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Review of DRAMAtical Murder

SubjectDRAMAtical Murder
DRAMAtical Murder - Download Edition
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Nails1215 on 2024-10-31
ReviewI think I want to start by saying that there are 2 types of games I will give a score like this. Games that I think are genuinely really good and have minimal to no flaws and games that I just really really like. Dramatical Murder definitely falls into that second category. It's a very simple story with some amazing art direction and presentation, certainly not the best thing I've ever read but I couldn't help but fall in love with it.

For the most part this was a very lighthearted adventure that I just had so much fun with. I thought almost all of the routes and characters were pretty solid. I really loved spending time with all these characters and the world this story takes place in. Noiz and Clear were my favorites for sure. I feel like they had the most interesting character writing and I liked their endings a lot, good and bad.

Speaking of bad endings, those had to be one of my favorite parts of the game. What can I say I love watching Aoba get cut up, amputated, beheaded, and all sorts of other wonderful things. That being said they also felt like a super weird addition to the game given how not violent the rest of it is. I guess it is still a Nitro+ Chiral game tho so they had to put this stuff in somewhere.

My biggest gripe with this game has to be Minsc, god his route was so bad. Literally stockholm syndrome the route. This is something that makes sense to include in a game like Slow Damage because in that game the route is showing how people who have experienced severe trauma can very easily find themselves in abusive relationships that cut them off from the good people in their lives but here idk it just doesn't make sense. All of minsc's h scenes were some form of sexual assault, that he never apologises or or seems to feel any remorse for. It also doesn't help that his character is lowkey a racist stereotype of native americans. The game would have been much better if he wasn't in it lmao.

It's kind of insane how this game just feels like it was engineered for the kind of success it received. The character designs are all so awesome, they writing is just deep enough for people like me who enjoy digging past the surface have stuff to enjoy but open ended enough for everyone to write fan fic and headcanon kind of whatever you want about all the characters, the worldbuilding and setting are super interesting and enjoyable, and the presentation all around is a step above most vns. If you haven't read it it's definitely worth it! It's a super fun read and you'll probably come away enjoying at least one of the routes, especially if you're into bl stuff.
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