Galaxy Girls Reviews

The art design of this game is very good but it feel's short. Also the price is kinda high, should be around 10 USD (in my opinion), as well as the DLC's price. Overall, I wouldn't recommend it for 13 USD on it's current state. Buying Battle Girls is a better option I believe.

This is an interesting visual novel. A rewrite and update of a free-to-play visual novel (I think called Blossoms Bloom Brightest), this adds another girl, updates the artwork and refines the story. Whether that is a good thing or not, I really can't say, as I have not experienced the first story. What I can say is that this ends up being a usual Dharker product. Though even that might not be completely true, as it appears the group called BurstRay has broken off from Dharker... Anyway, I would suggest getting this on discount. And maybe the Deluxe edition for all the DLCs...

Let me start by saying I actually enjoyed Galaxy Girls, especially as an expansion/upgrade to Blossoms Bloom Brightest, which is essentially the free premise version of this game available on Steam. galaxy girls for the most part is a straight upgrade - but in being so it re-uses a lot of content from the free version, with new art, backgrounds, and a new character who feels mostly natural once she's included, but is shoe-horned in really lazily. The non-recommendation comes from the shallow business practices of packing a bunch of mini-DLCs of very inconsistent quality into the mix that I simply can't approve of. The Card Game DLC is utterly terrible, and while the other four story based ones are interesting, four dollars a pop for them is a bit steep after a 13 dollar base price. That said, if you played - and enjoyed - Blossoms Bloom Brightest, or enjoy cute, somewhat plot-weak but character-heavy VNs (with an uncensor patch on the Developers website) you'll enjoy this. The four story-based DLC range from Okay to Good, but all of them are very short; I'd recommend Sara's and Kotoha's the most for character development purposes, as they explore relationships between the characters at different parts of the story moreso than the other two, which are mostly fanservice (with Erica's being the overtly superior of the two focused on smut). Overall, good game, sucky business practices, only buy it on sale or if you loved the free version.

There's a lot of things wrong with this game. As soon as you open the game you're prompted to buy DLC. As soon as you try to start the game you're again encouraged to buy DLC. The prologue lasts forever, and the story is pretty boring. I've liked almost all Dharker Studios games, but this is the first I've ever refunded.

Edit1: I'm aware I have 144 hours in this game, but that's only because I'm heavily interested in doing an entire re-write of the game, so that's my reasoning for the high hours. So I've been needing to collect my thoughts for an extremely long time with this visual novel, mostly in regards to how it progresses and how the story flows. Lets start with the story and where it stands: It works, but there are some points that need ironing out. Erica being thrust into a position of leadership, but also being a blank slate of a character puts her character development in a weird situation. She's about as socially awkward as you'd expect from this sort of archetype, but that's not to say it's bad since the player can project themselves onto them. The problem with Erica is that she's expected to make a large character growth in just two weeks of ingame time. I'll just leave it at that. Kotoha is fine for what it's worth, but she lives overly carefree and you only ever see her stress out during the actual bad ending of the visual novel, but also two weeks to go from stranger to lover(or harem/poly) feels too short for her. Regardless, her character is the best of the four, but only because she's semi-relatable. Sara... Jesus. For being a Doctor, she definitely is the most unhinged of the four. She snaps at the other characters quite frequently while not missing an opportunity to bash Kotoha for her carefree attitude or Erica's inability to tell the truth of what's going on or for just being a shitty captain. That sort of attitude is weird to me for someone with her background. If her character were to be re-written, it should have her be more sarcastic and sassy rather than rude and asinine. I would've also liked to see some sprinkles of her mental state actually breaking down a bit while in front of the other characters. Emilia... Was definitely an afterthought with her incorporation into the story. All of her dialogue is the shortest and seems to have the least impact and it shows when you compare Blossoms Bloom Brightest to Galaxy Girls where the dialogue still flows without her being there. Her route is still interesting, but I feel like the story of how she winded up on the ship should have been in the main story rather than a DLC Addon. Rather than stumbling upon the ship, though, have it where she was tricked into getting on the ship by her Mistress or something. *coughcough* ------ What about the overall big picture of the story? It's a great central starting off point. Four characters in space. Put onto a ship by what is essentially a shadow government. Traveling to some unknown location based on the ship's computer. The issue here is that no one does any maintenance work while in the ship despite Erica having assigned them roles. Unfortunately, there's another problem with there only being four characters on a ship designed to hold twelve people. Emilia cleans the entire inside of the ship. Kotoha is supposed to be the mechanic for the ship. Sara is the ship's doctor. Erica is the captain who looks at the ship's vitals(My assumption). That still leaves any maintenance to be done in other areas of the ship. Just a little too much for only four characters. The next issue I had with the visual novel was the length. The game is divided into two parts that last one week each with the first week being dedicated to the character you're trying to get involved with(Kotoha, Sara, or Emilia) and the second week being dedicated to one of said character's route. That feels too short and I honestly believe it should be extended to an ingame time of 30 days which would divide up the time to 15 days to getting a route and 15 days dedicated to said route. The final issue I had was the "difficulty" of figuring out what choices affected which character in order to get to a specific route, which was further complicated when you entered the route you wanted, but still had to figure out what combination of choices would get you the ending you probably wanted. I would've liked to see something similar to what Detroit: Become Human did with arrows pointing up or down depending on the choices you made and how it effected the character. There was also the problem of having to make seven correct choices to get into the route you wanted(As well as another seven choices during the actual route itself for one of three endings) and not actually knowing if you picked the right choices only to wind up in the bad ending cause you were going with your gut. Needs an indicator if the game ever gets a re-master. -------------------- And that kinda covers what I wanted to actually go over. Among the other things, the art is fantastic and the animated bits are great, but the story needs a large overhaul to make it stand the test of time. *coughcough* So I give this game a 6.5 out of 10 in its current form. I still recommend you go through it and form your own opinions, but take it at face value for what it is: A Yuri title in space.

Another short, yuri, visual based Dharker title. Very short story that ends abruptly and never really goes much of anywhere from the 3 endings I've seen so far (they only wear the space suits in the thumbnail once and you could go the whole story without really realizing they're in space despite the title). The main focus of the novel is the cg's, which you need to go through way too many endings for and even buy additional $20 of dlc just for some extra scenes. Not worth the cash unless you have money to burn for a few nice images and animation to the extent of girls blinking occasionally. I will update once I've gone through all ~14 endings however.

[b] What happened? [/b] I had high hopes for this since I liked the demo/first version, Blossoms Bloom Brightest. But I was mistaken... [list] [*] The art changed. It was what caught my attention in the first version. There's really no reason to change it. It's now harder to take Sara's personality seriously (facial expression looks really, really bad). Because of this, the game now looks like a straight up porno. Don't get me wrong, the art is still good. [*] What happened to the characters? I thought they had MORE depth in the previous version. It's all gone in this. [*] The writing is not decent...just like the characters (get it?). But it is also not bad. [/list] I have never made a mistake in choosing/buying VNs, Galaxy Girls marks my first. Of all the VNs that I have played (in steam and out of steam), this is the worst. I was going to recommend this because [b] yuri [/b] but this is just, say disgusting, for the lack of words.

[b]tl;dr:[/b] A decent ~4-10 hour yuri VN about a group of women finding themselves on a space craft far away from anyone they've ever known. Not perfectly written, but enjoyable. Basically an overhaul for Blossoms Bloom Brightest, though it retains a lot of the original dialogue. If you're a slave to the goddesses of yuri, buy it. Otherwise, stay away. Most important thing first: Two of the routes are—even with the uncensor patch—rather light on lewd content, the third on the other hand is quite steamy. So keep that in mind; mashing muffs is the strawberry on top, not the entire cake. If you have played Blossoms Bloom Brightest, this is a continuation of it. Or more precisely, it doesn't bring the story much further, but instead fleshes it out with more scenes and a new character. And bigger mammaries. Let's get [b]the negatives[/b] out early:[list] [*]The text field cannot be adjusted in height or transparence [*]Save slots are limited to a meager six [*]Some choices are not quite clear as to how they would affect a character's path and will require some trial and error at worst to get the desired endings [*]The premise and backstory is nothing to write home about, really, and littered with plot holes if you think about it too hard. Some are explained, but sorry mate, I'm not buying that [*]On the same note, the "big reveal" ([spoiler]that they're all genetically altered[/spoiler]) could have been used a lot more. It felt like there was hardly any point to it at all [/list] [b]The art[/b] is splendid and clean all throughout. Dharker had some rather amateurish art and styles I didn't personally enjoy in the past, but this one hits the nail quite nicely. Complements the overall themes and atmosphere, no weird faces or impossible postures and quite an amount of detail, especially on the backgrounds. Same for [b]the music[/b]. Fitting futuristic-sounding tunes all throughout, blending in easily with the scenes. None struck me as particularly catchy or noteworthy, but that doesn't have to be a bad thing; they don't distract you from reading. [b]The story[/b] is no Shakespearean drama, although a drama it is. It focuses mainly on the characters and their rather solitary lives on a space ship. And of course, you, the protagonist, are gunning for either some sort of romance or face a bad end. Speaking of [b]the characters[/b], I found them rather refreshing. Without spoiling much, they're diverse, each with their own sets of more or less serious issues. The resulting interactions might be angsty and overdramatised at times, but I've never been put off by them and they get mostly resolved in a timely manner. [b]The smut[/b] is fine. As I said, it is not the main focus, although a lot of scenes contain erotic undertones and flirting. It is a romance-heavy novel, after all. An additional erotic scene for each character is gated behind perfectly picking all the right choices. Someone in the guide section figured them out already, go check the bonus endings there if you have trouble. There will be be [b]DLCs[/b] further down the line. An odd choice, for a visual novel, and one I cannot agree with, from a player's perspective. At this point, I cannot say anything about these, but they appear to be background stories for each character and one extra—possibly quite lewd—chapter. [b]The pricing[/b] seems fair to me. 13 euro or your regional equivalent™ and the same again for the season pass. What you get for it is a decent short-medium length yuri visual novel with nice art—although it's mostly grey space ship interiors—fitting music and a crew that might have been better off with a psychiatrist instead of a doctor. [b]Addendum:[/b] With all DLCs now out and played through, all I can say is that it was a rather mediocre experience altogether. As I said in the beginning, if you're desperate, get it, if not, don't.

[h1]Yuri Is a great creation. Sadly, Galaxy Girls and Dharker Studio is not.[/h1] [b]Your time and money are both precious. Don't let them take it away from you![/b] [b]TLDR :[/b] Great art as well as premise, bogged down by a horribly unfinished story, terrible writing and even worse bussiness practice from the developer (dharker studio). [b]If you love yuri and want to support the genre, look elsewhere[/b] Remember: this is a Visual Novel, a game that bears a story. That story: [u]Is terrible[/u]. Here, the writing is straight up ripped from the free-to-play original, there are almost no liberties taken in this department. Adding in the new chracter (a kickstarter goal) was a neat idea (I <3 albino hair!), that unfortunately has little to no interesting qualit- [b]--Want to know why the characters are so horribly underdeveloped? WELL SCREW YOU: You have to pay me $30 to unlock the rest of this review![/b] Multiple DLC's have been confirmed containing both het, and tentacles. Dharker's practices (currently and in the past) as an indie dev reeks of money grubbing. The developers transparent desire to cash in on fetishes with het dlc for Negligee and what's going on with Galaxy Girls leaves buyers a bad taste. Yuri is seen as just a fetish to bank on. I understand if all you want is to look at nicely done, lewd, 2d art. Believe me, if you just want to flick the bean/milk the sausage, I recommend you look at the screenshots. Negligee is a far better option, if you want a yuri option with a similar art style. As of October, I will say that it's nice of dharker to address the backlash of having overly-complicated routes in their game with an update that added an "easy" mode. Will dharker further listen to the concerns of its fans in the future? Maybe. Or maybe only the ones who throw enough money on their kickstarter page? Only time can tell, as Dharker's fandom remain split. Fans that have purchased dharkers' content. Fans that have supported them on kickstarter. [url=https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/6190aomP6cL._SY355_.jpg]Fans[/url] that have told others to buy dharker's games. Fans -which have now been burnt by that very same developer. [b]Fans: something I no longer am for dharker studios.[/b]