After playing through Extra and Unlimited, I was really excited to finally play Muv-Luv Alternative. While I wasn't a fan of both of those visual novels, Unlimited still managed to get me excited for Alternative. However, after reading through Alternative, I'm really conflicted about how I feel about this game.

Highs of the story were really good, But overall, there were so many redundant and convoluted info-dumps that the whole experience left a sour taste in my mouth.

When it comes to the characters, they were undoubtedly better developed here than ever before. However, I still couldn't connect or care about most of them, except for Meiya and Yuuko, who were my favorite characters in Muv-Luv. They were the main reason I stuck through the boring parts. I wonder if I would have liked the ending better if they had focused more on character development instead of those ridiculously stupid expositions.

The romance was one of the weakest points of this visual novel. I wasn't invested in the Sumika and Takeru pairing at all. I just wish they were better developed overall, and it didn't help that I wasn't crazy about both of those characters either.

The presentation definitely deserves some praise, particularly the beautiful OST. However, I don't consider this game a masterpiece or anything, but it was still worthwhile to see what the hype around this series was. I just wish some aspects had been handled better. There was a lot of wasted potential in my opinion.