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Dear Althea

$12.99
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Developer:
Tijerín Art Studio
Publisher:
Tijerín Art Studio
Platforms:
Windows Mac
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About this game

This visual novel, full of decisions and repercussions, is a fun reinterpretation of the novel "Dear Faustina" (1897) by British author Rhoda Broughton. Each chapter is filled with beautiful, high-quality artwork illustrating all the situations and moments you will experience alongside the charismatic characters. The art you will be able to see has been made with special care in the representation of the British Victorian era, as well as taking into account the class difference that is present at all times. The video game has 41 chapters, although if you play only one of the 10 routes you will see, more or less, 25 chapters.

Illustrations

In each chapter you can enjoy between 18 and 50 beautiful illustrations that illustrate every moment and situation. In total, the videogame has 780 illustrations made with special care to show every detail and gesture. The result manages to transport you completely to the London of the Victorian era and succeeds in conveying the feelings that the protagonist experiences.

Story


In "Dear Althea" you will be Althea Vane; a young upper class British woman whose life is turned upside down after the death of her father causes her family to fall apart along with her future. She will be forced to choose a new future, a place to call home and a group to belong to. To get there she will have to face all sorts of situations in Victorian London; however, love and romance fortunately abound and will make her quest more enjoyable.

Choices matter


You'll find that the decisions you make will change the story from the very first chapter. There will also be many of them that will affect the story in the long run, even when you least expect it. In Dear Althea, your decisions can affect not only your fate, but also the fate of other people; they can also change your relationship with other characters and open up new routes of dialogue that will change the dynamics of relationships.

Diverse relationships


You don't have to fall in love with anyone or enter into any kind of romantic or sex-affective relationship in the game; but depending on your choices, you can enter into a relationship with up to four characters that fall within the LGBTIAQ+ spectrum. However, you don't have to choose just one relationship; you can enter into a variety of polyamorous relationships.

Consent

In this video game, consent is discussed and encouraged in all aspects of relationships between characters. In romantic relationships there is no obligation to have sex and refusing to have sex has no negative repercussions.

Characters

There is a great diversity of charismatic characters in Dear Althea but there is a clear division between upper class and working class characters, as a protagonist you can decide from the first chapter and throughout the story which group you are more akin to and defending characters of one class or the other can have repercussions.

Puzzles


If puzzles aren't your thing, you can skip them without missing any important plot points; however, there has been a lot of effort put into the creation of the puzzles to make them all diverse. They have been integrated in such a way that they fit both the plot and the period in which the story takes place.

Typography

The typography has been designed to help people with dyslexia to identify letters better. Even so, it has been created from the typography that appears in the original 1897 book.

Accessibility

The whole story is narrated in text and it is not necessary to activate the sound at any time. You only need to click the right mouse button to interact with the game and the puzzles. There are no skill or speed challenges.

Endings

There are a total of ten final chapters, many of which are the result of decisions that took place several chapters earlier. Due to the branching of the story. There are no good or bad endings, they have all been thought out so that the ending is satisfying and consistent with the decisions you have made throughout the story.

Duration and text

Counting all possible decisions, the game has more than 112408 words and can last (depending on decisions and reading speed) about 5 hours on average.

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User Reviews

Mixed
15 user reviews
67%
Positive
4 hrs at review
Not Recommended

I sadly can not recommend this game for a couple reasons. 1-Holly bugs! Text randomly is skipped or not filled in, often conditionals seem to misfire so that you get multiple choice outcomes or a repeat of a choice. 2-The plot is very pressed-I tried so hard to steer our protagonist away from the main course only to be thrust back to it over and over again. Other than that, it is a descent game with a good amount of psychological depth wherein, at least in my opinion, a young noble woman is recruited and psychologically manipulated into various scandalous activities. No, for the most part not scandalous in the way you are thinking, but rather in doing covert missions to cause a sort of class warfare to save the poorer elements. It is interesting that the normal defenders of the poor and helpless in this game seemed like the most morally bankrupt characters in the game, so a good twist on the common tropes. I think if they can clean up the bugs and make the path less linear this cou...

13 helpful 1 funny
2 hrs at review
Recommended

Honestly the R18 is few and very far between but the the pretty and unique art style was worth the price of $13 CAD. The game is more story than sex and it's a very long story. I already put 2 hours in and I'm not even near the end and I been speed reading. There are some minor bugs and puzzles can be difficult like making tea the old way. luckily you can skip these puzzles but I feel that sometimes hurt's the outcome. for skipping tea it tasted bad. next playthrough I will complete it see the difference. Hope the dev makes more Games. I purchased the game bcause you can pursue straight or lesbian relationships and can be in an ambiguous relationship. I wanted to get with the pretty dude from the banner. turns out that's the sexy lesbian you meet at the start, so of course I got with her for my first playthrough. I recommend this game for it's art, it's length and romance options. Just remember R18 is not the focus, it's story is!

12 helpful 2 funny
4 hrs at review
Not Recommended

Greetings, Ladies and Gentlemen. I would not recommend this visual novel for now since in terms of English language it is horrendous. A lot of mistakes, overloaded sentences and similar linguistic abnormalities. I bought it due to the art style but the linguistic part is not compensated by it, unfortunately.

11 helpful 3 funny
33 min at review
Not Recommended

Sadly, i cannot give an opinion about the story if the game because i had to ask for a refund. The bugs were too many. And some of them serious enough to not letting me play. My save file got corrupted, the dialogue background desappeared (thankfully it came back going to the menu and coming back), when I was seeing one character profile the data of another character popped in a random place, some text was skipped randomly... You know, if they were some minor bugs that didn't make it difficult to play, i wouldn't mind but there are some basics in a visual novel that can't happen... And all of this happened in just the first 20 minutes of the game. I won't risk some of these bugs happening more later like the save file corruption...

6 helpful 1 funny
11 hrs at review
Recommended

This game was released with quite a few bugs as seen in other reviews but the Dev has been doing a great job of smoothing out the experience. The routes of the story feel immersive and a joy to read and the updated Haker mode allows you to travel through other routes with greater ease. If Victorian Drama is something you enjoy this is well with the few hiccups.

6 helpful 1 funny
3 hrs at review
Recommended

I really want to recommend this review without any reservation. The graphics are gorgeous, the story is, if viewed from a distance, quite engaging, and the choice of a Victorian setting makes it miles and leagues above the typical settings seen in this genre. However, this game has a ridiculous number of the most basic and fundamental of bugs. Spanish text is often left in, the text for dialogue does not load if you reload a save (workaround is to look at the dialogue history aka "backlog"), dialogue is often repeated or skipped, some puzzles (like [spoiler]the game your sister gives you[/spoiler]) and there are typos in many, if not most, lines. If I could give this a mixed review, I would have. Had the reviews been overwhelmingly positive, I would have not recommended it because I really like everything except for the typos and bugs. This is really a diamond in the rough, but I would happily buy every single game with this art and this setting in the future if the devs could just ...

5 helpful 1 funny
11 hrs at review
Recommended

A good visual novel with a few rough edges in it. First off, a positive stuff: [list] [*]Pretty visuals with plenty of unique colourful characters and backgrounds [*]Good soundtrack in the spirit of the time depicted in VN [*]An engaging story about personal conflict and social-economic discrepancy in the end of XIX century [*]Simple puzzles allowing to get rest from continuous reading (and which can be safely skipped!) [*]Stylish pictures and descriptions of various clothes and personal items used in those days (I was amazed to learn that such simple things as buttons on a coat could reveal many about their owner) [*]Lots of choices leading to different outcomes [*]Hack mode to help player view different endings [/list] Secondly, aforementioned rough edges: [list] [*]Lots of typos, however not critical enough to distract from story [*]Minor bugs, like sentences being repeated or UI glitching [*]Lots of choices leading to same outcome since developer guides player towards specific nar...

3 helpful 1 funny
15 min at review
Recommended

Editing my review because the developer has been working hard to fix all the original bugs I found. So far it's an interesting Victorian drama, I haven't completely finished it yet, but now that it's less buggy, it's a more enjoyable ride.

3 helpful 1 funny
1 hrs at review
Not Recommended

i didnt expect this. i feel like the main character in this game is faustina.

1 helpful
28 min at review
Not Recommended

DO NOT BUY THIS GAME First time playing. Crashed on load, asks what language i want every time game starts, terrible FPS in main menu, crash on new game, crashed after exiting options menu, esc closes game rather than opens menu, game dialogue plays while options menu is open. Game loads into menu, cant leave menu. unlowerable LOUD menu sound effects, Bad dialogue translation, spelling mistakes. Cross dressing characters, everyones a lesbian, if these girls went out in public in Victorian times theyd be stoned to death. I would ask for a refund but its far too late for that (bought at Xmas time). This is not a point and click adventure, this is a static visual novel with no animation, do not be fooled by the trailer, you just pick dialogue text choices.

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System Requirements

Minimum

Minimum:
  • OS *: Windows 7/8.1/10 (64bit)
  • Processor: Intel Core2 Duo or better
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: DirectX 9/OpenGL capable GPU
  • DirectX: Version 9.0
  • Storage: 2 GB available space

FAQ

How much does Dear Althea cost?

Dear Althea costs $12.99.

What are the system requirements for Dear Althea?

Minimum: Minimum: OS *: Windows 7/8.1/10 (64bit) Processor: Intel Core2 Duo or better Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: DirectX 9/OpenGL capable GPU DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 2 GB available space

What platforms is Dear Althea available on?

Dear Althea is available on Windows PC, macOS.

Is Dear Althea worth buying?

Dear Althea has 67% positive reviews from 15 players.

When was Dear Althea released?

Dear Althea was released on Apr 8, 2022.

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