CUPID - A free to play Visual Novel

 PC
User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 4 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4

Review this game

  1. Your Score
    0 out of 10
    Rate this:
    • 10
    • 9
    • 8
    • 7
    • 6
    • 5
    • 4
    • 3
    • 2
    • 1
    • 0
    • 0
  1. Submit
  2. Check Spelling
view
per page
  1. PublicNuisance
    Mar 10, 2022
    7
    Cupid has some of the best atmosphere I have seen in a visual novel. It can be downright creepy and has a dark macabre feel to it. My main issue with it was something that also made it unique: my character. You don’t play the main character but their mother. My issue with this wasn’t the change in perspective but that I just couldn’t enjoy the character. Frequently I liked neither of myCupid has some of the best atmosphere I have seen in a visual novel. It can be downright creepy and has a dark macabre feel to it. My main issue with it was something that also made it unique: my character. You don’t play the main character but their mother. My issue with this wasn’t the change in perspective but that I just couldn’t enjoy the character. Frequently I liked neither of my dialogue options and I didn’t agree with where the character wanted to take things. I wouldn’t say this stopped me from enjoying the game but I would have enjoyed it more if I could identify with the mother’s motives and reasoning or had other options that suited me. Despite this I can’t say this was a bad game at all. The story was interesting; the art was decent; the music was well done. I kept playing despite not feeling like I was in control of any of it because I respected the rest of the game and what it was doing.

    I played Cupid on Linux. It never crashed on me and I didn’t notice any bugs or spelling mistakes. Alt-tab didn’t work. You could manually save whenever you wanted and there were twenty slots.

    Game Engine: Ren’Py 7.4.11.2266
    Graphics API: OpenGL
    Disk Space Used: 334 MB
    Game Version Played: 3.2

    GPU Usage: 0-50 %
    VRAM Usage: 850-1262 MB
    CPU Usage: 2-6 %
    RAM Usage: 2.3-2.9 GB

    While I think the game could have done with more options for Mother’s dialogue and motivations the rest of the game is as solid as can be. I would recommend it to anybody who is looking for a darker visual novel. I finished my first play through in 90 minutes.

    My Score: 7/10

    My System:

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600X | 16GB DDR4-3000 CL15 | MSI RX 580 8GB Gaming X | Mesa 21.2.6 | Linux Mint 20.3 | Mate 1.26.0 | Kernel 5.4.0-104-generic    … Expand