I think that Lake of Voices goes against some stereotypes of visual novels in many ways and is all the better for it. There is barely a hint of romance in the game, at least in my playthrough, instead preferring for a more subtle display of affection. Even if you make it to the end alive it can hardly be called a happy ending yet it left me feeling more fulfilled than many other visualI think that Lake of Voices goes against some stereotypes of visual novels in many ways and is all the better for it. There is barely a hint of romance in the game, at least in my playthrough, instead preferring for a more subtle display of affection. Even if you make it to the end alive it can hardly be called a happy ending yet it left me feeling more fulfilled than many other visual novels that allow me to prance off into the sunset having got the girl and my dream life etc. It also innovates by having some choices be timed which does a lot to add tension and make you question your choices even more. The game also has voice acting throughout much of it which in itself is something many visual novels lack but even those that do usually are spotty in it’s quality where those involved in lake of Voices did a great job.
The story is great, the soundtrack is fantastic, the voice acting is good, overall I can’t think of much that could be improved. I can’t say I liked all of my choices that the game gave me but I think that is part of it’s charm, sometimes in life you have to choose between two bad options. If anything I guess more backstory about the lake itself would have been nice and the monsters in it. Like many visual novels manual saving is allowed which I love. The game didn’t crash on me at all and I didn’t notice any spelling errors. I played Lake of Voices on Linux. I beat the game in about an hour on my first playthrough. The game is free but if they had of asked for money I would have gladly paid it.
My Score: 9/10… Expand
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