This game is currently in the Humble Choice for May 2024, and this is part of my coverage of the bundle. If you are interested in the game and it's before June 4th, 2024, consider picking up the game as part of the current monthly bundle.
An attempt at a visual novel.
Mediterranea Inferno starts with the author saying it’s his reflection on a host of problems and has a long content warning. I don’t know if it’s the author trying to be the voice of a generation, but it comes off that way. The game is about three gay men going on a vacation to reconnect after “the Pandemic” and don’t worry they namecheck COVID.
I hope the author felt a cathartic release with this, this was intended to be a way to talk about something that bothered him, but comes out as something like I’m 14 and this is deep. The thing is, the pandemic was hard for everyone, and it’s hard to incorporate that into a story, but it’s also not done well here. It’s also hard to tell a story of what seemed like three over-privileged sexed-up gay men who… honestly, I’m not the right person for this game, and that’s a big issue with it being in Humble.
But also in general, I just didn’t like this game, it felt more like it was forcing storylines and even after 20 minutes I knew it wasn’t going to work for me. I know a lot of people are going to call this a great piece of art because it spoke to or for them, but if I have no reason to even know who a character is in the first fifteen minutes, why am I focused on a visual novel about them?
Pick this up if you liked Milky Way Prince, this is made by the same developers, and I didn’t like that one, so I didn’t like this one. Thus is life. But for me, This is a hard pass.
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An attempt at a visual novel.
Mediterranea Inferno starts with the author saying it’s his reflection on a host of problems and has a long content warning. I don’t know if it’s the author trying to be the voice of a generation, but it comes off that way. The game is about three gay men going on a vacation to reconnect after “the Pandemic” and don’t worry they namecheck COVID.
I hope the author felt a cathartic release with this, this was intended to be a way to talk about something that bothered him, but comes out as something like I’m 14 and this is deep. The thing is, the pandemic was hard for everyone, and it’s hard to incorporate that into a story, but it’s also not done well here. It’s also hard to tell a story of what seemed like three over-privileged sexed-up gay men who… honestly, I’m not the right person for this game, and that’s a big issue with it being in Humble.
But also in general, I just didn’t like this game, it felt more like it was forcing storylines and even after 20 minutes I knew it wasn’t going to work for me. I know a lot of people are going to call this a great piece of art because it spoke to or for them, but if I have no reason to even know who a character is in the first fifteen minutes, why am I focused on a visual novel about them?
Pick this up if you liked Milky Way Prince, this is made by the same developers, and I didn’t like that one, so I didn’t like this one. Thus is life. But for me, This is a hard pass.
If you enjoyed this review or want to know what I think of other games in the bundle, check out the full review on or subscribe to my Youtube channel: https://youtu.be/jybN_eME28o