Recent reviews by Maou

goodge

long time key fan, reads like modern key (rewrite) but has a really classic key feeling true route (alka) that really made everything worthwhile.

anji mains eating rn

Combining SRPGs with roguelites in the way the last spell did it is a real cool idea. The stressful SRPG earlygame is (usually) one of the most interesting parts of playing the games, and then they typically fall off in difficulty, maybe due to bad scaling or a concern that the player will get stuck.

There's no concern about that here, constant high pressure waves where good combos/builds feel insanely good even if you end up losing. Constantly optimizing really feels like it matters

mashiro is cute

KINNIKU KINNIKU

Gameplay elements get boring fairly quickly, but doesn't matter this version of the game has dual audio VoHiYo.

I read a decent amount of visual novels and I've been wanting to read this for a VERY long time but never really got the chance. Saw it was released on Friday, purchased it and now my weekend just vanished. I enjoyed the game a lot - the characters were (mostly) all very interesting, the music was alright but fit the atmosphere well, the artstyle was very interesting even though it appeared low quality at first, and the plot progression was solid to the point where I never felt uninterested what would happen next.

My few complaints are that the game really holds your hand a lot (especially if you aren't playing on the hardest difficulty where it still does it anyways), giving you heaps of hints. At some point it felt like I almost didn't need to try myself to solve the mystery because of how many hints were being given directly to you by other characters. Also, if you've read mystery novels, you may see certain twists coming a mile away that may ruin the experience a bit, but despite all this I still overall enjoyed it.