4 hours playtime
1 of 1 achievements
I started and finished To the Moon yesterday. I had no idea what the game was about – I may have read, it seemed familiar, but I must have forgotten – and wow, that was unexpectedly great.
The game is labelled “adventure” in the Steam store, and it kinda is, but it’s so light on the “active gameplay” and so much focused on the story, it could just as well be a kinetic VN. (Disclaimer: I still haven’t played a VN, so that’s probably not what those are at all. … don’t listen to me.) I probably wouldn’t have played it (yet) if I had known before, but I’m glad I did.
… still have to play the two free “minisodes” for the game before I’ll mark it completed. Guess I’ll do that tomorrow, or maybe even today if they are really short. … and then, maybe I’ll play a real VN. Because writing this I realized I probably should, just so I know what I’m talking about next time. :)
I haven’t played the minisodes yet, are they any good (if you’ve played them by now)?
For a VN - try Hatoful Boyfriend, if you have it. Not everybody likes it, but I think it’s weird enough to keep you (general you, don’t know about you personally) interested until the truly weird stuff happens. (I might also be biased because so far Hatoful is the only VN I’ve finished …)
The minisodes are … pretty light and a little strange, but not bad. Nice and meaningless story, a minigame and a new mystery without conclusion. Too vague for me to even begin pondering explanations – no idea if it will be picked up in the sequel, probably not.
I don’t have Hatoful Boyfriend, so I’ll go for Orion: A Sci-Fi Visual Novel. Douglas gave it to me some months ago – just like that, I didn’t win his GA and he decided I needed to play it anyway … that was a really nice surprise.