From the review, "For the most part, Most Romantic Tales: Romeo & Juliet works as a visual novel. It has a great story as it's foundation. The character models look good, the lips even more when the characters talk. It has an option where you can choose which scene to view. The adaptation used make it a perfect option for people who want to know the story but have trouble reading Early Modern English.
The only thing is, the choices presented in the visual novel don't have that great an effect on the story. Quite often, you'll have an option to choose what to do, only to find you have no choice and have to pick a certain option. Also, even if you choose different options, the result inevitably ends up the same. It defeats the purpose of having a choice to begin with.
The jigsaw puzzles, while a noble attempt to inject a mini-game style diversion to break up the monotony of the novel, are a disaster. The pieces all blend together when in a clump, making it difficult to divide them up..."
"Independent developer has released a one hour demo of the first instalment in its Most Romantic Tales series, Romeo & Juliet.
Described as a "visual novel" (which surprised us, given that R & J is a play), the game features line-by-line translation of the original text and the player must choose dialogue options. You can even pursue a happy ending, if you're the kind of person who finds a double suicide a bit of a downer."
That sounds really cool, yes I think I will enjoy changing the end of that particular story. Are they doing Titanic too? A few changes I'd like to make there as well.
Good point, quite a few sad stories could be user-improved!
Oh, think of if you could get a "film" of your choices, that would be nice. Think of all the You-tube fan films there would be! =)
Haha, awesome. For people that don't like the ACTUAL morals of the story, you can get a happy ending. That's just priceless.
Might try it out just for that!
When it comes to romantic stories, William Shakespeare's tale of two star-crossed lovers from the houses of Montague and Capulet is one of the classics. But how many people have actually read Romeo and Juliet cover to cover? Indie studio Baby Eish Games is working on Most Romantic Tales: Romeo and Juliet, a "visual novel" designed to introduce more people to the story by presenting a line by line translation of Shakespeare's original play into contemporary, colloquial American English.
Gameplay is presented as an interactive novel. As you play, you'll be asked to choose from a variety of different dialogue options that can affect the storyline while still keeping true to the original. In the opening scene, for example, do you choose to try to break up the fight between the servants of Capulet and Montague, or just stand back and watch? When the fiery Tybalt arrives on the scene, do you try to calm him down, or draw your sword and egg him on? You can choose to follow the original storyline, or choose a happy ending.
It's an odd idea, taking Shakespeare's play and turning it into a game. I saw the screenshots on the article link, and they look pretty good. It reminds me of those Japanese dating games. I wonder if we will see more games like this in the future?
