Mute and Hyun-ae routes.
Analogue with improved UI and more content. Christine Love's writing is gold and I'm really looking forward to her future projects
This game was my introduction to mug cake
The sequel to one of my favorite visual novel which expands the backstory of the ship before the incident. Since I picked *Mute as my personal companion, the reason I am bumping this to a Tier 5 game is her route in this game where the third day still still resonate to this day. I have to come to accept the result but still haunted by it which elevated this to my personal favorite. Her and the ship's backstory is pretty cool although one cannot really look past her involvement as well which makes her a more complex character.
While I prefer Mute*, I will say I went with Hyun-ae* on the prior game first to be a witness. Her route here is nice specially her request on the third day, but she is more sidelined here as a reading partner than providing meaningful insights which is fair considering her focus on the prior game. What makes her kinda shine is the non-canon route for being an emotional support.
I never thought the prior game would be beaten by the sequel being as good as it already earning my highest recommendation.
While I prefer Mute*, I will say I went with Hyun-ae* on the prior game first to be a witness. Her route here is nice specially her request on the third day, but she is more sidelined here as a reading partner than providing meaningful insights which is fair considering her focus on the prior game. What makes her kinda shine is the non-canon route for being an emotional support.
I never thought the prior game would be beaten by the sequel being as good as it already earning my highest recommendation.
This review contains spoilers
preface: you really, really need to play analogue: a hate story before playing this.
anyway. i think this is a good game. it is a lot more of the same, so if you didn't like analogue you won't like this: you're unlocking files & will only see a certain amount per playthrough. analogue was hyun-ae's story and about the society that drove her to become the pale bride: hate plus is mute's story, about what happened to create that society. i love the gameplay conceit of the 3 days, i LOVE the ost -- no seriously i really love this ost why is it so fucking good -- it's a good game.
old mute choosing to preserve seo-yeong's smile is one of the most fucking haunting moments the game never explicitly comes out and points at. you are looking your death in the face. the you who walks out of here will be nobody you can recognize. you have this one moment to choose what files to hide deep in your code, to hope that some day soon she'll find those, and maybe she'll remember being you.
what do you save?
anyway. i think this is a good game. it is a lot more of the same, so if you didn't like analogue you won't like this: you're unlocking files & will only see a certain amount per playthrough. analogue was hyun-ae's story and about the society that drove her to become the pale bride: hate plus is mute's story, about what happened to create that society. i love the gameplay conceit of the 3 days, i LOVE the ost -- no seriously i really love this ost why is it so fucking good -- it's a good game.
old mute choosing to preserve seo-yeong's smile is one of the most fucking haunting moments the game never explicitly comes out and points at. you are looking your death in the face. the you who walks out of here will be nobody you can recognize. you have this one moment to choose what files to hide deep in your code, to hope that some day soon she'll find those, and maybe she'll remember being you.
what do you save?