![]() ![]() Holiday Star serves neither as a good sequel nor as a game that can stand well on its own. People who are new to the series will feel lost because of the unfamiliar setting and the fact that the story expects you to already at least know the basic personalities and backstories of each character. branching storylines, a diverse run of story genres, interacting with new characters and high replayability) are absent in Holiday Star. Fans of the first game will be disappointed because most of the things that made it great (i.e. I really can’t recommend this game to anyone but the most hardcore Hatoful Boyfriend fans who have probably already made up their mind to buy this game anyway. Instead it’s mostly spent on random hijinks that really don’t tell us much about the Hatoful Boyfriend universe. A good chunk of it seems inconsequential to the overarching history of the world where intelligent birds are the dominant species and humans live in caves. Unfortunately, this isn’t expanded upon much in Holiday Star. The bird-dominated setting was really interesting to explore in the first game. The story had some potential in that it expanded on the world that Hatoful Boyfriend takes place in. Besides, by the time I had gotten that far I was running low on patience. Toward the end of the story things got a bit more interesting with a plot reminiscent of the book Night on the Galactic Railroad, but it still felt long-winded. So much of it was painfully dull and seemed dragged on despite the short length of each of the episodes. I could forgive the change in format if the story was especially compelling, but I just didn’t find it so. But with how well it was done in the first game, it’s disappointing to not have one this time around. ![]() This isn’t to say that a visual novel has to have a nonlinear storyline. And if you do pick the one that gives you a game over? I hope you remembered to save your game right before it came up, or else you’ll have to spend a few minutes fast-forwarding to where you left off. The most significant ones are a handful of really cheap scenarios where you just have to guess which one option will give you a fail state. The interactivity is almost nonexistent, and the few choices you are able to make have no bearing on the story. Holiday Star, however, is comprised of a collection of mostly episodic stories that are loosely connected. In Hatoful Boyfriend, there’s a single, solid story with multiple courses of events depending on the choices of the player. ![]() I would’ve rather had the chance to check it out instead, so that’s a. The biggest difference between Holiday Star and the original Hatoful Boyfriend is the way the stories are structured. Hatoful Boyfriend (PS Vita, PS4) In Europe, instead of Strike Vector Ex, subscribers will be able to nab Child of Light. Unfortunately, the sequel/companion title Holiday Star doesn’t live up to the expectations set by the first game. It was a surprisingly enjoyable experience that went beyond simply coasting off a novelty to make a well-crafted game. The game was a visual novel and dating simulator where the player acts as a human girl attending in a world dominated by birds. Last year I got the chance to play the 2014 remake of Hatoful Boyfriend. ![]()
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