Celestial Crossing

Okay well, I had a whole spiel going here. This review was Positive at first, then Negative, now it's Positive again. Why? Well because the Devs for this game actually give a damn about the fans, left a comment, and nullified all my complaints in one fell swoop. My initial positive review was, in short, about how well written this game was. I wasn't much a fan of the voice acting, but that's really more of a personal opinion than a game flaw. My negative review followed close behind 'cuz I replayed the game a bunch and found the choices lacking in terms of impact, I felt like my hands were tied in only getting the ideal ending that the devs had mapped out. Well, I was wrong, sorta'. According to top-secret documents for which I must now burn, the Devs have a remedy to my complaints waiting in the wings. In short, buy it. 'Cuz Elves. Also because the Devs are pretty cool.

This visual novel from Touwaku Studio features a male high school student Hikaru who is socially detached from his classmates and has difficulty expressing his feelings to his female friend Mika who lives next door to his apartment by playing his favourite computer game Celestial Crossing often late into the night. After waking up from a play session of Celestial Crossing one day, he discovers his female elf warlock raiding partner in Celestial Crossing Nerith is suddenly right in his room at his apartment. While trying to help Nerith return to her world in Celestial Crossing, Nerith reveals to Hikaru that his only friend Mika may actually be attracted to him. The game has its share of humour and fanservice with achievements and trading cards. Recommended when at discount or in bundle offer as it takes less than 10 hours to read through the storyline and dialogue and reach 4 possible endings.

There's a short VN and then there's one which takes 28 minutes for a playthrough. This is the latter. It's a shame because there's lots of talent on display here. The art is good, the voice work (about from the strange ladyboy playing the elf) is good, the writing's not bad and the story has a ton of potential but sadly, it goes unrealized. It's like the devs ran out of money after making the first 1/10th of a story and went "stuff it - we can finish like they did at school -with then they all woke up." Which is pretty much exactly what happened here. Would be interested if this team ever actually releases something full length but this is pretty meagre value even on sale. Thumbs down.

6/10 Okay, so, I've played 89 minutes of the game and managed to get all 4 endings without a guide (I don't think making one is even worth it). The game is really short and didn't manage to immerse me at all. There weren't many choices to make, which is understandable considering the length, but a lot of them are arbitrary and dont impact the story at all. After playing through two endings I figured out that there are only two or three choices that change the ending. The voice acting was really irritating to me, especially because of the few japanese words put in just to make it more japanese. If I'm being really blunt, it's weeb shit. It's kind of cringy, having english speaking and english sounding VA's saying "Kami-sama" and "kun" and "chan". However, I will give them credit for having voice acting in the first place; not a lot of VN's go for it. If there's one thing I'm going to praise it's the art; It was better than a lot of cheap VN's. Even though the art is good, however, t...

Celestial Crossing is a story-rich visual novel both developed and published by Touwaku Studio. In this title you are Hikaru, a bit of a slacker high school student and hardcore gamer who spends most of his time playing his favorite video game Celestial Crossing. One night through a series of strange occurrences Hikaru suddenly discovers that his in-game avatar is somehow in his real world home. Now face to face with a seven foot tall female elf battlemage with a hot temper...what could possibly go wrong? Follow along with Hikaru as he tries to curtail the wild antics of his avatar Nerith while she attempts to adjust to life in the real world until he can find a way to send her back to where she belongs. Let the high jinks ensue! [h1]PRESENTATION[/h1] First off, the artwork in this visual novel is superb with a manga inspired art style that is filled with lush gorgeous colors as well as terrific shading. Additionally, the characters eyes blink and they also change facial expressions...

If you were expecting something with nudity, mature content, or branching romance paths, this isn't what you're looking for. Semi-misleading tags and pictures aside, It's a nice little VN with a cool premise. It is on the very short side however, and seems overpriced for the amount of content that it offers. The voice acting, while appreciated, can be a bit cringy at times. This is most notable when the voice actors are pronouncing japanese words which just seem haphazardly thrown in because 'muh animuu'. It just doesn't fit perhaps as well as the devs envisioned. I will say that the art is phenominal, and was the primary drive for my purchase of the game in the first place. Though I wish there was an easier way of finding out who did it, because the only way I can currently find out is by completing the game and getting to the credits. The characters seem likeable, though due to it's short length, I felt I didn't learn about them as much as I would have liked. Would have loved to...

[b]CELESTIAL CROSSING {CC}[/b] is a fun, well written, visual novel with Choices that explores some possibilities with regard to the relationship between a gamer {the PC} and his Main Character {MC}. Might they be best buddies; or lovers; or enemies ? CC is Voice Acted for the non-protagonist characters. There is some foul language and mild nudity but, despite the Steam Store tags, I noted no sexual content. There are 7 Steam achievements. You become Hikaru, a mild-mannered, avid gamer heavily wrapped up in creating a barbaric Dark Elf warlock you have named Nerith. This is much to the detriment of your school performance. But who cares about that :D One night you fall asleep while adventuring with Nerith. When you awake, Nerith is bestriding you with her blade at your throat !! Are you dreaming ? That blade feels “kinda” real ! Thus beginneth the tale. Your Avatar is now in this World ! What to do ?? Can you put her back into the game world ? How ? Her clothing/armor is...

Really nice game with a very interesting premise that turned out into a nice (despite relatively short) story. You really get to love Nerith's character and overall the designs and voice acting are pretty good. Looking forward for a second part!

So this is a rather short VN each run through lasting about thirty minutes to an hour. I found the voice acting cring worthy and the use of profanity distastful. While I really enjoy the premise, I think I'll do my best to forget this VN until a better author writes it.

[h1][b]DON'T BUY THIS TRASH![/B][/h1] The writing in this game is very stilted, and I kind of want to punch the MC in the fucking face. Still haven't finished it, and honestly, I am going to jump into some better VNs and leave this one until I have nothing left to play. Update: Okay, so I finished it. Writing it terrible, I powered through to the so-called endings, each of which were profoundly disappointing. Bee tee dubs, if you think there is a route where you can romance the elf, you're wrong. This is a single story game, that barely changes depending on route. Worst off, the achievements for this game didn't even unlock, despite going through it multiple times. Voice acting is also sub-par, Nerith's VO needed a pop-filter on her microphone when reading these lines. This game is trash. Not worth buying even if it is on sale.