I came into this game with 0 expectations. I just wanted to play one vanillaware game, as ive really liked the art style from their games for a long time, yet had never actually played one of them. I kind of thought the art style would be the best part of it, but i ended up really loving like, everything this game has to offer.
Story wise, I think its a very solid sci-fi story but I think what made it more interesting is the way it was told. I do think 13 protagonists was a bit much, specially considering some of them dont actually add much to the overall continuation of the plot but i did really enjoy their characters and interactions with each other so I cant really complain. I think what really hit the spot was how different each story was told, and how different each character approached situations. I also liked the liberty of following the story in any way you want (up until you were locked by certain events, obviously). I think that probably made the story more convoluted than it was in the way I was playing but I was having fun trying to figure it out so it just adds to it, in my opinion. The twists were very well done and made the story even more interesting I had a really really great time with it.
The characters though…the characters were amazing. As I said i really got attached to them. I do have some issues with how some characters are written, specially the female characters as it seems a lot of them revolve around their male counterparts BUT I liked the character writing anyways, and the banter they share with each other despite a lot of them not knowing each other a whole lot in battle was so fun, and kind of endearing. The relationships formed between them were really sweet too.
The battle bit was really enjoyable and fun! It was a bit easy, but that also could be because i stayed in normal difficulty the whole way through so that ones on me, probably. But I really enjoyed it anyways, just getting to beat a bunch of stuff in one shot is really fun to me.
The soundtrack is absolutely amazing, both the visual novel music tracks and the combat music are absolutely amazing and i found myself going back to listen to them when I was forced to put the game down and actually do something productive.
Overall I can understand that maybe this isnt a game for everyone but to me it was an amazing time and I kinda wish i could play it again for the first time. I am kind of scared i will now compare all other vanillaware games I play in the future to this one, cos this will be hard to top.
Tsukasa Okino shouldve been a playable character btw.
Story wise, I think its a very solid sci-fi story but I think what made it more interesting is the way it was told. I do think 13 protagonists was a bit much, specially considering some of them dont actually add much to the overall continuation of the plot but i did really enjoy their characters and interactions with each other so I cant really complain. I think what really hit the spot was how different each story was told, and how different each character approached situations. I also liked the liberty of following the story in any way you want (up until you were locked by certain events, obviously). I think that probably made the story more convoluted than it was in the way I was playing but I was having fun trying to figure it out so it just adds to it, in my opinion. The twists were very well done and made the story even more interesting I had a really really great time with it.
The characters though…the characters were amazing. As I said i really got attached to them. I do have some issues with how some characters are written, specially the female characters as it seems a lot of them revolve around their male counterparts BUT I liked the character writing anyways, and the banter they share with each other despite a lot of them not knowing each other a whole lot in battle was so fun, and kind of endearing. The relationships formed between them were really sweet too.
The battle bit was really enjoyable and fun! It was a bit easy, but that also could be because i stayed in normal difficulty the whole way through so that ones on me, probably. But I really enjoyed it anyways, just getting to beat a bunch of stuff in one shot is really fun to me.
The soundtrack is absolutely amazing, both the visual novel music tracks and the combat music are absolutely amazing and i found myself going back to listen to them when I was forced to put the game down and actually do something productive.
Overall I can understand that maybe this isnt a game for everyone but to me it was an amazing time and I kinda wish i could play it again for the first time. I am kind of scared i will now compare all other vanillaware games I play in the future to this one, cos this will be hard to top.
Tsukasa Okino shouldve been a playable character btw.