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• gamedeal user

  Mar 25, 2023

  A really stunning kinetic novel. The character voices and setting are so crisply realized that I just can't wait for what's next. Wonderful trip-hop soundtrack and a secret that'll make your brain spin wondering what's next for this project. I don't think first projects are supposed to be this good. Mine sure weren't.
• gamedeal user

  Mar 26, 2023

  I'm loving the atmosphere, art style, and music. The story's mysteries have me intrigued.
• gamedeal user

  Mar 27, 2023

  Had to take a few days to settle my thoughts on this game into something I could put to paper, but finally able to write out this review: what an incredibly compelling, confident, and striking visual novel. From moment one, Misericorde drew me in with its gorgeous art direction and killer soundtrack, setting me in for such a strong atmosphere to accompany such an investing story and characters. The lushly dithered backgrounds provide such striking composition for scenes of community, tension, and terror, with the various stylings of the soundtrack bouncing from genres like rock and triphop feeling like it was gripping me tightly by the shoulders to draw me into each scene (highly recommend you play this with headphones!). For anyone interested in murder mysteries intertwined with discussions, reflections, and interrogations of one's faith, body, and identity in the context of an isolated 15th century English convent, this game is sure to be a memorable venture for you. XEECEE's writing and design pulls all of these threads together into a fantastic cast of characters, all delightfully charming and unique even when they're being terrible people (especially when they're being terrible people). There's a complex humanity that's skillfully portrayed in this cast, even in this first volume, that gives a really compelling depth to everyone, including the protagonist herself. Misericorde's nuns are all characters with their own interiority, ideology, and worldviews that influence the way they treat each other and react to the world around them that truly sells me on their portrayals (even if sometimes it turns into a slap in the face when a new facet of a character I thought I knew was revealed). While it's easy to come away with favorites (Darcy, Eustace, and Katherine are currently mine), the whole cast is so strong that I am drawn to just about everyone here, and am absolutely in *anguish* wanting to see more of them. For the first entry in a planned series, Misericorde: Volume One easily situates itself as one of my favorite visual novels, and I truly hope that my review can convince someone out there to give this game a chance, because it really sinks its hooks into you. I cannot wait to see XEECEE's follow-ups in the future.
• gamedeal user

  Apr 1, 2023

  welsh nun creature
• gamedeal user

  Apr 18, 2023

  I wish nuns were real
• gamedeal user

  May 3, 2023

  I am beside myself with just how fantastic this is! I'm entrenched, excited, and engrossed (and also patient! I promise) ready for volume 2 whenever that is ready. If your a fan of mystery VNs, I highly recommend Misericorde as basically the perfect followup to the series it takes clear inspiration from. This game deserves a community, and if some of the scenes and the secrets are anything to go by, this will only become more clear from here.
• gamedeal user

  May 13, 2023

  If I had a nickel for every murder mystery game set in a Benedictine monastery during the late Middle Ages released in the last year, I’d have two nickels, which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice. In all seriousness, this is one of the best VN’s that I’ve played, thanks to its compelling central mystery, nuanced characters, charming art, and ruminations on Catholicism and organized religion. As Hedwig attempts to get to the bottom of a grisly crime, the nuns (who are suspects) you investigate are defined little complexities which not only make them interesting people but that also constantly recontextualize the central mystery. Much like the doctrine Hedwig has dedicated her life to studying, these people, this abbey, and the religious body they belong to are defined by deep-seated contradictions. And while one could assume a 15th-century priory would seem like a “dry” setting to those who aren’t history buffs, the flavorful prose captures the specifics of this dismal little community such that I think even those who are largely uninterested in Middle Ages church politics will find something here. There is a rare type of game that burrows into the back of your mind, their ideas and backdrops so vivid that when you complete them, it can feel like being forcibly ripped from some strange fully realized world (Recentish examples: Disco Elysium, Signalis, Citizen Sleeper, Norco, Pentiment). At least for me, Misericorde is one of these games. My only complaint is that the wait for the next volume will be a painful one.
• gamedeal user

  Jul 5, 2023

  Beautiful music, interesting story. Very gay!
• BeetleMagus

  Jul 26, 2023

  This is only the 1st part of the story, so my opinion could very well change after the remaining parts get released... However, I have to say that for the moment it's like really really good. If you do not mind this being a kinetic novel (meaning a visual novel with no player interaction whatsoever, so basically a book with visuals and sound), it's a solid read. Characters are compelling and fleshed out, which is quite a feat considering they are more than ten, and this part is "only" 10 hours long. Well, color me impressed. Atmosphere is also quite gripping here with a rather uncommon setting, it helps that the soundtrack is surprisingly huge while being pretty great. I've seen 30-hour visual novels that didn't even have half this amount of tracks. I cannot judge the quality of its mysteries as of yet, since there are still many unanswered plot points (including the main one), but it's intriguing none the less, there are many details and subtleties and I cannot wait to find out what it all means. Certainly looking forward to Volume Two, but I think this one here already deserves more exposure.
• MBG

  Jul 31, 2023

  Please read it, if only to witness the sheer craftsmanship that went into creating Darcy, the Best Woman.