Игрок 6172·Рекомендует·2 ч в игре

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ✅ For Steam Deck users: It runs well OBJECTION! This game has absolutely no business being this good for a free fan game. 😌 I only recently started playing HoloTrials, but I'm already having a great time with it. I went in expecting a cute little Hololive mystery game, but I wasn't expecting to get this invested in the investigation and courtroom sections. Playing as Ame while investigating a case involving Gura is such a perfect combination of detective work and Hololive chaos. And I have to talk about the art style because WOW. I absolutely LOVE how this game looks. The character artwork is incredibly charming and expressive, and everything has this wonderful hand drawn visual novel feeling to it. The characters have so much personality, and I genuinely find myself admiring the artwork during scenes because it looks THAT good. For a free fan game, the amount of love and effort put into the presentation is honestly impressive. There's also something really nostalgic about seeing Hololive Myth together again. After everything that's happened since Myth's debut, and with most of the original members having graduated, seeing Ame, Gura, Ina, Kiara and Calli together again feels really special. It's funny, wholesome, and honestly a little bittersweet for longtime fans. I'm still playing through the game, so I can't comment on the entire story yet, but I'm definitely looking forward to seeing where the case goes. And if the developers ever decide to make DLC with more cases or more Hololive members joining the investigation, I'd gladly buy it. I'd happily pay for more characters, more mysteries, more courtroom chaos, and especially more of this gorgeous art style. For now... Verdict: Guilty of making me want to keep playing! 😁 If you're a Hololive fan or you enjoy Ace Attorney style mystery games, definitely give this one a try. Hope they play this game live on stream soon! I can't wait to hear them voice act their own characters 🤣 And developers... I am formally requesting more cases.😌 OBJECTION! 🫵🗿

Игрок 2564·Рекомендует·7 ч в игре

I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS FREE???? It feels wrong to be able to play this for free. There's so much love put into this game, and you can easily tell a lot of hard work went into this game.

Игрок 7202·Рекомендует·13 ч в игре

I've been following the developement of this game for years now and I gotta start with saying that it's INSANE that this game is free. The quality is top-notch. The team did an INCREDIBLE job. HoloTrials is a genuine love letter - to both the Myth/CouncilRyS girls themselves and their fans. You can feel how much passion was put into this project. It's a time capsule of what was my favourite hololive era ever. I miss those times a lot, and this game was EXACTLY what I needed. It met all my expectations and went far far above. The writing is awesome, there were a lot of moments that got a genuine voiced laugh out of me, and that doesn't happen often with games. I can't say much about the plot without spoiling stuff, but it's great! Loved the mystery, loved the investigations, loved the trials themselves. It was fun to figure stuff out, and it hit that sweet spot where it's not too easy but it's also not artifically hard. And don't even get me started on the visuals. This word is thrown around very easily nowadays, but I don't mean it lightly when I say the art direction is genuinely PEAK. The artstyle is just adorable. ALL of the girls look so good in it!! And their designs!!!!! They just shine with personality, their actual characters are so well translated. I could yap about each and every one for hours, but I don't want to make this review too long. The animations - both the sprites and the cutscenes - they're so good!!! I'm running out of positive adjectives at this point. It's insane how much love was put into all of this game. I just love how fluid and crisp and smooth the animations are. The body language is so in character for everyone!! Sleepy Ina, nervous Gura with her constant tail swinging, smug prosecutor Kronii and her homage to a certain funny red lawyer man. You can tell how much the creators love each and every girl in the game. Even the backgrounds are goated. I love the warm color palettes! The school looks beautiful and very very cozy. Even simply running around was pleasant. The music slaps!! I especially love tracks where you can recognize the leitmotifs from the girls' respected BGMs or original songs. And I love how the Council each has their own instrument. Their theme's gotta be my favourite. Just amazing stuff overall. There's a ton more I could add but it's better if you just play it for yourself. It's very well made, it's short, it's free - no reason not to! I also like how it's suitable for even someone who knows nothing about hololive. It works great both as a stand-alone project and as a fan game. And also I just love when holo games do that cause I can recommend them to my friends more easily lol This game meant a lot to me, and I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did. If you're the same nostalgic old holoEN fan like me - it's safe to say you're guaranteed to. It's genuinely a mustplay if you are. TL;DR - AMAZING GAME GO PLAY NOW

Игрок 8488·Рекомендует·7 ч в игре

How is this free? It feels almost criminal after what I experienced. HoloTrials: Case Covered is a genuine love letter to the Hololive IP, specifically Myth and CouncilRyS, and the games it's taking inspiration from. The vibes are off the charts! The first second you enter the game, you realize you're in good hands. The presentation is on point. The main menu, the art style while exploring, while talking, and even the UI have so much personality. While exploring the school, you'll see all the different environments, and they're so easy on the eyes due to the color palette and how nice-looking they are. Thanks to the way it's layered, it also feels very three-dimensional, making it feel quite high-quality. The character sprites, while exploring, ooze charm as well. They might be less detailed, but they get to the point of what the characters are about. Even the background NPCs make an effort to stick out, with some references to the talents and a certain sword, if you know what I'm talking about. During the conversations you obviously get more detailed character designs, and these feel great. They're so expressive and clean when moving and talking, especially Ame and Kronii when they go at it during trials. UI-wise, this might be on top when it comes to Hololive fangames. They did an incredible job by making everything fit in the setting, be it the main menu with the lockers or how everything is on your phone. The way it ensures the player always knows what they're looking at and the hierarchy of things. This feels professional. Stellar (stellar) writing Sure, pretty pictures aren't everything, but luckily, the writing is superb. It does a great job at portraying these talents as characters within this setting. Each person gets a proper introduction to tell you what their role is in this school with students that use their supernatural powers to cause mischief. Myth and the Council do a great job as well at butting heads, thanks to the Council being, well, the school council that oversees the campus and already having their eyes on Myth at all times. It's so fun to read through, with all the people getting at least a laugh or two out of me, thanks to how witty they are while still keeping an intriguing whodunnit plot going. The trials are the strongest sections, because here I really get to learn to hate Ouro Edgeworth and how she withholds evidence to put me in a false sense of security, only to butt in with an "actually". This woman is damn near ragebaiting me. Including the setting and the dialogue, the references do a good job at fitting in with all the stuff going on. This doesn't feel like one of those games where they try to make you point at the screen and go, "I get that reference." No, it's great if you get it, but if you don't, it can also serve as worldbuilding to make this school feel more lived in. This is also why I think someone who isn't big into Hololive can play this, as it's good dialogue first and reference second. Sure, there are some moments where it does get reference-heavy, but if you're fine with calling them delusional at times, you'll be good. The only thing I do think can be considered weak is the mystery itself. Due to the intro, you already know who it definitely isn't, and that it also isn't the person you're defending right now, which leaves not many options. HoloTrials does a good job at twisting and turning, throwing off your suspicions at times, but if you have played one of these games, you might be able to pinpoint the culprit right away by significance alone. A solid loop So, what about the gameplay? Well, it's what you'd expect. There are two days; the beginning is spent walking around the school and finding evidence, connecting dots, and listening to everybody's stories and how they fit in the picture. Walking around and hearing out the others, even if it's optional dialogue, is fun. There are also some moments where you search for things and look through closets and such. At the end of the day you then get to do the trial. This is where you listen to witness testimonies and have to pick apart their statements and pull a gotcha on them with fitting evidence or press them some more to gain more valuable information. This gameplay loop is real fun, and thanks to all the optional dialogue, you get to do some gacha for treasures that reference even more talents. Only two things would've been better. More minigames. The lockpicking was unexpected and fun, giving you some more variety aside from reading. It was kinda disappointing realizing how little of a role this played in the grand scheme of things. Also, when pointing something out on a picture, the game is very specific in what it wants you to point out. I pretty much understood the assignment, but it told me "nuh uh" so I kept pointing & clicking at random spots until the game decided to finally say "You got it". HoloTrials: Case Covered is... ...an amazing surprise. It feels like a genuine love letter to everything the team was inspired by while also understanding why it works, and it being free is the cherry on top. You heard that right? FREE. Chop chop! Start downloading; you've got no excuses! 8/10.

Игрок 6168·Рекомендует·3 ч в игре

Haven't dug into the game beyond the early prologue but the production quality on a free title is already blowing me away. An animated cutscene and comic book style intro in the first 10 minutes! Clearly a game with a lot of love put into it by a team that knew what they were doing! Comfy to play on handheld too, runs on Steam OS just fine. And of course it's a joy to see graduated talents brought to life again in game.

Игрок 8367·Рекомендует·9 ч в игре

The art, soundtrack, and writing all make this Ace Attorney-like experience super fun. Before this I felt like any attempt at writing the talents as characters would inevitably be "cringey" but it never felt like an issue with this game. Difficulty was never frustrating. This is right behind HoloCure as my 2nd favorite Hololive fan game. I hope to see the full soundtrack somewhere outside the game. >HoloTrials (plural) >Only 1 trial PLEAAAASE MAKE JUST ONE MORE TRIAL ATLEAST PLEAAAAASE

Игрок 2566·Рекомендует·4 ч в игре

Very fun, wears its inspiration proudly on its sleeve, but was a total blast to play. You could feel the love for all the Hologirls, and all their characters really shone through.

Игрок 8578·Рекомендует·6 ч в игре

es una carta de amor a las hologirls el estilo artistico que mezcla a los personajes 2D con escenarios 3d es excelente, el diseño de los personajes, el humor, la musica me encantan