Quick Review - Dear Mariko (OELVN)
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Released 2 days ago on 17/05, Dear Mariko is a short 10 minutes RPG Maker-based visual novel (with about 15-30 minutes actual gameplay) from Soyasushi Production, an amateur visual novel making group. The game is distributed for free on their site.
“Mariko, I love you.
But I can’t do this anymore.
It’s not your fault,
and there was nothing you could’ve done for me.
There’s nothing you could’ve done about ‘her’.”
Dear Mariko is a short, simple game about a girl who comes home to find a goodbye letter from the one she loves.
Into the game, you will be able to control the main heroine, going around the house and examine every item, which all filled with memory about her beloved one - Darien. Upon going into the bedroom, she will find the letter that Darien left before disappearing from the house. That's when the feel strike you and things start going down - fast.
There are 3 different endings for you to explore: the True Ending, Normal Ending and Bad Ending. Rather than choosing "choice 1, choice 2", you will have to use your logic plus some experiences with RPG game to get all the endings.
Wow. Normally I have zero interest in OELVN (despite being in an OELVN group myself) (no offence), but for some reason, this game drew my attention and I ended up deciding to try it out. And I made a right decision.
Despite being really short, this game can still give you a good amount of feel, with the surprise twist in the story. It's not difficult to clear all 3 endings, but chances are you will still get stuck in the bad ending for quite some times before figuring out the right thing to do. The sprites are pretty well-drawn (for an OELVN), the music suits the theme well, and a little-but-crucial-and-right-timing support from voice acting. It's a shame that they couldn't develop the story more though. Still, this game is a MUST if you want to have some quick feel + "fun"(?).
Score: 9/10.
Walkthrough (spoiler)
- Go to the "hole" in the right bottom corner. It's the locked door leads to the bedroom.
- Go back and examine the potted plant near the front door to get the key.
- Go into the bedroom, read the letter on the floor. You can examine all the items inside the house first to know more about them before read the letter, but it's not required.
Normal Ending: After read the letter, go out of the house through the front door.
Bad Ending:
- After read the letter, re-examine every item in the house twice in circular (Examining everything once, then do that once more. Examining continuously the same item won't work). After that, the event will be activated.
- Do nothing until the time ran out, or hide in the closet/bathroom in the bedroom (the closet door is on the left of the bathroom door, "behind" the letter).
True Ending:
- Do the same as Bad Ending.
- Right when the event started, quickly go and examine the cupboard in the left bottom corner.
- Choose the kitchen knife in the item list, then quickly run back and hide in the closet/bathroom.
Note: If you encounter the "RGSS-RTP Standard not found." error when opening the game, all you need to do is opening the Game.ini file and delete the "Standard" in the "RTP1=" line.
My previous review: Mousou Complete! (Trial Edition)
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