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Review of Kehen III - The Innocent LunA:Eclipsed SinnerS

SubjectKehen III - The Innocent LunA:Eclipsed SinnerS
Kahen Notch - The Innocent LunA: Eclipsed SinnerS
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magicflier on 2021-10-24
ReviewI played my fair share of visual novels, and rarely touch indie visual novels, and my verdict is that this was a pretty nice read-through. It had what you would get in any common mystery/horror novel. The scary deaths, creepy descriptions, CG of important scenes, and high quality music.

but... I wouldn't recommend this to anyone I know.

The protagonist, and (most of) the character interactions in the story were horribly written (from myself as a reader's perspective). The protagonist makes way too many stupid decisions to the point of train wreck. Some of the characters had their moments, but too few to point out. Most of the time, the interactions felt too forced, or should I say 'robotic'. That was the feeling I got when I was reading through the course of the characters developments as the story went on.

The backstories for many of these characters were well done, and I was touched. Music is really the highlight of this visual novel, but that is where my compliments end. If it were only the soundtrack, I would recommend purchasing; but you would need to read the visual novel to understand the feelings and emotions behind each track which is a matter of course..

Normally, voice-acting in visual novels can compensate for a lot of things, especially the amount of emotion required to be portrayed during the course of the story; but since indie visual novels don't normally have the funds and leeway to make voice-acting available, I never held any hopes since the beginning. Of course, there are few exceptions like Katawa Shoujo, which also didn't have voice-acting but was beautifully written, drawn, composed, and put together. It seems Notch isn't one of those few exceptions.
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