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Old 03-24-2021, 10:58 PM   #16
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Default Re: March 2021: 31 days game review challenge



March 24th

Today's challenge is: “Not usually my thing, but...”

Last one from the original template image, and the last 7 themes of the challenge will be ideas given to me by various friends!

Soooo, today could have been two things. Either a turn based RPG, which I universally despise, but I've had enough of those in this challenge. The other option would be a very very passive game, like a visual novel that doesn't have any real skill required (therefore, not like Ace Attorney or Zero Escape). And I decided to go with the latter.



Not too long ago, a friend of mine asked me about a great anime that had H-scenes in it, because a friend of his wanted to watch that, and apparently I was the man of the hour to him for this stuff. I'm not really into hentai, it doesn't really bother me, but it's almost always complete shit. I told him that, but also said I would think about it. A few days passed, and I thought of the Grisaia franchise. Told him that while the anime had some sex, the visual novel had the hardcore stuff, at least the PC version did. I actually had the Grisaia Trilogy on Switch, so around that time, I decided to give it a shot to see if I recommended something that at least made a bit of sense (the Switch version doesn't have porn in it).

Sooooo I started the whole thing, and... Well, at first, I wasn't really impressed. It was entertaining at times, and didn't mind the cast at all, but the cringe was real. However, a few hours in, I found myself in the Amane route, and then this big dramatic flashback started. And holy fuck did the whole thing start blowing my mind.



When it comes to anime, I'm FAR more of a slice-of-life guy than an action/drama/whatever person (so, like, the opposite of what I like in video games I guess), but this massive change in tone got me hooked instantly. The narration was superb, and savored every minute of this 8 hours long arc. There wasn't any choice involved for this whole section, just followed along as the girls (and their teacher) tried to survive their bus crash in the middle of nowhere in a rather relatable fashion, and they all had great personalities as well. This flashback alone made the game worth playing, and that was only one of 5 routes, which all split into 2 other routes each for a bad and good ending each. The other ones aren't quite as good I'd say, but most of them were still really nice.



Once you're done doing all of the routes, you can move on to the second title in the series, which is litterally just a background read for the protag, and I thought the whole thing was quite nice, even though it was a little over the top dramatic. The reason I thought it was great is because I'm not a fan of flavorless protagonists you're just supposed to project into, and I much, much prefer a well constructed character whose perspective you're supposed to warm to and understand separately. I wouldn't say he was a super well constructed protag, but hey, I'll take what it can give me, and I support the design choice.



Then, in the third game, the protagonist is captured and the girls from the previous games unite to save him using the skills the protagonist taught them back then. I thought the whole operation was an incredible thrill ride from start to finish, and the “final fight” at the end was also pretty good. Again, this game is almost all story and no interaction, aside from a few things at the very end, but this convinced me I absolutely had to watch the anime (it wasn't quite as good, but there was no way it could live up to the whole thing anyway, so considering that, it was alright).

Lastly, you have some “what if” and “after story” special features, which are either extentions of girl routes, or silly fanservice, and other stuff like that. Overall, the whole thing provides almost 100 hours of reading content, which may seem like a lot, but I was totally captivated by the whole thing. I guess I did suggest my friend something legit after all!



On a last note, I had actually played a game from that franchise before, a spinoff title on Vita (Japanese only), which was called “Grisaia no Kajitsu Spin-out!? Idol Magical Girl Chiruchiru Michiru”. I got it because it was only text, and I got the platinum on it after like 5 minutes of holding R on the console. I made a silly video out of the whole thing, which I will link after this paragraph. A lot of my friends actually got that platinum using my copy, so it was totally worth the 40$ I paid for it! I think an English version of this was released somewhere at some point, but I've never seen anything about it anywhere.



While the original games were released on PSP, Vita and Windows, the English trilogy is only available on Switch and PC. You'll have to play the PC version if you want the pornographic scenes, and you'll also have to look somewhere other than Steam to find it.

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