A few questions about this game

[Flow]

So this is one of the most recommended VN ever made and I wanna play it.
But before that I have a few questions:
1. Are there any bad endings in this game?
2. Do the outcomes of your choices make sense/are reasonable?
3. Will any of the characters die at a later point in the story?
4. Do you need a guide to play it?
This is supposed to be a very long game and I kind of don't know how to approach it so any help is appreciated.

[ASGeek2012]

Hi. I'm still in the process of playing the game myself so I haven't quite finished it, but I can offer my findings so far.

Yes, there are bad endings in this game. There's a sort of "standard" bad end that you get if you wind up on no one's route or mess up a route early, and some have bad ends more tailored to that route. But there's no "penalty" for getting a bad end (well, other than any emotional impact). You just reload your game and try again.

I find that most outcomes seem to make sense. Sometimes you don't know that a decision is important right away, and you may have to replay a route to get it right. It's a very complex game that takes some patience to get through. Fortunately, there are these things going for this game:
- You have 100 save slots, so you could conceivably save at each decision point
- You have a means to rewind back to the previous decision
- The game's metadata tracks what text you've read independent of your saves, so you can quickly replay a route to make a different decision by fast-forwarding through text you've read.

I've only completed four routes so far, but no one's died in any of them. That's only a fraction of the story, so I don't know what lies ahead.

You don't strictly NEED a guide. I'm trying it without a guide. Some people use a guide because they just want to see the story right away.

And yes, this is a very long game. It's not a game you can play over a single weekend unless you were rigidly following a guide and are a speed-reader.

[Flow]

Thanks! I'll keep that in mind when I play. I'm not a fan of spending hours reading and getting a bad ending so I'll use a guide to avoid them.

[月之忧痕]

Good questions and answers,and it really helps me a lot!

[tompsf1]

Nice one!