A mature visual novel with a melancholic tone, blending soft science fiction with raw emotion. The writing is uneven, but certain scenes land truly. For patient enthusiasts.
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Category
Visual Novel1 player16+
Description
Japanese romantic visual novel.
Es review
4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
4/5
Music
★★★★★
"Excellent"
3/5
Story
★★★★★
"Solid"
Gameplay
"Decent"
Fun
"Mild"
Addictiveness
"Obsessive"
An interactive tale with a murky atmosphere, it advances in fragments that dole out their revelations drop by drop and make you want to read the next chapter. Each choice bends the plot and pushes you to explore the other routes to piece things together. Very wordy and entirely in Japanese, it suits the patient, but its gripping intrigue knows how to hold whoever dives in.
Difficulty
"Very easy"
Lifespan
"Massive"
Several romantic paths intertwine through this visual novel, where each choice steers the story toward a different ending. Discovering every route and every character means patiently rereading the tale from multiple angles. That narrative abundance, typical of the genre, offers a generous length to anyone wanting to exhaust each branch and savour the writing to the very end.
Complete: box, manual and disc/cart very clean. Lightly handled.
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Collector interest
Es, a Princess Soft visual novel released in March 2001 at the twilight of the Japanese Dreamcast, spans three discs for a fully Japanese romantic story. Its collecting appeal lies in the complete multi-disc set, hard to keep intact, and in the late adaptation of a PC title onto an already dying console. A confidential print run and a targeted local demand among fans of never-localised Dreamcast visual novels define it.
