The Last Birdling Reviews

Story of beautiful friendship.. or not, depends on your choices. Too bad there is no real branching plot, just different dialogues and endings. But still has great story and decent length. Beware though it's pretty depressing. 8/10 Vi is cute

The Last Birdling focuses on the unlikely friendship between girls of two different races that do not see eye to eye, from their childhoods to adulthood. The story is solid, albeit overall very depressing. There are a dozen or so different endings, the triggers of which can be known beforehand. Choices clearly show which trigger has been activated. That is a nice feature which is unfortunately uncommon in visual novels with lots of choices. Artwork is of good quality. Music is nice and fits well with the artwork and the story. No voice acting though. Overall, the game is well recommended, especially given its low price. Rating: 9/10.

The Last Birdling is not for the faint of heart. -My own being one of those. I had bouts of crying, shouting at my monitor and constantly feeling distressed and unnerved. The Last Birdling is part horror, part thriller and part love, and it’s up to you and your choices which will have the strongest impact on the 5 possible conclusions. Our two female protagonists in this fantasy fable is the birdling Bimona (Bibi), and the human Tayo (Yoyo). Birdlings are a humanoid race with many of the characteristics of birds, and them and humans don’t mix. In fact, a war, a few decades past, made humans kill out all the birdlings to the very brink of extinction. When Yoyo and Bibi have a chance meeting deep in the forest as kids, an unlikely strong bond and growing love takes hold of both them and our now branching story. -And it really is a great tale, in all it’s gory detail. With everything you’ll need from a great visual novel, from great music, really great art, lots of save spots, gallery, ingame encyclopedia etc., there really is nothing at all I can fault with The Last Bridling… well maybe a frayed heart.

The last birdings tells a story of 2 children. A human girl named Tayo and a birdling girl named Bimona. In a world were both their species are sworn enemies, where despite this both children (ignorant to the feuds between both species) forms a bond with one another that last through out the years despite the odds stacked agaisnt eachother in their life. The game is very bittersweet, some would say it is outright depressing and yet it is also very well written and has a lot of emotional scenes. Our characters (especially our 2 MCs) are morally grey, flawed as they should be based on how they were raised and their situation. We see just how much both girls mean to eachother, we see why they care so much about eachother despite the odds stacked agaisnt them. Admitedly the story is not very long, you can finish it in less than 5 hours (depending on your reading speed) but condering the price I don't think it's much of a drawback. I would definately recomend this game to anyone who wants a great story.

A fun visual game, interesting story with quite a few decision points. Can or will friendship overcome the history of their races For you to decide how the journey could go. The outcome at the end depending on choices made during the game. It is a short game but I'm certainly glad I played it. I also really liked the music tracks which did emphasise the story.

The Last Birdling is a very good visual novel game with a beautiful story. The graphics are nice and the soundtrack is Chill and relaxing... I recommend it. 💗💗💗

German further down... InvertMouse is celebrating 5 years existence with her best title. Wounderful Artwork, nice music and a tragic story about a forbidden friendship. It reminded me sometimes of Disneys "The Fox and the Hound". Seems like some aspects were inspired from it. Pro: - Cute Artdesign - Over 5 hour content - Ending requirements IN GAME and it keeps track of your choices. I want that more often in other VNs - No blind choices - Glossar included - Ear Animation of the Birdings (So cute ^_^) Contra: - No Voices PS: NO Yuri includes, just friendship _____________________________________________ Invertmouse feiert 5 Jahre mit ihrem bislang besten Titel. Zauberhaftes Artwork, eingängige Musik und eine tragische Geschichte über eine verbotene Freundschaft. Ich musste Regelmässig an den Disney-Film Cap und Capper denken beim lesen. Einige Paralellen sind vorhanden. Pro: - Sehr schönes Artdesign - 5 Stunden+ Inhalt - Ending Voraussetzungen klar integriert und Entscheidungen werden sichtbar Dokumentiert - Keine blinden Entscheidungen - Enthält Glossar - Ohr-Animation der Vogelmenschen (So süss ^_^) Contra: - Keine Stimmen PS: Es ist KEIN Yuri

The Last Birdling is a fantasy story visual novel with multiple endings and choices to be made, set in a different world (with a mixture of east-meets-west). The story is narrated through two main POVs (Tayo, a human girl expert in archery and Bimonia, a young bird-like hybrid entity of a species that has been at war with humans) and your choices affect the relationship between the characters and how the endings will play out. I don't want to spoil anything so I'll skip that bit but, well, yep, better come in prepared as some bits, while not directly graphical, do contain some ghastly bits. Of course for fans of something like the Higurashi series, it's probably tame. In that regard, it shares a similar feeling as Cursed Sight (another work of the same dev, which I also recommend checking out), in that the world is definitely a cruel place and there are no magic tricks that can change that. There is a constant sense of foreboding, that something's not quite right and, well, stuff happens. Anyway, being a visual novel you can imagine it runs fairly well even on a toaster and, well, that is the case. I used the Xbox One controller and Big Picture mode to play it and it was definitely a better experience thanks to that. The achievements are helpful to track your progress. There is also an extensive glossary that further helps with the world building and it may be good to give it a quick read before starting the game although you'll get prompts as you progress with glossary entries to check out. The overall presentation, music and sound effects are also well done and contribute to some of the more powerful moments. So, yes, very recommended indeed!

For all the beautiful art, music, and story this vn has to offer, I can not in good conscience recommend it. While the final reveal is certainly shocking, and explains the big question on all the characters minds, it plays into tropes you may find all to familiar in LGBT circles, bad ones, ones we all need to strive to leave out of our stories. Came super close to having amazing commentary on psychological trauma but fails to say naything meaningful. [spoiler] Or, to state it more clearly, the story is needlesly gritty, goes above and beyond to break it's characters, every ending is a downer, and the one ending where the girls live and escape falls super flat. Edit: And, in retrospect, it's quite ironic that a story that goes out of it's way to point out that TWO birdlings could barely survive off one hunting ground, completely ignores the fact that an ecosystem can't be susttained where an apex predator can only feed on another apex predator. One birdling would consume a single village faster than they could reproduce, let alone a whole species. [/spoiler]

This 7th visual novel from InvertMouse feature two female protagonists - a human girl Tayo and a Birdling girl Bimonia who encounter each other in the forest while in their childhood years and form an unlikely friendship. Amidst the backdrop of a massive fear and dislike of each other between humans and Birdlings after a war which left only Bimonia and her mother Lulululu as the last Birdlings alive and living near human habitation together with multiple grey shades of morality among humans and Birdlings, Tayo and Bimonia's friendship and survival will be put to the test in this thriller and horror visual novel over 21 chapters as Tayo and Bimonia grow up to adulthood and reach different phases of their lives. The game has plenty of save slots to allow different gameplay choices to be made during the game, with popup icons of a red/green feather and a portrait of Bimonia/Tayo to help players reach all the 5 possible endings where the number of red and green feathers required to reach each ending will be shown. Soundtracks, artwork and overall game presentation are good. Recommended with soundtrack and artbook DLC when at discount or bundle offer as it takes less than 10 hours to reach all endings. (Also recommended to download and finish the demo version of this game before buying this game and adding to library for an additional easy to finish 100% completed game)