How many endings are there for now? I think I got like 3? Amazing game btw! It's so refreshing to see a MC that isn't bland at all and feel real for his reactions. The storytelling its so good that I finished it in one sitting!! I can't wait for more from you guys
I have never felt this way towards a game in my entire life. I don't cry in movies, I don't cry from sad stories. However this game broke down all my barriers and after finishing the dazzling story, I can hands down say that this is a masterpiece worth sharing. The artists should be proud, the writers should be proud because they've made a game that's changed people.
What to say? I'm speechless... i've never read a Vn like this one. Hopefully i played it all at once ( only slept 3 hours this night though... worth it). The plot is AMAZING, the way the story is put together, from the slightest detail to the major part, the way the words are used. the feelings that we feel while reading what the main character is going trough. In all honesty, i had to wipe my tears several times.
Again, the story is beautiful and it is from far ahead the best Vn i've ever read. I thank you for this masterpiece and i hope with all my soul that we can have another chapter to this one X).
Wait a minute- so does that mean that there will be new update for this Adastra or a new release project like Adastra 2? I really hope that the story will be continue in the future because this vn is a REAL art. I LOVE IT SO MUCH!!! \(>A<)/
I never thought that a game would make me cry, but here we are. Last night I finished the recent update, and... It was amazing. I didnt want it to end. Ive been following this game since the very first update in January 2019. I cant wait for the ending.
Im eagerly awaiting the next novel in this series this story was a emotional thrill ride with it's game of thrones cut throat everyone has a seperate goal politics and the space operas grand story aswell as my wolf ;3 whom I fell in love with over the story not spoilers I'm talk about me lol he's so cute and the cast of characters where just perfect I need to see what's next I hope it's. Continuation as I need to see what happens that little tease of there future was more a torment then a happy thought to me I need to see what is gonna happen and who the other thing is aswell as the unfinished stories of the rest of the cast like our anubi freind and let's not forget that the cats are clearly up to something still and so much more I can't wait for the next book and I'll be eagerly watching for it
I love this game ive been getting every update since version 7 and now that it ended i really want to know if theres gonna be an adastra 2! if there is i cant wait for it to be released =3
( This is one of my fav vns by the way keep it up )
OMG, soo good...just listent to open musci mack want to cry. OMG im so attached... why are you so good, now i want the next visa noval for this. i already said this twice by OMG... i was not emontional ready for this, if i bust out cry in public im going to laugh... this is how you do things...not that you need to hear it from me but keep up the good work
hi i was wondering are we going to go deeper into the story of the parents in the end of the game or a possible sequel/ same universe game? i find them kind of skummy and underhanded and am curious just about them and what else they have orchestrated (this could just be my take tho).
No se sabe. Se hablaba de la posibilidad de un Adastra 2, pero no sabemos donde quedaría, si sería una continuación de la historia de Marco y Amicus o sería otra historia distinta dentro del mismo universo.
Han confirmado la secuela, que se llamará Khemia (por lo que pinta a que vamos a conocer Khemia y a sus habitantes UwU). Lo unico es que se ha retrasado para julio, y sale a todo el publico sobre agosto, lo cual duele un poco. Aún así, estoy intrigado por conocer como es la vida en Khemia, ya que parecía que tenían las cosas más avanzadas en cuanto a derechos para los ciudadanos de los planetas Hijos, por lo que estaría bien ver como les ha ido, al fin y al cabo, que sean la civilización que esta al borde de lograr copiar el metodo de transporte que los Padres les dieron resulta interesante
I love this and i well didint cry ever because of my child hood my throat will never be the same im happy to just know this exists and even if it doesint continue it will in my heart this has been the best experience of my life
Well, I hope you're happy. You broke me. This is one of the best written, most touching stories I've ever read. 8 years is too long, there better be a sequel in the works! I need more of Amicus!
Oh gosh!!! This is so awesome this is the first game that pull my tears out of my eyes. I wish you make a future stories of them i wish i will play them. This is a masterpiece! I'm so into this game i dunno how to say this. I love the artwork the story everything. 💖
Wait is Adastra actually done done or is there going to be more content. if not i am so sad, i wanted to see more on what happened in there lives. See what happened to our character and Amicus. If it did end end. i am truly grateful what this games was made. This game made me so happy and in love with this game. thank you for making it! <3
Great, I chose that before there was an ending. DOn't know how to feel about that. Even though, why would they revive you if you are against them. I don't feel like they would do that.
Could use you as a tool in the future to manipulate amicus in a 'do as we say or you loose the one you love' way. Honestly doesn't seem like somthing they wouldn't do.
Love, Love, Love!!! I really enjoyed everything about this experience. If only the story could go on to my heart's content. Thank you for making this labor of love.
Very interesting game, though it annoys me quite a bit at some points.
Art: My first impression is it's a little bit too "innocent" and not mature art for a "bara" game. Through out the game, there is violent that I don't feel it blends very well with the art style. Though, to be honest, after completing the game, I'm in love with Amicus. He's so adorable, and maybe hot in a way...
Gameplay: the game is pretty linear without many option, so it feels more like a animated novel than a game. And this is where it annoys me a bit. There are so many choices that I would not agree with the main character and some point I was like "huh?". Though, it could all be in the parents's plan lol.
Plot: The plot is very political heavy and involve quite some drama. You would not guess how deep the plot is with the art at a first glance. I was furious, I was shocked, I was sad, I was disappointed, but I felt love from Amicus and that's all I need.
Music: Quite good, I multitask and usually just low volume of the game, this is one of the few games that I actually use high volume because music and background noise is so soothing.
CG: the game is plot heavy and there is not much CG scene, the CG is quite ok. The sex scene is quite short imo, though it was well written.
TBH, this is not GOT plot heavy, but it is good enough that I can see it as a drama on netflix. The plot is rich, very potential and you can seriously make a season with all the missing piece of the puzzle. Now just hope some rich guy that is into furry and also happen to be a director play this game lol. Remember hunger game, bird box, are all manga ideas and was copied XD
Things I think could improve: I don't quite feel the love from Amicus to the main character is justified. There was a gap between they became close and be lovers. Then boom, Amicus cares too much about main character feelings. Like I don't see the transition from being close friend to being madly in love. There needs to be an event to trigger that. I assumed something important happened during the time skip, so I can buy that, but still. After the main event towards the ending of the game, sure, I buy that they are deeply in love, but about mid game, I don't see that.
I know it's quite impossible at this point to modify the option of the game, but I feel like though there could be so many possibilites if the main character act differently. I was hoping the MC could actually show that Earth actually knows more than them because quite frankly, they only depends on parents tech and doesn't even know how they work. Like the MC has some other important feature/skill that make him the chosen one, rather than the parents "plan" it.
The game left me many thoughts after finishing it, so it's a good game.
Where to start...This was one of the most intriguing and fascinating experiences I have had with any form of media in a long while. The story is incredibly well written with extremely likable characters and an extremely engaging plot that had me wanting more and more as it went on. While the mc could be a bit grating at times, his reactions honestly make sense and are really realistic for someone dragged off to an alien world so unexpectedly. Amicus and Neferu were the absolute highlights for me, especially Neferu who I really hope can get his own spin off to be the main love interest or the sequel will take us to his homeworld to learn more about him and his culture.
My only real complaints are fairly minor, I do feel maybe some more choices would be nice to help with the interactivity which is there presently but not by much. I also feel some more romantic/adult cgs would be nice but the ones we do have are very well done and I like them a lot.
Adastra made me almost cry 5 times from start to the end of build 15, I commend the level of love and care brought into this and I won't forget it for a long time. This is truly something special and I hope its recognition will grow. Again though...a Neferu sequel or spinoff would be amazing.
Cuando tiempo creen que sacaran la vercion 16? O el juego en español? Es increible lo adoro y adoro a amicus porfa mejoren el juego es miy bueno y de buena historia .....ah! y agan qur las esenas de ammm 7w7 nopor sean mas hrandes y sip soy gay porfis el juego es increible y es fabuloso solo que...... ya lo drrmine y me encanto solo ......aganlo multi idiomas y que este en español es un gran juego porfis actualisenlo ala vercion 16 o asta dondr quieran el juego es fabuloso! Les doy mil gracias por crear el juego adiosito ^w^ me siento escuchado por mis herues ♡~♡
sorry dude, but your grammar is so awful that i doubt that someone can get an acurate version of what you are trying to say if they dont speak spanish, even using google translate.
hermano, intenta escribir sin errores ortograficos si se te dificulta el ingles, si no hablan español les va a ser imposible descifrar lo que intentas decir aun si usan google translate. Saludos
When will the version 16 release? Or the whole game in spanish? It's incredible I love it and I love amicus please make the game better it's great and has a great story! And make the scenes of umm 7w7 (sex?) (bigger?) (couldnt translate that part) and I'm gay, please the game is incredible and fabulous just....I finished and I loved it just......make it multilanguage and make it in spanish it's a great game please update the language in version 16 or wherever the game is fabulous! A thousand thanks for creating this game bye! I feel heard by my heroes.
(btw this isnt bad grammar lots of spanish speakers like to use textspeak much like how english speakers like to as well)
I guess I'll write this as sort of a pan-ultimate review/critique. You absolutely do not need to read this or take any amount of it as serious if you don't want to!
For such a extra-terrestrial story, it actually starts off very believable and sticks with both its themes and its background. I couldn't think of any glaring plotholes or situations the MC could easily weasel out of (with the exception of just outright leaving the palace for good). A gripe I've seen on this page quite a bit is how the MC is a bit grating at times and while I can agree with this, to a certain extent you have to take it in stride as he is brought to an alien world against his world. In fact, I believe this story is a very good version of what would happen in real life.
Mechanically, the VN does play well with the exception of updates screwing any manual saves (but not quick saves for some reason?) and the fast forward option is fairly consistent if not just a bit on the slow side.
I am a big fan of CG's and my only point for this VN in particular is I simply wish there were a few more romantic ones, but alas that isn't a very big issue.
All in all, actually a really well made VN. I didn't feel cheated or like this story just dodged a plot hole or didn't address something. However I would agree with the below comment of putting some sort of major emotional warning as there are certain scenes that did in fact make my blood boil, which I hope was the point.
Thanks for reading, and I look forward to update 16: Crying my eyes out!
This turned into a wall of text (sorry!) I'll post a TLDR at the end.
This game should come with a warning. It's very good. I played for about 8 hours barely stopping until had to stop because I was having an anxiety attack both from how intense the game was getting but also because of how little I'd taken care of my self. I came back to it the next day fresh and determined to make it to the end.
What an experience. I was enjoying the game immediately but was only taking it half seriously, The main character would react and I joked to myself about the dirty thing I would have said instead or the like but the game took itself seriously from the start. It takes time to set up the relationship between the MC and Amicus and gradually just as the story progressed Ilike the MC grew deep feelings for the characters in this game. It tugged my heartstrings and evoked genuine feelings of joy, despair, fulfillment and agony. It was emotional roller coaster and I was hanging on for dear life.
The art and sound were really well done. I loved the art of Amicus. He has plenty of varied expressions to help set the scene, though all characters did to be fair and there are occasional full scene artworks that are stunning.
There a few sci-fi tropes sure but they don't detract from experience and world building the game sets up. There was only one twist that came out of the blue, that felt like it only existed to create forced drama and it does serve to progress the plot well and does get explained fairly satisfactorily but at the time it was a little jarring. I did feel mostly the same way as the MC did, hurt and betrayed but I was also aware of how forced the whole situation was, so I guess part of the hurt was that the developers had stooped to that level for an emotional reaction. This is only a minor nitpick though as the whole experience was just incredible, I've read compelling VNs before but this one just steals the show.
I guess it's only to be expected, I really enjoyed Blackgate back in the day and this is from the team that formed to take on the side project to Blackgate, Echo. There's a reason why blackgate has lost momentum and basically died yet this game has far surpassed it. I haven't even tried Echo since some of the earliest builds but after playing this I will have to, though not for a while, I need time to process and sort out my head after this game.
If you are on this page looking at this game then just simply download it and play it. It's free, you would only be doing yourself a disservice by not giving it a go.
TLDR - It's an amazing, emotional game and you really should play it.
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How many endings are there for now? I think I got like 3?
Amazing game btw! It's so refreshing to see a MC that isn't bland at all and feel real for his reactions. The storytelling its so good that I finished it in one sitting!! I can't wait for more from you guys
I love this game, is romantic abd sad at the end 😍😢😧
I have never felt this way towards a game in my entire life. I don't cry in movies, I don't cry from sad stories. However this game broke down all my barriers and after finishing the dazzling story, I can hands down say that this is a masterpiece worth sharing. The artists should be proud, the writers should be proud because they've made a game that's changed people.
Donec iterum coveniant Amicus
There must be a sequel. I mean, who's scipio???
absolutely amazing! I'm now cursed with the desire to find my own wolf...oh the pain!
เกมดีมากกกกกกผมโครตชอบ
What to say? I'm speechless... i've never read a Vn like this one. Hopefully i played it all at once ( only slept 3 hours this night though... worth it). The plot is AMAZING, the way the story is put together, from the slightest detail to the major part, the way the words are used. the feelings that we feel while reading what the main character is going trough. In all honesty, i had to wipe my tears several times.
Again, the story is beautiful and it is from far ahead the best Vn i've ever read. I thank you for this masterpiece and i hope with all my soul that we can have another chapter to this one X).
THANKYOUALOT !!
Wait a minute- so does that mean that there will be new update for this Adastra or a new release project like Adastra 2? I really hope that the story will be continue in the future because this vn is a REAL art. I LOVE IT SO MUCH!!! \(>A<)/
I absolutely hope so! #2 would be a dream come true.
HELL YEAH!
Dear Echoproject,
I never thought that a game would make me cry, but here we are. Last night I finished the recent update, and... It was amazing. I didnt want it to end. Ive been following this game since the very first update in January 2019. I cant wait for the ending.
Im eagerly awaiting the next novel in this series this story was a emotional thrill ride with it's game of thrones cut throat everyone has a seperate goal politics and the space operas grand story aswell as my wolf ;3 whom I fell in love with over the story not spoilers I'm talk about me lol he's so cute and the cast of characters where just perfect I need to see what's next I hope it's. Continuation as I need to see what happens that little tease of there future was more a torment then a happy thought to me I need to see what is gonna happen and who the other thing is aswell as the unfinished stories of the rest of the cast like our anubi freind and let's not forget that the cats are clearly up to something still and so much more I can't wait for the next book and I'll be eagerly watching for it
100/10 and yeah I know what I said lol
I love this game.
I love this game ive been getting every update since version 7 and now that it ended i really want to know if theres gonna be an adastra 2! if there is i cant wait for it to be released =3
( This is one of my fav vns by the way keep it up )
Idk because it isn't working for me either
Amicus lost his left shoulder
His "right" shoulder
That definitely can't be right.
OMG, soo good...just listent to open musci mack want to cry. OMG im so attached... why are you so good, now i want the next visa noval for this. i already said this twice by OMG... i was not emontional ready for this, if i bust out cry in public im going to laugh... this is how you do things...not that you need to hear it from me but keep up the good work
I have so many questions...instant cry :(
Mine isn't working
hi i was wondering are we going to go deeper into the story of the parents in the end of the game or a possible sequel/ same universe game? i find them kind of skummy and underhanded and am curious just about them and what else they have orchestrated (this could just be my take tho).
thx so much great game
Well, they pretty much confirmed a sequel, but who knows what it might entail. (said sequel will supposedly come out late June to mid July.)
OMG I LOVE THIS GAME SO MUCH, I truly regret not having found this on the first release.
Pds : para losque ablan español ......... es el fin del juego o continua en otro? QwQ
No se sabe. Se hablaba de la posibilidad de un Adastra 2, pero no sabemos donde quedaría, si sería una continuación de la historia de Marco y Amicus o sería otra historia distinta dentro del mismo universo.
Okey y gracias pense que ers la unica persona que abalaba español descontando ala otra claro
Han confirmado la secuela, que se llamará Khemia (por lo que pinta a que vamos a conocer Khemia y a sus habitantes UwU). Lo unico es que se ha retrasado para julio, y sale a todo el publico sobre agosto, lo cual duele un poco. Aún así, estoy intrigado por conocer como es la vida en Khemia, ya que parecía que tenían las cosas más avanzadas en cuanto a derechos para los ciudadanos de los planetas Hijos, por lo que estaría bien ver como les ha ido, al fin y al cabo, que sean la civilización que esta al borde de lograr copiar el metodo de transporte que los Padres les dieron resulta interesante
God this better had a sequel soon PLEAAAAASE
Khemia is confirmed, at the end of July for the patrons, starting August for the rest.
I love this and i well didint cry ever because of my child hood my throat will never be the same im happy to just know this exists and even if it doesint continue it will in my heart this has been the best experience of my life
(SPOILER?) meera appears and it ends??????
sadly yes, it makes me upset too.
I did the game all over again, and i had a different result, i think there's more than 1 ending, and this one with meera probably isn't fully made
Well, I hope you're happy. You broke me. This is one of the best written, most touching stories I've ever read. 8 years is too long, there better be a sequel in the works! I need more of Amicus!
Is this the end? Nothing more? No Neferu route or epilogue?
There's much more in the works! This is merely a conclusion for this story, just be on the lookout for more!
Does that mean that there's not going to be more of Adastra?
Yeah, a sequel is (apparently) in the works right now.
Damnit this game is so good! You guys did a great job, thank you for such a great story!
Oh gosh!!! This is so awesome this is the first game that pull my tears out of my eyes. I wish you make a future stories of them i wish i will play them. This is a masterpiece! I'm so into this game i dunno how to say this. I love the artwork the story everything. 💖
See you in eight years Amicus ❤️
Man what a masterpiece! I loved and enjoyed every second of it. Thank you so much EchoProject ❤️
Thank you guys for a great story. Till the next one, chow!
My fRaGIle HoMOsExuaL HeARt
WhAT HaVe yoU dONe?!
Wait is Adastra actually done done or is there going to be more content. if not i am so sad, i wanted to see more on what happened in there lives. See what happened to our character and Amicus. If it did end end. i am truly grateful what this games was made. This game made me so happy and in love with this game. thank you for making it! <3
Just route A is done, B is next month acording to their patreon. Though i remember them saying somthing about future projects in the adastra universe.
no idea, would assume it the one going against the parents. I mean that seemed like a big choice but nothing really came of it
Great, I chose that before there was an ending. DOn't know how to feel about that. Even though, why would they revive you if you are against them. I don't feel like they would do that.
Could use you as a tool in the future to manipulate amicus in a 'do as we say or you loose the one you love' way. Honestly doesn't seem like somthing they wouldn't do.
Love, Love, Love!!! I really enjoyed everything about this experience. If only the story could go on to my heart's content. Thank you for making this labor of love.
Very interesting game, though it annoys me quite a bit at some points.
Art: My first impression is it's a little bit too "innocent" and not mature art for a "bara" game. Through out the game, there is violent that I don't feel it blends very well with the art style. Though, to be honest, after completing the game, I'm in love with Amicus. He's so adorable, and maybe hot in a way...
Gameplay: the game is pretty linear without many option, so it feels more like a animated novel than a game. And this is where it annoys me a bit. There are so many choices that I would not agree with the main character and some point I was like "huh?". Though, it could all be in the parents's plan lol.
Plot: The plot is very political heavy and involve quite some drama. You would not guess how deep the plot is with the art at a first glance. I was furious, I was shocked, I was sad, I was disappointed, but I felt love from Amicus and that's all I need.
Music: Quite good, I multitask and usually just low volume of the game, this is one of the few games that I actually use high volume because music and background noise is so soothing.
CG: the game is plot heavy and there is not much CG scene, the CG is quite ok. The sex scene is quite short imo, though it was well written.
TBH, this is not GOT plot heavy, but it is good enough that I can see it as a drama on netflix. The plot is rich, very potential and you can seriously make a season with all the missing piece of the puzzle. Now just hope some rich guy that is into furry and also happen to be a director play this game lol. Remember hunger game, bird box, are all manga ideas and was copied XD
Things I think could improve: I don't quite feel the love from Amicus to the main character is justified. There was a gap between they became close and be lovers. Then boom, Amicus cares too much about main character feelings. Like I don't see the transition from being close friend to being madly in love. There needs to be an event to trigger that. I assumed something important happened during the time skip, so I can buy that, but still. After the main event towards the ending of the game, sure, I buy that they are deeply in love, but about mid game, I don't see that.
I know it's quite impossible at this point to modify the option of the game, but I feel like though there could be so many possibilites if the main character act differently. I was hoping the MC could actually show that Earth actually knows more than them because quite frankly, they only depends on parents tech and doesn't even know how they work. Like the MC has some other important feature/skill that make him the chosen one, rather than the parents "plan" it.
The game left me many thoughts after finishing it, so it's a good game.
Where to start...This was one of the most intriguing and fascinating experiences I have had with any form of media in a long while. The story is incredibly well written with extremely likable characters and an extremely engaging plot that had me wanting more and more as it went on. While the mc could be a bit grating at times, his reactions honestly make sense and are really realistic for someone dragged off to an alien world so unexpectedly. Amicus and Neferu were the absolute highlights for me, especially Neferu who I really hope can get his own spin off to be the main love interest or the sequel will take us to his homeworld to learn more about him and his culture.
My only real complaints are fairly minor, I do feel maybe some more choices would be nice to help with the interactivity which is there presently but not by much. I also feel some more romantic/adult cgs would be nice but the ones we do have are very well done and I like them a lot.
Adastra made me almost cry 5 times from start to the end of build 15, I commend the level of love and care brought into this and I won't forget it for a long time. This is truly something special and I hope its recognition will grow. Again though...a Neferu sequel or spinoff would be amazing.
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Cuando tiempo creen que sacaran la vercion 16? O el juego en español? Es increible lo adoro y adoro a amicus porfa mejoren el juego es miy bueno y de buena historia .....ah! y agan qur las esenas de ammm 7w7 nopor sean mas hrandes y sip soy gay porfis el juego es increible y es fabuloso solo que...... ya lo drrmine y me encanto solo ......aganlo multi idiomas y que este en español es un gran juego porfis actualisenlo ala vercion 16 o asta dondr quieran el juego es fabuloso! Les doy mil gracias por crear el juego adiosito ^w^ me siento escuchado por mis herues ♡~♡
sorry dude, but your grammar is so awful that i doubt that someone can get an acurate version of what you are trying to say if they dont speak spanish, even using google translate.
hermano, intenta escribir sin errores ortograficos si se te dificulta el ingles, si no hablan español les va a ser imposible descifrar lo que intentas decir aun si usan google translate. Saludos
As a spanish speaker here I will translate:
When will the version 16 release? Or the whole game in spanish? It's incredible I love it and I love amicus please make the game better it's great and has a great story! And make the scenes of umm 7w7 (sex?) (bigger?) (couldnt translate that part) and I'm gay, please the game is incredible and fabulous just....I finished and I loved it just......make it multilanguage and make it in spanish it's a great game please update the language in version 16 or wherever the game is fabulous! A thousand thanks for creating this game bye! I feel heard by my heroes.
(btw this isnt bad grammar lots of spanish speakers like to use textspeak much like how english speakers like to as well)
When is Adastra 16 coming out to the public? Don't know how much longer I can wait.
5.8
5.8 what?
It will come out to the public on May 8.
Oh ok, I understand what you said now, thank you
I love this game it feels real and you actually sold it as a real gay romance not just a protagonist that just happened to be a guy also This happened
Kage bunshin no justu !
I guess I'll write this as sort of a pan-ultimate review/critique. You absolutely do not need to read this or take any amount of it as serious if you don't want to!
For such a extra-terrestrial story, it actually starts off very believable and sticks with both its themes and its background. I couldn't think of any glaring plotholes or situations the MC could easily weasel out of (with the exception of just outright leaving the palace for good). A gripe I've seen on this page quite a bit is how the MC is a bit grating at times and while I can agree with this, to a certain extent you have to take it in stride as he is brought to an alien world against his world. In fact, I believe this story is a very good version of what would happen in real life.
Mechanically, the VN does play well with the exception of updates screwing any manual saves (but not quick saves for some reason?) and the fast forward option is fairly consistent if not just a bit on the slow side.
I am a big fan of CG's and my only point for this VN in particular is I simply wish there were a few more romantic ones, but alas that isn't a very big issue.
All in all, actually a really well made VN. I didn't feel cheated or like this story just dodged a plot hole or didn't address something. However I would agree with the below comment of putting some sort of major emotional warning as there are certain scenes that did in fact make my blood boil, which I hope was the point.
Thanks for reading, and I look forward to update 16: Crying my eyes out!
This turned into a wall of text (sorry!) I'll post a TLDR at the end.
This game should come with a warning. It's very good. I played for about 8 hours barely stopping until had to stop because I was having an anxiety attack both from how intense the game was getting but also because of how little I'd taken care of my self. I came back to it the next day fresh and determined to make it to the end.
What an experience. I was enjoying the game immediately but was only taking it half seriously, The main character would react and I joked to myself about the dirty thing I would have said instead or the like but the game took itself seriously from the start. It takes time to set up the relationship between the MC and Amicus and gradually just as the story progressed Ilike the MC grew deep feelings for the characters in this game. It tugged my heartstrings and evoked genuine feelings of joy, despair, fulfillment and agony. It was emotional roller coaster and I was hanging on for dear life.
The art and sound were really well done. I loved the art of Amicus. He has plenty of varied expressions to help set the scene, though all characters did to be fair and there are occasional full scene artworks that are stunning.
There a few sci-fi tropes sure but they don't detract from experience and world building the game sets up. There was only one twist that came out of the blue, that felt like it only existed to create forced drama and it does serve to progress the plot well and does get explained fairly satisfactorily but at the time it was a little jarring. I did feel mostly the same way as the MC did, hurt and betrayed but I was also aware of how forced the whole situation was, so I guess part of the hurt was that the developers had stooped to that level for an emotional reaction. This is only a minor nitpick though as the whole experience was just incredible, I've read compelling VNs before but this one just steals the show.
I guess it's only to be expected, I really enjoyed Blackgate back in the day and this is from the team that formed to take on the side project to Blackgate, Echo. There's a reason why blackgate has lost momentum and basically died yet this game has far surpassed it. I haven't even tried Echo since some of the earliest builds but after playing this I will have to, though not for a while, I need time to process and sort out my head after this game.
If you are on this page looking at this game then just simply download it and play it. It's free, you would only be doing yourself a disservice by not giving it a go.
TLDR - It's an amazing, emotional game and you really should play it.