Heartstop Reviews

This game's writing impressed me. I wasn't sure what to expect given the low number of reviews, but the concept intrigued me. While the script could certainly be tidied up (there are some spelling errors and occasionally the dialogue is a little stiff), there is a lot of great emotional writing. I teared up at a couple endings, and had chills go down my back during a couple as well. I was also curious to unravel the mystery the whole time, and I actually am satisfied with the answers the game provides. My play time is significant for a game this length, one playthrough will last you about a few hours if you read at a decent pace, but I just had to see all the game had to offer. There's a very intriguing subtext to the game that you can really only piece together after getting multiple endings as well; Various little details, dialogue or visuals that only make sense in hindsight, etc. It's really engaging, and was enough to get me to play 3 times just to see all the little clues and changes I could find. The way the game lets you know exactly what influences changes in the story when it happens is a nice touch too. There's a multitude of choices to influence the story in small ways. The only complaints I have towards the game is that I wish it had visual novel style convenience features to better facilitate multiple playthroughs. Things like scene skipping, telling you if you've read a line before, a flowchart for scenes, etc. You can hold down a button to forward the dialogue, but it is a bit slow, and certain scripted sections can't be sped up at all. I'm also missing just 1 achievement, and I have no idea how to get it...