Jessi81

English (see below for German): I haven't finished the game yet, I estimate I'm about halfway through, but I already like it a lot. I like the art style, writing style (I'm playing in German) and the characters. Everyone has their own personality and way of talking, which is also adapted very well to German. Usually I play games in English, because German often feels more like an automatic translation without taking context into acount, but not here, it's really good! I first played the demo, which was great to get a first impression. I needed that, because it's my first visual novel game and didn't know if I'd like that. But I do like reading, so... The demo is still online on Steam. Unfortunately the save from the demo didn't carry over to the full game and I had to restart. Would have been nice if it carried over, but no big deal. --------------------------------------- German: Ich bin noch nicht durch, aber gefällt mir sehr gut bisher. Ich mag den Grafikstil, Schreibstil und die Charaktere. Jeder hat seinen ganz eigenen Charakter und Art zu reden, was auch auf Deutsch super umgesetzt ist. (Normalerweise spiele ich auf Englisch, weil Deutsch oft eher an automatische Übersetzungen ohne Kontext erinnert.) Ich hatte zuerst die Demo gespielt. War super, um sich einen ersten Eindruck zu verschaffen, was ich brauchte, weil ich noch keine Visual Novel gespielt habe und nicht wusste, ob das was für mich ist. Aber ich lese gerne, von daher... Die Demno ist noch verfügbar auf Steam. Nur leider wurde der Spielstand von der Demo nicht ins Spiel übernommen und ich musste nochmal von vorne anfangen. Wäre schön gewesen, aber auch nicht weiter schlimm, dass es nicht so war.

Summary: Funny, enjoyable game with quirky loveable characters, logical puzzles and lots of love and attention to detail! Don't rush through, but take your time to explore and do some silly stuff :) My first playthrough took 17 hours, but I'm usually on the slower side, especially with so much to explore. Long version: Awesome game, one of my favourite point&click adventures now! It's amazing what a single developer can do! Everything is incredibly well thought out with an insane amount of attention to detail. I love that there's not just the items that are relevant for progressing in the story, but a lot more to look at and interact with. For many of the possible combination of actions/items you get a unique response. A lot of them funny, too. You can totally get lost in the world and just explore to find all those funny comments and references. Lots of nostalgia in there, too. I'd really recommend to not rush through the game, but explore the world and do some silly things :) The story is interesting and has 2 different layers to it. Puzzles make sense to me. They are a good range from rather easy to just the right amount of challenging to give me a sense of achievement when solved, but they aren't frustrating. I like Lucy, the main character, and also all those quirky characters she meets on her adventure. Voice-overs are great! The sound effects and music are good and create a fitting atmosphere in the different situations. There are some options to customize the game to your liking, e.g. disable cursing, showing the hover texts in a static place or at your coursor, and if you want your mouse wheel to scroll through inventory or the different interactions you can do. There's game pad support, too.