This game is set in the Mirror's Edge universeĪnything past this point will have spoilers for the story if you want to play this completely fresh, stop here and go play it! However, after a few hours the stories (because there are a few arcs that interlink) start to pick up and become interesting.
I also found the story was very slow to get started, with some scenes lasting much longer than they needed to and some things being repeated in the same passage. The writing is a little awkward at times, sometimes clearly betraying its translation with phrases that make vague sense. When it comes to the actual story, I really enjoyed it eventually. The game also occasionally asks you to fill in some of the blanks from information you learn from scenes throughout the day and ranks you based on your memory, but often there were only one or two options to choose from. You don’t miss anything for selecting the side scenes, though if you select the main sequence you won’t be able to play the other scenes. The sections of story are separated by a map, where you occasionally have the choice between several scenes that occur at the same time. These kids have definitely studied Shakespeare The story is split into three different perspectives: one from male lead Yuu, one from female lead Chiharu and one that fills in the gaps and conversations that those two characters aren’t present for. At first, I thought this was OK since it’s rare that the player character in visual novels has an actual vocal role, but Magical Eyes doesn’t just use one protagonist. The voice acting is also very high quality, with all the characters having a great voice behind them except the main male protagonist. All the art is incredibly high quality, with highly detailed characters and scenes that help build up the individual characters’ personalities. Magical Eyes looks like a pretty standard visual novel: it uses Japanese voice acting and an anime art style, with no real animation outside of sprite transitions. It’s hard to review a visual novel because it’s mostly just critiquing a story, so I’m going to be writing two parts: This first part will discuss the game with only very slight mentions to the story, and the second part will be more about the story and much more spoilerific. Magical Eyes - Red is for Anguish is a visual novel from Pomera Studios set in a world where emotion can lend special powers to individuals or objects. Reviews // 1st May 2016 - 6 years ago // By Jinny Wilkin Magical Eyes - Red is for Anguish Review
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