Spoiler Alert!
This story is unique in that it blends a lot of genres together. However, as a result, I don’t really think it managed to really hit in any of those aspects. Their was a brief moment of romance and (comedy?) before jumping to murder mystery then aliens. The reveal of the aliens + the plot twists really negates the effect of the first murder mystery sequence, sounding more like an “aha bet you didn’t expect that” more than logical flow (even with the justification that Ronan ‘changed’ a few months back).
The romance doesn’t really hit either, I don’t really see any chemistry (?) between them except for a single part at the start, and when the later plot points came in, it almost felt like romance was just a passing part to make sure the plot is consistent than a plot point of actual value.
For the end sequence, I’d argue that there is no justification for Ronan-virus to basically kill itself, but I’m not the writer, who am I to judge?
Presentation is good, there is thematic consistency, even with the added new sprite. Sprites are more animated instead of just standing in the middle of the textbox, I like it.
And as for the theme, it is too vague but it can only be the planet itself like the other comment mentioned (cuz of the 2 sequence of looking at the planet). This interpretation leaves an end goal, however most of the theme is not present within the main plot (of the murders and the infiltration, etc) itself
P.S Madame Puxley gagged the whole cast with her awesome dialogues btw
Rating: 2454
Edit: Rebalancing of rating to 1354