Reviews

• gamedeal user

  Jul 30, 2016

  I enjoyed this VN. Love the artwork, and the plot was rather interesting, but, it wasn't long enough. (Apparently, the scenes that were cut from the original give it longer length, but not by much). Its good to see more VN's being made by lesser known companies. They should be supported as much as possible.
• gamedeal user

  Aug 4, 2016

  Steam really needs to let reviewers specify "mixed" or "neutral" in their recommendations for games like this. First the good, the art is excellent and the game is fairly well voice acted. The experiment with putting both the Japanese and English text on screen at the same time was inetersting, and I'm glad that experimentations like this...even though I don't really feel that it worked; it was distracting and I turned it off about 10 minutes in. The music is pretty good, though there isn't much variety. The story doesn't really feel like it forms a cohesive whole, and if you perform even the most cursory poking at the backstory, everything falls apart. The largest human settlement has 2,000 people in it...and yet, the American continent still has international trade with the Japanese isles. "Sagami Fancisco" has 2,000 people in it and the main character owns a car(!!!). That's nowhere near enough people to maintain a petrochemical industry, or any sort of manufacturing base that could support an auto industry. Even weirder, the main character (or at least his parents) chose to set up a dinner 50 miles outside of the nearest human settlement. And they still...get buisness? "But it's moe! You aren't supposed to take it seriously!" I am totally on board with that! Really! The problem is that the game puts its setting front and center, again and again, at the expense of the moe characters. Nekopara mumbled "something something genetic enginering, now stop asking about it," and then never brought it up again so we could enjoy the catgirls in peace, without bringing up things that would break immersion. And despite that criticism, when the world takes a back seat to the character interaction between Lucia and Aisia and the MC, it sorta works. Which sucks, because you then have the other half of the story dragging the moe character interaction down.
• gamedeal user

  Oct 13, 2016

  10/10 would open a diner and mate with cute animal girls. Also, don't forget to install the 18+ content for optimal enjoyment.
• gamedeal user

  Nov 11, 2016

  This is a short kinetic visual novel featuring Leon Laird, an owner of a diner who make a living together with catgirl hybrid co-owner and assistant Lucia Haynes by making and delivering food to the inhabitants of the town of Sagami Francisco in a barren wasteland. While returning home to their diner from a delivery one day, Leon and Lucia happen to come across a pink-haired girl Aisia Mayfield sleeping on a red suitcase by the side of the road. Feeling sorry for the girl, they both offer to take in Aisia as a second helper at the diner. Over two episodes, Leon will interact with Lucia, Aisia, Cullen Lancaster (local police officer at Sagami Francisco and the surrounding area) and a stray puppy in a heart-warming tale of friendship, love, kindness, compassion, diligence and sacrifice with a share of humour and fanservice. Although there are no choices to make at all in this game, the CG, opening and ending videos, soundtracks and overall game presentation are great. The story and plot is written like a romantic comedy and has a nice happy ending. Reading through the storyline and dialogue, unlocking all extra content and obtaining all achievements will take less than 10 hours. I have nominated this game for The World is Grim Enough Let's Just All Get Along award in November 2017 Autumn Sale.
• gamedeal user

  Nov 17, 2016

  [h1] Moe rules the world [/h1] Catgirls from Nekopara, here's puppygirls from KaraKara. Sekai Project invades Steam with another "fuwa-fuwa" visual novel game. [b][u]Story[/u][/b] (spoiler-free) The setting is a bit similiar to Nekopara. Main protagonist running a restaurant together with an extremely cute puppygirl employee. Your heart goes "fuwa-fuwa mofuu-mofuu" along with the story. Everything is sooo cute. ≧◡≦ [spoiler]There's a shocking plot twist too.[/spoiler]（　ﾟДﾟ） The length of the story is the biggest disappointment, I must say. If this was an anime, this could be a 24 episodes anime, but it turns out to be having only 12 episodes. The climax happens at episode 11, and there goes the anti-climax ending. I was expecting more to happen after that climax. [spoiler] And I didn't realize that I have finished the game until it returns to the main menu. =0= [/spoiler] [b][u]Gameplay[/u][/b] There is no selection to be made, hence there is only one ending. Press spacebar to progress, F9 to repeat kiut voices occasionally, F12 to screenshot something kiut too. Personally, I find the game enjoyable and I never skip a single voice line. [b][u]Characers[/u][/b] Character design is [b]absolutely LOVELY.[/b] [spoiler]Lucia is love.[/spoiler] There's only a bit of character development since the story is short. [b][u]Visual[/u][/b] Although the character sprites are not animated as in Nekopara, they are still lively with smooth face transition and sprites movement. The detailed face expression is also worth mentioning. Background art is filled with details but is not so visual-stunning. [b][u]Audio[/u][/b] [b]Perfect voicing of characters[/b]. All female characters are fully voiced. Personally, I really respect every voice actresses behind each of the character. OP and ED song is only average in my opinion. [h1]Overall 7/10[/h1] I would recommend it only when it is on steam sale. I bought it at 50% off. 3-4 hours of enjoyment worth around 3USD :). [strike]I doubt there will be a sequel though.[/strike] The sequel released on Nov 2017.
• gamedeal user

  Jan 6, 2017

  This little kinetic (with no choices, you only read) visual novel surprised me. The art quality is really good and the story is interesting. Well, I don’t know if it’s because I read the all ages version instead of the R18 one, but some scenes ended so abruptly and that kinda ruined the mood. [spoiler]I also wish they had explained more about the catastrophe.[/spoiler] But overall, I recommend this game on a good sale if you want to read something quick and see cute girls. 7/10.
• gamedeal user

  Jan 21, 2017

  Very cute and light-hearted story. Character design and voice acting is very good. Only negative is that the story is short. Overall 7/10, worth buying when on sale.
• gamedeal user

  Mar 12, 2017

  Post-Apocalypse, it's pretty much a mainstay nowadays, rite? Times of lowliness, solitude and struggle after critical catastrophes, it's a topic that's interesting to explore and think about, but keep that sh¡t beyond a monitor pls [strike]whowekiddingwearealreadyfuqed[/strike]. Though sometimes one just needs a lighter take on the genre, there's been plenty of displays of misery and despair in this age of 2edgy4u games, what about something a bit more light-hearted for a spin? Like... [b]KARAKARA[/b]. Granted there are surely more VNs that explore this, but those plebs don't have Animal Ears, amirite? [h1][b]Story[/b][/h1] Let's start things of with probably the shakiest part of the Package, in context of the "Plot" this genre is embracing, the Post-Apocalyptic part of it is not really fully exploited, aside from that, it's better to look at this as more like a Slice of Life VN with a slight pinch of Fuᴄked up Post-Apocalyptic human-animal breeds, overall, [b]Average[/b]. [h1][b]Writing[/b][/h1] Things start picking up from here, for as half-aѕѕed as the Post-Apocalyptic plot device is, the Writing consistenly has pretty entertaining character interaction and decent mood adaptability, [b]Well done guys[/b]. [h1][b]Cast[/b][/h1] In both respects of Main Characters and Supporting/Secondary/Filler Chars, its pretty limited, 3 and 1 respectively, is not bad by any means though, all three Main Chars have unique personalities and traits ([strike]You go call them Cliche all u want boi[/strike]), [b]Two are company, but Three are just enough to keep it cool[/b]. [h1][b]Graphics[/b][/h1] In short, [b]Polish up to the aѕѕ[/b], backgrounds are delightfully detailed with smooth colors, the detail is good, and the color makes it easy on the eyes, but you didn't come for that blunt stalling, you came here to know how succulent the VN Waifus are drawn, rite? It's interesting, compared to the Backgrounds, dem Waifus sport pretty strong and well-defined, theming colors, it makes them pop-out a great deal. Oh, and they also look scrumptious, most definitely. [h1][b]Soundtrax[/b][/h1] [b]Hit and miss[/b], Certain pieces like [b]Calm Days, Prank[/b] and [b]Happy Days[/b] are catchy and chill asf, but most of the rest are atmospheric, borderline forgettable music, the Music count is also not that big, it's not a problem by any means, but it works when it's supposed to, so it gets a pass from moi. [h1][b]Duration[/b][/h1] Here we take a slip off the rocky cliff, a normal trek though the game should take 3 or 4 hours at most, should you be a horny little bugger like me and download the fabled [b]+18[/b] patch and shove it into the game files, you could get one extra hour, is still rather short in hind-sight, for its price tag is not that bad, but get it On Sale in case you are not sure. [h1][b]tl;dr[/b][/h1] In conclusion, while rough around some edges, being the misleading synopsis and the basic no-progression Slice of Life quirk, [b]KARAKARA is still a pretty solid VN all-around[/b], give this one a shot Moe goodness and VN fans alike, [b]a very fun little distraction at its best, completely harmless at its worst[/b], and you guys need some "Research material" until Nekopara Vol. 3 arrives rite? [b][u]Judge lest be judged, I shalt grant this VN the magistral[/u][/b]... [h1][b][u]Popcorns[/u] [u]and[/u] [u]Tissues[/u]/10[/b][/h1] [spoiler]no but srsly, get that +18 Patch, who doesn't want to get kinky with their cute little anthro companions?[/spoiler]
• gamedeal user

  Jun 26, 2017

  短小却温暖的视觉小说，重心在于故事的叙述而非黄油（斜眼看某猫）。 Short but warm Visual Novel, the focus is on the story instead of H content (I'm looking at you Nekopara).
• gamedeal user

  Nov 24, 2017

  A good game, bit short though. Played it without the naughty bits and then with the naughty patch. Get the naughty patch. ;)