[Review] Dies irae – Amantes amentes

https://vndb.org/v548

You have no idea how long I’ve been wanting to write this review, but finally, here I am. Ironically coming straight after a post about one of the worst samples the medium has to offer, this review will now take an in-depth look at the other end of the spectrum. That is, the ‘not-shit’ end. There are so many things I want to say it’s probably gonna be a nightmare to organize it all without spoiling too much, so, as you may imagine, I’m already feeling sorry for my future self who will have to write all that. Anyway, you can probably already guess the outcome of the review — no sane man would attempt to translate this many excerpts of a VN he doesn’t adore –, nonetheless, do hear me out.

では…

今宵のグランギニョルを始めよう！

[Review] Sakura Spirit

You know, that’s the exact same question I was asking myself as I was reading through this… this thing.

In case you haven’t seen my nervous breakdown on Twitter, here’s the quick rundown: Sakura Spirit is an English-language visual novel released on Steam just recently, it’s about scantily-clad ladies and… well, not much else. It’s also not very good.

Update (9/18/2014): This review is based on the launch version of the game as it appeared on July 11 when I wrote this. I didn’t check myself so I can’t 100% confirm this (I’m *not* reading through this thing again, sorry), but I think the script may have underwent some revisions/updates since then due to all the complaints, mainly in order to fix some of the more horrendous errors highlighted in this review.

[Impressions] Fraternite

JP title: フラテルニテ

http://vndb.org/v14895

I’ll remain naively optimistic against my better judgment, despite the fact that Fraternite, based on this trial, seems to make all the same mistakes that made me not like Euphoria that much. You know, Clockup titles are probably just not for me.

Note: This post is based on the original, unvoiced trial. The voiced trial released later has more content but I have yet to read that.