Lemme start this by saying I don't normally play visual novels, and not because I don't like them. But because this was the most genuine, gut wrenching, and realistic feeling of forbidden romance that I have ever felt. I don't normally feel much emotion towards anything but when I tell you that it managed to get even ME to cry by the end of it you best believe it was something of an experience. The bait is there from the start, you can tell who the target audience is and yet it manages to make all of that completely irrelevant by the end of it all and create a story and a universe in depth enough to be worthy of its own awards. Maybe I'm playing it up a bit much but by god did they make a character that for a couple years now I didn't think I would find very appealing to a genuinely believable, kind, and caring person through just words and a couple character assets alone. I really don't know how else I could put it; this reignited my love for story-telling and visual novels all together, and yet it leaves you with a feeling that it should be your last. That if you moved on to another it would spoil the experience. I am afraid to play another one, worried that I could somehow betray the very story I was provided with such grace. I would 100% recommend this game to anyone 18+. It is both a beautiful and well put together experience I can't imagine a lot of people would forget.
hey, with some phones dropping support for 32-bit apps (like mine 😅), would it be simple to adjust the release so that it supports 64-bit, or would it be a big hassle?
I've gotta say, this was my first real vn, previous ones weren't really a full romance vn, but used the style to explain the plot (Persona 3 for example), so I was unsure of what to expect, kinda thought it would boring, that I would just bust a nut and leave, but damn I was wrong.
I was day and night reading since I'm a slow reader, have difficult concentrating, and english is not my first language, thou, every hour I spent on this game happened to be faster, and faster, till I get used to read in a good pace. Amicus really made me engaged fast, I kinda hated him at first, wishing for an option where I could kick his balls again, but the time just made him seem like a good guy. By the time I came to the palace, the fight over the throne made me get staring at the screen, the plot seemed really interesting, and so the characters.
After hour and hour everything hit me so hard as rock, the misogyny, homophobia, religion, conquer, existensialism, appeared out of nowhere, and even thou managed to make it seem like it was obvious this things would be questioned.
At the end of the game I coulnd't drop a single tear, kinda spoiled me the final (not everthing, but the last image) plus, I believe this game is more enjoyable if Marco (mc) wasn't really a nameable character (don't know if that word exist), Marco is his own thing, has his own development and makes his own decissions alongside his unique personality, so yeah, named him after my nickname was a bad idea, sometimes I would get angry about marco's actions not representing what I wanted, It was a matter of time to understand that this history was about Marco and Amicus, and not you x Amicus.
Even thou I didn't cry, it made me kinda sad. 10/10 my new monthly obsession.
Bro thank you for putting it to words, I would get so frustrated with Marco because he was so opinionated, which isn't really a good thing for a self-insert MC. I too had to realize later in the game that Marco is his own person, not someone for me to experience the game through.
One of the few VNs I actually gave a chance to. Most of them were just quick "pick your date" types, but I always wanted more. Discovered this group and their projects, and gave this one a try.
Surprise, another one that I liked a lot. I think the single "route" focus is actually a good thing. It helps focus the plot instead of scattering it through many other plots, leaving you with more room to think about it and well, more time to enjoy a big wolf who's trying to change for the better for you to like him. I think that's sweet, and it works. It doesn't have to be mind bending or something provocative, and it doesn't try to be. That's what ultimately makes Adastra, well, in a word, nice. The music is also well done, gotta say.
I'll be looking forward to more projects relating to it. I wish everyone involved all the best!
wow this is an easy 10/10, what an amazing story... ive never felt like this before in my experience playing a visual novel game, its crazy immersive...this vn really touched me, right here in my meow meow
I just finished it I see some people talk about it and I gave it a shot even if I don't really like visual novels and this is nice it's good story wise not the best thing I've read but it's not even close to be worse (especially some like me who literally able to consume every content when bored I have seen much much worse) I didn't able to cry even tho that was the actual reason I started I haven't able to cry properly in months and maybe over a year but I can see people crying non stop only negative actually non negative thing I wanted to see our return and amicus look etc I wanted lil bit more
Said this already in a review for the devs, but let the world see.
It takes a hell of a movie to move me to tears. I've never cried for a book before. I cried for Adastra. What a wild ride of emotions.
I'd seen Adastra recommended in a few different places, but I was skeptical about a human-furry romance, which isn't usually my kind of thing. Now I'm more than convinced.
My only complaint is that the script could have used another pass or two from a copy editor to fix typos and the like. But it's hard to complain about the writing when it's one of the most riveting things I've ever read. I came away from the experience feeling, appropriately, like I'd just lived an entire other life. I only knew these characters for a short while, but I feel like it will be many years before the hole they've left behind can be filled.
Reader of this comment, if you are even remotely considering downloading Adastra, do it. It's worth it.
I cried so hard from this, it was absolutely breathtakingly stunning the whole way through. The plot twists, the romance, the drama, EVERYTHING!!! I literally cannot cope with this being the end of this story. Excuse me while I go continue crying. 😭😭😭😭😭
I gave in my review many praises to this VN and if you who is reading this feel any doubts i plead you to cast them aside and not miss one of the best works of arts, you are missing out on good quality work here.
I've never been a fan of visual novels but I have to say this one has won me over. There's not much player choice but that's fine; a well-crafted guided narrative is easily worth the tradeoff of having dozens of meaningless choice prompts.
I do wish the main character was a little less of a cipher; you don't get to be a very active participant in the relationship with Amicus, so a few scenes of preparing some romantic gestures for Amicus instead of solely being on the receiving end of them (which, to be fair, is still nice) would flesh it out nicely.
The writing is a little inconsistent chapter to chapter; some chapters are very well written and proofread while others are scattered with typos and clumsy granmar; a symptom of the episodic release structure, I suppose.
All in all, I highly recommend it as a story that incites such a wide range of emotion with some excellent art and characters.
im in love with this story, the writing is amazing and all the characters are complex and really interesting. great world building, art, and music. im looking forward to reading future installments!!
Damn. Came here with plenty of experience. Echo is among many (which I looooove so fricking much) , but damn. I really didn't like this one for sure. Player is unable to act almost at all due to the lack of choice moments and the way he acts on his own is like an amoeba. You are designed to fell for the wolf but what if I don't? The fact that I can't act and just blindly suck for him is annoying 😁. Feels like Life is Strange 1 where people expect you to love Chloe but she is just unlikable character. At least there you have a choice. Yeah. Sorry for my rumbling but I guess this is what comment section is for. Hopefully no one is offended. Again. Echo was a blast, that made me feel whole spectrum of emotion at their peak. I should also mentioned that I haven't finished Adastra yet, but I think I am somewhat far enough in the story to get an essence. Still gonna finish it I suppose, to be more objective. So, might delete my comment if it crushes my pretty bad expectations.
Loved this story so much that it inspired me to read it, out loud, on the internet for others to listen to. I'm not the first and won't be the last person to do a reading of this visual novel, but here are some links:
Why do you keep saying about wolf tails "thrashing back and forth" when they are anxious or irritated? It's feline body language! An anxious canine would pace around the room, slouch, lower their ears and possibly wag the tip of their tail if asks for something.
The "people like you" part of your reply already says enough. As for your insightful revelation about the people of Adastra not being "1:1 animal-like" - them being not like the animals of Earth doesn't cancel their species heritage, and the body language of people whose ancestors were felines looks out of place on canines.
I've come across this game so many times in the past, all acclaiming that this would bring me to tears, so I decided to give it a shot...
Holy shit I didn't expect this to break me on so many levels that I almost feel like something's wrong with me. For the past few days I've spent playing this I've been full of melancholy. Hence, I swear it was a mistake immersing myself in the whole setting but I do not regret that choice at all. No piece of fiction has ever made me go through the same emotions that I did during this; there's only a handful of moments IRL that have done the same.
This sure deserves a spot in my heart even after practically obliterating it. I love this so much that I really can't describe it. <3
Okay, silly little question and also spoiler's Ig .
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So you know after we kinda get our throat's slit and it get's replaced by parent tech? Well does that mean we have a higher vocal range? Like I think it would be pretty cool to be finally able to sing those stupid whistle note's, and if we do, do you think we sound like a vocaloid or something? Like, I would love to make a banger cover of "Hello World" if I could make my voice sound like BMO.
Oh fuck! I made an oop's already when I came up with my first character's name. You see, when I was downloading the game, I did a little research on what the game was like. I heard that the game might have different ending's so I decided that I would make three character's (I would make more if there were more than three ending's). Those characters names would be Roux (good ending if there was one), Alex (neutral ending if there was one), and Milo (bad ending if there was one). I decided I would start with Alex (the neutral ending) that way I understood what the game was like. Not wanting to spoil too much I decided to not look into the character's, so I didn't know that Alexios/Alex existed. So I load up the game and everything was going fine, I choose my character name and continue on with the story, but of course Alexios had to show up throwing off my balance. And I know the game wasn't expecting to have someone accidently choose one of the character's names, but the fact that no one acknowledges it is almost unnerving. Of course, I still love the game, but oh my god is it weird!
I could do an entire multi-hour long modern day pyrocynical styled review of this game and it wouldn't even come close to how accurately this one picture and the word fuck describes the feelings it leaves you with.
Does this build still have the ending where you end up meeting someone else in void when try to talk to the monitor before the MC return to earth. The reason why i am asking because they appear again in khemia.
im having a similar issue using linux too. im using a low-end laptop so it may just be a hardware issue on my end lol. but im able to run "remember the flowers" why wont adastra work!!1!
This game is simply amazing, i came in straight, came out a mess that doesn't know if he's bi, gay or straight. My expectations were too low, this is THE BEST VN i have read so far. No others quite made me cry like this one. I removed the porn so i was a bit spoiled of the end but still surprised me, and even with NO PORN this masterpiece turned me bi or something i still don't know. I have read some other NSFW VN's before, they felt soulless the main character just coming across a beautiful woman or man and then dating them with no effort and boom went straight to fucking like rabbits, this one you gotta read to get to the juicy parts, this VN is so immaculate that i couldn't tell its true rating through words.
TL;DR : Go read this VN its exquisite and rich of story.
Holy crap! If this VN can make a man question his sexuality than you know it has to be good! But now I'm also kind of invested in figuring out the outcome of your strange questioning debacle. Have you had any luck with that whole thing or?
this game is currently destroying me. i'm almost done and ugh. i might update this comment when i finally finish the game but just trust me. this game is so good.
upd: just finished the game and got one of the good endings. i cried, i laughed, i got hurt but in the end i feel... good? i feel relief. everything will be okay. everything will go as planned.
this is the best visual novel i have ever experienced.
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i love the game
i have to say that this is the best VN ive ever read:')))
however, i really need to see the later scence after 8 years:')))))
Lemme start this by saying I don't normally play visual novels, and not because I don't like them. But because this was the most genuine, gut wrenching, and realistic feeling of forbidden romance that I have ever felt. I don't normally feel much emotion towards anything but when I tell you that it managed to get even ME to cry by the end of it you best believe it was something of an experience. The bait is there from the start, you can tell who the target audience is and yet it manages to make all of that completely irrelevant by the end of it all and create a story and a universe in depth enough to be worthy of its own awards. Maybe I'm playing it up a bit much but by god did they make a character that for a couple years now I didn't think I would find very appealing to a genuinely believable, kind, and caring person through just words and a couple character assets alone. I really don't know how else I could put it; this reignited my love for story-telling and visual novels all together, and yet it leaves you with a feeling that it should be your last. That if you moved on to another it would spoil the experience. I am afraid to play another one, worried that I could somehow betray the very story I was provided with such grace. I would 100% recommend this game to anyone 18+. It is both a beautiful and well put together experience I can't imagine a lot of people would forget.
hey, with some phones dropping support for 32-bit apps (like mine 😅), would it be simple to adjust the release so that it supports 64-bit, or would it be a big hassle?
I've gotta say, this was my first real vn, previous ones weren't really a full romance vn, but used the style to explain the plot (Persona 3 for example), so I was unsure of what to expect, kinda thought it would boring, that I would just bust a nut and leave, but damn I was wrong.
I was day and night reading since I'm a slow reader, have difficult concentrating, and english is not my first language, thou, every hour I spent on this game happened to be faster, and faster, till I get used to read in a good pace. Amicus really made me engaged fast, I kinda hated him at first, wishing for an option where I could kick his balls again, but the time just made him seem like a good guy. By the time I came to the palace, the fight over the throne made me get staring at the screen, the plot seemed really interesting, and so the characters.
After hour and hour everything hit me so hard as rock, the misogyny, homophobia, religion, conquer, existensialism, appeared out of nowhere, and even thou managed to make it seem like it was obvious this things would be questioned.
At the end of the game I coulnd't drop a single tear, kinda spoiled me the final (not everthing, but the last image) plus, I believe this game is more enjoyable if Marco (mc) wasn't really a nameable character (don't know if that word exist), Marco is his own thing, has his own development and makes his own decissions alongside his unique personality, so yeah, named him after my nickname was a bad idea, sometimes I would get angry about marco's actions not representing what I wanted, It was a matter of time to understand that this history was about Marco and Amicus, and not you x Amicus.
Even thou I didn't cry, it made me kinda sad. 10/10 my new monthly obsession.
Bro thank you for putting it to words, I would get so frustrated with Marco because he was so opinionated, which isn't really a good thing for a self-insert MC. I too had to realize later in the game that Marco is his own person, not someone for me to experience the game through.
One of the few VNs I actually gave a chance to. Most of them were just quick "pick your date" types, but I always wanted more. Discovered this group and their projects, and gave this one a try.
Surprise, another one that I liked a lot. I think the single "route" focus is actually a good thing. It helps focus the plot instead of scattering it through many other plots, leaving you with more room to think about it and well, more time to enjoy a big wolf who's trying to change for the better for you to like him. I think that's sweet, and it works. It doesn't have to be mind bending or something provocative, and it doesn't try to be. That's what ultimately makes Adastra, well, in a word, nice. The music is also well done, gotta say.
I'll be looking forward to more projects relating to it. I wish everyone involved all the best!
wow this is an easy 10/10, what an amazing story... ive never felt like this before in my experience playing a visual novel game, its crazy immersive...this vn really touched me, right here in my meow meow
I just finished it I see some people talk about it and I gave it a shot even if I don't really like visual novels and this is nice it's good story wise not the best thing I've read but it's not even close to be worse (especially some like me who literally able to consume every content when bored I have seen much much worse) I didn't able to cry even tho that was the actual reason I started I haven't able to cry properly in months and maybe over a year but I can see people crying non stop only negative actually non negative thing I wanted to see our return and amicus look etc I wanted lil bit more
Said this already in a review for the devs, but let the world see.
It takes a hell of a movie to move me to tears. I've never cried for a book before. I cried for Adastra. What a wild ride of emotions.
I'd seen Adastra recommended in a few different places, but I was skeptical about a human-furry romance, which isn't usually my kind of thing. Now I'm more than convinced.
My only complaint is that the script could have used another pass or two from a copy editor to fix typos and the like. But it's hard to complain about the writing when it's one of the most riveting things I've ever read. I came away from the experience feeling, appropriately, like I'd just lived an entire other life. I only knew these characters for a short while, but I feel like it will be many years before the hole they've left behind can be filled.
Reader of this comment, if you are even remotely considering downloading Adastra, do it. It's worth it.
ABS dont exist, ABS dont exist, there is only Amicus belly
I mean nefuru has abs and we see him in action too
Well, yeah, but its dont save situation
i religiously replay this vn every december 1st and it's almost time!!!
This visual novel makes me want more 😭😭😭😭😭
why the end touched me so bad? when i think about it im almost cry all the timeeee.
My whole entire fucking HEART!!!!! 😭😭😭😭😭
I cried so hard from this, it was absolutely breathtakingly stunning the whole way through. The plot twists, the romance, the drama, EVERYTHING!!! I literally cannot cope with this being the end of this story. Excuse me while I go continue crying. 😭😭😭😭😭
I gave in my review many praises to this VN and if you who is reading this feel any doubts i plead you to cast them aside and not miss one of the best works of arts, you are missing out on good quality work here.
I've never been a fan of visual novels but I have to say this one has won me over. There's not much player choice but that's fine; a well-crafted guided narrative is easily worth the tradeoff of having dozens of meaningless choice prompts.
I do wish the main character was a little less of a cipher; you don't get to be a very active participant in the relationship with Amicus, so a few scenes of preparing some romantic gestures for Amicus instead of solely being on the receiving end of them (which, to be fair, is still nice) would flesh it out nicely.
The writing is a little inconsistent chapter to chapter; some chapters are very well written and proofread while others are scattered with typos and clumsy granmar; a symptom of the episodic release structure, I suppose.
All in all, I highly recommend it as a story that incites such a wide range of emotion with some excellent art and characters.
im in love with this story, the writing is amazing and all the characters are complex and really interesting. great world building, art, and music. im looking forward to reading future installments!!
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Damn. Came here with plenty of experience. Echo is among many (which I looooove so fricking much) , but damn. I really didn't like this one for sure. Player is unable to act almost at all due to the lack of choice moments and the way he acts on his own is like an amoeba. You are designed to fell for the wolf but what if I don't? The fact that I can't act and just blindly suck for him is annoying 😁. Feels like Life is Strange 1 where people expect you to love Chloe but she is just unlikable character. At least there you have a choice. Yeah. Sorry for my rumbling but I guess this is what comment section is for. Hopefully no one is offended. Again. Echo was a blast, that made me feel whole spectrum of emotion at their peak. I should also mentioned that I haven't finished Adastra yet, but I think I am somewhat far enough in the story to get an essence. Still gonna finish it I suppose, to be more objective. So, might delete my comment if it crushes my pretty bad expectations.
Update: Nah. It's unbearable. Not my cup of tea.
I love this VN. It left a hole in my heart and I don't even care, I hope to never forget it. I would die for this dumb wolf <3
Loved this story so much that it inspired me to read it, out loud, on the internet for others to listen to. I'm not the first and won't be the last person to do a reading of this visual novel, but here are some links:
Part 2: https://youtu.be/SJ4pCHMee6g
Part 3: https://youtu.be/2SaRmAM4MvU
Part 4: https://youtu.be/R-GRwdTKqTg
Part 5: https://youtu.be/canoD1nD0KE
Why do you keep saying about wolf tails "thrashing back and forth" when they are anxious or irritated? It's feline body language! An anxious canine would pace around the room, slouch, lower their ears and possibly wag the tip of their tail if asks for something.
The "people like you" part of your reply already says enough. As for your insightful revelation about the people of Adastra not being "1:1 animal-like" - them being not like the animals of Earth doesn't cancel their species heritage, and the body language of people whose ancestors were felines looks out of place on canines.
I've come across this game so many times in the past, all acclaiming that this would bring me to tears, so I decided to give it a shot...
Holy shit I didn't expect this to break me on so many levels that I almost feel like something's wrong with me. For the past few days I've spent playing this I've been full of melancholy. Hence, I swear it was a mistake immersing myself in the whole setting but I do not regret that choice at all. No piece of fiction has ever made me go through the same emotions that I did during this; there's only a handful of moments IRL that have done the same.
This sure deserves a spot in my heart even after practically obliterating it. I love this so much that I really can't describe it. <3
I didn't play this game, I succumbed to it. o_o
Okay, silly little question and also spoiler's Ig
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So you know after we kinda get our throat's slit and it get's replaced by parent tech? Well does that mean we have a higher vocal range? Like I think it would be pretty cool to be finally able to sing those stupid whistle note's, and if we do, do you think we sound like a vocaloid or something? Like, I would love to make a banger cover of "Hello World" if I could make my voice sound like BMO.
Oh fuck! I made an oop's already when I came up with my first character's name. You see, when I was downloading the game, I did a little research on what the game was like. I heard that the game might have different ending's so I decided that I would make three character's (I would make more if there were more than three ending's). Those characters names would be Roux (good ending if there was one), Alex (neutral ending if there was one), and Milo (bad ending if there was one). I decided I would start with Alex (the neutral ending) that way I understood what the game was like. Not wanting to spoil too much I decided to not look into the character's, so I didn't know that Alexios/Alex existed. So I load up the game and everything was going fine, I choose my character name and continue on with the story, but of course Alexios had to show up throwing off my balance. And I know the game wasn't expecting to have someone accidently choose one of the character's names, but the fact that no one acknowledges it is almost unnerving. Of course, I still love the game, but oh my god is it weird!
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fuck.
This how mfs feel after finishing the game (im one of them)
I could do an entire multi-hour long modern day pyrocynical styled review of this game and it wouldn't even come close to how accurately this one picture and the word fuck describes the feelings it leaves you with.
Absolutely loved adastra.
One of the greats! Still lives in my memory vividly I got a bit too attached to this world which rarely happens .
i got too attached to amicus, and i was so fucking sad for an entire week cause the game had ended
Hey just wanted to know can I romance more people?
lguém sabe o que aconteceu com esse jogo Rainoff Camp
Does this build still have the ending where you end up meeting someone else in void when try to talk to the monitor before the MC return to earth. The reason why i am asking because they appear again in khemia.
Oh ok. So how do i end up getting the scene.
Im playing on linux and the game won't load no matter how long I keep the tab open. can someone tell me what is going on
im having a similar issue using linux too. im using a low-end laptop so it may just be a hardware issue on my end lol. but im able to run "remember the flowers" why wont adastra work!!1!
I think it may be because adastra is finished
The other vn that Im having an issue playing is nekojishi and its also is finished
are you getting the hardware warning? some ren'py games act weird when not launched in fullscreen, such as not using hardware acceleration.
it does not give me a fullscreen button but it replaces it with a "float" button
I wish I could escape into this story again
This game is simply amazing, i came in straight, came out a mess that doesn't know if he's bi, gay or straight. My expectations were too low, this is THE BEST VN i have read so far. No others quite made me cry like this one. I removed the porn so i was a bit spoiled of the end but still surprised me, and even with NO PORN this masterpiece turned me bi or something i still don't know. I have read some other NSFW VN's before, they felt soulless the main character just coming across a beautiful woman or man and then dating them with no effort and boom went straight to fucking like rabbits, this one you gotta read to get to the juicy parts, this VN is so immaculate that i couldn't tell its true rating through words.
TL;DR : Go read this VN its exquisite and rich of story.
Holy crap! If this VN can make a man question his sexuality than you know it has to be good! But now I'm also kind of invested in figuring out the outcome of your strange questioning debacle. Have you had any luck with that whole thing or?
I read the comment below and am gonna try this for the first time. Played FBTW hope this ones good
this game is currently destroying me. i'm almost done and ugh. i might update this comment when i finally finish the game but just trust me. this game is so good.
upd: just finished the game and got one of the good endings. i cried, i laughed, i got hurt but in the end i feel... good? i feel relief. everything will be okay. everything will go as planned.
this is the best visual novel i have ever experienced.