Hoshi Koi ＊ Twinkle
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As a first effort from a new company, I didn't go in with any real expectations... and that was probably a good thing.
To be blunt, this VN is one of those that keeps showing signs of promise then tripping itself up along the way. It follows the pattern of 'charage with true endings', in that it has a central story that involves elements from the non-true heroine paths... unfortunately, the endings are a total write-off. I'm not kidding. I don't think I could have written a more frustrating set of heroine endings if I tried. Yes, the romantic issues are resolved, but they drove me insane hinting at the tribulations destined for the near future, and they had a bunch of after-stories that were just h-scenes and meaningless jabber, adding nothing to the paths of any real value.
The visual design of the story is extremely 'ecchi', with the protagonist's little sister, Soraha, being the most obvious example (wearing nothing but a parka with the zipper open as pajamas, having oniichan dress her, etc). That didn't bother me... but the extreme low quality of the h-scene CGs was jarring when I compared it to the high-quality sprites. The fact is, for me to notice 'low-quality' in the details, it has to be a pretty blatant screwup.
Last of all, I condemn the true path. Nagi is the most boring of the four heroines, despite the 'revelations' in her path. While there are some emotional moments, I honestly never felt attached to her as a character, so i felt no deep emotion at the events going on in the true route.
As a first effort, this was an overreach by a new company that should have stuck to something they might have actually been able to do properly... such as a nukige.
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