,却迟迟不拒绝人家。);艾蕾诺亚的下属马可选择留在月球协助主角;克莉丝在毕业后加入了另一家企业。 [/spoiler]
After playing through the first episode, I wish there were a neutral review option for this one. I really like the idea of this episode taking place years after the amazing ending of the first episode, with Hal still carrying the weight of his failure, but I feel like all of the things that made the latter half of the first episode great were not present in this one. First, the development of the connection between Hal and Chris/Eleanor. Despite there being a large emphasis of the beginning and the ending towards Chris, honestly I could not give a ♥♥♥♥ about her. She wasn't interesting in the first episode given that she wasn't a main character, and, from the readers perspective, all of a sudden she's the star of Hal's life, even if it was just the sense of duty to pay her back on his end. Really, it would have been better if there was some sort of flashback or continuation of the first episode where it shows Chris and Hal becoming closer. Chris also never does anything in this episode, she just talks to Hal, cries, reminds Hal of Hagana and his past failure, and is generally just useless in terms of moving the plot forward. As for Eleanor, I honestly liked her character from the moment her motivations were revealed to the ending, she does draw a lot of parallels to Hagana, but that's also what I thought made Hagana a good character in the first episode; she wants a sense of purpose and justice in the cruel state of their lives, and when given the opportunity to make a difference, both of them went to an extreme to do so. Despite that, she isn't just a stand-in for Hagana, she has more extreme ways of moving toward her goal, and connected with Hal through wanting to achieve her dream rather than not wanting to be worthless. Second, the ending felt so disappointing compared to the first episode. I loved the ending of the first episode because it could stand alone as an ending, even if there were no other episodes, or it could lead into the next chapter of Hal's life. This ending is purely just a cliffhanger, and it felt very abrupt. Its very explicitly stated what the plan of action is to take down Avalon, even Chris seems to finally have some story significance after her confession to Hal, but then the episode just ends? Just an overall very unsatisfying ending. Finally, there just seems to be so many plot threads that lead absolutely nowhere. The whole company thing with Le Goff and Marco is just forgotten halfway through the story in exchange for the war on Avalon, and is never brought up again. Eleanor praying at the church is not brought up again past the initial moment they talk about it. Hal's talk about God and faith with Lisa nearing the end also isn't used after the initial conversation, even though it felt like a turning point within Hal's subconscious. Everything with Rena just felt completely pointless after Hal leaves the government job, and even the one moment that Rena actually contributed to the plot felt like that moment was the whole purpose of her character, to just exist to feed extremely convenient information to Hal, then to permanently ♥♥♥♥ off. She really couldn't have had a bigger role in starting the downfall of Avalon? She's literally a government worker, do something with that? Lastly, the talk with Toyama and analysts. That whole talk feels really meaningless if we are never told what Eleanor had to go through as an analyst for the top investment banking company on the entire Moon, other than that Eleanor had to abuse drugs to go to sleep. What was she treated like within the banking company? How much time did she spend actually being an analyst? Was her pay worth the suffering? Did acting as Susie Wu seep into her actual life? I know this episode is probably just build up and development to the third episode, but it really should be able to stand alone like the first episode did. I loved the first episode, but this one just isn't anywhere near as good as the first. 5/10
Writing is BAD.. why oh why did i get it..
[h1]RESEÑA DE \WORLD END ECONOMiCA episode.02\ - ¡Haz Trading o Muere en el Intento![/h1] [h2]Resumen[/h2] Si alguna vez soñaste con ser un pez gordo de Wall Street pero te quedaste en comer Doritos frente al PC, \WORLD END ECONOMiCA episode.02\ es tu oportunidad para vivir esa vida... más o menos. En este visual novel, donde el romance se mezcla con la adrenalina del mercado de valores en una colonia lunar, seguimos a nuestro joven y ambicioso protagonista en su trayecto por hacerse rico o morir intentándolo. ¿Listos para ver números y más números? [h2]Aspectos importantes e interesantes[/h2] Lo más destacado del juego definitivamente es su intrincada historia. Hal, nuestro protagonista, no sólo tiene que balancear sus sueños financieros con la realidad, sino también enfrentar tensiones personales y algún que otro triángulo amoroso. Además, ¡es en la Luna! La ambientación espacial le da un toque único que no ves todos los días en los visual novels. [h2]Aspectos por mejorar[/h2] Claro, nada es perfecto. El ritmo del juego a veces parece imitar la velocidad a la que mi abuela usa la computadora. Es un poco lento, amigos, y definitivamente no es para los amantes de la acción constante. Además, algunos personajes parecen sacados de un molde de cliche serializado, necesitan un poco más de especias en su desarrollo, ¡un poco más de pimienta, por favor! [table] [tr][th]Categoría[/th][th]Puntuación[/th][th]Comentarios[/th][/tr] [tr][td]Jugabilidad[/td][td]7[/td][td]¡Más acciones aparte de clickear estarían bien![/td][/tr] [tr][td]Dificultad / IA[/td][td]6[/td][td]No es que los números luchen de vuelta...[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Contenido[/td][td]8[/td][td]Sólido, con mucha carne donde cortar.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Video / Gráficos[/td][td]8[/td][td]Bonitos, como un cupcake espacial.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Historia[/td][td]9[/-td][td]Involucrante y emocionante, como tu telenovela favorita.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Ambientación[/td][td]9[/td][td]Luna, ¿qué más quieres?[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Efectos[/td][td]7[/td][td]Decentes, pero no te volarán la cabeza.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Música[/td][td]7[/td][td]Engancha, pero luego la olvidas.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Voces[/td][td]8[/td][td]Bueno, si te gustan los diálogos eternos...[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Diversidad[/td][td]6[/td][td]Podría mejorar, más variedad de personajes por favor.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]TOTAL PUNTUACIONES[/td][td]75[/td][td]¿Economista o dramaturgo lunar?[/td][/tr] [/table] [h2]Veredicto Final[/h2] [tr][td]Si te encanta la economía tanto como a mi abuela le encanta su gato, o simplemente quieres algo fresco en la subcategoría de las novelas visuales, \WORLD END ECONOMiCA episode.02\ vale la pena darle un vistazo. Pero, ey, si estar rodeado de tablas y números no es lo tuyo, mejor pasa de largo. [h3]Veredicto Final[/h3] [tr][td][b]Compralo con descuento - Puntuación: 75[/b][/td][/tr] ¡Es una inversión!
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