Reviews

• gamedeal user

  Sep 17, 2017

  Let me start by saying I'm no prude. I love Yuri/Ecchi and want to proliferate these genres across the universe. I can enjoy a well-told story with a bit less "plot", like Kindred Spirits on the Roof and I can enjoy the tons-of-plot-no-substance variety, like some of the entries in Winged Cloud's Sakura series. Unfortunately, Galaxy Girls didn't scratch either itch and my disappointment is further aggravated by the embarassingly forward attempts by Dharker to sell the DLC. I'd rather not write a huge novel about why I'm disappointed in the game, but the condensed version would be as follows: Positives: -No glaring typos/grammatical errors -Nice, clean art Could be improved: -Dialogue is long and uninteresting. -Not enough ecchi content to make up for the seemingly endless, stilted dialogue. -Ecchi/H content (including uncensored stuff) not particularly interesting. There were a couple nice CGs I found, but the scenes are all very short and have no impact because the story and characters are unnatural. -A large, mostly-opaque bar that spans the width of the screen where the text appears. Size and transparancy cannot be edited. A very poor design choice for this type of VN especially. -Characters I don't care about at all. This is partly thanks to the premise, which is shaky to begin with, with the game opening as the MC takes in two random girls who don't even know why they're there. One of them, bizarrely, is immediately open to the idea, while the other has an absolutely atrocious (though understandable, which is the core issue here) reaction. -DLC everywhere. I was turned off the moment I got to the start screen and saw 3 big buttons in the bottom left with little features I'm blocked off from because "Buy the DLC." When you press "Start", instead of starting the game, it also takes you to a screen where half of it is filled with greyed out boxes with future content, saying buy the DLC. The DLC content appears to be "H" stuff, probably with shorter, more tightly written stories and more of the good stuff, which is how the main game should play as well. It seems clear the long dialogue and initially uninteresting Ecchi situations are in-place to keep the player going beyond 2 hours, which is quite insulting. In fact, the main game without DLC can ONLY be bought on Steam, which further strengthens my fears in this regard. In short: The writing is too poor for this to be an entertaining story, and the H scenes are too short, uninteresting, and infrequent for this to be entertaining smut. It's a shame, considering I enjoyed Negligee (Dharker's previous Yuri title) and left a positive review on it. In case the devs read this, just know I am disappointed in Dharker for the cash-grabbiness of this title, considering they've been given a good amount of support recently and I praised their other Yuri title as well. This ended up being almost half of a novel anyway, didn't it...
• gamedeal user

  Sep 17, 2017

  HuniePop is a good game, this is not. The characters fail to engage with the player in a direct way. They do not query, approach or otherwise engage you. Instead, you end up feeling like you're watching things happen to you from the side. There's a lot of text that tells you what the characters are doing, instead of the game showing it through art and animation. You are told, not shown. This makes the game a detached experience. There's also a lack of tension, sexual or otherwise. HuniePop, for example, offers you a fantasy - you're an awkward guy who is coached and gets better with women. Galaxy Girls offers no such fantasy, conflict, or character developement. The "sexy" is expressed through pictures that look hot, rather than creating it in your head. There's something of interest in the story and the plot is generally fine, but a lack of destination as to where it's going, creates disinterest, rather than mystery. The fantasy of being with the engineer/medic is also a missed opportunity as that isn't much touched upon. It's not a bad game, but I can not recommend it.
• gamedeal user

  Sep 19, 2017

  [b]tl;dr:[/b] A decent ~4-10 hour yuri VN about a group of women finding themselves on a space craft far away from anyone they've ever known. Not perfectly written, but enjoyable. Basically an overhaul for Blossoms Bloom Brightest, though it retains a lot of the original dialogue. If you're a slave to the goddesses of yuri, buy it. Otherwise, stay away. Most important thing first: Two of the routes are—even with the uncensor patch—rather light on lewd content, the third on the other hand is quite steamy. So keep that in mind; mashing muffs is the strawberry on top, not the entire cake. If you have played Blossoms Bloom Brightest, this is a continuation of it. Or more precisely, it doesn't bring the story much further, but instead fleshes it out with more scenes and a new character. And bigger mammaries. Let's get [b]the negatives[/b] out early:[list] [*]The text field cannot be adjusted in height or transparence [*]Save slots are limited to a meager six [*]Some choices are not quite clear as to how they would affect a character's path and will require some trial and error at worst to get the desired endings [*]The premise and backstory is nothing to write home about, really, and littered with plot holes if you think about it too hard. Some are explained, but sorry mate, I'm not buying that [*]On the same note, the "big reveal" ([spoiler]that they're all genetically altered[/spoiler]) could have been used a lot more. It felt like there was hardly any point to it at all [/list] [b]The art[/b] is splendid and clean all throughout. Dharker had some rather amateurish art and styles I didn't personally enjoy in the past, but this one hits the nail quite nicely. Complements the overall themes and atmosphere, no weird faces or impossible postures and quite an amount of detail, especially on the backgrounds. Same for [b]the music[/b]. Fitting futuristic-sounding tunes all throughout, blending in easily with the scenes. None struck me as particularly catchy or noteworthy, but that doesn't have to be a bad thing; they don't distract you from reading. [b]The story[/b] is no Shakespearean drama, although a drama it is. It focuses mainly on the characters and their rather solitary lives on a space ship. And of course, you, the protagonist, are gunning for either some sort of romance or face a bad end. Speaking of [b]the characters[/b], I found them rather refreshing. Without spoiling much, they're diverse, each with their own sets of more or less serious issues. The resulting interactions might be angsty and overdramatised at times, but I've never been put off by them and they get mostly resolved in a timely manner. [b]The smut[/b] is fine. As I said, it is not the main focus, although a lot of scenes contain erotic undertones and flirting. It is a romance-heavy novel, after all. An additional erotic scene for each character is gated behind perfectly picking all the right choices. Someone in the guide section figured them out already, go check the bonus endings there if you have trouble. There will be be [b]DLCs[/b] further down the line. An odd choice, for a visual novel, and one I cannot agree with, from a player's perspective. At this point, I cannot say anything about these, but they appear to be background stories for each character and one extra—possibly quite lewd—chapter. [b]The pricing[/b] seems fair to me. 13 euro or your regional equivalent™ and the same again for the season pass. What you get for it is a decent short-medium length yuri visual novel with nice art—although it's mostly grey space ship interiors—fitting music and a crew that might have been better off with a psychiatrist instead of a doctor. [b]Addendum:[/b] With all DLCs now out and played through, all I can say is that it was a rather mediocre experience altogether. As I said in the beginning, if you're desperate, get it, if not, don't.
• gamedeal user

  Sep 24, 2017

  The art design of this game is very good but it feel's short. Also the price is kinda high, should be around 10 USD (in my opinion), as well as the DLC's price. Overall, I wouldn't recommend it for 13 USD on it's current state. Buying Battle Girls is a better option I believe.
• gamedeal user

  Sep 25, 2017

  There's a lot of things wrong with this game. As soon as you open the game you're prompted to buy DLC. As soon as you try to start the game you're again encouraged to buy DLC. The prologue lasts forever, and the story is pretty boring. I've liked almost all Dharker Studios games, but this is the first I've ever refunded.
• gamedeal user

  Sep 26, 2017

  A yuri VN by Dharker Studios. The art style is my favorite among the variety of games by Dharker. Not counting my idle time, it took around 5-6 hours of play to get every ending. I'm satisfied with what I bought even if it's a bit short. I did purchase the DLC too, so I'll hope to see more yuri and ero in those later additions. Kotoha>Emilia>Sara I liked Kotoha's route the most for her peppy character and went through it first. Sara's initial sass from the start cemented my initial impressions of her. I pretty much trudged through her route extremely reluctantly for completionist reasons. Emilia was in the middle since I had a route I liked and one I hated. I was a tad disappointed that this game didn't wow me enough to take over 1st place from Negligee for the games released by Dharker, but I got sweet erotic yuri so I can't really complain. Overall I would give the game a 7/10 right now.
• gamedeal user

  Sep 29, 2017

  I have not played the game since the September 21st update with "easy mode," but I actually appreciated the difficulty of getting "good endings." I played through probably a dozen times, each one ending in the first, disastrous possibility, before successfully making it over that hurdle and getting the chance to explore the some of the many other endings. For me, that just made it all the more enjoyable when I finally succeeded. I have enjoyed the challenge of figuring out how each character feels and reacts to my actions, and I was glad that, in many instances, there was no obvious "best choice." For example, early in the game, when talking to Kotoha, you're given the chance to ask her about her likes, her dislikes, or her previous life on Earth. None of these three choices jumps out as an obvious "pick me to advance relationship" option, which makes it all the more interesting in my mind. From there, the different character routes still offer multiple outcomes, both positive and negative, I look forward to putting several more hours into this game and seeing what happens. I would also like to add that I find the chibi-style DLC placeholders to be fairly amusing, and I kind of hope they'll still be available somewhere to read through once the DLCs come out. It's obvious to me that a lot of work has gone into this game, and I can recommend it for both the challenge and the excellent art style. My biggest "complaint" would likely be that there isn't *more* to the mystery of why these women are in space. I found myself wishing there was even more background to dig up on each of the characters, and on the organization that sent them into space. Maybe there will be in the DLC or in further playthroughs.
• gamedeal user

  Oct 11, 2017

  Well, to begin - I am not some review writing person, I tend to write reviews about games I really like. So, obviously I really like this game. So, if you just wanted to know that, no need to read further. Haha. Anyways, I had been looking forward to this game for a while. I typically snatch up any Dharker Studio game since I discovered Negligee. While I have not been disappointed in any of them, I was caught off guard when the main character was male (Army Gals and Battle Girls, this one has a FEMALE MAIN CHARACTER as does NEGLIGEE). I really like the plot of this one, many seem to not have in reviews I've glanced at. I found the plot very awkward at first, as any mysterious plot would begin as, and has a really neat idea and I really liked it a lot! Oh, I think you may have thought I was going to spoil the plot, no way. After I bought the game, I was so entranced in the plot, I finally made it past this one part (this was before they added in easy mode) and found the game went a whole lot more! Which was nice! After about a good 15 hour run, I managed to acquire all the achievements and see every tidbit of story I could find and I liked how actually going through all the paths, leads you to learn more about the plot and all the characters. I don't know much about visual novels, so I don't know all these Japanese terms people seem to be using. So, I found the plot nice, the game was fun, and going down all the many paths was educational on the story. I should ask myself some questions that you all may like to know the answer to. Maybe I should try to mimic the pro reviewer thing. Pros: English Visual Novel Nice Artwork Very cool sci-fi plot Homosexuality Took a lot of hours to get through it More season pass stuff to look forward to Normal: (Spoilers?) My ship blew up a lot Sara is a crazy bitch (which was hot) Kotoha is stupid (which was hot) Emilia is a nympho (which was hot) Cons: (More spoilers?) Erica never slapped the shit out of Sara (would have been hot) Having to learn Japanese to understand what some of these reviewers are even talking about I am not good at this Pro/Con Stuff I hope you enjoyed my review! Maybe one day I will be good at this. Either way, the game is awesome to me! ---I edited this to make it more clear of what games I was referring to with male main characters.
• gamedeal user

  Oct 13, 2017

  [h1]Yuri Is a great creation. Sadly, Galaxy Girls and Dharker Studio is not.[/h1] [b]Your time and money are both precious. Don't let them take it away from you![/b] [b]TLDR :[/b] Great art as well as premise, bogged down by a horribly unfinished story, terrible writing and even worse bussiness practice from the developer (dharker studio). [b]If you love yuri and want to support the genre, look elsewhere[/b] Remember: this is a Visual Novel, a game that bears a story. That story: [u]Is terrible[/u]. Here, the writing is straight up ripped from the free-to-play original, there are almost no liberties taken in this department. Adding in the new chracter (a kickstarter goal) was a neat idea (I <3 albino hair!), that unfortunately has little to no interesting qualit- [b]--Want to know why the characters are so horribly underdeveloped? WELL SCREW YOU: You have to pay me $30 to unlock the rest of this review![/b] Multiple DLC's have been confirmed containing both het, and tentacles. Dharker's practices (currently and in the past) as an indie dev reeks of money grubbing. The developers transparent desire to cash in on fetishes with het dlc for Negligee and what's going on with Galaxy Girls leaves buyers a bad taste. Yuri is seen as just a fetish to bank on. I understand if all you want is to look at nicely done, lewd, 2d art. Believe me, if you just want to flick the bean/milk the sausage, I recommend you look at the screenshots. Negligee is a far better option, if you want a yuri option with a similar art style. As of October, I will say that it's nice of dharker to address the backlash of having overly-complicated routes in their game with an update that added an "easy" mode. Will dharker further listen to the concerns of its fans in the future? Maybe. Or maybe only the ones who throw enough money on their kickstarter page? Only time can tell, as Dharker's fandom remain split. Fans that have purchased dharkers' content. Fans that have supported them on kickstarter. [url=https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/6190aomP6cL._SY355_.jpg]Fans[/url] that have told others to buy dharker's games. Fans -which have now been burnt by that very same developer. [b]Fans: something I no longer am for dharker studios.[/b]
• gamedeal user

  Oct 17, 2017

  [b] What happened? [/b] I had high hopes for this since I liked the demo/first version, Blossoms Bloom Brightest. But I was mistaken... [list] [*] The art changed. It was what caught my attention in the first version. There's really no reason to change it. It's now harder to take Sara's personality seriously (facial expression looks really, really bad). Because of this, the game now looks like a straight up porno. Don't get me wrong, the art is still good. [*] What happened to the characters? I thought they had MORE depth in the previous version. It's all gone in this. [*] The writing is not decent...just like the characters (get it?). But it is also not bad. [/list] I have never made a mistake in choosing/buying VNs, Galaxy Girls marks my first. Of all the VNs that I have played (in steam and out of steam), this is the worst. I was going to recommend this because [b] yuri [/b] but this is just, say disgusting, for the lack of words.