Cursed Sight

Cursed Sight a visual novel by InvertMouse, the creator of Unhack and Without Within, [u] features 4 endings [/u]that are unlocked based on the player's choices. [h1] The Story [/h1] The visual novel starts off with the protanganist, Gai explaining his predicament caused by his family, that sold him off too slavery to a temple, and as a slave he is assigned to a girl named Miyon that is treated as the "Treasure of the Nation" who have lost her sight but has the ability to control fate is housed in the temple of East Taria. [u] I will not be saying anymore beyond here because anything beyond this point i feel it will be a spoiler and i do not want to spoil anything for people that have not read it yet. [/u] [h1] Audio and Visual elements [/h1] The [b] Audio [/b] and [b] Visual [/b] elements are great, characthers are beautifully drawn, and the music sets the mood perfectly and it feels like it belongs in the situation and the environment. The [b] backgrounds [/b] are beautiful and ...

This game gives off such a mixed bag of emotions its insane really. It explores levels of emotion and ties between people that is rarely explored by devs, VN authors or anything at all, the reason for this is that its easy to mess up when going into these sorts of topics, i cant say what they are because they are spoilers. So Cursed Sight is a bit janky at the start, you may or may not be annoyed as the protagonist starts as a 10 year old, as you can imagine the life of a 10 year old is simple, we dont have much experience and we are a bit immature and indecisive at that age and that is reflected rather well. Pacing issues crop up a lot at the start, mainly for the first thirty minutes while they try and set the foundations down, this is the maining area of improvement id say because its very short, three hours to finish all endings is very short and the longer you know the charecters the more impacting the endings will be. On the topic of the endings ill say that two are out right s...

The music and the art are really good for an indie game. However, writing needs a lot more work. It felt clumsy and choice of words were weird or didn't really suit within the story. To me, it looked like the writer doesn't have much experience, or is very young. Having good beta viewers or editors for the text would have been a good idea. It looked good, but I just couldn't enjoy it, because writing and good characters are what I look for in my visual novels.

Ahh Cursed Sight, I've been following this and the Developer (Invert Mouse, certainly worth following, he makes some cool stuff here on Steam :D) And I'm happy to say that this was an AWESOME read! There isn't much I can explain about the characters and setting (I really don't want to spoil anything, You need to see that for yourself!) but to give a general idea, this Novel starts off with the Protagonist, Gai arriving as a servant to East Taria, as his Parents from West Taria have sold him off as a Slave to the Temple. He is then assigned the Duty of taking care of the needs of a Girl named Miyon who has the "Cursed Sight" This gives her the power to perform rituals that can alter Fate and various scenarios the Regions ruler may desire. Onto the Technical Side of things Audio - The soundtrack is very suiting for both the situations and environments it is used in, it is certainly nice to listen to and really helps add to the experience when it gets to more intense story parts. The A...

Kind of a low rate game with a clunky start and unsatisfying endings. I am honestly surprised it has so many positive reviews. The writing is awkward and difficult to look past. The story is kind of limited and doesn't really explore some very obvious solutions to my mind. And instead traps you to bad decision making and tries to convince you this is "fate" I guess? Anyway, I played it because I already payed for it, but I don't recommend it.

Personally I found this unenjoyable. I may not have gotten as far into it as others but, dear God I hate the main character. Putting up with him is a pain and you get his commentary on everything. Maybe I dropped off before coming to the good parts but I just could not listen to him bluster or whine or even talk anymore. And in the time I played I do not believe I got any input into the actions of the character. I just read a log of his thoughts for close to an hour. They weren't exactly gems. And no other character picked up the slack. I just lost interest. Things change so quickly that the characters aren't exactly consistent, this is really because of time skips. They just dump you with a changed relationship with people. It's rather annoying.

Mildly not recommended. Nice story with problematic pacing; good visuals; average music; weird analogy. Maybe grab it at a sale like I did. A single run of the story took around 4 hours. Note: this is not a Yuri story. I think this is yet another textbook example of "depicting the eastern world through the western eyes", and the story itself is also kind of all over the place. There are definitely pacing issues, and some of the twists are a bit disorienting. The story is overall unsatisfying. It seemly intends to make you think about something after reading the story, but I'm afraid that I didn't get it...

Cursed Sight is a pretty overrated story, and there's not really even that much to say about it. The MC is a temple servant who meets a girl with special powers and a cursed sight that will kill anyone if she takes off her veil. They become important in the battle between east versus west and a reomance subplot develops. The story progresses in fits and starts and never feels very cohesive or emotional, at one point jumping ten years in a single hand-wave sentence. The MC has a miserable personality and despite the old fashioned setting, speaks like any sarcastic, miserable young person on the internet. Some of the side characters are more intersting but never get much deveopment time. There are muiltiple endings, all of which are pretty bad- both in terms of enjoyment and the fates of the characters. In fact, the writers seem to relish giving bad ending after bad ending as if it makes the game more profound. Even the final "good ending" suffers from the no-win-scenario syndrome b...

Story of a little boy who is sold into slavery to a king and ends up assigned with serving the king's "treasure". I like the concept of the story, and the general idea of the multiple endings involved, all easy to achieve through one of the few choices that appear throughout the story. However, the story builds up way too quickly and feels very rushed, and has a fair number of plot devices and holes, especially in regards to a little slave boy fairly new to the job executing this off. Artistically, the novel is ok, the characters are decently drawn, they bland and stiff, and so are the backgrounds. There is also a dearth of CGs and poses. The choice of music is passable, but is not the best and certainly unremarkable. No voice acting included is a minus too. Overall, the visual novel is average, with a full price that more or less fits the bill, though I would still wait for a sale before buying it. 6/10

There were some strong points to this game, especially the art and music. However, its not enough to make a good game. The biggest issue I had with this game was the writing. It was choppy and inconsistent, especially tonally. The protagonist was very annoying, and his commentary on everything was pointless. The first portion of the game before any choices in particular was very difficult to get through-it was way too long and boring. The story is weak, and I didn't care at all for any of the characters.I was really determined to stick it out and get all endings, but it really wasn't worth it. This game's writing really needed some major editing, all across.