The other day I played Paths Taken, a visual novel in which the protagonist is a young noble and the childhood friend of the kingdom's prince. One day you find out that the prince has been engaged off to a princess of another country, and yadda yadda yadda.
This is your average plot in which you can romance royal or servants characters, either male or female.
You can pick the protagonist's gender at the start of the game, but this choice is of no importance and doesn't end up changing anything storywise.
The most annoying thing happens when more than two or three characters need to appear on screen. They make their appearance on screen through a quick transition from the right, replacing the previous sprite that was there. There's no fade-in or immediate replacement. During conversations, the characters get replaced with this quick transition at any line they have. This makes a good recipe for a headache since it happens multiple times throughout the game.
There's also only one CG.
Overall, the plot and romances were too short for me to care for them. I'd suggest playing Hanako's The Confines of the Crown instead, which has a more interesting story and is better done.
Description
Emory is an 18 year old noble of Sharan, a wealthy kingdom made even wealthier by Emory's father, an entrepreneur and prolific business man who's been the king's aid for all things finance for years. As such, Emory is best friends with the king's only child, Cordelian, a 19 year old boy who's being prepped to take over the kingdom. Along with Cordelian, Emory spends their days with Lisia, their personal maid, and Marco, Cordelian's butler.
However, Emory's daily, carefree life gets a small wrench in it when he finally meets the princess of a neighboring, rival country, and finds out that Cordelian and her are engaged...
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Very short visual novel made in Unity by an indie Swedish group. It's obviously about cats and set in Paris.
The protagonist has a roommate which seems to be depressed and overworked by school. Your goal is to try to help your friend heal thanks to your common interest—cats!
Throughout the story you meet and can approach three different stray cats and it's up to you to figure how to befriend them. The more you befriend, the better the ending you get.
This is such a pretty game with pretty art and a good enough story despite being short. Children can safely play this with no issues.
The downside of this title is the engine: there is no skip function (very annoying when you have to go through the same text at least three times), you cannot save when you want and can rely on autosave only, so I'd suggest to try and complete it all in one sitting.
Description
Set in Paris, Cateau is a visual novel that takes the idea of friendship and investigates it through a particular lens–what it might take to actually be a friend in more than concept alone.
As the protagonist, you come to understand that your friend and roommate Roselle is unwell. You take it upon yourself to try and rekindle that spark of life that seems to have gone out by engaging in one of her former interests, cats. While sauntering up and down the cozy streets of the City of Lights, whether it be to get to work, run errands, or simply enjoy the town, you will come to encounter three distinctly different cats. Their personalities being fundamentally unlike one another, it's up to you to enter unfamiliar waters, figuring them out as you attempt to bring your friend back. The multiple, varied endings give each choice, big or small, tangible consequence.
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=( News came that the sequel game in the The Waters Above series got cancelled, so that's going to remain a standalone title. It's rare for me to find a project that catches my interest in a such way that one did. Just my luck! =(((