Changeling Reviews

love it

This a fun visual novel. The female main character has a developed personality and there are other female characters she has an array of different relationships with, some good, some bad, some in-between. I could hear the inflection the characters would use when talking despite there not actually being voice acting, so strong writing in that regard. While some parts of the story overlap the routes they are still rather unique so it's worthwhile to play through each of them. I also enjoyed the music and there seem to be many different backgrounds/locations to see which help make the world come alive. I also really like that most characters who speak have portraits in this game (it is kind of a pet peeve of mine in VNs if only the romanceable or "important" characters get portraits, it makes the world feel small). Two minor issues. I play in full screen mode, and sometimes if I click certain areas of my screen I am brought to my desktop, the game is still playing in a tab and I can easily resume playing right where I was. But this could be bothersome for some. Another small issue is sometimes it seems like the name does not match who is actually saying the dialogue, I've noticed later in the individual routes I've played thus far. This last thing is not really an issue just an observation, the icon for the game on my start menu used to be the unique design for the game, but for some reason it became a generic looking icon and has stayed that way ever since. When it first changed and the game randomly brought me to my desktop screen, I thought the game closed, but according to steam it was still playing, so I checked the icons of my opened apps again, and gave the generic looking one a try (a boring story none of you likely needed to hear, but hopefully it helps if you experience the same minor issues). Otherwise, the only minor thing I'd add to this game is the ability to manage save data in-game. Idk about everyone else who plays visual novels, but I end up using all the save files by the time I play all the routes. It can be kind of difficult in later playthroughs.

Steamberry Stuidos makes some of the best visual novels I've ever played. The writing is amazing and the research and knowledge is just remarkable. I Love them all!

I loved the characters and the fae lore twisted in the plot

Honestly I did this a bit backwards as i stumbled upon Gilded shadows first and completed a good chunk of that game before getting this one. would i recommend it? absolutely 100%, I have only completed Elliot and Marc so far, I am a bit disappointed about the uneven photos from these routes but having played one that has little lore versus one with more i can kinda understand.