The first chapter of this game is free, and I have it in my library somehow, so I decided to give it a try. I know nothing beforehand btw. After playing this game, I kinda understand the appeal of VNs. This game has a lovely pixel art style. Character expressions are also done very well through it which makes dialogues believable. The writing is also pretty good, which I assume is very important for VNs.

The main character of the first chapter is a college student studying music. The whole episode is about her getting a composer's block, and her professor suggesting she go to one of his cabins in the woods to find inspirations. It all started quite normal(although her mentor is a little bit too excited at times), but when I saw the first nightmare I was like: "Is this kinda a mystery thing where she gets drugged by her professor and the reason he insists she goes there is because of that? " since I got suspicious when Leos called. That'll be really interesting actually, but alas I was disappointed.That is just a nightmare and it's just a normal story about her hitting obstacles and overcoming it. Not really that interesting, but also not really that boring. I like the writing and the way characters express their feelings tho. Overall, quite an enjoyable experience. I think one of the reasons why I can't really get into VNs is that some of them only has a fixed portrait and it's hard for me to visualize the expression and stuff. The visualization and the median of game can be good and bad at the same time, since I will be distracted by it. But in Aviary Attorney it's quite ok, and in this game they did it really well. Oh and, tried very hard to get the last achievement but I followed the guide and tried out another few variations but no luck, so I just gave up. :P

This one is for the monthly theme, which is spooky~So yeah, expect biased review. This one tbh I've put it on my wishlist for a while before getting it. I got intrigued by its visual style and it seemed interesting so I wistlisted it. Didn't know it was horror tho, but since I wishlisted it I thought why not try it out for the monthly theme?

Note that I used guides for the game since I don't want to wonder around aimlessly and get scared. However, this is actually a really nice game. I kinda get why some games use horror as an element now. If a game has horror in it, players will be constantly on edge, thus resulting in higher concentration and greater ability to notice details. Using this, player will be more engaged in the story. When I first got into college, there's an event to welcome freshman and our seniors prepared a haunted house for us. I was(and still am) a scaredy cat so I practically hid behind my partner the entire time. However when we're done with it and the discussion of stories happened, I was super into it. Although I was super scared when in the scene, when it's over everything just seems far more interesting and engaging. I can remember certain aspects that I inadvertently and unavoidably saw and piece them together. This game is kinda the same. If it didn't have horror aspect in it, I probably wouldn't enjoy it as much since its story is very vague. But I still grasped what it's trying to tell tho(except the end, like, wat. The achievement for finishing the game "I don't get it" perfectly described my feeling), and it makes perfect sense for there to be horror since the main character is just a boy. And that is the principle cuz the finale feature very much no horror at all(except one jumpscare). The visual style is as good as I thought it would be especially at the start with the TV monster. Vibrant color contrast looks great. I like it.

Overall, I quite enjoy the game, and it was not that scary so that's great.