Anyway on to the inferior version of the games review. If you came here from the Steam Review link I am so sorry for talking about the far superior free version that no longer exists. At least we have trading cards and stuff. I'll never get any boosters tho sob.
I'm going to become overlord of the masses! Kill any that oppose! |
Ahri Remono is the prior alluded to Tsundere Princess of a kingdom that looks like modern Japan but the monastery all look European? She thinks she's the best piece of slice ever, everyone's inferior, plebes. etc. A rich girl raised with a golden, diamond-crusted spoon pretty much. She makes a bet with her brother at the start of the game that she can survive a week of normal peasant school. While there, she becomes rivals with the School's Student Council President, Ryuu, and challenges him to a cook off at the end of the week because she..pffft. She thought he sucked at cooking. Later on you'll find out who the terrible cook is (Hint: It's not Ryuu) Oh also her man servant goes to school there too apparently. What's so interesting about this game, despite it's length, is that Ahri isn't a cardboard cutout character. She's just as important as everyone else, not a self insert. Her high headed holier than thou attitude might annoy some, but I find her Tsundere-ness adorable.
Ryuu's route:
It's like Black Butler all over again. |
Ryuu is the jerkhead Student Council President, at least according to Ahri's monologue; He's actually a really nice guy. Other than Kenta, he's pretty much the only guy at school that stays friendly with you. Understandably why she's so disliked though, for calling everyone idiotic plebs and the like. He's her rival in being the smartest and most skilled in school. One interesting choice branch has to do with either if you pass a test or not. You can either get a Maid Ahri CG or a Butler Ryuu CG depending on if you win the test or not. Both were pretty entertaining and reccomend doing both winning and losing to see it's differences.
I like Ryuu a lot. His route is very nice, and the relationship they have in the game is really cute. Ahri's tsundereness and Ryuu's blunt honesty can get some entertaining dialog between them. He also decides to help Ahri with baking a cake for their showoff, instead of leaving her alone to utterly fail. And possibly die from an explosion. She really does not know how to cook AT ALL.
They're the canon pairing in this game and you can really really tell. It just feels right for them to get together. Even Kenta says they have lots of similarity between each other. He helps her evolve and she helps him smile. What more could you want in a relationship really?
Their ending concludes nicely if you get the best ending and it was an enjoyable fun read through for a first playthrough of the game.
Kenta's route:
"Uuuuu am I kawaii, senpai?" |
Kenta is Ahri's servant. He goes to school at a regular school and just so coincidentally had to be the one Ahri went to during her bet. Not so coincidentally seeing as he got ordered to watch Ahri. He's really good at Basketball and uh... He's loved Ahri prior to this game. He has a huge issue because he loves Ahri, but she's a princess, and being around her anymore will hurt him, and later when it's shown they feel the same way--THEM, because she'll be married off to some prince someday soon. So it's an angst fest in some ways.
That said though, Kenta is a huge dumbo sweetheart. Falling asleep while studying cakes to use in the bakeoff, getting in a food fight, they can be pretty adorable together.
I found the way he handled his issue for most of the route to be frustrating though. You don't just run away from your feelings. Probably no surprise here, but Ahri's the one that takes their relationship to the next level. Step it up senpai.
Pyrite Heart is a nice starter otome. I'd rank it up along games like RE:Alistair or Pacthesis games. It looks nice and professional at first glance. I mean just LOOK at that art. The artist put a lot of work into them. Sprites and all. CG's aren't just the same pose or emotion for the whole scene, it changes during the dialog. But I don't think it's worth it to buy it on Steam. I may have talked about it positively for a good part of this review. And I honestly LIKE the game.
But as someone that's been around since the start I can see how much care they put into the product. The game has been released 3 times to my knowing.First as a free version without any voices, then a free voiced version, then a commercial version without the voices, virtually the same as the free version.
Could you honestly be interested in purchasing a game knowing that? And it's not just that. It's been released 3 times and there's STILL spelling errors and that in the Steam release. They haven't changed a damn thing with it. If you release a game three times, listen to the people that play your game. When you release something commercially don't just do the required Trading Card shit and a virtual picture of a Dakimakura. ADD something to the actual game. A bonus route maybe? Hatoful Boyfriend did that. And PROOFREAD YOUR STUFF BEFORE SUBMITTING IT FULLY.
I won't really recommend this game to anyone being commercial and in a state like this. All this and how short the game is, even a freeware game similar to it being longer. If the developers actually go through, proofreading the whole script, I may just change my mind. Adding a bonus route or something would also heighten it's playability. But as it is, the only version available is inferior and not worth the money.
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