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Destiny strikes in My Fair Cat: Snow once you find a stray cat. That is just the beginning of your adventures in a new town and new school. A story filled with cute cat moments and romance!


Moving to a new town and transferring to a new school is not easy, especially when the school bully zero’s in on you making life worse. Life changes though when you meet a stray kitty in need of help. You navigate trying to care for your new furry friend (aptly named Snow by you due to his fur colour) by sneaking them to school and soon you're both discovered by the popular boy in school, the star of the soccer team, Nathan. Nathan who adores cats and is cute to boot! Soon a friendship develops leading to a slow burn of something more.

This game has only one romance path (Nathan) so it is not really an otome but more of a wholesome, feel good, romantic visual novel. There are two endings, good and bad but the romance that builds up in the game is just between you and Nathan.

This is not a spicy novel. There are some romantic sweet moments but nothing graphic.


Settings & features include; display options, text and choices options, language choices, and audio controls.

There is a CG gallery that unlocks as you play the game with 16 special moments available. There is also a decent amount of save slots. The game is on the shorter side so what they give you is more than enough to save at those important choice moments.

You can hide the hud for taking screen captures if you wish. The text is easy to read and there is a history log. You can also rewind and fast forward the text with your mouse scroll wheel (very convenient).


Visually the game is drawn in an anime style that is the usual in this genre. The colour palette is vibrant and the special moments are plenty and highly enjoyable. (Special moments being the CG’s). I actually really love the artwork in this one, well drawn characters, cute chibis and adorable cat art! Normally I gush about the handsome romance potentials in these games and Nathan is cute but Snow takes the cake in this game :)

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The music is a piano score. It is not bad. It fills in the background nicely. There are some ambient noises such as the cat purring or mewing. Also this novel does not have any voice acting (which for me personally is fine but just pointing it out for those that do prefer it).


I love a good romance story and I adore cats (I have two fluff balls of my own). Combining the two into a sweet, wholesome romance visual novel combines the best of two worlds. 💗

Otome Lovers wishes to thank Golden Castle Studio for providing a free review copy for this game.

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Hidden Tomatoes: Farm Frenzy has you heading on down to the farm to search for some missing tomatoes…who is hiding all these tomatoes?!


Settings include; graphics quality, and audio controls.

If you wish to put your game into windowed mode, put -screen-width 1920 -screen-height 1080 (or a resolution of your choice) under properties in the games Steam library page under launch options and relaunch the game.


I like the 3D rendered map vs a static black and white map a lot of games in this genre use. And some of the tomatoes are tricky to find (you need to play around with zoom and the angles to catch some of them).

There is a hint button with unlimited hints and no penalty to use it. Also all the achievements are easy to obtain. I like that they include items to find besides the tomatoes too.

The music is very farm-ish. Banjo beats that are uplifting and want to make you turn your partner round and round :) Actually very fitting music. I do wish the map was more interactive. There are interactive elements like the sprinklers moving but no interaction in finding any hidden items. I would love to see hidden tomatoes in and behind objects. There is a lot of potential with the 3D assets to have it where you can open doors, curtains and such to hide the items more creatively. Maybe in their future games.

All in all a fun little game that offers a fresh take on finding something besides cats in the genre. A good price for some mindless fun that gamers of any age can enjoy. 🍅

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Battle large enemies with a blend of magic and steel to recover your home in Eternal Strands.


There are a lot of settings for this game, lots of graphic and video settings. Audio controls, subtitles and more. I only adjusted the odd setting and mainly played on what the game defaulted me too upon start up. I had no crashes or game breaking bugs. I found the game to run smoothing. In cut-scenes however it did not support ultra wide so you will get black bars on the sides.

Highlights

* Bosses are farmable and will get stronger with new attacks up to the first three times you fight them.
* The world is highly reactive. The elements affect each other. And every surface you can climb. Just watch your stamina.
* Eventually you get an item (not sure why it is under consumables) but it does not disappear after using it. It is for fast travelling back to camp no matter where you are but it is a one way trip. The item is called Loomshard.
* Press V at any time to use the Watchers Wisp (a trail to show you the direction to go). I just wish it lasted longer when activated. But do the quest for Laen called “A study in Light” to buff it’s cool down rate significantly.
* The HAMMER icons on the map is a location of gear and weapon schematics. I wish we could zoom into the map to see details better. Once a schematic is found a green checkmark will appear on the map to show you that you’ve collected it.

Shortcomings…yes there is a few

* Inventory is way too small. You need to upgrade the caravan to unlock more inventory space, the levelling up of your camp is determined by the story so even if you have the resources you're not free to upgrade until you get to the next point in the story where it lets you. My biggest gripe with the game.
* Fall damage…I personally hate when games, especially fantasy games, make you take fall damage.
* No hud or quest markers but this is where you press V to use your Watcher’s Wisp (see highlights)
* When you die you respawn at camp and can only take a handful of resources back with you. The number you can keep will increase as you level up your camp and you can choose which ones to keep. Still it is sad to lose any at all.


Your character does not level up in this game, only the gear and weapons and those must be crafted. So here is where some grind comes in but it is made worse by such a small inventory at the start. Once back at camp all your resources are safe and automatically transferred to your stash.

Also you do not find weapons or gear in the world. Only resources, schematics, and texts. Everything is brought back to camp to be crafted. You can choose what materials to use and the higher the rarity the better the gear and weapons (obviously).


As you play an area information will become available about not just the areas of the map but what resources it holds. That summary (called Attunement) holds info on the current weather in a map, the current Arkon or big boss available, common enemies of the area, resources that can be found and where the weapon and gear schematics are. It also tells you how many loomgates are in the area.

As you play an area you will collect pages of information. Collect x amount of them to open up knowledge of that area.

The way to see all this info at base camp is by going to the loom and before you travel all these stats show about each area before fast travelling there.

A Loomgate (fast travel portal). Unlock one or many in any given map.

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Look at the map's stats (weather and what big boss is in that area) before fast travelling. Don’t like the stats then go to sleep in your tent. Each in-game day changes the weather and boss in the area.

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The cut-scenes that are animated are gorgeous. The art style is very much “Dragon Prince” style (a great show on Netflix). I adore the Dragon Prince series so the art and look of characters appealed to me right off the bat. Plus the environments are beautiful. Anyone who enjoys taking screen captures will love this game, a lot to capture! No photo-mode which is a real shame, this game needs one.

The music fleshes out the world with melodies of fantasy, magic and adventure. The score was created by Austin Wintory and if you wish to preview a sample he has a video on his Youtube (Austin Wintory).

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Despite the short-comings, which let’s be honest, will be a deal breaker for some, I really love this game. Some things are fixable like inventory space and fall damage (that can be reduced if not outright removed). I see some negative reviews saying the combat feels janky but for me I played with keyboard and mouse and found it felt good.

I did watch some Youtube videos on how to harvest the core magic from the main bosses ahead of time so I knew what to do and some bosses are very challenging. You will have to fight each boss multiple times to upgrade each of your magics to level 3 and bosses rotate where they can be found.

I find the artwork and animations to look very much like the art style of the Dragon Prince series. And the movement in the world to feel like Immortals Fenyx Rising, the way all surfaces can be scaled and how reactive the environments are.

I really enjoy the game and hope some quality of life stuff gets fixed but I’ve laid out what I deem to be the highs and lows and hopefully it helps you make a more informed decision if this game is right for you. For those of you who do decide to jump in…the Enclave awaits. ✨

This game was purchased by me for my personal library. On occasion I share my experiences with the groups I write for to help bring attention to games I’ve personally purchased and wish to give more exposure too.

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Capture glimpses of wildlife and find hidden treasures while taking a relaxing walk in Take a Walk.


Settings & features include; audio controls, graphical settings, and the ability to reset your game data. Once in a map you can change settings such as time of day, weather conditions , auto walk speed, and the ability to turn off head bob in both manual and auto mode.

The five levels that are present at the game's launch include a tutorial, Ed’s backyard, island, nature reserve and aurora. You have the freedom to play any map in any order.


Sound is really important in a game such as this and I am happy to say in this game it is very well implemented. In a walking sim you want to feel like you're in the environment, and all the sounds in this game blend together to make a great experience. From birds chirping, toads croaking, or crickets chirping for example in the forest maps to the crunch of your footsteps on the snow in the Aurora map. The weather has great sound effects too from the light rain to the wind blowing during a snowy blizzard.

Visually the game is gorgeous. I had no problems running the graphics on high. I toned it down from the highest settings to cut down on pop-ins but I expect you will experience some pop-in with a game this graphically intense. I played around with all the weather choices, settling on light snow or light rain in most of my walk-throughs. I highly recommend playing around with these settings to create the perfect mood for you to walk around and explore in.

My favourite map was Aurora both in atmosphere and visuals.

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* Press F for your flashlight (helps in those dark forested areas)
* If you hear a sound like footsteps behind you it is usually a rabbit, can be kinda creepy when it gets dark, not going to lie :)
* Try out the weather effect from clear skies, cloudy, foggy, light rain, rain, thunderstorm, light snow, snow, and blizzard. Remember to apply your settings before returning to the game.
* You can re-spawn at the beginning of a map by pressing “P” - also helps if you get stuck the odd time
* The game saves your time markers and totem count so getting some achievements may take a bit (like the 5 hour or 10 hour one) but it will keep track of them when you log back in to enjoy some downtime.
* The only map that has no set path and auto-walk does not work on is Aurora


This game provides a break from the modern hectic world in times when you cannot actually get outside to enjoy nature. From the sounds of nature, the animals scurrying across your path and the little surprises in store to find along the way it is a delightful experience. I loved playing around with the weather effects to match my moods (my favourites being light rain or light snow). It just added that touch which made my walks through the forest or the north so much more peaceful.

A special shout out as well to the developer Ed who continues to put so much love into this game. He took all feedback seriously and implemented a lot of changes before release.

I highly recommend this game for those who need some downtime to reflect, relax and take a moment for themselves. The kind of experience that makes one’s soul feel good. ✨

IndieGems wishes to thank Wondering Fox & Edward Powell for providing a free review copy for this game.

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Head under the mountain to a place where anything can be bought and sold, nothing is off limits in OBSCURA, a beautifully illustrated and well-written work of dark fiction.

This novel does not shy away from the spice, so much so that the game gives a “safeword” you can select at any time. Also it provides aftercare following some spicy scenarios that help tone down the event. This can include reading a book, cuddling, a warm drink, etc.

Some routes are dark, that is a given. Most visual novels have bad endings and this one is no exception. But pay attention to the trigger warnings on the store’s page for a list of in-game scenarios that may make you uncomfortable.

But for those of you who like the occasional visual novel that does delve a bit deeper and push the boundaries then this one you will enjoy.

🌶️ Most of the spice of the novel comes through (at least so far) in the descriptive text and some sound effects more than the imagery. The imagery is suggestive but not outright graphic or gore filled.


The backdrop is a dark fantasy marketplace in the middle of a violent and turbulent city with a religious undertone. The relationships in this game between the main character and potential romances is a slow burn. You don’t meet each other and are instantly in love. There is actual character development building up to something more in the end, for good or bad.

Your character is known by default as Vesper but you can change your name at the start of the novel when you pick the mask you will wear in the market (choice of three available). The main character is chatty, bold with their words and willing to do whatever they must to seek a particular item, only found in the market, for those with large pockets. We do not have large pockets, however there is always a way to obtain what you need if you don’t have the coin. ;)

In the background there is a reputation system at play but no way to check our overall standing with the characters at this time. So getting the ending you want is not easy. It requires many steps in some cases and obtaining so many good or bad reputation points to get the ending you want (and there are many per romance).

❗ There are guides available but to be honest they are not that helpful in getting certain achievements even when followed. The guides however are not laid out the best in terms of step by step so I am not sure if it is the guide not explaining it properly or me for not understanding. From the discussions board a few people seem to be stuck on getting similar achievements.


So far with the two chapters available the most fleshed out is Cirrus and Keir’s routes.

Cirrus - Cirrus intrigues me the most. The store page describes him as humble, mmm, I am not sure that is how I would describe him myself. Maybe in front of others. He certainly believes in being in control and punishments. He offers help but not for free and the price can be pretty steep. Getting his good ending is not easy but worth the trial and error.

Keir - The Sarcastic Thief who may be ruthless and deadly but respects loyalty and once you prove your worth to him he shows his softer side. He cares about the people he runs with and steals to no only help himself but others.

Francesco - Spirited Adventurer. He is all about wanting to have fun and live life to the fullest. He seems gentlemanly enough and innocent but what would really bring one so seemingly naive to such a place?

Oleander - A merchant who seems to be able to get almost anything you need for a price of course. Hedonistic and charming. I am still exploring what is available in the game for him so far. My meetings with him have mostly been through interactions with Keir.

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Settings & features include; display options, rollback side, skip text options, font choice, timed or no timed choices, screen shake or turned off, safeword options, flashing visuals, dialogue size, audio controls and text speed. There are lots of save slots so feel free to save at choice points! Also you can hide the text box by hitting “H” to take screen captures.

Extra features include; in-game achievements, aftercare options, an unlock-able CG gallery and the ability to see all endings you’ve achieved in-game.

* Game lets you choose your own safeword at the start and to either always show it in the top right corner or set it to be visible over hover. You can also press “X” any time to pause the game and bring you to the safeword menu. The game also lets you chose your name and pronouns.


For me the one thing that drew me to this game above all else was the artwork. I love the look of each character and the masks just add to the intrigue. The character art is so well done. The backgrounds have a dark tone to them with splashes of light and are not highly detailed, they are more there to set a mood.

There is some CG art but not many at the moment, maybe one per romance interest at the moment but I hope for many more to come along as the game progresses. I would love to see special CG art for all endings eventually.

The music fleshes out the world nicely. Take a listen to the music on the store page for the trailer. That is the music you mainly hear in the background and similar sounding tracks. A very hypnotic, lo-fi, entrancing sound. I really enjoy the music in the novel.

In between notable spaces are ambient sounds filling out the scenes (such as crowds murmuring, the wind whispering or a fight breaking out in the distance).


I normally do not purchase visual novels in early access but the art style of this one really grabbed my attention. It is quite away from being complete with a two year window given in the details. However my experience so far has been pleasant shall we say. Well-written, fleshed out characters and a very interesting backdrop for the story. 🖤

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Search for the Leprechaun’s treasure deep within the magical forest on the Summer Solstice to find the gold and help your family in Immortal Love: True Treasure Collector's Edition.


The Summer Solstice is coming up, a time when the gap between worlds is connected. Your wedding is coming up, a very unwelcome wedding to the wealthy Count Patrick, to save your family. It is also the only true night a Leprechaun’s gold can be found. So with help you set out in search of it, finding mythological creatures along the way and discovering their true origins to set them free.


Settings include; audio controls and voice over controls. Customer cursor or default and display options.

This version being the collector’s edition does include a strategy guide, wallpapers, music selections, screensavers, mini-games, movies (cut-scenes) and a bonus chapter.

Important Notes

This game for widescreen in full window display cuts off parts of the UI at the sides. Unselecting the “widescreen” option sadly makes the play area smaller and increases the black bars at the sides but does fix the UI cutting off.

I selected “widescreen” and played it in windowed mode and unfortunately the windowed size is at a fixed ratio but visually overall was better.


Visually the games Big Fish has put out in recent years are beautiful. They make use of beautiful color palettes, gradients and lighting. I also enjoy how they put small animations such as candles flickering to add that touch of magic to the scenes. The animations overall for the characters talking or making small movements is also well done.

The music in the background adds to the atmosphere and is non-intrusive. Adding filler to the story but not overpowering the enjoyment of the story. Voice acting is okay. It is more of the dialogue I find cringe at times and how some lines are delivered.


I have been going through my backlog of unfinished hog’s and stumbled upon this one that seemed great timing with Valentine’s Day upcoming. I highly recommend getting any of the old hogs and even the newer ones on sale. In recent years the prices have gone up and they stopped adding Steam achievements, even though the same ones are in-game.

The story is predictable and the puzzles really easy for the most part. One feature I did like about this one is on the left side there is a little group of green acorns you can click at any time in a scene and it will let you know how many foxes and morphing objects are in the scene to find and how many are left. You can fast travel using the map as well.

Despite the story being predictable I did enjoy the backstory to each mythological creature (how they became that way) and how we could free them. Not a bad hidden object game, but one to buy on sale, for some enjoyable artwork and to pass a few hours. 💚

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The Spring Festival has begun and some cute cats are up to some fun and mischief in Hidden Cats - Spring Festival.


Settings include; display options, audio controls, voice volume and language selection.

Highlights

* Unlimited hints that are not punishing to use
* Easy to earn achievements
* Good price point
* Night or day mode
* Easy to find cats as the map is static
* Zoom range is good
* Cats colour in as you find them

This is another quick kitty game with one map where you need to find all 100 cats. Nothing interactive or unique but a good price point for some quick and mindless fun. There is a timer and a leader-board if you care about such features but they don’t take away from the fun if you're not into the competitive side of things.

The highlight of the game is its artwork, colourful, cute and hand-drawn. And some of the kitties are pretty humorous too. I really enjoy this art style so much that for future games I hope they expand the game to something more, maybe more maps in one game with more challenges (leaning into some interactive elements). 🏮

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The End of the Sun is a beautifully crafted game set in a Slavic medieval fantasy world. An engaging story filled with magic and mystery.


You play as an Ashter, a sage sorcerer with the ability to travel through time amongst other rare gifts. You come across a small village where things are not what they seem and all the people are missing, or seem to be. Explore, find clues and solve puzzles to solve the mystery. You can teleport between the four main seasons, each separated by many years. And some things you do in the past have consequences in the future.

The story has many twists and turns and is quite complex. It mainly follows the tale of one family and the events and people that evolve around them. There is a strong magical component to the story with creatures of fantasy and folklore playing an important role.


Settings & features (there are a lot of settings) - Video and graphic settings are extensive. Display options, resolution, brightness, graphic presets, motion blur on or off, anti-aliasing settings. There is also a section for audio controls. Language selection and Controls.

* You can rebind your keys
* Head nod can be turned off
* This game does support wide screen and ultra wide monitors
* Save your game (manually) often. The game also auto saves.

This is a narrative experience first blended with a walking sim. You will walk around quite a bit, finding and exploring objects, solving puzzles and piecing together a mystery. You solve the puzzles by examining points of interest such as footprints, blood and items. Once examined you will gather clues or tips that pieced together will help you solve the puzzles.


Essentially you're going to interact with bonfires. Some can only be interacted with in certain seasons-you can tell which ones you can interact with as they will have smoke rising from their base. For example in one area in Season Spring Year 1 you interact with 4 bonfires but can only have one active at a time. You activate them and follow the trails of smoke coming from them.

At the end of that trail is a memory to trigger and an item to usually find to mend the memory, so to speak. Once you’ve completed that the smoke path leading to that event turns to a trail of light (kind of like fireflies), and signalling you’ve done that quest. Once all quests associated with that bonfire are complete you can interact with it to make it a time travel spot.

You will need to cleanse all bonfires in a season to complete it fully but you will not have access to all bonfires at once. Some are locked behind story progression and goals in other seasons must be completed first.


You only have one save file so when the game auto saves or you save manually it over-writes the last save so you cannot go back to a certain point in the game if you missed something.


The developers spent a lot of time crafting the look of this game by scanning authentic props and buildings and adding details that make the scenes more realistic, things like silverware, clothes, decor, candles and foods. When you interact with these items they give you bits of knowledge about them. So the game has an educational element too!

The first thing that caught my attention and drew me to wanting to play this game was the soundtrack playing in the trailer. Inspired by traditional Slavic melodies and interwoven with modern tracks. I love their chants, the vocals are just beautiful. Really infuses the game with a sense of magic.

A shout out to Kinga Rąpała for such a beautiful soundtrack, her work adds so much atmosphere to the game.

Ambient sounds are also well done, the sound of the wind through the trees, birds singing, or water running all add to the environment and make it feel more fleshed out.

The voice acting for English voices is okay but to be honest I much preferred the native language of Polish in the game. I put the subtitles in English but really enjoyed the Polish voice acting. It also made the game much more immersive.

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This game is very well written with a very engaging story told through multiple moments or memories you activate as you explore and solve puzzles. Movement in the game itself feels good, you can run at a good pace or walk but there is no jumping.

I completed the main story but missed a few side events, also I believe a couple of achievements may not have popped for me as well. A small thing that can be easily fixed. Overall I had no bugs or game breaking problems at all in my entire time with the game which lasted almost 14 hours.

I can tell a lot of love went into every detail of making this game. Playing through the character of the Ashter your witness to the unfolding of a story between a family touched by fate at various points in their lives. Engaging, educational and magical. ✨

IndieGems wishes to thank The End of the Sun Team for providing a free review copy for this game.

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Find clues, interrogate witnesses, and gather evidence as you unravel the murder mystery in Family Mysteries: Poisonous Promises.


Settings include; audio controls and voice over controls. Customer cursor or default and display options. The game has both in-game achievements and Steam achievements.


An older game but Artifex Mundi made some of the best hidden object games in the genre. They have not graced the Steam store in years with anything new but their older finds are largely enjoyable, have achievements and are always going on sale for great prices. I highly recommend waiting for sales to buy any of the older hogs as they really do go on sale often and for a considerable discount.

The art in this one is decent but the animations are just okay, typical for older hogs. The voice work for the most part is not bad. I did not mind the main characters as much but the other characters and some of the dialogue in the game was cringe.

There were lots of puzzles, some challenging but most easy and your typical hog selection. There is not a lot of back-tracking in this one so no need for constant map checking or fast travel and 29 locations in the base game. The hidden collectables were easy enough to find and I did not find I needed guidance at any point with this one to figure out what to do next.

Overall an enjoyable enough game to waste a few hours if you get it on a steep sale. 🔍

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Nuelli has seen the shadows her whole life, unsure of their meaning. She is determined to find the answers, along the way finding so much more in Legends of Savvarah: Children of the Sun.


A game set in the world of the Legends of Savvarah series.

In the story you play as Nuellli, a Lyoka who is born with the gift of magic but very weak magic. Her people are usually powerful sorcerers yet Nuelli alone amongst her people cannot wield magic. She is seen as a joke by her brother Togat, disowned by her Grandfather Zakir and ignored by her mother. Only their servant, a lizard named Nahash, tries to teach her magic.

There are points in the story where pivotal choices are made and the story branches off. Your character has reputation points and there are time delayed effects. So your choices do have consequences but might not show immediately. There is romance possible in this story but not all branches end in romance. It is meant as more of a visual novel as opposed to a dating sim.


Settings & features include; Screen mode, text skip options, text speed, auto read speed, audio controls. There are both in-game achievements and Steam achievements. Lots of save slots to save those important choice moments. The games also have interactive features I find refreshing. Some items and people in the environment require you to click on them to do certain actions like picking a destination or furthering a conversation.


* You can hide the text box by pressing H to take screen captures (this is nice as currently there is no in-game gallery)
* Click on the Sun icon to reveal information about the game world, characters and quests
* Your choices will have weight and will matter. You have a reputation system so choices you make will affect how others see you.

Spice level is medium if you get the romance routes. It is more suggestive with the major bits not fully shown. So some nice spice but not super graphic.


I love the music in this game. Mystical, epic and at times magical sounding. The story is not voice acted, for some that is a drawback but I always personally find that a strength as I like to envision how the characters sound for myself.

There are some ambient sounds but not many. In some moments you can hear the wind whistle but the majority of the novel is filled with background music for the most part.

Visually well I love the artwork. Hand-drawn, unique characters that depict different races and species. Vibrant palette and some really beautiful CG arts. I am a huge fan of CG art in visual novels and this one has many. Some of my favourites are below of some possible romances in the game. Steam only lets you put up to 3 screen captures in a review but I took many!

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I really love this story and the world and lore of this series. The characters have depth and the story is interesting and well written and is accompanied by gorgeous artwork. A lot of thought has gone into the world crafted by ST Sinovar. I look forward to their future novels in the world of Savvarah. ✨

For those wanting a taste of the world of Savvarah the first novel’s part 1(Gods of Savvarah) is free on Steam!

* At the time of writing this I have half of the achievements and a few endings discovered but there is quite a few to find. I did get the romance I wanted after much trial and error. Akotal is a tricky one to nab. *

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