Orion: A Sci-Fi Visual Novel

Completed the game. It didn't take too long. In fact, in my opinion it was a little too short. Appropriate for the length of a standard EVN perhaps, but you wish that it took a bit more time to flesh out the world of Orion. So, the good thing is that the bones are all there. All the main nodes that should be there are there, and the logic as far as I can see it is sound. Unfortunately even a beautiful skeleton is just that, and the various flaws I want to point out still stems from the problem that there isn't enough content to flesh out Orion. To start with, Orion is a world of Unionism but you barely get a sense of it from complains mouthed by various characters. The main character is a naive kid who is shielded from this reality, but even then he should've seen some acts that are considered 'abnormal' in our society in his daily life. We don't get that. During the whole adventure, since you're constantly on the move there's no time to appreciate the world. All we get are verbal w...

Lovely artworks. Well arranged story. But there is a problem. If you want to unlock "Ture" ending, you should reach all 8 of "normal" endings. The problem is, finding those normal endings is pain without walkthrough information. The story is designed to play again and again to obtain the truth. But good or not, there is no achievement, so ... enjoy your way. I like this game, but think not worth full price.

Orion is a little strange for a visual novel. It features above-average voice acting and beautiful CGs. For a visual novel to have decent voice acting is usually a sign that it is a Good Visual Novel With A Budget. I'm not so sure if Orion actually qualifies as good, though. It has many intriguing plot ideas, but the execution of said ideas is very poor. The average scene in Orion is as follows: 1. Meet a character 2. Learn some background information 3. [2-5 minutes later] PSYC! Plot twist, none of that information was accurate. 4. Virgil laughs 5. Repeat There just isn't enough time for the first round of information to feel like the norm before a plot twist is attempted. I felt dazed and unsure of if anything anyone said could be trusted, and the impact of the twists were severely diminished because I ended up never believing the established information in the first place. Due to its rushed and poorly executed storyline, head-scratching (and not in a good way) path to achieving...

I'm only in chapter 4 of the game, but I have some constructive criticism. I've had multiple "choices" to make so far in the game, however many of them appear to be completely inconsequential. Stuff like "stay here" vs "make a run for it." Except the "make a run for it" option has you recaptured a second after, and there doesn't seem to be any indication that it has any impact on the story that "stay here' wouldn't have had. In chapter 3 I ran into two choices, both that led to really vague game overs. Speaking of which, the game overs I've been getting have been very oddly written. It seems like the game expects me to be discovering these endings on replay, because they don't make very much sense. Almost as if I were stumbling into the end or middle of a game's story without any context. Like in one ending I successfully meet a character I needed to meet. Then the game ends with "Was this the right one?" "No. But I can't say why. Sorry." It is too early to really render a final v...

This VN is amazing. The story telling and concepts the game portrays are very interesting and pulled me in immidietaly. I almost instantly fell in love with many of the characters, and although that may depend on the person, I picked a few favorites very quickly that I found to love through out the whole entire VN In addition to the fantastic story-telling this VN has many different paths in which may lead to a "bad end" or a "good ending" and you need certain specific ones to get the "True Ending" Which makes the game a ton of fun, I always found myself thinking about which choice I was going to make over and over again, knowing that my decisions do have an impact on the game. For those who beleive the game isn't that long or they felt as if the ending wasn't complete, that is because it wasn't. It was not the True ending and they most likely picked the wrong choices which in my opinion is one of the best parts about a Visual Novel. Trying to trust your own self in order to see ho...

A very interesting game set in a utopia. I love the story enriched game so far! If you guys would like to watch some gameplay before playing this yourself here! Check out my playthrough here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkP4Rc4Qork

In Orion you play as Sam, an intelligent 16-year-old boy with a knack for computers. Sam lives peacefully with his brother Louca, in Section 6 of one of the many floating cities in Earths orbit. Reoccurring nightmares, however, has made life rather difficult to deal with, and suddenly getting a strange message from an unknown person named Virgil isn’t helping at all. “The setting sun rises as the moon weeps.” I didn’t hate Orion but I didn’t much like it either, and while I prefer to give it a “meh” vote, that’s impossible so this review is negative on the basis that if I could have gone back in time to stop myself from getting it, I would have. The best thing about Orion is definitely it’s art, and the voice acting honestly wasn’t too bad either. However, there are a few things I don’t like about this game. [u]First[/u] – you need to play eight different endings to reach the true ending. [u]Second[/u] – It’s hard to reach any of the endings because if...

Good story, but none of the endings really satisfied me.

The writing is horrible. Whatever story this game does have is half-assed and sloppily executed. Some of the dialogue regarding forgiving certain people is so ‘horrible fanfic’ level and terribly unrealistic with how easy the ‘forgiveness’ part is dished out with no tension, conflict, doubt or even remotely trying to talk about the subject at hand before granting the forgiveness. The plot is very rushed, barely giving you the time to get to know any of the characters or the politics of Orion at all, before launching you headfirst into a convoluted story where all of the side-characters refuse to properly explain anything at all. You know, in stories like fantasy and sci-fi, the backdrop is half of what makes the story interesting. Not properly showing it off is a huge mistake. There’s just too big of a difference in skill between the CG artist and the character artist. One makes the characters look like adults, the other makes them look like tall children (or like a ten-year ...

I wish I could recommend this visual novel. It had sone great concepts, the music and sound design are decent, and there was so much potential. The voice acting is also fairly good. I hold a particular fondness for Virgil. But the endings are dissatisfying, especially the true one. Its execution started off fine, and I commend the alternate solution Sam comes up with, but shortly thereafter it rushes straight to the epilogue without showing how things went down, which is just lazy and poor writing and totally anticlimactic and disappointing. Most of the characters felt flat and not very well fleshed out. There also should have been more reflection of the MC's ability to retain memories across timelines, like unlockable extra lines as you finish more endings. I also have a complaint about the artwork. Many, actually. Mari's sprites make her eyes look really weird due to the art style. Sam's sprites make him look way younger than he's supposed to be, in a way that doesn't match how the C...