A short, tragic and kinetic Yuri VN about Sakuya and Remilia. Since I don’t know much about the Touhou universe, I would have loved more details about these characters aka the lore. Even so, I liked my time reading 月夜下的紅茶杯 ~ Blacktea With Moon. If you’re a Yuri / VN fan, go for it!
Translated by
Microsoft from French
Microsoft from French
[Eighth assessment]
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Wondering if the game is worth it? I ask myself the same question after I have finished it.
Evaluating such a cheap game is difficult. The story is very short, we can barely read all the dialogues in half an hour and there is not much movement/action between the characters. The conversations between Remilia and Sakuya are... sometimes boring, sometimes interesting.
On the one hand, I want to tell you that the relationship between the two protagonists is quite well worked, that the underlying issues are relatively intelligent and that one attaches to the end fairly quickly to the two young women (apparently their advanced age is not reflected at all). Alas, what I have just described must be counterbalanced with another reality which, in my view, is a shadow of the title: the poverty of narration. The dialogues are regularly insipid, the descriptions too few and the lexical richness absent. We are shown several times the same phrases, phrases, clichés to bring a point of intensity and show us how strong their feelings are: certainly it is undoubtedly the case, but try to rework the personality of characters to make them even more endeant.
[I am just pointing out that the translation from Chinese to English has been done by a motivated and dedicated player (thank you for your work, distant colleague) and that this criticism relies on the English version failing to understand the language initial of the VN, Chinese, spoken by its developers] are you going to shout at the scandal if I allow myself to raise a little correct remark? This "fan game" (described in this way by its creators) might deserve to be free, as its development resembles that of an amateur project. So yes, it costs so cheap that it definitely goes unnoticed in the list of banking, but frankly... There is a good package of games on steam that are free and offer better content. Honestly, I'm not at all a bunch of sweets near (especially as this game is much healthier for my health than the added sugars), but I just wanted to share this reflection that can potentially lead to abuse ("I've developed a game in three days but it is not expensive, so buy it and support me, eh! »).
This game clearly flirts with mediocrity. Still, I still give him a positive assessment hoping to see improvements and more AMBITIONS in the next production of 凝冰剑斩 (no idea what that means).
What I appreciate: 💹Certaines themes addressed (perception of old age, immortality [or almost] and social hierarchy) 💹Touhou?
What could have been improved: 💢 the narration, I will be intransigent on it 💢 the length of the ridiculous (lack of blatant content)