#1 by diabloryuzaki 2020-11-16 at 18:46 | < report >did nene route included to your cons? because i think nene route is quite dramatic |
#2 by c2k 2020-11-17 at 09:22 | < report >the only useless thing in the game is shuuji's ability to read people's emotion. Its like he can read it and never use it in a way that is helpful for him. like what the heck bro |
#3 by diabloryuzaki 2020-11-17 at 10:16 | < report >#2 well, read people's emotion didn't always give you motivation to use it for good like what happen if you read the most ugly emotion and what you will feel from it then did it still motivate you to do it for good? meguru route really know how to explain it, moreover always know when a girl being in heat situation very clearly than surrounding people when you are not her boyfriend is not what gentleman do lol |
#4 by cameron997456 2020-11-18 at 09:22 | < report >Obviously people have their own opinions but I though overall sanoba did well with relatable emotions. The protag had to basically shut himself away for a long time because his ability would be A HUGE issue if a normal person had it. Nene had realistic emotions, so did meguru and wakana. I thought all of them were better than a lot of VN's do in terms of emotions. Tsumugi well that route was a mess minus one thing and for Touko I mean no emotion was sort of the point. Also not sure if you haven't played Yuzosoft Vn's before but there normally isn't any real great tension, its normally fairly small and not the biggest thing (but its also the point). |
#5 by floating-twine 2020-11-18 at 15:13 | < report >Oh, I think it's a decent enough VN - I did complete it, after all. I just don't think it's anything special. Regardless of what their No 1 priorities were, the writers devoted a lot to building drama. And I just don't think they did a good job at it. It felt like they just waved around "magic" whenever they hit a dead end on the emotional rollercoaster and needed a reason for it to be moving (Tsumugi's route really is the worst offender). It became a really tiring plot device.
And I actually loved Wakana's route - it's my favourite of the whole batch. Probably because it doesn't depend on "magic" to push the plot forward much - the drama is believable, and human, and pretty sweet.
That said, I've got nothing against using fantasy for drama. By all means, writers - do so! I feel Key visual novels pull it off to great effect by trying to be subtle & mysterious. And of course, fantasy-heavy stories like Tsukihime have a pass because the fantasy elements themselves are a major draw. I just feel like Sanoba Witch does not do a good job at either. It isn't subtle with its fantasy, and it's fantasy elements on their own weren't very interesting to me.Last modified on 2020-11-18 at 15:15 |