I have played through this VN (0.4) several times, and made different choices every time, but I still don't know anything about what this game's story is, beyond traveling in time to meet people, mostly women, who obviously knows everything about you and everything that's happening, yet NEVER gives a straight answer, just make fun of MC, gaslight and deflect. And MC never calls them on it.
Your supposed archenemy doesn't feel scary or powerful at all, he is just the designated BBEG.
The quizzes and QTEs are intrusive and destroys what little immersion the game manages to impart.
The characters doesn't make you feel like you want to be with them, do things for them, or even talk to them, because they either make fun of you, or sexually assault you, unless they're gaslighting you or ordering you around. And if you choose the 'right' answer, you may start a relationship where you're gaslit, sexually assaulted and ordered around to do things for one of the NPCs. But nothing ever happens FOR the MC, he is just zapped around in time, told to do whatever, and none of the choices have any real impact on the story. You still meet everyone, you still have to go through every quiz, you still have to do every QTE. And you don't get any more information about WHY you're traveling in time. Sure, you're told an excuse, but it doesn't give you any information whatsoever.
There's barely any sex-scenes at all, and those that are in the game feels like they're there simply because this is meant to be an AVN. It doesn't feel like you have done something for it, or that the character you're with, have any reason to have sex with you. And they're boring and short.
As I said, I have played several times, chosen wrong, chosen right, chosen a bit of everything, and it doesn't matter how many times I read Nas' story about The Marked War, I still don't understand what any of this has anything to do with time travel and magic, MC or the other characters because there is no hint of an answer to that in this game, or any hint that it will ever be revealed. It feels like you're being led on a wild goose chase, and at the end (if it ever comes, which seems unlikely with the way the ....... non-story of this VN is going) we will still know nothing more than when we had read the description.
Some may argue that MC's flashbacks explain why magic and time travel exists, but they don't. They just show you another time you were gaslit by someone, or had a completely inconsequential conversation that has nothing to do with anything as far as I can tell. I guess they're supposed to make us more comfortable with the character in the flashback, but if that's the case, they do the exact opposite in my opinion.
I was really disappointed with this game. The description and comments on this seemed promising, but the execution is horrible. When playing/watching time travel fantasies, it should feel like an eerie incident to stand behind yourself in the past. This game makes it feel like you're going to work on a Monday morning when doing that.
Yes, the game isn't finished, but at 0.4, which is supposedly 40% of the game, I should have been able to have an inkling of MC's motive, if it's simply to restore time, for his own power and gratification, to save loved ones, because you're part of something greater, because of destiny, etc. And supposedly the story is about you being a Marked one, but after Nas' story in the very beginning, there is nothing more about this topic at all. There's no information about what Marked ones are, there's no information about how magic is learnt by those who aren't part of the magical bloodline, there's no information about what your next quest is, there is no information about who MC is.
You don't have a choice in how to do anything, the NPCs always make all choices for you, you only get to choose whether to be the chopping block and footstool of everyone, or just be the footstool of everyone
the reason why this game is inconsistent is because it doesn't take it self series which makes sense since the creator said he took inspiration from Once in a lifetime. If your looking for another game to dig your teeth into just click on my profile or tell me here, Ill give you some suggestions.
When it comes to the section when you're bowling with Anna it says that any answer is fine for her millionaire question. Meanwhile actually only one of the answers gives the player any points with her. Shouldn't that be the option in the walkthrough since it gives points and the others don't?
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I have played through this VN (0.4) several times, and made different choices every time, but I still don't know anything about what this game's story is, beyond traveling in time to meet people, mostly women, who obviously knows everything about you and everything that's happening, yet NEVER gives a straight answer, just make fun of MC, gaslight and deflect. And MC never calls them on it.
Your supposed archenemy doesn't feel scary or powerful at all, he is just the designated BBEG.
The quizzes and QTEs are intrusive and destroys what little immersion the game manages to impart.
The characters doesn't make you feel like you want to be with them, do things for them, or even talk to them, because they either make fun of you, or sexually assault you, unless they're gaslighting you or ordering you around. And if you choose the 'right' answer, you may start a relationship where you're gaslit, sexually assaulted and ordered around to do things for one of the NPCs. But nothing ever happens FOR the MC, he is just zapped around in time, told to do whatever, and none of the choices have any real impact on the story. You still meet everyone, you still have to go through every quiz, you still have to do every QTE. And you don't get any more information about WHY you're traveling in time. Sure, you're told an excuse, but it doesn't give you any information whatsoever.
There's barely any sex-scenes at all, and those that are in the game feels like they're there simply because this is meant to be an AVN. It doesn't feel like you have done something for it, or that the character you're with, have any reason to have sex with you. And they're boring and short.
As I said, I have played several times, chosen wrong, chosen right, chosen a bit of everything, and it doesn't matter how many times I read Nas' story about The Marked War, I still don't understand what any of this has anything to do with time travel and magic, MC or the other characters because there is no hint of an answer to that in this game, or any hint that it will ever be revealed. It feels like you're being led on a wild goose chase, and at the end (if it ever comes, which seems unlikely with the way the ....... non-story of this VN is going) we will still know nothing more than when we had read the description.
Some may argue that MC's flashbacks explain why magic and time travel exists, but they don't. They just show you another time you were gaslit by someone, or had a completely inconsequential conversation that has nothing to do with anything as far as I can tell. I guess they're supposed to make us more comfortable with the character in the flashback, but if that's the case, they do the exact opposite in my opinion.
I was really disappointed with this game. The description and comments on this seemed promising, but the execution is horrible. When playing/watching time travel fantasies, it should feel like an eerie incident to stand behind yourself in the past. This game makes it feel like you're going to work on a Monday morning when doing that.
Yes, the game isn't finished, but at 0.4, which is supposedly 40% of the game, I should have been able to have an inkling of MC's motive, if it's simply to restore time, for his own power and gratification, to save loved ones, because you're part of something greater, because of destiny, etc. And supposedly the story is about you being a Marked one, but after Nas' story in the very beginning, there is nothing more about this topic at all. There's no information about what Marked ones are, there's no information about how magic is learnt by those who aren't part of the magical bloodline, there's no information about what your next quest is, there is no information about who MC is.
You don't have a choice in how to do anything, the NPCs always make all choices for you, you only get to choose whether to be the chopping block and footstool of everyone, or just be the footstool of everyone
the reason why this game is inconsistent is because it doesn't take it self series which makes sense since the creator said he took inspiration from Once in a lifetime. If your looking for another game to dig your teeth into just click on my profile or tell me here, Ill give you some suggestions.
I think there's a typo in the walkthrough.
When it comes to the section when you're bowling with Anna it says that any answer is fine for her millionaire question. Meanwhile actually only one of the answers gives the player any points with her. Shouldn't that be the option in the walkthrough since it gives points and the others don't?
It's a secret point 🤫