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  • Summary: After his mother goes missing, a young man and his older brother travel to the small town called Free Will, where she was last seen. Things get complicated very quickly when he is drawn into a chain of events that takes place in the town and meets the person he thought he would never seeAfter his mother goes missing, a young man and his older brother travel to the small town called Free Will, where she was last seen. Things get complicated very quickly when he is drawn into a chain of events that takes place in the town and meets the person he thought he would never see again.

    As his stay in town continues, he's going to question his previous decisions and begin to see the true value in life.

    Welcome to Free Will is a Visual Novel (VN) game where every choice you make has an impact on the story and relations with the characters.

    You play as a young man who's about to finish college and doesn't really know what to do with his life. You are the one who's going to guide him through this experience. Will you be the guy who just wanna have some fun? Or are you looking for something more? The town hides many secrets... and many beautiful women.

    This is a mature story about growing into your adult life and finding your path. Shape your own future!
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  1. Oct 7, 2021
    8
    Welcome to Free Will has a good start to it with the first episode and is looking promising. The story is interesting as are the characters.Welcome to Free Will has a good start to it with the first episode and is looking promising. The story is interesting as are the characters. It balances the mystery with the lewd scenes well. The main character does come off as a bit whiny so far, he complains a lot about how his family didn’t contact him for four years but then again he doesn’t see the fact that he also never called them as a negative or his fault. The lewd scenes are well done I will add. There is a good amount of choices so far. The mini games are decent and break up the usual game play. The diary feature is well done and hilarious. The art is great with the exception of the model for the pizza which looked gross and low quality. I will also say that some of the women have proportions which seem a tad unrealistic but others such as Niki and Moone are great.

    I played Welcome to Free Will on Linux. It never crashed on me but there are at least three spelling/grammar errors I found. You can manually save any time you want and there are 54 save slots. Alt-Tab didn’t work.

    Game Engine: Ren’Py 7.4.4.1439
    Graphics API: OpenGL
    Disk Space Used: 1.51 GB

    GPU Usage: 0-88 %
    VRAM Usage: 694-1161 MB
    CPU Usage: 2-6 %
    RAM Usage: 2.2-3.5 GB

    Overall I enjoyed the first episode and look forward to more. I finished it in 114 minutes. It is a bit short but at the same time it is free and it also does what an intro episode is supposed to which is make you want more and introduce the world both of which it did well. If future episodes are this good I would easily pay money for them.

    My System:

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600X | 16GB DDR4-3000 CL15 | MSI RX 580 8GB Gaming X | Mesa 21.2.2 | Manjaro 21.1.4 | Mate 1.26.0 | Kernel 5.14.7-2-MANJARO
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  2. Oct 3, 2021
    8
    a superb experience.
    with a enjoyable story.
    and very engaging gameplay.
    8/10
  3. May 5, 2023
    7
    A free point and click adult adventure that's interesting enough to keep me playing for several hours. There are some choices to make, butA free point and click adult adventure that's interesting enough to keep me playing for several hours. There are some choices to make, but they don't seem to influence the story much.

    The text has spelling mistakes and sometimes isn't idiomatic.

    When I played, three episodes were available, and the game still isn't finished.
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