Dog Eat Dog

It was interesting to see an RPG done with the Visual Novel approach. Visual Novels aren't my favorite medium, but this was done well enough that I wanted to see what would happen and the characters were interesting. Here are some notes I made while playing the game.



As it was mentioned in nhubi's excellent review, the Blue-On-Teal text here is a bit hard on the eyes, and given that a lot of the text is from Daryl's point of view, I got a little bit of eye-strain playing.

Also, in a few instances I noticed that Daryl's name was spelled differently. Notice that in this screen its spelled "Dayrl."

Also I also love the custom message windows. They are super-cute :D



I'm not sure what's going on with the costs of the moves here. They seem to all have a green "zero" or something behind them.



I found the way you use facesets to be a little odd. I understand why Daryl has one, as you can't see him, but for the girls, it's very confusing, especially concerning their emotions.

For example, here Maria is clearly upset, but when I read the text, I'm looking at the textbox, which shows her with a happy-face, which feels off. I think it might work better if you don't use the textbox when the character is already on-screen.



Usually, when Daryl is narrating, the text is in italics. Here, however, and I think the line after this one, are plain, as if he's just saying this.



I found the Heal and MHP boost that you get when you guard to be a neat mechanic. The dog-slimes are also totally cute! ^_^ However, aside from that, I found the combat to be really bland and it felt like filler more than anything else. There wasn't any real strategy required in it.

Also, it seems like Maria is on auto-battle at first and then suddenly switches to being under your control. Is there a reason for that?

All in all, a very cute game with some nice storytelling ^_^ I'm going to play it again to see if I can get more endings :D