Hate Plus is the sequel and most probably the end of the story of everything about the Mugunghwa (sheesh I had to copy and paste that name!), and while I love both the games for their compelling stories, this one somehow is for me "so-so". For starters, I love the fact that in Hate plus is more centered about the past of *Mute instead while in Analogue was more about *Hyun-ae, anotherHate Plus is the sequel and most probably the end of the story of everything about the Mugunghwa (sheesh I had to copy and paste that name!), and while I love both the games for their compelling stories, this one somehow is for me "so-so". For starters, I love the fact that in Hate plus is more centered about the past of *Mute instead while in Analogue was more about *Hyun-ae, another reason why I love both games because they complete each others almost perfectly. What's good in this game? Well, the stories are fewer but longer, better written and for the most part self contained (one block is just about one subject), which means you will be able to follow much better than in the previous game, sinces a lot of the stories were "supposed" to tie in but it was pretty difficult to do so. Second, I like how the game basically has different "paths" depending on which A.I. you choose, changing both the ending and some scenes during the reads, which was a VERY clever idea by the way: it makes them more lively and seeing their reactions while reading is both priceless and interesting (especially *Mute on some particular stories). And for last, the game has a clever idea of making us play three REAL days in order to finish the game first time (technically, we only need to wait 12 hours)...but personally it's also a fatal flaw. Sure, I like the idea of making us play real days, but I'd love also the option to skip it. There are also some other flaws that I didn't particular enjoy as well, like the stories. Yes they are mostly well written and a lot are very good...but two of them were...homosexual stories? And while I don't mind anything about this kind of stuff, those two stories were almost completely pointless to the main story (aside to show how much freedom they had). While other stories were interesting, these two stories were the one who stood out the most for me. But they were still well written. Another issue perhaps is that the game is pretty straightforward, whereas Analogue required you to actually try out some possibilities and do somethings in particular (find all the logs, praise them for their ending, etc), in here most of choices won't really lead you much elsewhere, meaning that the ending "could" depend on your first choice (which A.I. and which sex you play as). In other words, I found less replayability than the original game, although this game isn't really meant to have that kind of features. Still, I spent more time to find the logs in Analogue, find all the endings, and everything, than in Hate Plus. Also, unless I'm wrong, you cannot play the Harem route unless you've got a file from Analogue's Harem ending (when I started from zero, I couldn't chose both of them, but I'm clueless if that's a case or not). I would have given this game a 6 if it wasn't that, in all honesty, I loved how the endings (mostly the harem one) finish the story: for the most part, they all end "right" and feels accomplished, some even cheerfully despite the circumstances, and that's honestly what really accomplishes this game: it ends a story that most of us loved to follow until the end and, like after reading a book, it will remain in our minds for a long while. In other words this game is a great finisher of the first game and if you enjoyed the first game, there's really no reason to not buy this one too.
Unless you hate this kind of games.… Expand
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