A Foretold Affair

$12.99

Release Date:: Mar 10, 2017
Developer:: GB Patch Games
Publisher:: GB Patch Games
Platforms:: Windows Mac

Indie Casual Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Family Sharing Single-player

About This Game

In this barren world of endless deserts, almost all live their lives upon large fractions of land floating above the surface.

Here there are two types of people: Normals and Abnormals.

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Buffalo Seer is an eccentric Abnormal who wants nothing more than to use the magic ability within them: future seeing. However, even within their society where everyone has a special power, future seeing is considered dangerous and advised against.

Unable to be swayed, Seer finally gains permission to look into their own future, only to receive an unbelievable revelation. Not only have they left Abnormal society, they're married to someone they've never met before.

With visions of happiness in their mind, Seer leaves everything behind and ventures to the part of the land fraction where those without magic live: Normal society.

Seer is going to convince this stranger that they are meant to be together no matter what it takes, even if it means tagging along on an adventure.

In only a few days Seer will learn just how far away that pleasant future is.

⚜Features:

150,000 word script (9-15 hours of playtime in total)
3 future spouse options (one male, one female, one agender)
Choose pronouns (he, she, or they) and a 'Normal' name for Buffalo Seer
A variety of choices, all of which are worth choosing
Partial voice acting
Light animation effects & over 25 CG images

A beautiful, piano based soundtrack

⚜Cast List:

Kea: Lily Chen

Piper: Hannah Hellwig
January: Oakesy (Andrew Oakes)
Trinette: Stephanie Tobin
Felicity: Kimberly Ismael

A Foretold Affair is a customizable story rather than a fully branching one. While the general plot points will stay much the same, the specific interactions and conversations will change constantly based on your choices.

Note: The game includes violence, blood, and a small amount of swearing.

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User Reviews

Mixed

3 user reviews

67%

Positive

User #041537 english

4 hrs at review

Not Recommended

Review – A Foretold Affair, an indie visual novel from 2017. 4.5 hours to finish I only played the male romance route, as a heterosexual woman, so that’s the perspective I’m speaking from. Player Character: The protagonist is masked and hooded, leaving their appearance and identity deliberately ambiguous. In theory, this lets the player project onto them. No point in that, I can’t relate to them at all. They are reckless and alien as they aren’t from a culture like ours so there is no point in trying to project anything. Their ambiguity only serves to make them more alien in this case. Their behavior seems rooted in a bizarre, hyper-isolationist culture—almost cult-like. It reminded me of the “factions” in Divergent, but even more extreme. There is a line about how they aren’t seen as individuals until a coming of age ritual where they get a mask to hide them even better from each other. The game attempts to reflect the PC’s upbringing through odd behavior. Tha...

User #029495 english

3 hrs at review

Recommended

A fine visual novel, kind of missing the mark on that romance tag though. Genuinely started to enjoy the entire cast by the end of Kea's route, but I did feel like after the story actually started getting good the entire future marriage partner stopped mattering in any capacity. And while the ending bit was cute, it was a bit of a bad epilogue. I think the game needs a *Three years later* or a *How the Buffalo Seer actually ends up getting married* type thing, because having none of either despite it being the main thing talked about on the game's description is weird. As other reviewers mentioned, the Buffalo Seer can be annoying for the first half(?) of the game, but they come around, so don't worry about that. Overall, if you can get it on sale like I did, it's a lovely time.