Blooming love on the summer beach - Random Review - Sakura Beach
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Yo, I'm back from the dead! (though I can't guarantee that I won't die again) And what was the miraculous thing that had the ability to revive me? Of course, it was the latest title from the legendary eroge maker Winged Cloud, Sakura Beach, which was just released on August 14th! I mean, if their previous titles from the Sakura trilogy were all so successful like that, there is no reason for them to not make another one, right??
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Okay, joke aside, let the summer trip to Hell begin.
SYNOPSIS
Seiji is a daydreamer who spends too much time thinking about space. When he was given a chance to visit the beach with his two childhood friends, all he can think about is his chance to take out his telescope and look at the stars. But gradually, he begins to realise that his childhood friends want him to pay attention to them instead of the constellations...
CHARACTER
1. Seiji
Our MALE protagonist (wait, isn't this a yurige?!). A dense guy that loves the space more than girls.
2. Ayumi
Osananajimi No.1. A classic over-the-roof tsundere girl that always try to act mature. A good cook, and one of the smartest student at school, but has no swimming ability.
3. Momoka
Osananajimi No.2. A cheerful and immature girl that loves to tease the MC and make lewd jokes. A complete opposite with Ayumi (terrible cook, bad in study, but extremely good at sports, especially swimming).
STORY
The story progression can be summarized like this: Seiji, Ayumi and Momoka came to this particular beach-side hotel on their summer holiday. As they were having fun day to day on the beach, the girls tried hard to make Seiji notice their feeling, and also tried to make him confessing the truth behind his obsessed with studying, which they found really unusual. Gradually, Seiji opened up more to them, told them about the thing that he was trying to cover up, his fear, and his true feeling toward his two friends.
One thing I have to say, is that their plot this time is actually pretty decent for a OEL moege. At least better than their previous titles that I played. However, their plot development is still all over the place, with a ton of random events that just happen out of nowhere without any explanation (I will run through this later in the nitpicking section below). Moreover, some important-looking events even contributed absolutely nothing to the plot, almost were just there to satisfy the fetish of a certain group of players. Yes, I'm talking about the yuri scene, which made me thought that this was a yurige. Just suddenly come then go, no freaking explanation whatsoever.
They also brought back a bunch of fan-service scenes that were literally just a copy-paste from Sakura Fantasy (and maybe the whole damn series), and even those scenes were so forced that made me just go "wtf?".
Typos are still lying here and there (and sometimes, it's not even typo, it's just a dumb and funny mistake), seem like their QC need some more practice.
I have a little complaint about the fact that every single day in their vacation happened in a exact same pattern: Wake up -> Go swimming at the beach -> Random talk -> Go home -> New day, wake up -> ...., though, being a guy that almost never go to the beach, guess I'm in no position to judge people. That said, the only once time I went for holiday in a seaside city for a week, I only spent 2 days for swimming, and the other 5 for going around, visiting this and that place.
GRAPHIC
This is my personal taste, but imo, Winged Cloud totally trashed their strongest point, which is the art, this time. The new art is just so much worse, although it's still "acceptable". The BGs are decent-looking though.
Btw, what happened to their old artist? Rage quit? 
MUSIC
After 5 minutes of playing, I decided to turn off the music and turn my fripSide playlist on. 
Do something about your boring music please, Winged Cloud.
CONCLUSION
Though I did say that the plot was decent, $10 for this game is still a big no. Both the plot and the fan-service quality did not go anywhere near that price. So, if you want to pir---I mean borrow it from someone out of curiosity, then go ahead. BUT DON'T GIVE WINGED CLOUD ANY MORE MONEY PLEASE!
Pros:
- Decent plot (wait, is this even a pro?)
Cons:
- All-over-the-place plot development.
- Cliche fan-service scenes.
- Unexplained details.
- Boring-to-death music.
Score
Story: 5/10.
Character: 4/10.
Graphic: 6/10.
Music: 2/10.
Overall: 4/10.
NITPICKING
I mean, why not? With a game full of problem like this, nitpicking can give us much more fun than even the game itself!
I recommend Mega or Mediafire.
Fake stuff everywhere. Seem like this hotel couldn't afford to stuff their pillows with cotton, so they had to use rocks instead.
Btw, it seems that in the world of Winged Cloud, girls are temporarily deaf when they are changing clothes.
No no man, it's the censorship light doing its work!
Girls these days. They love to swim with their full clothes on, then later change to their swimsuit to go to the cafe.
Is that a new fashion trend? Am I really this behind?
Meanwhile, Momoka was out there, having fun by herself, while these two flirting around. Poor girl.
Gold > Diamond confirmed. I blame Riot.
Right after decided to build a sand castle, the girls headed straight to the ocean and the MC went to sleep.
The castle? Screw it~
Yo Ayumi so tsun when the writer tried to write her name, he accidentally wrote "tsun" instead.
I can feel the cold just by looking at you two.
Along with a quite amount of cinnamon, fish sauce, mango sauce, chocolate sauce...
RIP Ocean a.k.a Umi-chan (?-2015)
I thought he wanted to say "it might be me". Turned out he was just another dense MC.
You said you did not look you liar! How come you could describe perfectly what happened like that?!
Look at the neatly arranged pantsu collection on the bed. Fabulous.
1. By the scene from the window, this is no where near the 20th floor.
2. These kids don't look like they can afford to live in a 20+ floors hotel.
3. No one is dumb enough to walk from the 20th floor down to the ground by stair, except in emergency situations.
4. MC got dragged head-on-the-floor down 20 floors by stairs. He should be brain-dead by now.
I call BS on any 20+ floors hotel that has no elevator. Or hide them in a place that no one can see.
Btw, you people had been here for days, and hadn't used the elevator once?!
Joke on you, that's how I always cook my dinner. And they are all great!
The next day, Momoka lay flat on the bed, coughing like SARS.
BS, last time you clearly said that you were fine with harem too!
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