Samurai of Hyuga

Originally didn't think I'd end up buying this because I haven't been impressed by many interactive novels but NOT buying it was absolutely not an option after the free chapter....that was some of the best two hours of my life. I love everything about it. The story and characters have me as hooked as any big name movie or novel series. I also really appreciate the touch of being able to choose your gender as well as the gender of your romantic interest. Going back now to replay with different choices. MAN!! My wallet is just waiting to open for the next stories. Absolutely amazing.

I’m very late to the party but I hope it’s still going. I can count the number of times I’ve written a review on an app on one hand, because most of the time I don’t care. But with this game I just had to. I’m writing a review on this game but it encompasses every other book (spoiler-free!). One thing I really appreciate about this story was that it was easy to read. As in, I understood everything that was going on (though understanding Japanese terms certainly helps) and even though you guys had the choice to make the reader wait until they could read the next couple of chapters (ex.: like how some story-based games require “keys” and you can only access a number of chapters until you have to wait literal hours for your keys to refill or pay money to refill it instantly), you didn’t. Although SoH is worth all the money, I really appreciate how you guys didn’t do this, as it would have definitely discouraged me and other readers from continuing. Second, the writing. It’s wonderful! It’s hilarious at times and I actually find myself laughing where laughing is due. I think the characters are intricately written and I genuinely care about what happens to them and where their story goes. Don’t even get me started on the choices! The choices in this game are difficult, but in a good way (?) — at least to me. I try to increase my attunement whenever I can and I find that the choices are very realistic and actually hard, as real-life choices usually are. By the time of this review’s publishing, I will be almost halfway through Book 2. I will hopefully be buying the rest, as well! Long story short, if you would like to appreciate a good story, get this game! You won’t regret it.

In my entire smartphone possessing life I have NEVER went out of my way to leave a review for anything in the AppStore or the google play store, regardless if I loved it or hated it. But I would be an absolute “Baka” if I didn’t do it right now. If I wrote down what I truly felt about this game this review would rival the length of the game itself. I’ll sum it up like this: to me this game is essentially one of the best manga/books/stories you will ever read, and YOU are the main character. And the further you get, the more immersed you become in the story, all the way up to the point of imagining yourself right in the middle of it all, and the words, thoughts and actions of the main character genuinely feeling as if they are coming from your own mind. The endless ways the story unfolds based on the decisions you choose make for one heck of a mixture of fear/anticipation/regrets/ and excitement that builds up simultaneously as you make your choice and hesitate to push next page to see what unfolds. And the way the choices you make affect the stats your character develops, that then have true affects on things you try to do in the game, ingenious! If you don’t spend the $4 you’re insane. You spend way more than that on a son of a baconator meal at Wendy’s. Plus this won’t make you fat. Can’t wait for the next chapter!