Oh the struggle when you want to do all the routes, but you cant stop flirting with Rory...
This was so fun to play! Six characters is a lot, but their personalities all shine through in just the first chats, without leaning too hard into one-note tropes. Everyone's really expressive, and that's hard to do through a standardized texting format! Even the teasers for K left me wanting to know more.
The dialogue is legitimately hilarious (actually laughed out loud :) ), and the characters hit you in the feels when they need to. Every time, towards the end of the day, I didn't want the game to end. The conversation options all feel really natural - a lot of the times, the options were almost exactly what I was thinking (MC has my sense of humor and I am living for it). The one thing that felt a bit contrived was how everyone was more or less fawning over MC (in their own ways). But that comes with the territory for otome games, and I'm sure the characters will get more flushed out with a longer game.
This might be just for me personally, but I also really, really enjoyed how no pronouns were used. Somehow that always feels more immersive for me. Thanks for that ^_^
I heard Infinite Blue was inspired by Mystic Messenger. You can definitely see that, but I feel like it took MM's format and just did it better - at least for English speakers. The look is more sleek and cohesive, the characters are more relatable, I guess the cultural familiarity just makes everything feel more natural. And obviously, being able to participate in chats after their time window is done is a HUGE plus. I like playing in real-time, but its nice to have the option not to. One critique - I liked the late-night chats in MM. Story wise, talking late into the night when things get intense made the narrative hit harder for me, and made the whole thing more immersive. I don't know if chats will still end at 9-ish in the full game, but if you're able to play chats after the time window anyway, I think it'd be nice to keep the late night chats.
Anyway - point is I loved this game so much. Can't wait for the full thing - you guys are awesome! ^_^