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• gamedeal user

  Nov 29, 2021

  neon genesis lesbiangelion
• gamedeal user

  Feb 15, 2022

  This is my first attempt at a Steam review, because this game is worth it, I'm shocked it doesn't get more, and I've seen a ton of people around me ask the same questions before getting into it, which aren't really adequately answered here. Most of the information about the game is low effort memes that I don't think do it justice, so I'm going to talk [i]a lot[/i]. If you're already sold, just skip to the last part of this review! [b]Is HWBM a good visual novel?:[/b] Being the first visual novel that retained my interest for more than an hour, and so obviously the only one I've ever finished, so yeah [i]I rate it pretty highly[/i]. I am normally a massive anti-fan of the visual novel genre, feeling like it's just a slower and more inconvenient way to read a mediocre book; HWBM has a lot of good reasons that this isn't the case. [u]Execution:[/u] A ton of effort has gone into the way the game is set up to make it easy to consume with very little energy (so that you can use the rest of your energy to think about it). Instead of bashing you over the head with an endless parade of textboxes full of route flags for hours on end, the game is navigated with a unique and stylishly immersive presentation, down to individual character-based soundfonts. The material is broken up into in-universe missions, emails, documents, and live chats with other characters, which are individually easy to consume and altogether dramatically help the pacing of build-up and wind-down between scenarios. The forks are clearly signaled by what ending they will move you towards, instead of being guessing games, and you can easily track your total from the central terminal. The only points it loses on quality of life for me are that the conversation log automatically minimizes. [u]Visuals:[/u] The art is something I wish the medium would try more of, instead of relying exclusively on high resolution anime assets. The character designs are fantastic and expressively pop really well, without constantly blotting the screen, while the scenarios themselves are mainly done with a much lower detail quasi-acrylics style that makes them almost dreamy and surreal by comparison, occasionally switching styles and using new effects as the tone demands. It grew on me a lot as I went; it builds up a vibe of abstractness and heartfelt sincerity, occasionally evincing the uncomfortable or obscene instead, rather than trying to depict exactly what is happening 1:1. It's genuine and heartwarming and saves some of the best pieces for just the right time. [u]Sound:[/u] The sound, and especially music, is a uniquely amazing experience. The way every track is mixed additively with your progress through the text itself is phenomenally well done on its own, but the tracks themselves are based heavily in this surreal and alien space noise motif that is somehow able to hit notes from "wistful lovesickness", to "intimidating robot fight". It's an incredible vibe even just to immerse yourself in the bleeps and bloops of the interface that are used to characterize each pilot. The music is beyond perfect. [u]Writing:[/u] I could do a whole TED talk about the writing, but then I'd spoil everything. HWBM is currently my favourite piece of pure writing. The worst thing I can say about it is that, because it is so precise and elegant, you might not get the [i]full[/i] impact from it unless you're reasonably good at absorbing, processing, and comprehending media (which [i]is[/i] a skill, and not one that English-speakers are commonly taught well). The story itself isn't hard to understand though, and the world, characters, events, and themes, absorbed my interest instantly; they're cleanly focused on only the most important parts of the setting, and the reader's growing familiarity with them, and not filled with extraneous details or flashy but pointless action scenes. HWBM is [i]definitely[/i] the kind of novel that doesn't exposition dump and reveal everything up front. You're best off with the attitude of "Wow, that sounds really cool, I'll remember that for when it's explained more later", because it is (pretty much) all explained later, and the answers are all satisfying. You may struggle a bit if you're highly uncomfortable with less-than perfectly literal and exact descriptions. You'll enjoy it the most if you're the type who thinks while they read. [b]I see the word "queer" come up a bunch when this game is talked about. How queer do I gotta be to read?[/b] I'd argue two things: One: Not at all if you're just here to enjoy it (unless you're looking for a borderline anime lesbian porn game, which this isn't). HWBM isn't primarily about any specific queer experience individually; the writing is overwhelmingly about fairly high concepts that are nigh-universal to human beings and the world we live in, and focused on insight rather that mere opinion. Unless you have lived a terribly boring and sheltered life, you [i]will[/i] related to [i]something[/i]; and even if you have, the entertainment value of its face is good enough to engage the dopamine machine in your head, especially if you have a creative place in your brain. It stands on four solid legs of brilliant writing and audiovisual accompaniment, not baiting and pandering. Two: But it will definitely hit you much, much harder in deeply emotional places if you are, or know, someone with queer experiences. Especially very rough ones. You will know them when you see them, and they will [i]get you[/i]. How much you want to engage is definitely up to the reader; if you really want to go all-in, you can pretty easily see how any part the game is built out of these themes all the way down, but your experience won't be diminished in any way if you don't. I think HWBM is great on its own merits, and a [i]must play[/i] if you resonate at all with any kind of queer-coded struggle. [b]Mandatory[/b] if you're the kind of person who usually finds these kinds of things too painful to read; please just trust me. [b]Am I going to have POLITICS jammed down my THROAT?:[/b] One of the many things that HWBM really stands out on is how humble and serious it is about focusing on real experiences that real people have. It's not an opinion piece. It's not someone's messy breakup with an institution. There's no power fantasy where a couple of girls with attitude destroy capitalism by being really sassy at it. It's handled with an almost unfair amount of tact and lack of malice towards anyone in particular. Part of what I think makes it stand out is its maturity. Even its wildest moments are soberly grounded in the inescapable fact that reality is bigger than any one person, rather than trying to get away from it, and it doesn't pretend everyone can be solely responsible for fixing themselves. It's not spiteful or self-congratulatory, but raw and authentic and real, and comes from a place of deep care. However, if you're the type of person who asks this question unironically, consider first browsing the battle royale section for something as creatively and emotionally bankrupt as you are. [b]How should I start playing?[/b] I [i]overwhelmingly[/i] recommend starting with Saturn like the game wants you to. Her tone sets an important baseline for the other two heroines to diverge from and play with, and her route lays down most of the core concepts and principles of the world the game is set in. Skipping Saturn will probably leave you taking longer than usual to understand what's going on. [i]Remember to view the conversations between each mission; they are missable![/i] [i]Personally[/i] recommend sticking to loyalist options to get the cleanest idea of what each girl is all about, and to make it the easiest to remember which scenes you haven't seen yet (you will get the chance to see all of them), but if you're just here for the vibes, you basically can't go wrong by being irresponsible and making out with whoever. There are no bad endings, only favourites!
• gamedeal user

  Jun 26, 2022

  trans lesbian simulator
• gamedeal user

  Aug 4, 2022

  what if you were trans of gender? in space??
• roman

  Dec 13, 2022

  i think i might just never figure out what to say about this game. but i'll start with this: wouldn’t you feel guilty if you got something special and never shared it? heaven will be mine is everything i loved about we know the devil taken up to eleven. (if you couldn't tell by my 86 hours played.) i love transhumanist metaphors; i love suffocation, not in space, but on earth; i love when the ear isn't human but the hole for the earring is; i love when your job doesn't matter and the only thing that does matter is boning someone; i love dense-yet-vague worldbuilding and vibrant aesthetics that shoot right through the heart of the story; and i love that very girl bleeds, eventually. heaven will be mine is a dating sim, technically, but to call it that would do it a disservice. it's also a visual novel, a sci-fi, and a representation of how it feels to be not-human under "normal", human gravity. if you love sublime metaphor or great music or even just women, buy this game. play this game. do not fight me on this and you can thank me later. i remember the creators of this game once described it as "lesbian yaoi", which is exactly what it is- in a good way. in a sea of modern media where queerness has to mean something and have some deep symbolism behind it, there's something so refreshing about heaven will be mine: they're gay, they're trans, they love flirting with each other and love screwing with each other (both ways) even more, and that's all there is for it. there is so much poetry and meaning in the love the protagonists feel for each other and, at the same time, there isn't any at all. saturn is MAD horny all the time, luna-terra is always in need of a leash, and pluto is here, in all her mercy, to toy with them. it's excellent. at the same time, saturn is ready to cheat for what's been taken from her (her ship-self, sure, but also her entire life), luna-terra is adrift in space and the hearts of many (and her own), and poor, perfect pluto carries the weight of not just a world but an entire universe on her shoulders. the emotional core of this game is impossible to miss and drips with pathos. every character has her own unique woes and the people she loves and the people she hates (unless you're pluto) and each new route through her eyes is an entirely new reading. if you haven't played this game before, i beg you- over-read every word and little email and make your theories and headcanons, then play again, and read new words and emails and make new theories and headcanons. the world is alive and the characters transcend. as somebody studying literature right now, this game is almost entirely worth it just for the metaphors. representations of the body; bloodless wars; and a gravity that is always, always pressing down on you. there's the same oppressiveness here that was ever-present in we know the devil, but this time it's neon and fluorescent and sparkly and bright and lethal. aevee bee's writing is heartfelt and devastating, max schwartz's art is beautiful and fucking gorgeous to look at. and alec lambert. holy shit, alec lambert. do not play this game without music: the masterful synth (in the loudest moments) and ambience (in the quietest) are what really make the writing sing. i have some wonderful memories attached to this game, and i have some horrible ones, too. this game has made me cry in more ways than one. but, in the end, isn't that's also what it's like to be human? i can't stand being human like that, so how about being human like this, instead?
• gamedeal user

  Dec 31, 2022

  allegory
• gamedeal user

  Feb 21, 2023

  Those transgenders do be lesbian This game is fantastic, it's become a deeply important work to me and I love it with all my heart I've played every route like 5 times over at this point if that says anything 10/10 please play it, especially if you're gay and trans and like cool robots like me
• scared house cat

  Apr 9, 2023

  tldr: stupid space lesbians made me feel emotions and it made me sad really, though, as much as i loved this visual novel, theres quite a few like, disclaimers. this game is very, very, very, very clearly aimed at, and probably written by, a certain demographic. which is trans girls who are terminally online, who love Eva, possibly with twitter accounts. it has those vibes, a lot of the characters talk like actual chicks ive known, the "mechs" are very out-there and clearly inspired by Eva, and a lot of the story is really... weird? and esoteric, i guess? anyway, i recommend it on SALE. not at full price. i paid 5 bucks and that felt very worth it. i liked the characters a lot, the endings were nice, the worldbuilding wasn't too bad at all, if a little difficult to follow, and def feels like the "1980s" aspect was pointless as literally nobody in the 80s spoke the way people in this do, lmao. overall, get it on sale, if youre part of that demographic, i think you'd really like it. if not, be warned its extremely sappy and artsy. and it made me sad.
• Stomp Jomperson

  Jun 7, 2023

  I could fix her but whatever's wrong with her is way hotter.
• kangarus

  Aug 6, 2023

  Well written, fun, and gay