Despite public perception of me, I try very hard not to be an ass.
That isn’t to say I don’t enjoy being an ass when someone deserves the treatment, but I don’t go out of my way to be an ass or overly negative. It’s one of the reason why there are so few free EVNs reviewed here. It isn’t because I only review ‘high-quality’ EVNs, but rather I do my best to focus on projects I think can handle critique and use my reviews to get better and not drop the medium entirely. It isn’t a perfect approach (as I’ve been repeatedly told) but it is the truth of how things have happened here.
So, last year, when this project was launched with a note was attached with the creator kicking themselves a bit for the outcome, I decided to leave well enough alone. After all, if you release something you say you can’t be proud of, what on Earth can I add to change your mind or confirm your diagnosis? It seems to have gained a pretty good following on Lemmasoft, so it was added to the list of games I had to review. And while this project is far from the high pedestal the creator was looking to sit it on, I disagree that it isn’t something to be proud of. Let’s take a look at The Dolls’ Story and you’ll see what I mean.
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