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I spent many years of my life trying to convince myself I like gaming, but in the end I guess I just like glorified reading. AKA mostly VN's get logged here. The occasional JRPG or rhythm game or whatever might pop up.
I spent many years of my life trying to convince myself I like gaming, but in the end I guess I just like glorified reading. AKA mostly VN's get logged here. The occasional JRPG or rhythm game or whatever might pop up.
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It's not terrible, it's just a yuri omegaverse setting which is something really underexplored so it's mostly a shallow attempt at tapping an untapped market. I'm not gonna pretend I know much about omegaverse. Because of its BL focus as a genre I'm just not knowledgeable about it. I read one fanfic with a lesbian pairing I liked in this kind of setting and from then on I've solely enjoyed omegaverse within the confines of my own fantasies. I don't know what the standard agreed upon premises are with it for the most part. But long story short, I really love the idea of lesbian omegaverse. There's just not a lot of it.
However this game didn't really satisfy my itch for it unfortunately. The large problem was that I couldn't download the patch for the R18 scenes, which is a major bummer since like always Steam has a dick up its ass about ero yuri. There were reviews mentioning the patch contains a trojan, and while I did my research and am 90% sure it's a false positive, it wasn't a risk I was taking. So as you can imagine an omegaverse without smut is kind of.... losing the entire appeal. There's also some aspects of omegaverse that I enjoy and aren't touched upon in this game but the Backloggd review section doesn't need to hear about my kinks so that's all I'll say.
And that's all I really can say about this game. I'm not entrenched within the omegaverse fandom or subculture or what have you, and I wasn't able to experience the complete game as intended. It's certainly not a masterpiece but it doesn't come off as abysmal to me either. But since I have a very skewed perception of the game, average is where the rating and my feelings will stay.
However this game didn't really satisfy my itch for it unfortunately. The large problem was that I couldn't download the patch for the R18 scenes, which is a major bummer since like always Steam has a dick up its ass about ero yuri. There were reviews mentioning the patch contains a trojan, and while I did my research and am 90% sure it's a false positive, it wasn't a risk I was taking. So as you can imagine an omegaverse without smut is kind of.... losing the entire appeal. There's also some aspects of omegaverse that I enjoy and aren't touched upon in this game but the Backloggd review section doesn't need to hear about my kinks so that's all I'll say.
And that's all I really can say about this game. I'm not entrenched within the omegaverse fandom or subculture or what have you, and I wasn't able to experience the complete game as intended. It's certainly not a masterpiece but it doesn't come off as abysmal to me either. But since I have a very skewed perception of the game, average is where the rating and my feelings will stay.
This review contains spoilers
[not finished with game]
Hinamizawa Bus Stop
Very interesting to finally see the prototype that inspired what became one of the most iconic VN's of all time. It certainly wasn't stellar, I think the shorter nature of a stageplay didn't allow for the twists to hit right, and I'm sure that's probably a reason that Ryuukishi's entry of this to whatever theater company was rejected. But a lot of the key points were retained in Higurashi which I find really enlightening into exactly how Ryuukishi writes and what he goes about prioritizing when he's planning something. Definitely a worthwhile read if you're at all interested in that aspect.
Also it was pleasantly gay.
[2.5/5]
Outbreak
This adaptation of the anime-original arc glossed over a lot of the details of said anime, which was a bit disappointing to me. As a Higurashi's-political-subplot enjoyer, this scenario and its extremely serious implications on both Hinamizawa and Higurashi's world at large is fascinating to me, so I would have liked a bit more fleshing out of the scenario in general, not massive cuts. We'll see how the next arc which is a sequel plays out, though I think I've heard not to expect much.
[3/5]
Hinamizawa Bus Stop
Very interesting to finally see the prototype that inspired what became one of the most iconic VN's of all time. It certainly wasn't stellar, I think the shorter nature of a stageplay didn't allow for the twists to hit right, and I'm sure that's probably a reason that Ryuukishi's entry of this to whatever theater company was rejected. But a lot of the key points were retained in Higurashi which I find really enlightening into exactly how Ryuukishi writes and what he goes about prioritizing when he's planning something. Definitely a worthwhile read if you're at all interested in that aspect.
Also it was pleasantly gay.
[2.5/5]
Outbreak
This adaptation of the anime-original arc glossed over a lot of the details of said anime, which was a bit disappointing to me. As a Higurashi's-political-subplot enjoyer, this scenario and its extremely serious implications on both Hinamizawa and Higurashi's world at large is fascinating to me, so I would have liked a bit more fleshing out of the scenario in general, not massive cuts. We'll see how the next arc which is a sequel plays out, though I think I've heard not to expect much.
[3/5]
This review contains spoilers
2021
Good introduction to the series, but like Higurashi's Onikakushi, I'm sure it will pale in comparison to other arcs.
2023
Still a really fantastic opening to the series. Revisiting it knowing everything and with a keener eye for how the characters are was a really fun experience, and it's quite funny/interesting seeing exactly how much is revealed blatantly but passed off as just some silly side comment.
Revisiting scenes with my favorite characters in particular was so much fun, I can't wait to do way more of it in the other Question arc rereads. And even revisiting scenes with characters I didn't or still don't like was kind of eye opening in a way.
I hope to keep trying to understand the story even deeper as I keep going (and maybe not take 9 months per reread).
Good introduction to the series, but like Higurashi's Onikakushi, I'm sure it will pale in comparison to other arcs.
2023
Still a really fantastic opening to the series. Revisiting it knowing everything and with a keener eye for how the characters are was a really fun experience, and it's quite funny/interesting seeing exactly how much is revealed blatantly but passed off as just some silly side comment.
Revisiting scenes with my favorite characters in particular was so much fun, I can't wait to do way more of it in the other Question arc rereads. And even revisiting scenes with characters I didn't or still don't like was kind of eye opening in a way.
I hope to keep trying to understand the story even deeper as I keep going (and maybe not take 9 months per reread).