Voices from the Sea
Voices from the Sea is a visual novel adventure from Zeiva Inc about a boy, a girl, the ocean, and sea shells. Lots and lots of sea shells. The plot is a little heavy on "aggressively ordinary boy meets magically energetic girl" tropes, but its relaxing vibe makes it easy to be won over to its charms.
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This was really, really enjoyable. I enjoyed this a lot - the art's great and the game definitely made me smile. This is now my go-to game for whenever I need a big stupid grin on my face.
I'll offer a dissenting opinion: this game is not candy, but extremely bland. The ending was obvious from the beginning--perhaps it doesn't even have multiple endings. The choices amount to 7 in total. Finally, and perhaps it's because I'm a girl, but the Manic Pixie Dream Girl is an overused trope.
I would have really liked to know what she actually was. :(
I gave up on this game three minutes in. It does nothing for me to play as a character who's apparently trying to protect himself from emotional abuse at home and school, only to find more of the same abuse from this so-called magic girlfriend. I won't play further, as I have no wish to see my character slowly contract Stockholm syndrome in relation to this manipulative, intentionally cruel and demeaning person.
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