Tales From The Under-Realm: Hazel

The story is kind of iffy, although at this point I've only completed one of the available routes. This took roughly an hour and felt somewhat short. There's some replay value with there being other choices that allow achieving different endings, but if you mess up dialogue choices more than once you probably will be locked into a specific ending due to friendship not being high enough. May edit this review to be positive after checking the other possibilities but for now I wouldn't recommend this game unless it was slightly cheaper. If the pricing was closer to 5 or 6 euros (my currency) then I'd definitely recommend it, but as is I'm not sure if it was worth paying 9 while it was on sale and certainly wouldn't recommend buying at full price. There is potential though, so if you're curious check it out as even when not on sale it's not too expensive.

Short visual novel by Winter Wolves. The main character is Hazel…. Well, sort of. Technically, she has died, and the undertaker of the afterlife for most mortal souls is the Nameless God (sounds [and looks] like something out of Lovecraft). And since he has all of eternity to spend, he sometimes takes a peek into the memories of the mortal souls in his care and sees how they died. This is the basis of the tale. Now, these memories start with Hazel waking up in an unknown prison after having been captured by the Human Empire. Her crime? Being a witch. See, the Human Empire is ruled by archwizards who rule with fear and iron fists (and magic, of course). To keep the people distracted, they have labelled several types of individuals as evils that must be destroyed. Such as witches. Frankly, they might just be jealous that witches can use the same magic they do, and also dark magic. Anyway, during your stay, you’ll have the opportunity to woo two different women. One is you close cel...

A short but very sweet game, I liked it a lot. Recommended if you want a nice yuri story!

This is the revised review following the new update that fixes the vague dialogue choices. I am changing the review from the soft no to a soft yes instead. The biggest question most people ask: Is it worth the full price? No. Wait for discount. Did I apply the uncensor patch and how is it? No, I forgot. I typically fast forward through those anyway. [i]Yes I am very weird.[/i] My play time was a bit inflated because I did open the game to double check some things as I wrote the review. Your typical end can be easily gotten in under 2 hours if you are a fast reader and not distracted. Bonus ending(s) and subsequent playthrough shouldn't be adding too much to that if you skip stuff you've already read. So some positive callouts I do need to address for this game. I really appreciate the developer providing a quick fix for the complaints in the earlier review. The game flow is much better now that I have an idea of what might be said. I noticed there are actually some minor follow ups to...

Sum up in one word, wholesome! Female characters are gorgeous and the ending music is wonderful.

Loved it also enjoyed how dark and edgy it could be at times

Good story. You do know it is a thieves or thieves' guild and not thief's guild, right? There is no guild if there is only one thief. I feel bad for the Nameless God.

This is highly enjoyable yuri visual novel, I like that the story has considerably dark tone and overall is serious, while atmosphere of the setting is heavy, but there is barely any drama elements. Characters are written well, protagonist Hazel and main characters Sasha and Tori have bunch of secrets and different deep personalities. Yuri romance with them is greatly embedded into story, because this will decide their fates as well as your own one. Plot is not that simple, has definitely some twists and good complications in it. I won't call this novel short, if you will consider it has the 2 distinct routes for Sasha and Tori, with 2 subroutes, each having its own events development; and also dark alone ending. Visuals are nice to eyes, this anime substyle is pleasant for me, quality is great, yet designs and scenery are quite common. Musical accompaniment is just awesome with some emotional tracks. Writing and language are nice, but for me personally narrator is excessive, taking i...

Sweet but short. I'd wish it were longer, but still worth a play through.

great story with likable characters. 2 thumbs up !