Slay the Princess: Heart to Nerves
Elsword, Visual Novels and Media
by pandamaare
3d ago
Slay the Princess is an evn, kind of. It kind of depends on how semantic you want to be but I’m putting it in the group. I was writing about it in a different post but the amount I wrote was starting to eclipse the rest. Anyways, it’s an evn but it’s more in the choose your adventure category. I’m not sure if those kind of books still exist, it was kind of a product of its time considering you can just make a game out of it. The closest example I can give of Slay the Princess is if you mix the witty conversation of the Stanley Parable and the vibes of Baroque. And that’s probably an awful exa ..read more
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Nukitashi 2 Review: I liked this a lot more than the original
Elsword, Visual Novels and Media
by pandamaare
2w ago
So I finished Nukitashi 2 and overall I had a fun time. I think I gave the first one a 7 for a couple of reasons but that I get why people see it as an 8 or a 9. This one is kind of conflicting because Nukitashi 2 is basically two parts. The new plot and their respective routes, and then just afterstories for the rest. There’s 9 scenarios in total but technically there’s a really short 10th one. The first scenario is the common plot and where most of my praise goes to. You can technically just end it right there and leave with a consistent 8 or maybe even a 9. The general gist is he got too i ..read more
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Piofiore no Banshou Review: Great but with a lull in the middle
Elsword, Visual Novels and Media
by pandamaare
1M ago
So I finished Piofiore and it took a lot longer than I expected. I think it’s probably around 40 hours but it felt like 60 by the time I finished. There’s a sequel to it but more so a continuation of this one. So I’ll just be calling this one 1925 and the sequel 1926(it’s part of the name). 1925 kind of has its own conclusion but it’s basically telling you that the plot isn’t over and that you should get the second one. I considered maybe reading the sequel before going over this one but I decided against it since I don’t have the right mindset or energy to continue it right now, especially c ..read more
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Kira Kira: Down Memory Lane
Elsword, Visual Novels and Media
by pandamaare
2M ago
So tokyo necro is coming out in a few days and it’s probably been out when this gets on youtube. I’ll be pretty busy on tokyo necro so I’m doing some side stuff just to fill in the time. It’ll be shorter than normal, some might be about the games I play that’re kind of old or I haven’t seen that much attention. But for this time, it’ll just be about one of my favorite vns, Kira Kira. It’s not a review and there might be spoilers here and there but it’s more on how it made me feel and what it is than about the structure or how well it’s written. Well, the first Kirari route is going to be spoi ..read more
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ONE Review: You can tell it’s an earlier work
Elsword, Visual Novels and Media
by pandamaare
2M ago
So I finished One, it was something I wanted to read around a year ago but I heard of the remake so here we are. I’m always confusing this title with Moon which is supposedly kind of on the more fucked up side. I read some of the og One while going through this one just to see if I’m missing something and overall it’s kind of the same. Sometimes the fantl does a better job, other times this one flows better. The worst aspect is whoever handled the choices because there’s times where the answer is like, “yeah I guess” to some theoretical question. And the new one just puts “hmm”. You choose th ..read more
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ONE Review: You can tell it’s an earlier work
Elsword, Visual Novels and Media
by pandamaare
2M ago
So I finished One, it was something I wanted to read around a year ago but I heard of the remake so here we are. I’m always confusing this title with Moon which is supposedly kind of on the more fucked up side. I read some of the og One while going through this one just to see if I’m missing something and overall it’s kind of the same. Sometimes the fantl does a better job, other times this one flows better. The worst aspect is whoever handled the choices because there’s times where the answer is like, “yeah I guess” to some theoretical question. And the new one just puts “hmm”. You choose th ..read more
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Psychedelica of the Black Butterfly and Ashen Hawk: Could’ve been better but still fun
Elsword, Visual Novels and Media
by pandamaare
3M ago
Note: This was written around the time Tokyo Necro came out and I kept pushing it back. So I don’t really read that much otome, I think it’s still in the low single digits and something I was interested in trying. For the random person that doesn’t know, the otome genre is catered to women but also the main character is female. It’s not my field so I don’t really know how these are compartmentalize. I read one or two titles catered to women by accident and the plot is generally pretty cool, but since the main character was a man it somehow doesn’t count as an otome. There’s some titles I’ve r ..read more
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2023 vns I’ve read
Elsword, Visual Novels and Media
by pandamaare
3M ago
So another year’s done and read a decent amount again. I’m kind of changing on how I rate things, I’m not sure if I ever got around to uploading how I set up the conditions but basically the first batch will go through them more objectively. Then I’ll put what I had most fun with and then another that places them on their highest point. So basically what has the highest impact or a great route even if the rest is mediocre. Most Liked Hokenshitsu no Sensei to Shabondama Chuudoku no Joshu/Hokejo This is actually a great vn that I can’t recommend because of the hscenes. The mc has a job or some ..read more
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HiraHira Hihiru: It’s Setoguchi
Elsword, Visual Novels and Media
by pandamaare
4M ago
So I finished Hihiru, it’s something that was written by Setoguchi and you could really tell. You probably heard of him through Swan Song more than anything else but I know him from Kira Kira. I don’t think he was ever credited in a vn that didn’t use the nvl format, and really that’s one of his strengths. I don’t think the adv format would work for him, sometimes what’s being put down is long-winded but it’s always cohesive and you know where he’s coming from. The only one that felt off so far was that fandisk for Kira Kira that I still didn’t finish, I wasn’t really feeling it and then I saw ..read more
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Stella of the End: Quickie Review
Elsword, Visual Novels and Media
by pandamaare
5M ago
So I finished Stella and it’s going to be a short one considering the title itself is short and it’s not like it’s inventing anything new.It’s fine, it has its strong moments but it takes a lot of leadup to make it work and it can be pretty annoying at times. So the main cast just consists of Jude and Phia. Phia is some newtech android that wants to be human and Jude’s the guy that took the job to get her to his employer. Think of it kind of like the Transporter movie but it’s actually about transporting this time around. So it’s basically just going from place to place, she keeps developing ..read more
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