How to Take Off Your Mask Reviews

I really like roseVeRte’s games. And this one was one of the cutest visual novels I’ve played on steam! Art style, BG, BGM, and VA were just perfect. [spoiler]Luccretia’s route was really cute, haha![/spoiler] All the previous things which used to annoy me a bit on the other games from these developers are gone (more like technical stuff, I always liked their stories tho). This new story seems a bit cliche at first, but after playing both routes, I can definitely recommend this game. It’s cute, and I’m looking forward to see a How to Take Off Your Mask 2 soon. [spoiler]I also felt a deeper connection between the characters during Luccretia’s route.[/spoiler] 8/10. There’s no “super deep meaning” or “super sad” stuff here, just a simple cute visual novel. If you enjoy this sort of game, get it on sale (I found it a bit short, and this game is kinda expensive to be honest)! I wish good luck to the developers on the second game, I’m really curious about what’s coming next.

The plot is VERY cliche, and even though the anthropomorphic cats are pretty creative, the way the characters fall in love is not, and I find that the MC can't tell that the boy loves her despite how obvious it is, to be annoying and just there because that's how it always is. I'm not sure this game is worth the $14.99. The originality in the demo was lost to the banality of the following chapters in the story. If you haven't been exposed to much romantic themed stories, you may think this story is original, which is fine, then this game is for you. But if you're looking for an otome game that breaks the mold, this isn't the game for you.

Well, just got done playing the human side route. I must say, this game is very adorable! I highly recommend this game if you are a fan of visual novels. Pros: *Character sprites are VERY well done. The shading and proportions are excellent, and don't make me feel like I'm looking at a newgrounds flash game made by a 14 year old. *Very well written story. Dialogue is well done, the chraracters, while not very in depth, I feel are quite decently written. *Gameplay does not appear to have any bugs at all *This game does appear to have some replay value *This game is fully voiced, even the minor characters (all two of them). Voices are in Japanese. Cons: *This game is rather short (I am a huge speed reader, so actual gameplay was less than an hour for me. Then again, I can read a 600 page book in two hours). If you are a slower reader, I imagine this would take a bit longer. *The story, while well written, could use a bit of fleshing out. I guess I just like more details and meat to a story. *Price does feel a bit high to me. Then again, this is probably because of the voice acting. *Plotline seems to skip around a bit, but given this is a light-hearted story, it doesn't really detract from anything. All in all, if you love visual novels and reading, this is a good game. If you are a huge otome and VN fan like me, you won't mind the price. Otherwise, you may want to wait until this goes on sale.

Finished human route, and I think it`s nice game to play if you like otome / VN`s with romance. Story is very adorable and cute, scenario focuses on the dilemmas and transformation which the protagonists undergo under the influence our decisions. You can say that game is simple because it has only two routes and one guy to romance, but it has a few nice twists and choices. I recommend this game and I look forward to the next from roseVeRte :) PS: I was a little disappointed that roseVeRte abandoned its previous graphic style - but I can imagine why.

[u] ENG [/u] As typical of indy/doujin games, Lilia is a heroine with an actual personality and a fun attitude that allows her to bump off the personality of the guy, Ronan. The game has 2 different endings, of Lilia as either her human self or cat self but generally it’s the same. Unfortunately this ends up being a down side of the game because once you finish 1 route, the 2nd one becomes a bit boring since essentially the story is the same aside from a few slight difference and Lilia’s appearance. Despite this I still enjoyed the game, because both the 2 main characters and the sub characters had fun personalities and great dialogue that did make the first run of the game very enjoyable. Only other gripe I have is I wish the skip and auto-mode buttons were on the menu GUI so I wouldn’t constantly have to right click to open the menu. Otherwise, I really enjoyed the game, and especially the voice acting was probably one of my favorite parts. Both Ronan and Lilia’s voice actors did a great job and really helped bring out the characters’ personalities. If you’re looking for a short and cute game, I definitely recommend giving this one a shot as it’s better than some of the otome games I’ve reviewed recently. [u] PL [/u] Jak zwykle w grach indy/doujin, Lilia jest bohaterką o prawdziwej osobowości i zabawnym nastawieniu, które pozwala jej podbić osobowość faceta, Ronana. Gra ma 2 różne zakończenia, Lilii jako jej ludzkiej lub kociej postaci, ale generalnie jest tak samo. Niestety kończy się to wadą gry, ponieważ po ukończeniu 1 trasy druga staje się nieco nudna, ponieważ zasadniczo historia jest taka sama poza kilkoma drobnymi różnicami i wyglądem Lilii. Mimo to nadal podobała mi się gra, ponieważ zarówno 2 główne postacie, jak i postacie poboczne miały zabawne osobowości i świetne dialogi, które sprawiły, że pierwsze uruchomienie gry było bardzo przyjemne. Jedynym innym problemem, jaki mam, jest to, że chciałabym, aby przyciski pomijania i trybu automatycznego znajdowały się w menu GUI, więc nie musiałabym ciągle klikać prawym przyciskiem myszy, aby otworzyć menu. Poza tym naprawdę podobała mi się gra, a zwłaszcza aktorstwo głosowe było prawdopodobnie jedną z moich ulubionych części. Zarówno aktorzy głosowi Ronana, jak i Lilii wykonali świetną robotę i naprawdę pomogli wydobyć osobowości bohaterów. Jeśli szukasz krótkiej i uroczej gry, zdecydowanie polecam dać jej szansę, ponieważ jest lepsza niż niektóre gry otome, które ostatnio recenzowałam. [i] Chociaż uważam, że cena jest nieco wysoka w stosunku do zawartości, którą otrzymujesz (43,99 zł) myślę, że jest to rekompensowane faktem, że gra jest w pełni udźwiękowiona. Bardzo rzadko zdarza się, że gra indy jest w pełni udźwiękowiona, większość z nich w ogóle nie jest udźwiękowiona. Ale ten nawet podkłada głos bohaterce, która nawiasem mówiąc, wykonała niesamowitą robotę jako Lilia i Leea. Jest fajny film otwierający i piosenka OP, co znowu jest niezwykłe w tego typu grach. Myślę więc, że kończy się to potwierdzeniem ceny, ale chyba wolałabym, żeby te 2 trasy miały coś faktycznie innego niż prawie identyczne historie. [/i] [spoiler] Żeby otrzymać Sekretną Dyskusje trzeba mieć jednocześnie dobre wybory i w ścieszce jako człowiek jak i w Luckrecji [/spoiler]

[I] How to take off your mask [/i] is a sweet short visual novel but the way it's made from the technical point of view is too inconvenient. If you're interested in cute cat-girls and a light read, you should buy the remastered version. I'm sure the playthrough would be much more pleasant for me if I had the renewed game but the idea to spend money on it (and the price is so much higher) when I already have this one was kinda meh. Anyway, it's gonna be a neutral review. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2861528197 +a sweet story about a cat girl. That was rather relaxing to read. Don't expect anything deep. +MC was quite enjoyable in her human form as well. For example, to see that she was the first to confess her feelings was delightful. +fully voiced Japanese VN. That's the reason enough to choose a thumb up for this neutral review. xD +pretty art, beautiful CGs, lovely videos. +cards, achievements. Plus one 'perfect' game in steam collection \o/ 155th for me :)) +a steam guide, I actually had to use at one point. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2846302122 –saving is inconvenient. You can't see what's there in the save slot. –I set the sound volume at zero. But it didn't help T_T A grating, annoying sound was there all the time when I accidentally put cursor over settings. So to skip the read text I couldn't use the skip button because of that awful sound but ctrl skipped all the text. I was thinking about turning the sound off on my computer but I wanted to enjoy the chars' voices T_T –So, the skipping is disastrous. Chapters change for too long. Usually when you skip through the read text and some new sentences appear clicking on skip button works like usual clicking, just to continue reading. But not here :( You click, shudder from that terrible sound and that's it, the text stops, you have to click somewhere else, no way to see when the read text starts. Of course, it's not like I totally forgot the story I've read before but it's still a waste of time, I still manage to read some part of the text I've read. it's so inconvenient( --oh, and the screen size is either a full window or a tiny one :( --story-wise not all questions were answered. The ending and the dev's comments hinted about the continuation. But I don't see if there's any. Perhaps, I'm wrong though. The devs has quite a number of visual novels. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2851141958 Welp, perhaps for 2015 year this visual novel is not that bad but inconvenient settings still spoiled a lot of pleasure for me. Definitely, buy a remastered version if you want to indulge in a bit stupid but still very adorable interaction with a cat girl. [table] [tr] [th]More thoughts about the game in a [url=https://steamcommunity.com/groups/readingnook/discussions/0/3457094584927771525/] Reading Nook [/url][/th] [/tr] [/table]

I want to start this off with This is the best Interactive visual novel i have played. lots of choices and very fun and lots of extra bits and peices. Yet im only done with half the story. i recommend this game fully with its adorable and sweet love story <3. but if I could make one change i would make writen save files.

At first, I really enjoyed this game. I've played my fair share of VN's, and I thought the production values were good, the story was cute, and the stats mechanism easy enough to understand. Unfortunately, I discovered on the second playthrough that your choices do not matter. I wanted to see what ending I would get if I purposefully made bad choices, and I got the *exact same ending as if I had made the "love" choice.* In other words, my choices didn't matter at all. The only thing they affected was if I received some bonus content or chapters. This really effected the story for me. Why bother having a "love stat" or "love choice" if no matter what you do, the characters fall in love?

it's too short, IMO, and you can only choose one guy, which is kind of sad. The story isn't really complete, will they be making a second game, I wonder?

I really liked the concept of the game a lot. It was fun to play, the music was awesome, and the artwork was so cute! The only problem I had with this game was the price and how long the game actually was. Without getting all of the achievements on the game, I played approximately four hours. However, the game was very interactive, and appealing! If you want a otome, yet story based game, then definitely get How To Take Off You Mask! :)