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Игра получилась очень атмосферной и прикольной. Во многих местах вышла довольно пугающей. И не просто скримерами, хоть и они были классными, а именно пугающей своим напряжением, давящей обстановкой и сложными ситуациями с тяжёлыми выборами.

Концовок много, некоторые слабенькие, но большинство крутые. В каких-то фансервиса навалили, однако мне даже весело на это было посмотреть с учётом того, что другие концовки оказались великолепными, поэтому нормас.

Наконец-то я увидел кучу разветвлений интересной для меня истории, за которой я следил на протяжении многих лет. Спасибо разрабам, вышло топово

(обзор со спойлерами) Пройдя игру 2 раза (сейчас уже 5), получив все ачивки и поиграв в кучу модов, я могу наконец написать отзыв.

Не ожидал, что игра настолько сильно мне понравится. Изначально интерес к игре возник из-за песенок от Мили с некоторых босс файтов)))
Классный геймплей (с похожим никогда не сталкивался), который хорошенько затягивает.
Отличнейшая история, за которой интересно следить (даже без прохождения лоботомии, прошлой игры разрабов). Персонажи цепляют, дизайны запоминаются. Чувствуется живость Города и тех, кто его населяет. Это всё прописано великолепно...
Особенно порадовала длительность игры - искренне наслаждался тем, что продолжал и продолжал получать новые битвы, хотя сам думал, что уже оказался в самом конце. И я бы не расстроился, если бы разработчики добавили ещё кучу уровней поверх того, что есть уже.

Ну а что насчёт плохого... (МОЩНЫЕ СПОЙЛЕРЫ ДАЛЕЕ) eбyчaя цена тишины, какое же гoвнo, а не битва. Как и с oбoccанным рыцарем отчаяния - рыцарь xyйни и мoчи. Этаж Тифферет - пошёл нaxyй, реализация этажа Гебуры - я просто в тотальном axye, и я думал, что хуже уже не будет... Да там в принципе реализации какие-то кoнчeнныe. Я несколько раз игру дропать хотел перед Сяо и Яном. ФААААК, какая же третья птица на Бине yeбищнaя. А в битве с Роландом какой дayн вообще придумал восстанавливать его oбocанных стражей на последней фазе, когда ты переходишь на другой этаж (я oxyeл и не выxyeл обратно). Уeбищный Бремен eблaнского гoвнa. Какое же yeбанское чмo придумало достижение на 60 кровотечения. КТО ЗАНИМАЛСЯ РАЗРАБОТКОЙ РЕАЛИЗАЦИИ КЕТЕРА!? АААААА, eбaнaя кровавая ванна, да КАКАЯ ЖЕ CУKA EБЛИВАЯ, каааак можно было НАСТОЛЬКО yeбaнский файт сделать. Ещё и eбyчие пиноккио, да какого xyя это настолько дepьмoвo сделано то, cyка. А какой умник сделал битву с ледяной королевой такой yeбищной? Это не умник-разумник, это дoлбoёб. Какое же гoвнo. На этом всё.

Ладно, на такой плохой ноте не надо заканчивать. Но вообще, после второго и третьего прохождения я понял, что многие битвы, на которых я раньше хотел дропать игру, проходятся вполне себе просто. Однако это осознание не отменит те первые эмоции тотального оxyeвaния в некоторых битвах.
Ещё немного расстроила концовка игры, но спустя время понимаю, что для данного сюжета такое завершение очень даже логичное, так что нормас.

Несмотря на все страдания, желания дропа, офигивания с противников и реализации, игру считаю шедевральной. Даже в гайды ни разу не заходил - хотелось всё пройти самому, сколько бы времени это ни заняло. Чувства после прохождения остаются приятными, а все невзгоды быстро забываются. Великолепно!

2 часа лутаешься, мастерски доджишь монстров и уничтожаешь толпы этих твaрей в надежде на хорошее прохождение, разгадываешь загадки и напрягаешь мозг при решении каких-то головоломок, постоянно следишь за патронами и своим здоровьем, но в итоге падаешь с 2 метров и нaxyй разбиваешься

Volume 7 was a preparation, but in volume 8 we see something big. There are many more active scenes here (almost the entire volume consists of this).

From the very beginning, we are introduced to new characters who are on the enemy side. However, they aren’t bad guys. We are being shown that not everyone on the other side is the bad guy, there are good people too. Because of this, you perceive our main characters a little differently.

And here we are more exposed to this crazy cult, which we were partially shown in volume 7. There are more scenes with antagonists and their interaction with each other. It's pretty interesting to watch.

And also surprising is the presence of choices that can really take you to different endings.
In volume 8 the characters are on the verge of death many times. And with our choices, we can either destroy everything or set off a chain of events that will lead our heroes to victory.

And personally, after volume 8, I finally got into the characters of Phantom Trigger, because I myself, as if nearby, watched what they had to go through. And yes, volume 8 has become even more violent and bloody compared to volume 7.

The events of Phantom Trigger have come to an end. It makes me sad, but everything ended correctly and logically, so I don’t have a feeling of emptiness inside. The story of Phantom Trigger is great. Thank you Frontwing for this series.

(btw, I like Homura so much. And Aoi Haruto is gigachad.)

I don't know why people don't like volume 7. It has its own special atmosphere and interesting events.
The previous volumes were about the stories of individual characters, but this time the characters are combined together. And this is something new for Phantom Trigger.

Personally, I find it interesting to see how all the characters work together. Yes, this volume is not as active as the previous ones. Here things happen slowly. And this is good, because in this way we can convey in detail the atmosphere of places and events that meet us in this volume. And this is where things start to get more serious.

I love the idea of some crazy cult with a bunch of big guys. It's cool and funny at the same time. There are many new antagonists that we get to know gradually.

The result is a volume that can be described as preparation for something great. And that preparation is leading us into volume 8, where it all ends.

(btw, I like Homura so much)

After completing the main trilogy and the Phantom Trigger series, you want to see the interaction of all these characters. And partly Chronos Rebellion makes it possible to see it. But then you start to see more and more class D and you understand that the game is not about class A and class S at all. And at first it can cause dislike, but then you start to accept this fact, after which you start to be interested in the new plot of the game.
Okay, the game isn’t completely about class D… sometimes we can see missions and chapters with classes A and S. Still, the new class D turned out to be not very interesting, but more annoying. And their interaction with other classes is rather strange. And I really wanted to see more Slice of Life moments along with the A and S classes.
In addition to this, a lot of plot facts infuriates me personally.

WARNING, SPOILERS ABOVE!


How did the f***ing Flan hit the target from two kilometers when she was completely useless before? And after that Colonel says that the enemy team has a legendary sniper like Asako... No, Colonel, they don't have such a f***ing sniper, it's a story power. Thus, the developers simply humiliated Asako and Yuuji, putting the idiot bum Flan on a par with them.

I hate the fact that Arata was able to defeat Haruto. How could the weak bum Arata do this? Haruto was a gigachad with a sword that could take out crowds of enemies with ease. And now a single opponent with a pistol stepped out in front of him… Yes, Arata had PeTS, but it's not strong enough to counter Haruto. We also need to remember the fact that Arata wasn't on active duty at that moment, which means he was weaker than before. Haruto apparently defeats Arata. I'll say more, Aoi Haruto defeats the entire class D alone without any difficulty. And it hurt me to read how Haruto loses to the weak Arata.

I don't like that they weakened Rena, who just dealt with strong opponents quite quickly, but when it came to Serika with a shield, everything immediately went slowly. Rena can take down Serika in one minute and go to help Haruto.
And in the game you can see a lot of such weakening of the characters.

But L, on the contrary, was strengthened. She couldn't do anything before, but when the plot needed it, she turned into a soldier who could defeat anyone. And in general, the design of L and its character pisses me off. R is a much nicer character. And in general, the whole class D is annoying, but therefore you just accept this fact and stop swearing because of it.

In general, it's like watching a typical plot with a new generation, and the authors begin to greatly underestimate the old characters to show new ones. And this turn of events annoys you.
Well, I have no particular complaints about all sorts of fantastic oddities at the end of the game. Well, that's cool and weird.

And one more thing... I feel like the main characters at the end of the game infiltrated the Cindereon base too easily. These villains are going to take over the whole world, but in the end they couldn’t cope with four of our heroes (assuming that these heroes are weak.) Yes, on the ship, the main characters could fight back with the help of the rest of the guys from class S and a few others, but after the destruction of the ship class D was left alone along with R (and even L did not help at that time).
And… I mean... entrust the destruction of the base of some terrible and powerful villain to classes D and S? Class D already has a bad reputation, and Ichiru Sengoku knows quite a bit about class S, so there shouldn't be much trust either.
Yes, class D forced Ichiru to make concessions, but it could have been done differently. Then again, they could have at least sent Class A to help. (during the battle only Haruto suffered, but the rest could well help). Yes, it was said that class A was sent to help, but they took too long to get there...


But the ending after saving Yuuji made me cry. It was really good. After completing the main trilogy and Phantom Trigger, you remember the whole path that the Grisaia universe has gone through. You are shown old art with the music from the very first opening, and such a warm ending leaves you with pleasant emotions and feelings.

END OF SPOILERS


In the end, I still want to praise the developers for the work. The game has many new characters with a new storyline. It obviously took a lot of time and effort. And in the end, even despite a bunch of minuses, you remember the whole story you went through and rejoice that you had the opportunity to read it. The characters and events evoked emotions. Yes, sometimes they weren't very pleasant, but they didn't leave you indifferent, which means they fulfilled their role in the game. Thanks to the Frontwing team for the Grisaia Chronos Rebellion.

The Fruit of Grisaia turned out to be a great game. I knew some spoilers for the game before starting but this only added interest to the game.

I love how you try to figure out who the main character really is in the beginning and what he went through to get into a new school. The same questions are asked by the girls whom the protagonist meets. And each route (including the main one) is quite long. Everything is described in detail so it's easier for you to understand the emotions and feelings of the characters. This applies to both happy moments and sad ones.

The main character is serious and brutal. This sets him apart from standard visual novel characters. Along with this, he is not devoid of humor, so he often becomes the initiator of funny situations. I definitely like this. And when it comes to saving someone, the protagonist will make every effort to do so.

All the characters in the game have some kind of problem in the past. And when you start a new route you want to know what the new character is hiding from you and what the plot can develop into in the end.

The action scenes are great and the soundtrack makes them even more awesome. The authors did a really good job on the animation and sounds. You can almost always watch the movements of the sprites or the background. There is no static here, everything moves here, and that's great.

All this creates a wonderful game in which you want to get to know more and more characters, while enjoying beautiful sprites, music and backgrounds.

Well, first I would like to talk about the visual part of the game. She is quite good. I had to get used to the anime style like that, but after a couple of hours of playing everything was fine. The characters don't have a lot of unnecessary detail, and that’s good. Animations, character emotions, transitions, backgrounds – it's all perfectly done in the game. And it's always great to see Chibi Arts for some funny scenes.

I can't say anything special about the music. It fits into the story perfectly. Funny scenes are complemented by good funny music, and active scenes are complemented by active music. While playing, you don’t notice the music much and completely immerse yourself into the game, which means that the music has done its job adding to the overall atmosphere.

Well, story and routes are something incredible. I didn’t expect any fantasy from a visual novel, because Riddle Joker turned out to be my first novel from Yuzusoft, but in the end I liked everything. Each route has its own problem associated with the character chosen for the route. And the solution to these problems is always interesting. It can be a confrontation with some villain or just help in solving a problem that has haunted the character all his life. And solving problems is accompanied by romance, which makes the situation less tense. Yuzusoft novels have a lot of that, but Riddle Joker has more to do with fighting or something like that.

And, of course, hentai scenes deserve special attention. With a special patch the game becomes many times better in some moments, because a lot of arts become completely different. And at the end of the routes, special hentai scenes begin where a lot of good things happen. And it's done beautifully.

So, I love Riddle Joker. It's something new for me. This game was good, that's why I wanted to play another games from Yuzusoft. And it was a good choice.