Reviews - Katawa Shoujo Game

Feb 17th, 2012 1 person agrees 0 people don't

loved it
great story

Nov 28th, 2012 0 people agree 0 people don't

So many feels where had with this. The characters are really easy to understand ('Cept Rin but I still love her.)

Nov 25th, 2012 0 people agree 0 people don't

Great story, really makes you get feels out of it.
The best part is... it's totally free!

Sep 26th, 2012 0 people agree 0 people don't

I don't even know what to say. This game is a testament to how well the medium can deliver on narrative, characterisation and emotion. I've only played one path so far and feel compelled to explore the others. And that music is beautiful.

Sep 14th, 2012 0 people agree 0 people don't

Best damn little indie game I have ever played, truly deserving of a standing ovation.

Aug 2nd, 2012 0 people agree 0 people don't
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I love the endings of almost every girl, but my favorite path is Lily's one, it's so touching yet so realistic, when she almost come back to scotland and Hisao dont let her go, I never played a VN like this before, keep it up the good work :)

May 25th, 2012 0 people agree 0 people don't
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Really good game, strong story, some neat art, confusing art (Rin), great moments (Lilly) and strange random ecchi scenes (Hanako).

Feb 25th, 2012 0 people agree 0 people don't

Gameplay-wise, this is a pretty traditional Visual Novel (VN). While it has five main heroine routes, the history doesn't repeat too much, as the first act of the game conveniently changes with the choices you pick, and once you end on a girl's path, the game locks you on that path with a storyline set apart of the rest of the girls, except for a few shared events that are pretty welcome.

The writing, the music, and the artwork of this game is exceptional for a free game, the only shortcut they took was the use of photographs for some of the backgrounds (the ones in the CGs were all hand-painted, though), something that several other VNs have also done (even commercial ones, such as the well-acclaimed Tsukihime).

Overall, you get good feelings while playing this game, and it tells you a pretty touching story of superation and regaining self-esteem, entwined with a few erotic scenes that can be partially toggled off in the options menu, and while that's the selling point of these kind of products, their inclusion doesn't make the game feel cheap. It's also pretty long, each path took me about 6 hours of gameplay from beginning to end. The girl's personalities are complex and don't fall into easy japanese stereotypes as happens with many other games in the genre. The men in this game, however, tend to fall on the silly/cartoon side of the spectrum, but they all have original and different personalities.

Many of the concerns people have expressed with this game are shared with other Visual Novels: it could have more choices that affect the story in decisive ways, it could have more endings/girls, it feels more like reading a book than playing an actual game, and it seems all the interaction you do is pressing the space key for hours. Some other people would also prefer if the game had even more/less spicy content.

In sum, if you enjoy VNs with good writing, you'll probably love this one.

Jan 21st, 2012 0 people agree 0 people don't

Hi! I am part of a gaming community/blog and we all took it upon ourselves to review Katawa Shoujo. Check out our reviews here!

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Jan 20th, 2012 0 people agree 0 people don't

A very good "game" I just have one of the many possiblities and altough my ending was a little disapointing I dont know how the other ends will be like, all I can say is PLAY IT! you will not regret it, and as I said I think there is alot of endings and I will try to find some more. Totaly fantastic, no negative about this masterpiece.