The House in Fata Morgana Reviews

First 8 hours or so took me weeks to get trough, but the latter 16 hours I completed in one day. Peak fiction in every sense.

I have only completed the first chapter, but I just can't stop thinking about it. I'm so glad I decided to give it a read all of a sudden. This visual novel is gonna ruin my life. Will update this review once finished.

It's an interesting read—nothing special, though. It's definitely not on the level of The Lord of the Rings. I think I would have appreciated it more as a teenager. The story wasn't always engaging for me, but the artwork and music are great. One fun thing I noticed is that they initially tried very hard to translate the game with an old-fashioned English literature style but gave up after a few chapters, switching to more regular American English. In the first chapters, they came up with a new synonym for almost every word to avoid ANY repetition, but in the last chapter, they repeated "implore" about four times. So, the translation is rather inconsistent, but it's not a big deal.

the most beautiful visual novel i have ever read in my entire life, with the type of story that haunts you months after finishing. incredibly bewitching prose tied together with breathtaking imagery; the house in fata morgana has truly raised the bar for this genre.

I can't even begin to explain how much i love this game. This is an experience like no other and I highly recommend to everyone. Truly a must read!

I truly mean it when I say that The House in Fata Morgana is one of the best stories I have ever read in my entire life, and I would go as far as to say it IS a perfect story, it actually has 0 flaws, I recommend it to anybody, I went into it blind, with absolutely no context and I believe that is the best way to experience it, so, what are you waiting for?

Just ended it. And I'm no native speaker but writing this in spanish would be pointless as the novel doesn't have (an official) translation. Anyway this was a drawn out project for me. Started reading it years ago while my life was on an ever increasing, painful melancholy that I'm still slowly accepting. I see now the parallelisms of this game and my situation but the start of this story was more like a pulp horror to me, where twists are thrown cheaply for shock factor. I wasn't very optimistic of the outcomes of those first doors as it seemed rather disjointed. I wasn't paying much attention too. It however punched me on my feelings, seeing how that fantasy love was twisted by petty misunderstadings and wanton curses. Oh yeah I related to that. On recent times I walked the later half of this and I'm impressed at the coherence, depth and beauty of it all. I can't really convince you if you haven't played it yet, and if you have this is maybe redundant, but every character gets such a lovely treatment of their wishes, fears and yearnings that I don't think I'll forget them anytime soon. The walls of the mansion soaked me in and they felt alive, that's just how good the relations between its elements is. Yeah this is getting a bit fanboyish. Maybe the pacing is a bit drawn out, maybe the plots are a bit too exposed and too explained, not leaving much room for mistery once you get to the heart of it all. Honestly I think these are tiny flaws because the core of the experience was made of some pristine darkness that allowed me to reflect about my also turbulent life, giving me a renewed sense of hope and love for the important things on life, mainly people.

It's peak writing. I'm not too familiar with visual novels so this felt quite long but the "reveal" made it worth taking the time to properly digest the scenes. The music is awesome. The art is awesome. The story is so beautiful. There is simply nothing bad left to be said about this game.

Uma visual novel das mais brabas. Desenhos lindos, personagens cativantes, apesar de alguns serem rasos e irritantes só "porque sim", hehe. A música é um dos destaques, por bem ou por mal, porque tem uma interpretação interessantíssima de letras em Português por alguém que talvez não tenha noção nenhuma da língua, o que faz com que os versos sejam um pouco reconhecíveis, mas meio alienígenas? É difícil de explicar, mas foi uma sensação muito interessante a primeira vez que ouvi o diacho da música do passarinho. O jogo entra em temas que eu sinceramente não esperava e que, honestamente, não imaginei que poderiam ser abordados como foram. Dado todo o contexto de produção e até da própria era onde se passa a história, foi um take até bem gentil e empoderador pra esse tema. Não falo o que é porque é um mega spoiler, mas valeu a pena. Ótima história, músicas interessantíssimas e arte belíssima. Recomendação facílima se você gosta minimamente de visual novels. Nota naval: C9

Can't describe this in words, it's some of the best fiction I've come across in quite a while. Definitely 10/10.