Zettai kaikyuu gakuen : (personal) review
Click to viewI've been playing to this game since the beginning of the week~
(the video above is the opening of the game. I really like it give it a try and listen to it~ ! :p)
Since I finished to play the game (let's just say, my favorite character), I'll give my opinion here on this otome game;
I don't usually do this but it left me a really good impression !
Soooo~ Here I go !!
→ Game interface & playing system :
- Here's the main screen :
- It's eally neat; well, it's like the other otome games I played. But what's really good about this game (and software producer probably), is the easy mode !
When you're playing the game, you have obviously choices to do, but when you're enabling the easy mode, the choice you have to do to lead to your character is next to the right choice !
(for some reason, I can't take screenshots of the game so this is pics I took from my phone >o<)
You're able to enable the easy mode in the main screen, and you can see the face of the guy you want next to the choice you must do ! :)
- The load and save screen ! You can add a name to the save and pick the icon you like ! Another useful tool is the fact you can protect your save so you don't delete it unintentionally ! ^__^
- Also, another good point is the voice collection. In the other games there's already some lines in this category, but in this game you can choose the lines you want in the game~ ! ♥
You just have to click on the heart next to the line and it redirect you in the voice collection section, where you can save it in the slot you want !
(be careful to choose because you can't save more than 60 lines !)
- I think I don't need to mention it, but like another otome games, you can rewatch the CGs and the important scenes such as the love confession~
<< rewatching the scenes
&
rewatching to the CGs >>
You can also rewatch the endings ! :)
... and listen to the game's BGM :)
- In this game, you can't change the family name of the heroine (for a particular reason, but I can't say it unless I spoil you)
You can change the name, and choose several options :
- Beginning from the prologue
- Beginning from the common route
- "Go to the truth"
(this won't be unlocked until you finish the 5 characters' good end ^^"")
- What's really good is also the fact you can use your mouse to skip the lines; you don't have to be close to your keyboard to click ! *o*
- Speaking of skipping : if you're really impatient, you can skip ALL the messages (yes, even those you haven't read because you didn't explored the choice yet) by clicking to an option in the "config" panel~ !
- Also, you can adjust the volume for each character's voice (including the side-characters and students A/B/C/...) (at the contrary of other games where you just have the possibility to mute their voices)
However, it's a pity that there aren't any line when you click on "mute" XD (for example in the DC series, when you mute a character, they're like : "Eeeeeh ? You don't want to hear my voice anymore ? Well, tell me when you want to hear it again !" and they're also saying something when you're putting back their voice~ ♥)
What's somehow replacing it is the "test" button though :)
Buuut well, you can't have everything !!
→ Story :
- To go straight to the point : Fujieda Neri (heroine's default name) is transfered to a special school made for the elite (so you can't go to this school if you're commoners). Oh, I forgot to mention she's living in a world where the cities are separated into districts (the same version as Hunger Games if you see my reference lol) and she's coming from the lower district (slums in our language I'd say). So, yeah, she's transfered to this school after several events (in the prologue of the game) and she's surprised to see this school is located in a so-said island, where it's surrounded by forest, and where communication with outside is prohibited. In this school, the pupils are divided in 3 "social classes" according to their grades and wealth; to go from the bottom : ishikoro (stones), mitsubashi (bees) and bara (roses). At the beginning of the game, she's in the mitsubashi class but she can go to ishikoro or bara according to the route you want to do XD (btw if you want to complete the route, it's the ishikoro one you have to do)
- You might believe you'll go to a special school for the sake of being in a surrounded and closed environment to live the perfect romance with your prince, but it's far from the reality 8'D
- What's really good is the balance between the romance and the actual story of the game : you have obviously the scene you'd normally want in an otome game (love confession, kisses and cute lines), but there's also the story of the school itself and it's a really good mix ! Plus, while you're seeking for more about its story, romance comes when you don't wait for it and this feeling of being surprised made my heart squeezing several times~ ♥
- The story is detailed and well-thought. Seriously I didn't expect something this complex !
- I wish I could understand more because I know I don't understand all and it pisses me off >o<
→ Characters, design & VAs :
- There's 5 datable boys ♥
- I think you can figure out who's my favorite considering my tastes : I like blonde guys and tsundere (and god yes he's a pure tsundere and he's voiced by one of the seiyuu (Namikawa Daisuke) I consider to be a god >o<); but just in case, a pic of him :
His full name is Takamine Riku btw. A 3-year. He's part of the bara class and he's been calling "Akabara-sama" by the other students (too long to explain but that's his title in the school to make it short). He's handsome and tsundere. He's pretending playing well the violin (but he actually can't play it properly urgh). Hum, his (best ?) friend is another of the datable guys, Rei~ He's excessive in various ways lol. He can be cute and funny and lack of self-confidence. "His pride is taller than a mountain, he's an ultra-oresama prince." (cf. description on the official site). AND HE RUINS MY LIFE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF WEEK (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻ I finished his route todaaaaay~ ♥
- There's various side-characters aside the heroine and the datable guys : friends, director (voiced by Okki btw aaaaah ♥), empress (?? lol that's her title and we don't even know her face), Edward-sensei (voiced by MikiShin aka Hijikata in Hakuouki. I was impressed by the variation of his voice WOO !!) and other students (but we don't see their faces when they're speaking XD) ! They're all interesting and contribute to make the story advancing !
- I was even more impressed by the ability of the seiyuu to change their voice to a line from another ♥
(Namidai is voicing from an oresama voice to a sweet voice, to a childish voice, while KimuRyo is switching from his calm voice to his badass voice~ ♥ NO WONDER THEY'RE MY KIRAMUNE BOYS ♥)
- I was used to Honeybees' character design so I was pretty "taken aback" (not to say disappointed at first *coughs*)... but I learnt to appreciate the chara design while advancing in the game ! The characters have MANY expressions and it's very detailed ! ♥ (when they're cryring there are actually tears who're failling from their eyes OMG.) The backgrounds are really pretty and there's many locations. AND OH MY GOD THE CGS ARE SO SO SO SOOOO GORGEOUS !!! ♥ I really liked the BGM too~
- ... and now that I finished Riku's route I'm feeling empty T_______T
TL;DR : In short I really enjoyed playing this game, so if you have the opportunity to play it, please do so ! ♥ I'm sure you won't regret it ! >o< It might be one the best games I played so far ! At first I played it because my sis said there's was KimuRyo (one of my seiyuu crushes) but I ended up liking NamiDai's chara lol x)