Rising Angels: Hope Reviews

I rarely write reviews but I've been playing the bonus episodes. I just want to say that I've almost completely left PC gaming for the Switch but once I found out about the bonus episodes I reinstalled and got right back in. I love Rising Angels. Ever since I first cameacross Rising Angels: Reborn I've tried to get people to check it out. The same with Rising Angels: Hope. I'm near the end of bonus episode 2. I need to dry my tears after such an emotional scene. I love this series and I cannot wait for more.

Fairly short, but with good soundtrack and an intriguing cast. Bonus episodes are highly enjoyable too.

Overall, I found this VN to be quite enjoyable. The different art style to Reborn took a bit getting used to, but wasn't bad. The music was good. Faye as main character was interesting (the wolf sounds got a bit old rather quickly, though). Of course, Kika is still best character :) One request for the person responsible for the text: please check the meaning of the word "complement". It was used instead of "compliment" several times and that was a little irritating.

If you played the original version, Rising Angels Red Rose, You'll notice that this remake Hope copied and pasted alot of the script / text from the original version. During most of the first few hours of the game, I was bored cause I literally knew what would happen next. This is because almost all of the text were literally copied from the original and pasted into the remake. It felt like I was reading the original all over again but with a new paint job. BUT!!! Does that mean this is a bad game? The answer to that is NO! The game does add a few new scenes to keep people like me who played the original, entertained and interested in game. And these new scenes are amazing, They give us much needed character developement. I should also mention that if you played the original, you'll notice that a few chaacters are missing, That's because they were taken out. There's nothing wrong with removing characters who do nothing for story, But its a problem when the game mention the names and the actions of these removed characters but don't show them, this leaves people who are new to the series wondering "Who is ( Insert name here ) ?" I know it seems like I'm being negative towards the game but I do love Rising Angel Hope. The 2nd half of the game is were we ( The people who played the original ) get some fully new content, diving into more of the story! This is where it becomes like a dating visual novel, You get 3 romance options, Yoi, Lena & Kiki. ( Kika FTW~ ) Depending on your choices, You'll get one of 3 possible endings, Yoi END, Lena END, Or Kika END! ( Kika is canon route BTW ) For the people who played the Original, There is enough new content here to be worthy of a purchase but reading what you mostly read already to get to the new content is entirely up to you. For the people who never played the original, This is definitely a good purchase, You will enjoy the story and characters!

Kika is cuter than Lenna, but Faye and Lenna are cuter together. This is a crisis that must be solved. [spoiler]In all seriousness, my only gripe with this VN is that they didn't use the same art style from Reborn for uniformity (and generally more pleasing assets), instead opting to use an artstyle more reminiscent of the VN this is a remake of.[/spoiler] Corniest ending possible 10/10 For those worried about it: This game doesn't end in het. In fact, it is impossible for it to end in het. It's hilarious how BTFO the het gets.

I played Rising Angels: Reborn prior to this and that is how I ended up finding Rising Angels: Hope. At first I was a little bit hesitant because of the price, but after looking at the artwork (which is fantastic, btw!) I took the plunge and don't regret a thing. This visual novel was amazing! My favorite to date! All characters are interesting and well developed and the storyline is solid. The balance between positive and negative events is good and most conflicts or problems are resolved quickly enough that the stress that they induce isn't too bad. I get heavily emotionally invested in games and visual novels, so a drawn out conflict resolution can be quite stressful. The character subtleties and backstories are also very well thought out and well implemented. Without giving away any specifics; there is a plot outcome in Rising Angels: Hope that I have never seen in a visual novel before that left me speechless when it happened. Never has a plan gone so wrong so fast in anything other than real life. My final rating is definitely 10/10. I hope (hehe) that the continuing adventures of this crew will come out soon! I can't wait to see what they get up to! If anyone is still reading this far, I have one final word about the price. It is somewhat higher than many other visual novels, but the production value is high. The artwork is fantastic, the music is well done and suits the mood of each scene very well and the writing is great. For the cost of going out to see a 2 hour movie at the theater; you can have an 8 hour adventure with a handful of great characters. If I see anything from this studio again; I will not hesitate to jump on it even at full price.

I really liked the first game, this one not so much. While I get the idea of the characters, I can't help getting worked up due to the writing, the situations, and their conclusions. They're simply bad. Every single character is annoying to a point where I cant handle it anymore. Im out for now. Cant play it. Not good for my health. Almost smashed my keyboard several times. Blood pressure rising, neighbor's complaining because of frustrated screaming all over the building. Nice art though!

A yuri visual novel set at Starfleet Academy, this is a prequel to "Rising Angels: Reborn" and a remake of the uncompleted "Rising Angels: The Red Rose". I like the other two games, but this is my favorite of the series so far, for several reasons: [list] [*] Good writing throughout (occasional typos aside). [*] It's considerably longer than "Reborn". [*] It has a catchy, upbeat theme song and a mostly optimistic tone, fitting the game's subtitle. [*] It has a more choices. A lot of these choices are not terribly important plotwise ("Do you want to spend some time hanging out with Person A or Person B?"), but they make the story more personalized and help flesh out the characters. [*] As in "Reborn", there's a designated love interest around whom a fair portion of the story revolves. [spoiler] But at the end of the game, you're given the option to date another of the characters instead, if you so choose. Which, again, makes the game feel more involving. [/SPOILER] [*] Last but not least, the game has loads more Kika Starr, the spoiled and egocentric but loyal and benevolent catgirl who may have surpassed Hermione Granger as my favorite fictional character. She's awesome. [/list] I liked the artwork in "Red Rose" better, but other than that this game rocks. I bought it full price and it was well worth it.

+Cute story +Cute music +Cute characters (Familiar tropes, but very well done) +Cute illustration -Lack of military discipline and what you could/would get away with is... eye rolling if you have a basic understanding of what morale and discension is lol. -Yoi : This character infuriated me, and it only got worse and worse and worse and worse and everyone in the story considers her a friend no matter what... no matter what... no matter WHAT! The morality behind it is so questionable is actually disturbs me eveytime I think of the choices the writer made, creating this story, and the lessons we're to learn from it.. Wish there was options to actually make Faye pull away from this character... -A bit spendy Thats it really, a great game so far, bit pricey.

I absolutely love this game. The protagonist Faye is great. My favorite lady is Kika though, I just adore her self centeredness- I hope I can ship her and Faye, time will tell. Anyway, I am loving the story, I am extremely happy with my purchase. Awesome game, the choices I have been presented with so far have very interesting consequences. The storytelling is masterful, all the characters are vibrant and complex, very diverse and interesting. Excellent game. Very strongly recommend it, I am glad I found it while browsing here on steam.