I'm impressed. I didn't expect Caffeine: Victoria's Legacy to have such a huge impact on me that I couldn't stop reading and literally finished the true route in one go. To be honest, I'm not even fond of coffee in general, let alone how to brew them. Luckily, it's pretty obvious that whilst being one of the main themes in the visual novel, it's not the only thing it revolves around. On the other hand, I expected that this game would turn out to be another generic dating sim but it turned out to be much more than that. I found myself in a rollercoaster full of emotions I never wanted to end.


Caffeine: Victoria's Legacy opens with Taka Knight looking for his mother who mysteriously disappeared when he was small. Finally deciding to look for his happiness, he happens to find a clue where his mother might be. Thus, he finds himself in an airplane trying to verify the hint, however, everything goes terribly wrong when he meets a stranger who offers him cold coffee. Suddenly, the airplane ends up crashing, and just when Taka considered himself dead, he wakes up in an unfamiliar bed. Oddly enough, he finds himself in the very same café his mother and father used to own. Evidently, he notices that he was in another world where everything revolves around coffee.


As aforementioned, Caffeine: Victoria's Legacy does indeed implement romance, however, I found that this genre was rather in the background for most routes. So, what does that mean? Although this visual novel is a dating sim, it focuses on the characters and the plot much more. In the beginning, everything was messy as even Taka had no clue what was going on. I could perfectly understand his confusion, especially as it's simply odd that a world would revolve around coffee that much. Luckily, I could easily accept that aspect of the game and it felt natural after a while.

You see, even though the concept sounds weird at first, Caffeine: Victoria's Legacy is so detailed and thus, it was easy for me to dive into this supernatural world. The plot goes way back and has its own history which made everything even more believable for me. Although I have no idea about coffee, this game does explain a lot of different kinds of them and how to brew them. And it's so convincing that I believed every word of the explanations without actually looking them up. By that, I mean that the world Caffeine: Victoria's Legacy created felt so genuine that I had a lot of fun going through the plot.

However, a minor issue I had with this part of the game was that whilst I found the detailed explanations of coffee quite interesting at first, I ended up just wanting to find out more about the mysteries and story, instead of reading through the process of coffee, which wasn't even something I was interested in before. Sure, some aspects and puns were funny once in a while, but sometimes I just wanted to skip these parts, especially in the latter part of the game. This became greatly noticeably for me when I replayed the game to enter another route. Don't get me wrong, I never felt that this visual novel was repetitive in any way, however, the coffee descriptions might feel tedious for someone who is only interested in the romance and plot.


So, there are four girls in total the player can pursue, although only three of them have to be completed for the true end, the knight route. The knight route follows after the story of a specific route, which will abruptly end when not all requirements are met. As all mysteries are getting revealed in this route, it makes sense that it would be locked until the other ends are reached. Something I loved here is that there are hints here and there spread through the other routes about the twists and turns, although I still ended up being surprised as I didn't see it coming. Despite the non-true routes felt rather like a side story in the universe, I still enjoyed every moment of it and each girl has their own struggle they have to face.

Something which was a shame is that I found the romance way too subtle for most routes. However, this varied with each love interest and thus, there were a lot of romantic scenes available for one but for the other one, the characters only get together in the very end. Although I love that this visual novel focuses more on the actual plot, the romance was a little bit rushed in some routes which made it hard for me to believe they were in love with each other. Luckily, this wasn't the case in every route, although that definitely means that I enjoyed some more than others. Without stepping into the spoiler territory, let me say that the knight route is worth playing through and without a doubt the one I enjoyed the most for various reasons.


First of all, the graphics. I immediately noticed that Caffeine: Victoria's Legacy has such lovely art and CGs. However, whilst the sprites all look stunning, I encountered one or another inconsistent art style when it comes to the CGs. Don't get me wrong, most of them are beautiful, but the facial positions were off in some and didn't live up to the rest of the game, as the art is pretty high-quality overall. For some CGs, the characters looked slightly different as well, and sometimes even with bad renders, which sometimes felt to me like they were done by different artists as there is such a huge difference between some of them.

However, Caffeine: Victoria's Legacy's overall presentation is splendid if looked past these issues. I loved the animations throughout the game which made the whole game so lively. Lip-sync isn't the only feature here, but the characters are jumping and moving during the dialogue as well which was a delight to look at. Of course, that's not everything as the characters even have different outfits depending on the situation. In short: The characters felt real in Caffeine: Victoria's Legacy.

So, let's move on to the partial English voice-acting. Although it was a little bit weird to listen to English voices at first, instead of Japanese ones, I quickly got used to it. In fact, I ended up loving it so much that I found it was a shame that the whole game wasn't voiced. Luckily, all the important scenes do contain voice-over, so they felt more emotional and greatly improved my immersion. And the same applies to the soundtrack. Each time a touching track was playing, I was already prepared for an emotional scene, although the game still managed to catch me off guard.

As a piece of side information, while there is an option for enabling a larger font, this feature is, unfortunately, not useable as the text doesn't fit in the textbox anymore when the cast has a lot to say, which happened more than once.


It's important to mention that this game builds up a detailed world that revolves around coffee. This means that a lot of the text is just about brewing coffee, which might get tedious for those who are not interested in that aspect at all. However, Caffeine: Victoria's Legacy does such a good job with creating its own world I ended up getting lost in. I loved the characters and observing their growth, although I found some routes better executed than others. Sadly, some CGs are inconsistent but if you can look past this, the art style is lovely with impressive animations. That being said, Caffeine: Victoria's Legacy is such a charming visual novel that managed to surprise me in many ways and I would greatly recommend playing through the true route to experience the full story.

I'm impressed. I didn't expect Caffeine: Victoria's Legacy to have such a huge impact on me that I couldn't stop reading and literally finished the true route in one go. To be honest, I'm not even fond of coffee in general, let alone how to brew them. Luckily, it's pretty obvious that whilst being one of the main themes in the visual novel, it's not the only thing it revolves around. On the other hand, I expected that this game would turn out to be another generic dating sim but it turned out to be much more than that. I found myself in a rollercoaster full of emotions I never wanted to end. [h2]Believe in The Caffeine! …?[/h2] Caffeine: Victoria's Legacy opens with Taka Knight looking for his mother who mysteriously disappeared when he was small. Finally deciding to look for his happiness, he happens to find a clue where his mother might be. Thus, he finds himself in an airplane trying to verify the hint, however, everything goes terribly wrong when he meets a stranger who offers him cold coffee. Suddenly, the airplane ends up crashing, and just when Taka considered himself dead, he wakes up in an unfamiliar bed. Oddly enough, he finds himself in the very same café his mother and father used to own. Evidently, he notices that he was in another world where everything revolves around coffee. [h2]A Supernatural World, Romance, And Coffee[/h2] As aforementioned, Caffeine: Victoria's Legacy does indeed implement romance, however, I found that this genre was rather in the background for most routes. So, what does that mean? Although this visual novel is a dating sim, it focuses on the characters and the plot much more. In the beginning, everything was messy as even Taka had no clue what was going on. I could perfectly understand his confusion, especially as it's simply odd that a world would revolve around coffee that much. Luckily, I could easily accept that aspect of the game and it felt natural after a while. You see, even though the concept sounds weird at first, Caffeine: Victoria's Legacy is so detailed and thus, it was easy for me to dive into this supernatural world. The plot goes way back and has its own history which made everything even more believable for me. Although I have no idea about coffee, this game does explain a lot of different kinds of them and how to brew them. And it's so convincing that I believed every word of the explanations without actually looking them up. By that, I mean that the world Caffeine: Victoria's Legacy created felt so genuine that I had a lot of fun going through the plot. However, a minor issue I had with this part of the game was that whilst I found the detailed explanations of coffee quite interesting at first, I ended up just wanting to find out more about the mysteries and story, instead of reading through the process of coffee, which wasn't even something I was interested in before. Sure, some aspects and puns were funny once in a while, but sometimes I just wanted to skip these parts, especially in the latter part of the game. This became greatly noticeably for me when I replayed the game to enter another route. Don't get me wrong, I never felt that this visual novel was repetitive in any way, however, the coffee descriptions might feel tedious for someone who is only interested in the romance and plot. [h2]Different Romance Routes[/h2] So, there are four girls in total the player can pursue, although only three of them have to be completed for the true end, the knight route. The knight route follows after the story of a specific route, which will abruptly end when not all requirements are met. As all mysteries are getting revealed in this route, it makes sense that it would be locked until the other ends are reached. Something I loved here is that there are hints here and there spread through the other routes about the twists and turns, although I still ended up being surprised as I didn't see it coming. Despite the non-true routes felt rather like a side story in the universe, I still enjoyed every moment of it and each girl has their own struggle they have to face. Something which was a shame is that I found the romance way too subtle for most routes. However, this varied with each love interest and thus, there were a lot of romantic scenes available for one but for the other one, the characters only get together in the very end. Although I love that this visual novel focuses more on the actual plot, the romance was a little bit rushed in some routes which made it hard for me to believe they were in love with each other. Luckily, this wasn't the case in every route, although that definitely means that I enjoyed some more than others. Without stepping into the spoiler territory, let me say that the knight route is worth playing through and without a doubt the one I enjoyed the most for various reasons. [h2]Graphics, Partial English Voice-Acting, Soundtracks, and the Immersion[/h2] First of all, the graphics. I immediately noticed that Caffeine: Victoria's Legacy has such lovely art and CGs. However, whilst the sprites all look stunning, I encountered one or another inconsistent art style when it comes to the CGs. Don't get me wrong, most of them are beautiful, but the facial positions were off in some and didn't live up to the rest of the game, as the art is pretty high-quality overall. For some CGs, the characters looked slightly different as well, and sometimes even with bad renders, which sometimes felt to me like they were done by different artists as there is such a huge difference between some of them. However, Caffeine: Victoria's Legacy's overall presentation is splendid if looked past these issues. I loved the animations throughout the game which made the whole game so lively. Lip-sync isn't the only feature here, but the characters are jumping and moving during the dialogue as well which was a delight to look at. Of course, that's not everything as the characters even have different outfits depending on the situation. In short: The characters felt real in Caffeine: Victoria's Legacy. So, let's move on to the partial English voice-acting. Although it was a little bit weird to listen to English voices at first, instead of Japanese ones, I quickly got used to it. In fact, I ended up loving it so much that I found it was a shame that the whole game wasn't voiced. Luckily, all the important scenes do contain voice-over, so they felt more emotional and greatly improved my immersion. And the same applies to the soundtrack. Each time a touching track was playing, I was already prepared for an emotional scene, although the game still managed to catch me off guard. As a piece of side information, while there is an option for enabling a larger font, this feature is, unfortunately, not useable as the text doesn't fit in the textbox anymore when the cast has a lot to say, which happened more than once. [h2]So, what do we have in the end?[/h2] It's important to mention that this game builds up a detailed world that revolves around coffee. This means that a lot of the text is just about brewing coffee, which might get tedious for those who are not interested in that aspect at all. 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