Review of Song of Memories
| Subject | Song of Memories Song of Memories Ver.1.1 |
| By | Helpfulness: 0 Vote: 7.2xellyeax on 2021-04-28 last updated on 2021-06-08 |
| Review | First of all, I must warn you that I, unfortunately, have played the Win10 Steam Version of this game, and I don't recommend this one for you to choose. Prefer PS4, of course, if you have one. If you have only one option, scroll to the last paragraph and never think about buying it on Steam. It is hard for me to rate this game like the majority of other VN products because when reading I don't feel it like reading the novel/ranobe but find more resemblance with television series, so ~7/10 is more common feeling than the sum of exact numbers. The story about the epidemic world is pretty fitting to the current corona situation but not often set in VNs, so it is a game feature. The game is divided into two big parts – one common joint (for me it is the best part overall) and six different routes of main heroines. Girls (as well as the protagonist and other characters) are okay, but not on charage-level: the game is focused on the main story, not on discovering their feelings. I recommend playing first Natsume, Satsuki, and Fuuka routes rather than full-spoilered Akira, Yuno, or Canon. Highlights in stories for me: Kanon – in the true end you can find out the meaning of the game title Fuuka – best, most beautiful bad end Yuno – waifu >50% of players as well as the game writers, lot of good graphical content Akira – Booba mode Satsuki – for me there's the best dramatic true end with sacrificial choice, of course, it's a matter of your taste Natsume – best, non-standard neutral end. The true end seems too unreal, most even craziest moments in the game find the explanation in biology/physics but the resurrection of corpses is on a different level. Looks like a DLC route overall. Narrative... English localization is terrible: typos, redacted lines, untranslated special contents. Very disappointing. The music is good. It would be cruel if otherwise, cause a solid part of the game is the rhythm battles with zombies. Some tracks from opening movies hit hard as well. Full voicing for that many characters (even for a protagonist, though it's sorta cringe-worthy) is worth appreciation and completed on a very decent level. Visual part may leave a contradictory impression: for one (me, for example) E-Mote animation looks lively and high-animated sprites/CG's bring more various feelings and atmosphere, for others it can make an uncanny valley or too cartoon-ish effect. But traditional CG's, backgrounds, animated movies are really beautiful. Singly I want to emphasize good chart and album systems of the game, both of them help to discover missed parts of the game (which you'll have a lot, I spend around 45 hours to full completion) without using constant skipping and save-load abuse. Can't say much about rhythm-section fights, on the PC version it is very boring mouse-clicking which I start to skip when raised my Dream Unit to the highest level, maybe on PS4 it works well. Why you don't need to pay that price on Steam: as I said above, terrible English language; when using chart often, the game crashes; achievements don't pop up; BAD PORT from PS4: non-adapted rhythm battles, strange controls, 10fps in few scenes, problems with screen resolution and so far. Good game, indeed messed up hard not on PS4. Better save your money. |
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