Amazing story game! Maybe just do some fact checks...and please change the end... – Phantom of Opera: Visual Novel Review

Let me just start off by saying I love both the PotO musical and the original story. I agree that the musical takes something away from the original character of the phantom but you guys really did him justice as a character. I believe this game competes with both the book and musical as a favorite. Thanks for keeping it clean! I hate it when fan fiction stories add a bunch of sexual stuff that really doesn’t need to be added. You guys did a great job! Spoilers: Some proofreading errors... Some of the dialogue has typos which cause what a character is saying to be confusing. Also Erik’s last mentioned age in Persia is 35 so then he goes to Turkey to escape. He and Daroga say they don’t see each other for 15 years which if I am correct would make Erik 50. At that time when Erik and Daroga again meet it is 9 years before the events with Christine....so Erik would have to be almost 60 when he meets Christine. In the facts about Erik though you say he is 50. I could just be confused about that. I do think that in an effort to be mysterious with the story some parts tend to be confusing but the review and character sketches do help with that. As far as the story line...the phantom almost made me cry at the end even though at times he made me mad. I am glad Christine did not choose Raoul. I really didn’t like him at all but that’s nothing new. Melek was a cool added character. She brought a whole new dimension. She was as bitter toward Erik as he was toward the world which was almost funny because she constantly condemned him and swore she would never be like him. Daroga made me sooo mad. I wished he would have just apologized for his failure to Erik in person but his regrets at the end were very sad. It didn’t seem like Daroga and Erik had much closure to their relationship. Their relationship could have been developed a bit more in the story. You alluded to how Erik viewed his relationship to Daroga but it didn’t make a lot of sense. I must say that I wish you had kept the end more like the original book. Erik didn’t let Christine go so basically he didn’t change at all. Christine basically scolded him and found his weaknesses to use against him. It made her seem vindictive in a way and she refused to forgive both Erik and Daroga (which is uncharacteristic of Christine). I loved how you had her putting some action to the pity she had for Erik by trying to help and change him. But by the end she seemed to come to the conclusion that she needed to focus on and take care herself. She changed from easily manipulated to self-centered. Also meeting Christine didn’t help Erik at all and in fact he hated her by the end. He was simply a broken, almost crazy, and bitter man who blamed everyone else for his problems. I always at least felt sorry for the phantom from the other stories because he seemed to have seen his error and changed but then was still all alone. I did feel sorry for yours but more because he was so blind and lost to the truth that he remained in his own chains and darkness. I know you probably can’t change it but the only reason I gave four stars was because I did not like the ending. It was definitely different from other adaptations but very depressingly so. Those who changed were never truly happy or they changed too late. The past was like a bad dream to all of the characters. This PotO story was a classic tragedy. Your art work and music were top notch. Honestly it is a very cool game! Keep up the good work!
Review by CWill18 on Phantom of Opera: Visual Novel.