Ulasan

• gamedeal user

  Nov 10, 2021

  OH MY GOD! I wasn't that thrilled by the story since my first reading of Green Mile! I' am otome lover and played dozens of titles, Japaneese, Korean, American, European but this? Gosh... I was looking for something as good for long time. Story : Masterpiece. And I mean it. Heroine: OK I dont know is that only translation, as I have no clue of Chinese, or it is written for Western fems, cose this heroine RULES. I was sooo tired of Japanese cute, shy all the time, helpless damsels in distress as protagonists and I didn;t expected mutch now either. I never stepped on Otome where heroine didn't annoyed me at least a little. So it was wonderful shock. Well it may something to do with fact that she's a KING( or whatever she is in non english) and simply act like one. Still It's not a picture od ancient Asia, stereotype of female, rather modern, super confident fem president :D And thank you for that! Chinese may sound very... weird for my ears, and non offense to anyone, even the voices are almost identical for me, but story and names (after hours i sill can't name characters though) just have to be in original lang. You can get use to it after around hour. I get it now though, why it's so hard to learn Chinese, when you can't even hear the words but only lots of tongue- teeth onomatopoeias (non ofense to anyone) Graphis - beautiful. My fav husbando: ChenFeng- Had no idea why, makes me feel good when his around and I like his looks most :) Best story in my opinion and perfect partner for heroine- Prime Minister Flag (ugh name again) blue haired prist- I like him as side character, as his love story is little to obvious and to predictable for me.
• gamedeal user

  Nov 18, 2021

  This is a great story I really enjoyed - I just wish the priest had his own storyline. His picture is on the cover but he isn't available :(
• gamedeal user

  Jan 23, 2022

  Protip: Play the all the other Routes before Wu ZiXu...because i didn`t and now i don`t want the other guys, because he`s perfect <3
• gamedeal user

  Jan 30, 2022

  My Vow to My Liege is a visual novel that is 45% about politics, 35% about war and 20% - mythology. And among all this fun stuff there is absolutely no room for romance. And I don't buy romance games to read about medieval Chinese war affairs, so the game just failed expectations. But I should give the game credit when it deserves it. The art is beautiful, though I would prefer to see more CGs. Game has only 28 CGs for all routes combined, 2 of them are duplicates, 1 - a map and 1 - a letter. I liked music very much. I cannot say the same about voice acting though. Maybe I'm just not used to Chinese, but I found voices distracting and just muted them half way. The MC here is more mature than in your average Otome game, she would not blush over holding hands, she would not trip over something to fall on her love interest etc etc. The game is free of this cliche romance BS. So ye, this was refreshing. Story wise, as I mentioned, it has too much politics and war. The setup is good: the lady disguised as a king tries to rule the country and defeat cartoon-evil demon. But the execution... Her struggle to live as a man was briefly touched, but never fleshed out. Too many people around her seems to know her gender. She was impersonating a man for 5 years, but 3 years ago there was a war (of course there was a war) between aristocracy of the kingdom about who will become her husband. So her gender is not a big deal. What about routes? GouJian: not gonna lie, I really like route's main idea: 2 people who have strong reasons to both hate and love each other. It brings interesting dynamics, and such situation is rare in Otome. But the execution... it was Ok, I wish it had more than 2 choices in the route and more of GouJian presence, instead of that ton of that war related stuff going on. YiGuang: your vanilla sweet childhood friend who always loved you. His route was nice, though a little predictable. And he has the most presence in his route among other love interests. Wu ZiXu: the story itself was good, with interesting plot twists. Though romance between him and MC feels very forced. In the common route they had strictly work relationships. And being king's adviser ZiXu suggested the most unpleasant and even disgusting options "for the sake of the kingdom" that no person would follow. Chen Feng: his route was absolute disaster. The setup was amazing: childhood friend, bodyguard, with dark side he struggling to overcome. How to destroy the premise like this? Put him in coma or in another town for 90% of his route and focus on the war. That said, My Vow to My Liege is not a bad game overall, it has nice ideas. It is a bad romance game.
• gamedeal user

  Mar 19, 2022

  I stumbled upon this gem while browsing steam for something to fill the void going through the story and worldbuilding of Code:Realize left behind and boy did I get something even better than my imaginations. If you are bilingual and are debating whether or not to play this game in English or Chinese, I strongly recommend giving Chinese a try first because some of the feelings absolutely do not translate (but the translators did a great job doing their best!). If you're looking for a romance-heavy otome, this is probably not for you. But if you love historical fantasy and enjoy plot and worldbuilding, this is absolutely a must play! I'm undecided as to whether or not knowing about the historical period/the historical figures that some of the love interests are based off of increases or decreases enjoyment, since knowing the references to historical events/idioms and poetry is definitely a fun easter egg but probably also spoils some of the plot twists you may or may not have seen coming otherwise. (Although, if you're genre-savvy, you probably would have seen them coming anyway). There are definitely still a lot of subversions to the actual events in history though so knowing how history plays out doesn't totally spoil it for you (I mean, there are mythological creatures and shamans involved, of course it's not totally faithful to actual history, but I am quite impressed by how little anachronism there is in this game other than the outfits, which were explicitly stated by the devs to not be realistic anyway.) Otome games don't usually have a lot of replayability, but I might just replay a certain route because of how much I enjoyed the politics and poetry and how perfectly the fantastical elements were blended in.
• gamedeal user

  Apr 1, 2022

  I can't. I want to but I can't recommend it. Honestly, if it wasn't for GouJian's route this would be pretty forgettable for me. The game spends far too long on strategic war-related conversations between faceless minor characters in addition to long-winded battle scenes where you're mostly looking at a field while reading descriptions of all the cool stuff you should be looking at. It's a visual novel, guys. Draw me a picture of the white tiger. The MC summons it like every battle and yet I don't get to see it even once? You don't even get to see the MC except for the VERY RARE CG, of which there's maybe 12? I just found myself skipping so much of the unread text because there's far too much debating and talking about what's going to happen before it actually happens. It was too hard to follow these conversations when faceless guy in blue and faceless guy in green are arguing for the third time about tactics. It really felt like the little Princess Priestess or YiGuang should've been the main characters because they appeared more often and more essential to the plot than anyone else. The phoenix and the water swords were always far more useful than the white tiger who shall not be seen.
• gamedeal user

  May 1, 2022

  Play this game if: - You are interested in historical settings (ie. Hakuoki)/Wu Xia genre stories - You like a complex MC with her own backstory and traumas - You are interested in VN plots with a hint of romance Maybe skip this game if: - You are looking for heavy romance in an otome - You want to self-insert into the MC - You don't like stories about political conflict and descriptions of war/battles Personally I enjoyed it, the character designs were eye-catching, I liked the MC as a character (She is very complex and has agency) and the voice acting was very good. The quality of the routes are not equal however (Chenfeng was the weakest narratively wise, so if you played his route first, I urge you to continue playing because it gets better from here). The game is also pretty short, with each route taking around 2-3 hours and with around 5 CGs per LI. It was pretty value for money in my opinion for the quality given, though whether you enjoy it depends on whether you like historical otoges or not. Goujian is my personal favourite of the 4 LI.
• gamedeal user

  Aug 16, 2022

  Game gave me emotional damage. 10/10 would recommend. 100% worth the money ✓ MC that shows agency, displays both strengths and weaknesses, actually feels human ✓ LIs with sufficient depth and complexity to, again, feel actually human ✓ Believable rationale/backstories for why LIs fall in love with MC ✓ Plot that keep driving forward (stakes are high from the get go and they. do. not. let. up) ✓ Clear, meaningful character growth! for (almost) everyone! depending on player choice ✓ For real, even some side characters get noticeable growth in certain routes depending on player choice ✓ Art, VA, music, localization beautifully executed ✓ Learned more about Chinese history & mythology from game glossary and subsequent wiki rabbit-holes than should be reasonably expected from an otome ✓ A+++ 2nd FL. ShaoJiang best girl. I do not accept feedback ✓ YiGuang MVP (like no joke in every route) ultimate husband. Again I do not accept feedback Seriously, I look forward to this dev's future titles. I enjoyed their previous game about dating monks that's considerably more lighthearted and now they've done it again with cross-dressing king drama and a side of trauma(TM), I'm curious to see what they produce next.
• gamedeal user

  Oct 29, 2022

  A nakige honestly, and also a low key though likely unintentional rebuttal to everything that is wrong with Hakuoki. The protagonist in this has agency and ability. She doesn't anxiously sit in a room and wait for news about the war, she is driving the war from the front lines. Her reactions to things are reasonable, she doesn't do anything stupid or cruel, and she knows when it's appropriate to cry. Likewise, her romance interests have believable reasons for loving her. The men are varied in their motivations and the routes fill in the gaps of one another in terms of events you heard in passing. I'd argue the weakest route is the one that briefly dips its toe into yandere territory. It's ironically the one where the protagonist has the least amount of agency. I found the localisation to be fine overall. I had no issue understanding anything. Individual routes seem to suffer from something I call "the otomate effect", where the further along you get, the more typos there are. That sort of thing is egregious for a 60$ game, but this is only 10$ and translated by one person, so I was not annoyed or distracted by it. Being as affordable as it is, it's probably a bit shorter than anyone might want (10 hours maybe?) but what's here is solid, from the art to the writing.
• ara.arson

  Dec 18, 2022

  It's a good Otome game. The plot is interesting and instead of simping for men I simp for the MC.