Visual novel spotlight - week 3

no puzzle this time?

Thanks for these! I'd play them but I still have several lifetimes of backlogs to work through.

finally something with post preschool graphics, still I don't understand the point to this "spotlight". the games so far have been appaling, not to mention their pathetic length. I find romance novels like these disgusting in general, they're just smut with dressed people conceived by immature, talentless people riddled with sick, perverse fantasies usually stemming from self-loathing, stereotypes, cowardice, sexual frustration, obesity and geographical anomalies. also why write all that stuff instead of posting a vndb link? it'd be much clearer and informative.

Here's my opinion on it:

Nanolife is different from what I've suggested so far. While others usually try to immerse you with the characters and their personality,this one tries to do with the setting. The characters are not developed but not too shallow; I found the art to be fitting(and cute) while the sound compliments it nicely. I think that the two first endings could've been more detailed,but they create a incentive to do the third route in order to understand what happened. Being honest,I didn't really get impressed by the third ending. I hoped for something that would be more,well,realistic? It kind of felt like the author just said "It was magic all along!". It's not bad though,and it makes sense using the settings the novel created.
I have high hopes that more people will like this one.

Thanks for the puzzle, have a bump. I'll add my thoughts when I finish it.

As former avid MMORPG player I love stories about living in a virtual world and NPC's point of view. While Nanolife isn't great compared to some other works that use same premise, it deserves attention for well done sprites and UI - best among novels featured in this spotlight series so far.
It's also had the most choices, however all of them, except two obvious branching points, only change the following scene a little. Still a nice touch and helps to keep things fresh when replaying and looking for alternative routes.
Nanolife isn't too deep or interesting and "true" ending seems to be too idealistic. This and cute chibi characters makes me think it's aimed at younger readers. It still might be enjoyable read for MMORPG players of all ages.

Regarding graphics I liked small UI details - clickable icons that open descriptions of skills, classes and items; too bad it's not possible to actually use skill or item in battle like this. I also liked how text box color changes when characters speak in local or party chat and how name color is different for players, admins, NPCs and mobs.

bump ;)

hey bro, do you know if there are some visual novels on steam? i saw one on greenlight but im not sure how many of them are o.o

Nanolife was the most fun I have had in a long time. Nothing really good or bad about the game, but it was very enjoyable. Thanks!

finally finished sepia tears and solved the puzzle. i hope i'm not a slow reader. i already had the ga link from the beginning so i hope it made me slow. :P besides it was not fun like i expected. it made me remember some memories. characters are always talking about studying and how important it is. for the first time in my life i felt a need to high five some fictional characters. in the face, with a chair... did i mention that i just woke up from a nightmare related to sepia tears? WORST VN EVER BOOO. nah jk. the intro scene was interesting. another snow girl made me dance (or whatever it's called to wave your arm, head, body ridiculously). i like the characters (except you should study mark stuff). ending was unexpected. so anyway please accept this bump and my appreciation.

I dont know about this one. First it felt like it took 3 Hours to play it to the end.
the Story itself was really weird, but i had fun with some scenes. Like the Noobinator.
That Game is better then Sepia. But the Best to yet was Forty Minutes to Eternity from the last three.

I really enjoyed Nanolife. Thanks for the suggestion! :D

The art was simple yet interesting. I think this being a gaming community made this one a good choice as at least SOME people could relate to the events that happened. (And me being a huge anime fan that watched .hack and SAO kinda helped also)
The game itself is really short, which is both a pro and a con. Pro because it makes it easy to finish, but con because I wanted it to go more in depth. I kinda wish there was more interaction and that we could actually... do stuff.. like actually do the battles.