Who is Semyon? Just picture any man who regularly uses 4chan in his early twenties, and is a severe recluse. But all of that could change when he’s transported to a summer camp, and his whole world seems to change. His first goal is to find out what happened to him, but he slowly loses the will to do so as new priorities fill his mind. The plot is pretty intriguing, and the writing backs this up. It can be heart-warming, philosophical or confusing depending on when it needs to be. There are some telltale signs that the game has been translated: misplaced letters here, nonsensical sentences there, but these are few and far between. And I’m not a big enough douchebag or Grammar Nazi to be seriously bothered by it, despite it being noticeable when the grammar is wrong. I don’t think the writing excels in the characters as much as it does in the story. The characters are likeable (apart from a certain librarian who can go and fuck herself), but seem to pigeonholed into one stereotype, like I was pigeonholed as gay in school because I disliked football. There’s a type-A girl, an angry girl, a nerdy boy and so on. But there seems to be some love put into the characters, and their speech patterns make them less bland. Furthermore, I’m now thoroughly enamoured with the girl I chose to finish the game with. That could be a sign of good writing, or evidence that I form attachments too easily and should seek help. However, it must be noted that I only finished the game once. There are actually multiple endings to the game for most of the characters you can romance.
And in my ending the character in question did seem to develop a little bit. Perhaps in the endings for other characters this would be true as well. I just wish that they were more varied from the outset. The multiple endings are reached by the different choices you make. The choices are actually my only gripe with the game. I played the game the first time around, got halfway, saw a guide online and promptly started again because the way I was playing wouldn’t reach a good ending. #EVERLASTING SUMMER ALL ENDINGS ANDROID#.
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