Drinks With Abbey

“In a longer game, I would like if one small wrong choice didn't completely ruin the whole story.”

“While the player does have to make choices that affect the path the story goes down, there are too many instances where the game decides what the player will respond.”

“This just feels like a dead end in the branching choices, like 'we don't have time to write a response to this, so just have her say she isn't interested in that, and make the player pick from the other two choices we did write story for.'”

“The graphics and the storyline as a whole is pretty good.”

“The first thing that caught my attention was the graphics.”

“I appreciate the more westernized direction both in terms of storytelling and art style (the latter I definitely had to get used to but grew to like after multiple playthroughs).”

“Play it for the atmosphere/date but be prepared to be disappointed, I guess.”

“The game is mostly still images, but the bar atmosphere is still conveyed convincingly, especially with the choice of music.”

“In concluding this review, although the game has some rough spots which is expected as it is the first game by the developer, the story, atmosphere, and characters are all done fairly well and the character interactions are believable at worst, realistic enough to where I could picture the series of events depicted in the game actually occurring in real life albeit a little differently.”

“As a visual/interactive novel, this doesn't feature any notable gameplay; it's just a lot of clicking through badly written dialogue that would never have been accepted or published in print, which poses the question, 'how did something this badly written end up on Steam?'”

“Gameplay was mostly pressing the skip button and letting it play out until you see new dialogue because otherwise you are just rereading the same lines over and over again.”

“Even though it is free to play, that isn't an excuse for crappy gameplay.”

“There is really no character development whatsoever.”

“The characters feel flat and lack any meaningful growth throughout the game.”

“I was disappointed by how predictable and one-dimensional the character arcs were.”

“Visual novels/e-books are tedious at best. Imagine the best novel you ever read, whether it's 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy', '2001: A Space Odyssey', or 'Twilight' (if you have terrible taste in literature), but then translate that to a format where the words dribble out and you have to click your mouse every time you want to read the next sentence, instead of just turning the pages.”

“Grinding feels like an endless loop of repetitive tasks that drain the enjoyment out of the game. It's like running on a treadmill without getting anywhere.”

“The grind is so excessive that it overshadows the actual gameplay, making it feel more like a chore than a fun experience.”

“A cute and quick game with multiple endings, so there's a bit of replayability!”

“The game feels repetitive after the first playthrough, lacking enough variety to entice me to replay.”

“While there are different paths to take, the core gameplay remains the same, making it hard to stay engaged for a second run.”