/Conspiracy/ Girls >The Madness of Madison Delaroux Reviews

So Sigma !!!

Adorable and humorous little niche novel that starts out really nice, but later on kinda drops off. I liked most of the main cast and the general setting of things, but I really didn't like the focus on the main plot and how it was moved forward. Especially early on there's a pretty big info dump, but this generally won't stop, ever. Throughout the entire game you're being told about X and Y faction, and this and that famous person who did that one thing for the people/"continent". The pacing feels off and I believe this would've worked better if there were 8 or even 10 chapters instead of just 6. Each chapter takes around a good hour to get through. If the length per chapter was kept and a few extra chapters were added this could've been smoother, pacing-wise. I liked the first two chapters the most since they felt the most light-hearted and we got to meet the side characters and stuff. The dialogue also felt the best during those chapters, excluding the info dumps. The middle is so-so and last two chapters are kinda misbalanced. Chapter 5 is actually pretty good again, but then 6 is rather anti-climactic. Besides the story, my biggest issue with this game was the stability. I've had probably half a dozen, if not more, incidents where the game would hang and I had to restart the chapter or reload a save. One time a previous save, which worked before, became perma-softlocked too, where after loading I couldn't progress the text box. This would persist through a reboot of the game. It seems like the game has issue with timings and if a timing is missed the next event won't trigger, something like a screen flashing or scene change. Besides that, there were a few typos (actual typos) here and there, but nothing noteworthy. For what it's worth this VN is pretty alright, but if there's a sequel to this, one way or another, I really hope the pacing and writing are better. I'd like to see more light-hearted stuff (we didn't even get a beach filler episode in this one..) and have the "serious" part of the story take up less time. I know I keep harping about those things, but something about them felt slightly off in this story. So I hope the sequel, if there ever is one, is just better overall. High, more serious stakes with a less anti-climactic outcome. That being said, Ayano best girl. SP GSP

I'm reviewing Steam games in alphabetical order, and you can watch my review here: https://youtu.be/Mte2nGhqOMM Prefer to read? Conspiracy Girls as a linear visual novel that varies in quality between acceptable and sub-par. There are times where the game will totally freeze and you need to reload and then skip past that point in order to proceed. Given the subject matter, I was expecting some pretty edgy content, but instead it's a pretty scattered plot told from an inconsistent point of view, with jokes that fail to land. Because there is no glossary for terms, and because Japanese words are just thrown in at random, you'll spend a lot of time pulling out your phone to google translate things. At which point, just stay on your phone, it's probably more interesting than this. Maybe worth it on sale if you're a big fan of 4Chan internet humor and sub-par visual novels. Otherwise, avoid.