Review of H2O -FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND-
Subject | H2O -FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND- H2O √ after and another Complete story Edition |
By | Helpfulness: 4 Vote: 8funnerific on 2020-09-12 last updated on 2020-09-13 |
Review | (Originally posted on Fuwanovel) An unsettling mix of carefree comedy and harsh story, but I loved it anyway. The plot, characters, and music were pretty nice (the ED song is damn good), but probably the best thing about this VN is Hate the added routes (Yui route, anyway. Haven't read the trap route) and all those after/side stories, though. It's really too bad in the complete edition Yui route is mandatory for unlocking the last route, as she is completely unforgivable, and the new protagonist, Yui's brother who has a parallel story in this route, was a hetare (and you know that part where Yui came to tell him she's going to be a bully and he didn't even try stopping her even though he wanted her to be different?) but Setsuna was something else. Such a great heroine is wasted on Kouichi. She's so cool she even has a comical moment in her H-scene (~~な、なんとぉ~~よよよ). In those after stories the game abuses the hell out of the "Easily forgiven" trope. I could never forgive Yui for what she did and seeing her get along with Hayami felt plain wrong. What the hell was that yuri NTR scene? Protag doesn't even see it as cheating, because hey, sex between women isn't real sex apparently (Hayami doesn't feel bad about it either). There's also a group scene with Hayami and Hinata in the latter's after story. (In short: very bad H) Meanwhile in Otoha After the protag just keeps dodging her advances for no reason. Perhaps they didn't want to invest in more than 1 H for an apparently unpopular heroine (the others get lots of scenes). A couple words about the anime. I watched 2 episodes and was disappointed with how some things were handled/changed, read the synopsis and saw the plot was entirely different. So if you've seen the anime, don't let it stop you from playing this. That ED song (lots of in-game CGs, beware!). Love it. If you want my advice, just read the main game and ignore after/side stories, unless tasteless H doesn't bother you. And pretend Yui route doesn't exist. |
4 points |