Awful compared to arcana – Fictif: Visual Novels Review

Where do I even start? I decided to try this out after I played all the routes in arcana, and fell in love with it. The characters, the world building, the music, everything was great! Was highly dissapointed by this though. Fine, I’ll excuse the need for the things you need to read chapters, the arcana also had a wait time of 3 hours for one key (although you could get keys from heart hunter) + you could permanently purchase chapters and wouldn’t have to spend another key whenever you wanted to reread it. But the stars?? In the arcana, sure the wheel of fortune you have a 0000.1% chance of getting 1000 coins, however with the daily login bonus, the ads you can watch for 40(?) coins, and heart hunter, I’d say it’s pretty fair. Login everyday for a week and you’ve earned enough to permanently unlock a main characters chapter (ex. Asra) which cost more due to them being a major character (fair.) Thé star system here? Garbage. 1 star for ads? When most choices cost around 30? 3 stars for reading 5 chapters? It’s gonna take me a whole lot more than 7 days to be able to buy a romantic choice. Most of the romantic choices are extremely disappointing at that! In the arcana, every choice you make somewhat progresses your relationship with the character, and it’s actually somewhat romantic (unless you choose to, like, walk into Lucio’s room in the prologue, and even him pushing you onto a bed is more romantic than whatever happens here.) I mean, come on, I paid like 28 stars to sit next to Felix in last legacy and nothing happened? Really? I have to pay 38 stars to PET a CAT? Dont even get me started on the writing. The fact that the stories are ongoing, although a bit irritating, is fine. Patience is a virtue after all. However; the fact that the stories aren’t even written that well doesn’t make me WANT to wait for them. In the arcana, sure, I had to wait for more chapters to release, especially on the minor characters (Muriel, Lucio, Portia) and I’m still waiting, hoping you release a valerius route, yet their stories were so captivating that I was counting down the days till it released! Here? I have almost no desire to wait the amount of time it takes for a new chapter to release, simply because it isn’t interesting enough. The characterization in arcana was amazing, every character was involved even if they weren’t the one you were romancing, and they all had their flaws and pluses. Here? They’re either awful, or great. No in-between. The writing sounds like fan fiction Id write in sixth grade, throwing in big words in order to make it seem smarter when in reality I don’t know what half of them mean. The characters don’t draw me in, and the ones that do I am unable to romance (I’m looking at you, fortune teller from last legacy). Somehow, minor characters that appear twice are more enticing than the main ones! Please, fix your game. It has potential, especially in comparison to arcana. Perhaps you’ve bitten off more than you can chew- in the arcana, it was all one big world. Here, it’s a ton of mini stories with different routes that you just can’t seem to keep up with. Sure, trying new things is great, but maybe stick to things you do best. Like the arcana.
Review by peeliestears on Fictif: Visual Novels.