Игрок 4076·Рекомендует·198 ч в игре

Gear of Glass: Eolarn's war was quite an epic read. It took me more than a year to finish it xD It turned out to become quite a personal experience. I've devoted to it an enormous number of hours thinking so many times that I just should quit but completionist nature prevailed, plus this game is created by my native indie devs. This novel is such a fundamental work, so I was really eager to help with the project. It's not that many hours, as I have on steam record, long. At first when I started reading, it was truly unbearable, as the quality of English was so far from perfection (not a rare case, sadly) but the most important thing is that pronouns were completely mixed. I tried, endured for some time but gave up. I couldn't understand anything, it was more like deciphering than reading. Then they fixed it a little bit, I started again after 3 months break, English was not in ideal condition but at least I could understand what was going on. I've read quite a lot when the devs fixed smth in the game and I lost all my progress (－‸ლ). I was so close to giving up on the story again but decided I need to finish what I've started and it was more not the story that made me persevere but the devs. Having played indie VNs for years, unfortunately, I met some rude, 'difficult' devs not able to look at the real state of their product and just blaming players, reviewers for their factual opinions. Here everything was so different. It was a real pleasure to see them willing to improve their work, to help me with the playthrough, I was so entranced by that, so I promised myself to see this through. I helped a little bit with the English version. I do hope when it's edited it's gonna become better. Though as I'm not a native speaker, some weird phrasing will definitely remain, at least you won't have to rack your brains over who's talking now, all pronouns should be fine xD This review is gonna be a neutral one but I still decided to choose a thumb up. Not the best visual novel I've ever read but it definitely deserves some attention. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2795442063 Story. After having read so much of our Russian classic literature where suffering, harsh survival and eternal sorrow of ordinary, poor people is shown, I always think nothing can surprise or deeply touch me anymore. But... This novel deserves such genre tags as dark, psychological, dystopian. I could disagree and not accept what was going on from time to time but I was never left indifferent. That was truly awesome. I felt all that struggle, I had nightmares, I was deeply immersed. And the plot offers so much content, there're so many routes for all possible tastes. Then it turned out there're two secret routes, not presented in the main menu. Lots of short extras as final pieces of puzzle to complete the whole picture of the route. There's an official guide btw. I always appreciate when devs do that for the players when their plot branching is so complicated. You can totally focus on reading and not deciphering the riddles. I mean, if that's what you like, great, but always lacking enough free time, I prefer using a guide after my own first playthrough. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2907817111 Art. Welp, I'd say it's typical indie art. I'm sorry :D In indie novels I often see that characters look so differenly, for example, in main menu, in CGs, in profile presentation and in the very story. Perhaps, it has to do with the insufficient finance and/or several artists, not really sure. I can't believe it's done on purpose. In general, I lliked the visual part of the story, all the characters look interesting enough. Some CGs are very pretty, some look weird.XD Sure, it's a huge contrast with the AAA games published by the companies with money BUT it's not always a bad thing. Such art may draw your attention 'cause it's strange, not what you expect but it's noticeable, feels so fresh and unique. There's smth enjoyable in it. Though I was never good at art myself at school, so perhaps it's this way just for me XD Characters. I have a soft spot for well-written villains. When it's not like in fairy-tales my dad used to read me before I fell asleep in my childhood when there's a good prince on a white horse and a bad guy without a single positive trait. I like when things are complicated, when everything is not just white and black, wrong and right. When you can sympathize bad guys as well, when you are moved by their passion, attempts to change the world, to reach smth higher than rules and morals ever let us do in real world. I mainly think about Master here. What a fascinating character! I kept recollecting Nietzsche's superman and here Master's experiments to create a perfect man. Yeah, that was evil, undoubtedly but then again those pictures of Pavlov's dogs from biology schoolbooks reappear in my mind and I keep asking myself where's that border of what is allowed for the sake of science and what is condemned as a crime. I llove such stories. Or take, Christian. Yeah, sure, revenge is a bad thing, not healing or helpful but it feels so good at least in this virtual world to succumb to the truest inner desires and to burn everything to the ground. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2808444152 Complaints: --My biggest complaint is some romantic endings are achievable only with the specific gender. For me it ruined all the feature of choosing the gender you prefer. There're no erotic scenes, I don't think it'd be so complicated to write the story this way that players could finish all the routes with the preferable MC. Yeah, some CGs had to be presented in both genders variants. And the biggest issue is that you have to reread the SAME story AGAIN with a different gender because it's not skippable, the text is considered unread in that case. For me it was a waste of time, honestly. With the story long enough it became unnecessarily twice longer. --the window size of the game is rather small to my taste; --not a fan of minigames in visual novels; --dislike it when I see the same just smaller version of the char in the text box when they're speaking, what for? The name is enough. It's like double vision. --not a fan of a third person narration, when I give MC my name I expect more immersion but that kind of narrative prevents it, in my opinion. Praises: +Truly atmospheric, touching, detailed world with tragic and sometimes even disturbing and slightly repulsive story. Great read for a change after sappy romantic otome games XD +Unique Art, some backgrounds are especially mesmerizing. +Guide—16 pages xD. +Lots of achievements. +endless save slots \o/ THANK YOU! <3 +Friendly, helpful devs. Aww It's been a while I felt this deep satisfactory feeling of accomplishment xD After it's edited if dark dystopian stories are your cup of tea, give it a try. If all my complaints don't turn you off :D More thoughts about the game in a Reading Nook

Игрок 7950·Рекомендует·22 ч в игре

22/5/26 已经通完了Killian，Christian和Jeremy线，暂时告一段落了） 个人偏好排序是Jeremy＞Killian＞Christian这样。 配乐超神无需再复述，至于cg......先前的评价可能还是稍微委婉了一点，事实上个人觉得还是有比较大的提升空间的（忍笑）。有时候剧情塑造的气氛相当压抑沉重，但是cg一出，角色跟立绘差距过大且过于明显的翻车很容易造成一些出戏的情况。当然啦，作为一个故事权重大于立绘的玩家个人感觉这一点也可以包容吧wwww 但无论如何还是期待后续作品美术这块儿可以加强~ Christian线其实我抱了很高的期望，因为先前已经在Killian线了解了他的定位和在故事里起到的关键作用，但是玩完以后怎么说呢......略感落差。考虑到角色的设定，可以理解这条线没有设置romance路径，可事实上通完后感觉其角色表现力反而还不太能比的上Killian线里他所体现的人格魅力。 的确，给到了关于Christian的更多信息以及形成如今局面的前因后果，但这条线路给我的感觉是，主角仅仅作为一个信息收集器而存在，并没有真正地实现并肩作战，也没能用自己的力量帮到更多（虽然玩家的选项的确可以影响一些最终走向，但Christian能被主角的意见影响那么重要的一个决策这件事本身就让我觉得有点微妙，因为其实两人没有建立非常深刻的一个联系）。倒不是不能接受这种见证者的定位......但是我想可能还是玩了Killian线在先的缘故，感觉Christian的故事欠缺了一些感染力。 然后到了我最喜欢的赞美Jeremy线的环节（喂） 好的，词穷了，因为我实在是一个在赞美角色这方面非常苦手的人。但是我不信会有人不喜欢Jeremy，真的是靠谱加有主见且能正确作决断的好男人T T 在玩的过程中很惊喜地领悟到多条线路其实是相当具有互为补充的完整性的，能够很好地照应其他线路里没有得到解答的一些问题，简而言之就是互相填坑。当然一些角色的命运也会受到影响——可能这就是命运石之门的选择吧（乱入） 在这条线里又一次领悟了世界的残酷。但是谁能拒绝在残酷的世界里互相救赎一起逃亡的故事呢？童话故事总是因为背后的阴暗和达成的来之不易才显得格外美好。以及这条线真的是知识改变命运的典范，我的评价是太对味儿了。以及，Jeremy会在Christian面前把主角认定为comrade真的让我感觉很甜wwwwwwwww 最后赞美制作组！谢谢你们带来了这样一部好作品♥ ---------- 22/5/24 报错的地方官方修好了！赞美......♥ 于是继续打Christian线了，打完再补充（p.s. 这条线有张cg可以说是......各种意义上的究极崩坏，表情包级别的戳笑点xD ---------- 原本是打算多通几条线然后全面地讲讲玩后感的，但推Chris线的时候碰到了报错所以只好等等再说（） 总之目前只通完了Killian的线，大概后续会更新补充） 画风相较这段时间玩过的avg里算是很不错的。至于bgm...！我的评价是，神中之神，玩了没多久果断就去进行了dlc的购入，单冲这个配乐都觉得玩这游戏简直太值了...... 叙事一直采取的是第三人称。这其实在我玩过的avg里好像略显少见，旁白阐明“我”的想法的时候采用的一直是第三人称转述这种方法。不过相比起啃生肉本身来说，一些第三人称带来的谜之尴尬感已经被大大削弱了（？） 剧情上是一个相当压抑的世界观设定。Killian线严格遵照攻略打完了he全程，最后跟读了be一样破防。坦白说，Killian并不是通常来说我最感兴趣的类型（因为读不了宣传视频里的俄语所以本质是攻略里随便找了个人打了他的线...），但剧情描写中的心理刻画相当到位，以至于很难让人不共情。用一个可能不是完全贴切的比喻，有点像是clock zero里时田终夜线最糟糕的be情况所会发生的那种展开。诚然，因为本质是he，所以给了一个相当理想化的结局，但就是有种梦一样的不真实感，非常令人心碎但确实也很美好。 这条线里最喜欢的大概是 短暂回到城市的部分。这里从不属于底层者，浸透了太多的罪孽和血液。但那些尘埃里挣扎着生存的人，也终于在某个瞬间看到了橱窗里万花筒般闪烁的华彩，能拥有一本诗集，在别离之前，彼此陪伴着分享最后那场脆弱又瑰丽的暮色。 总之非常期待其他线的展开。希望可以尽快找到解决游戏中途报错的方法（）

Игрок 3359·Рекомендует·7 ч в игре

It's a quite interesting novel which is suitable for both male and female audiences. In my opinion, the story is built correctly and addictively. Also nothing stops you from starting Alessia route (a love interest for the male protagonist) playing as a female character and getting a friendly route. I was attracted by a vast amount of playable characters, a pledge of unique stories for each of them and a huge number of CG. I haven't played much yet (~5 hours for now), but I'm already captivated by the atmosphere and characters. The plot is pretty solid and well thought out. Well, at least there were no questions about what was going on, all characters had their clear logic, etc. I really hope the novel won't dissapoint me on my next routes.

Игрок 8187·Рекомендует·3 ч в игре

Одна из любимых отечественных новелл, оставляет яркие и теплые воспоминания после прохождения. Персонажи живые, воспринимаются как реальные люди со своими проблемами и переживаниями, им хочется сопереживать . Радует отсутствие фансервиса. Как человек, прошедший основную историю, хочу отметить заметное улучшение графической составляющей игры. Рут Эрны пройден не полностью , но выглядит вполне достойно. Джереми - "лучик света в темном царстве", прекрасный персонаж, растопит любое сердечко. Единственное что огорчило - отсутствие артов к экстрам , очень хотелось увидеть персонажей , изменившихся в будущем. Хочу сказать спасибо разработчикам за их кропотливую работу и пожелать успехов в дальнейших проектах!

Игрок 0785·Рекомендует·11 ч в игре

I really like VNs with a lot of endings and choices, and here it is. Characters are colorful and interesting. The game is very interactive, I like the mini-games, it's rarely found in visual novels. I read without stopping. It is difficult to say which of the two opposing sides is right, each reader decides for himself which side he is on, and this is wonderful.

Игрок 3143·Рекомендует·40 ч в игре

Одна из лучших вн, какие я жмакала, однозначно теперь в списке моих любимых, хотя прошла на данный момент еще не все руты. Первое, что бросается в глаза - качество текста. Никакой графомании, очень приятный литературный язык, я с упоением вчитывалась в текст. Отличный сюжет, любители мрачняка, мазохисты и просто люди, которые любят приближенного к реальности гг - вам может понравиться. И проработка персонажей, конечно же. Они здесь просто золото. Второе - это количество артов. Я не играла в первую версию, видела ее лишь мельком, но пройдя пару рутов и оглянувшись на нее, могу сказзать - художница проделала ТИТАНИЧЕСКУЮ работу, персонажей и их спрайтов много, локаций и, соответственно, фонов, много, иллюстрации на взаимодействие персонажей, будь то напряженные обжимания с вашим ЛИ, посиделки с другом или внезапная крипота - пожалуйста, их здесь куча. Не припомню еще какую новеллу с таким наполнением, это очень помогает визуализировать мир. А ведь сколько тут еще перерисовывалось. Про арты эпилогов вообще молчу, благодаря им меня смогли очаровать некоторые плохие концовки, от которых вообще-то настроение напиться и забыться :D Третье - музыка, конечно. Она ни разу не проходняк, на второй день погружения она застряла у меня в голове, так что даже не пришлось таскать с собой плеер. Очень подходит атмосфере игры (некоторые треки, как я поняла, используют инструменты, соответствующие конкретным персонажем, например муз.шкатула в теме Дария, гитара с Джереми). У этой игры в моем понимании только один существенный минус - очень маленький фандом, когда ее проходишь, кажется, что сейчас окунешься в море фанконтента, но оказывается, что про игру знает какое-то катастрофически малое количество людей (спасает только оф. паблик в вк, где ребята делились ответами на вопросы по персонажам и разработке). На мой взгляд, она достойна большего. Если сомневаетесь, стоит ли она вашего внимания или нет, чекайте первую версию на анивижуале. Мне хватило 10 минут, чтобы взять ее в стиме.

Игрок 2236·Рекомендует·4 ч в игре

The dystopian setting of the game as well as the beautiful, immersive writing are only some of the reasons I would recommend this visual novel. This game is unique, and the few hours I've spent playing it will surely be an experience I won't forget. I've only been interested in the Master as a love interest, so the comments I have mostly concern this specific route. As a person who finds villains fascinating, I was absolutely charmed by his personality, goals, and backstory. As for the main character, I was more than pleasantly surprised to discover that she could actually be supportive and kind to him and not be punished for it. No forced choices where I have to choose between 'fight him' or 'bite him', as I find in more recent otome games. These two facts above were the reason why I decided to write a review and recommend this game to anyone who might be interested in the same things I am. (I'm usually too shy to write reviews lol) As for the things I didn't like about this game, they aren't a lot, but they were enough to almost ruin my day. First, the ending. It was so rushed, I was surprised when the screen took me to the main menu. A well-written universe such as this one requires an equally thought-out ending. I didn't mind the gruesome parts of the story one bit, but I assume that most readers want to feel rewarded in the end and spend some time with the love interest. In the Master's route there was almost no romance, which was very disappointing. And of course, no erotic scenes either (sadly). One other thing that I really didn't like was the fact that getting a good ending depended on the random choice of selecting between H2SO4 and H2SO3. 'Well, I'm sorry, Master, that you don't love me, but I've had my chemistry classes years ago!' As a fellow dev and writer, I wouldn't dump jargon from my discipline into a story and make it into a crucial choice that would determine the ending. I ended up really sad when I discovered that my first ending was a normal instead of a good one. Anyways, this game is still precious to me, mainly because of the dynamic between the Master and the MC. I rarely find relationships such as this in otome games anymore, so I'm still grateful.

Игрок 9319·Рекомендует·4 ч в игре

First of all, I really enjoyed the story telling: the pacing is good and keeps you engaged. The story is well written (the small typos once in a blue moon didn't bother me) and the characters feel very real and authentic! Kudos to the creator for putting great effort into the style. Everything from title screen to interface, to dialogue box, to character art is made with love and care, even if it's not perfect in some places. Worth noting that this VN has great value in terms re-playability with a generous amount of choices and endings so you're able to keep discovering new things about the story for a while.