A HOG with no steam achievement and fits pagywosg theme, ofc I'm gonna play it. :3 This one is quite good at the start with all the different mechanics like collecting evidence via taking photos, analyzing them and putting them on evidence board, and also an upgrade system to the tools you have which is very neat. But I feel like the game overstayed its welcome, with later level's item use solution becoming more and more nonsensical and minigames becoming more and more annoying. Surprisingly the voice acting in this one is pretty good, and the story line is actually alright unlike what the reviews might've implied. Although that could just be me playing quite a few "modern HOGs" that have horrible voice acting and even more silly story lines so my bar is low. lol I have to say despite the mc being a detective he feels like a criminal with breaking and stealing, blowing things up and just did so many illegal things that he should also be locked away. xD

I did encounter a few crashes, but since the game properly saves my progress so I didn't lose any, I don't really mind that much. Overall I'd say I enjoyed the game. :3

This is such a charming and wholesome game. :D You go around taking pictures and helping people with various tasks. There's cute and silly creatures, gorgeous scenery despite the cutesy art style and more importantly I can really feel the love put into this game by the devs. Ngl when the achievement pop for taking photo of all of the dev's pets in the game I got a little emotional. :3 And the extra post-game area is just so charming. I love it! If you own a game, go play it!

This is an ultimate fan-service game and I love it for that. To the Moon series has been with me for so long and the stories resonate with me so deeply(in particular Finding Paradise) that just seeing the characters being happy and enjoying their time and all these subtle references made me cry so many times. And the final speech just hit me so hard. I love it.

Actually bought and played it when this came out 5 months ago, but cried so many times and then kinda was not emotionally well enough to reenter. lol Mostly a me issue tho, and a lot of the tears were a mixture of happy and sad tears. I'd highly recommend the game if you've played all of the games and are a huge fan of them, but on its own it doesn't really stand as well as the other games. For me it's awesome tho. <3

This game was quite boring tbh. It reads very much like a propaganda piece to promote Japanese tourism but in the worst possible way, because the characters just speak like they're reciting things from tourist guides a lot of times. I guess it might be a product of its time because of the year(2011) it was released? But still, I'd like to not have those guides but instead focus on the two main characters, even just writing out them and the mc actually having fun in the museums and temples would be nice, instead of just telling us what it is and then the next thing they say is "oh it's was fun" WHAT'S WAS FUN TELL ME. >.> The only interesting part is towards the end where Akira opened up a bit more, out of nowhere tho I don't know what prompted her to do that. And then there's a stupid drama that doesn't make sense and then somehow Akira and mc like each other now and she kissed him near the end out of nowhere and now they are dating??? Felt like a missed an episode or something. Also, the fact that achievements and QOL feature like changing the resolution(yes I played in a small ass window, that did not help the game) are locked behind a paid DLC is unacceptable. Don't recommend this, just play some other more interesting visual novels instead.

Why does all the pictures in this game look so weird? lol The cats just look very uncanny, or they're uncomfortable or something. If this game didn't come out in 2016 I would definitely suspect it of AI generation, but given AI images wasn't really that big(and useful) at that time, I'm now worried that the cats were actually not well taken care of? Or idk, maybe I just don't know cats much, or something, since I don't own/have someone around me that owns a cat.

As for the actual gameplay, there's no save state in the puzzle so you'll have to finish a puzzle in one sitting or lose your progress. Fortunately the pieces aren't that many so it works. The first few puzzles of a set also has outlines of the pieces drawn out for you so it's more of a "find the right shape for the piece" which I actually quite like. It's a different kinda feeling for sure, although I did solely focus on the shape and often don't pay much mind to the pictures for that. Other than that it's just kinda a meh jigsaw puzzle game.