I was excited for this game as it mixes two of my favorites things: furries and deduction.
A major problem resides within the English traduction (imo). Seeing as this is a visual novel, the writing is a priority. While not particularly bad, it's not great and didn't allow me to truly get in the story. Some sentences feel clunky, abrupt and short while some others are quite detailed. Because of this, the characters feel "empty" and not quite interesting. Almost robotic. I may be a bit harsh as I'm used to "bigger" deduction/visual novel games (Danganronpa, Ace Attorney's, 999 from Chunsoft,...)
Gameplay
This is a part the game struggles with too. Once the first murder happens, you exit the 'linear' visual novel part and have to gather clues. The system is horrific and not captivating. To keep things spoiler-free, let's say it feels quite empty. The interections with the elements within the decor are kept to a very limited manner.
For the decuction part, it's... eh. There's almost no consequences to failing in presenting the wrong clues, leading me to just spamming every clues when lost during the debates because of the sometimes poor traduction. This part kind of feel unfinished. Something that could have been enticing and exciting only to end up in a disappointing result.
Visual Art
The visual art gives a weird vibe. The drawing are, for the major part, very lovely, well detailed and captivating but... inconsistent? It's as if different style were put within the games at some point, hence giving a bit of a WIP aspect to certain parts.
Music
As for the music, I found them to be minimalist at first but quite enjoyable after getting used to. Especially the what I would call 'intense' ones. Nothing too fancy but to be expected from an Indie game like this one.
Conclusion
I do think the game is still worth checking out despite my mostly negative review. I was curious enough to finish the game. If I was to speak the language the game was originally written in, I guess I would have quite enjoyed it! I'm just really sad that what could have been an awesome game ended up feeling like a three-quarter-finished one.
A major problem resides within the English traduction (imo). Seeing as this is a visual novel, the writing is a priority. While not particularly bad, it's not great and didn't allow me to truly get in the story. Some sentences feel clunky, abrupt and short while some others are quite detailed. Because of this, the characters feel "empty" and not quite interesting. Almost robotic. I may be a bit harsh as I'm used to "bigger" deduction/visual novel games (Danganronpa, Ace Attorney's, 999 from Chunsoft,...)
Gameplay
This is a part the game struggles with too. Once the first murder happens, you exit the 'linear' visual novel part and have to gather clues. The system is horrific and not captivating. To keep things spoiler-free, let's say it feels quite empty. The interections with the elements within the decor are kept to a very limited manner.
For the decuction part, it's... eh. There's almost no consequences to failing in presenting the wrong clues, leading me to just spamming every clues when lost during the debates because of the sometimes poor traduction. This part kind of feel unfinished. Something that could have been enticing and exciting only to end up in a disappointing result.
Visual Art
The visual art gives a weird vibe. The drawing are, for the major part, very lovely, well detailed and captivating but... inconsistent? It's as if different style were put within the games at some point, hence giving a bit of a WIP aspect to certain parts.
Music
As for the music, I found them to be minimalist at first but quite enjoyable after getting used to. Especially the what I would call 'intense' ones. Nothing too fancy but to be expected from an Indie game like this one.
Conclusion
I do think the game is still worth checking out despite my mostly negative review. I was curious enough to finish the game. If I was to speak the language the game was originally written in, I guess I would have quite enjoyed it! I'm just really sad that what could have been an awesome game ended up feeling like a three-quarter-finished one.