Recent reviews by crytalstellar

I actually hadn't really heard of this game until a couple weeks until Tatsuya's release when I saw some people reblogging some promotional posts for his route on tumblr. Seeing as I'm super into guys who wear glasses, I decided to download that prologue and see what kind of game this was and afterwards I decided to wait and see how I liked Tatsuya's route before I decided to get any of the other routes.

In short; Tatsuya's route far exceeded any expectations I had.

As one would expect, Tatsuya starts off frosty but begins to warm up to Tsubasa as time goes on. In turn, Tsubasa begins to rely on Tatsuya more, despite his cold exterior. Both struggle with their own issues, but after opening up to one another they grow stronger as individuals. The relationship they share is one of my favorite things in the route.

The other characters are also amazing! Especially, Chisaki, Tatsuya's mother, who wins mom of the year! Ahaha. But silliness aside, the minor characters are just so vibrant add to the story as a whole. Takumi, especially, helps out Tsubasa a lot and his involvement makes me look forward to his route that much more. I even found Katsunosuki well written as an antagonist. The way he was written was that he's a little off-putting (in the sense that I don't like his advances), but it's hard to hate him because he isn't a 100% bad guy.

The story's isn't so much about Tsubasa and her coming to terms with her newfound powers, but more about Tatsuya, his family's issues and how Tsubasa is caught in the middle of it. While I greatly enjoyed the story, I was given the impression there would be more about Tsubasa's development as a sorceress (although I read somewhere that the prologue had some issues and this impression may have been one of them). This was my only real issue with the story, and that being said the subplot of Tsubasa coming to terms with who she has become and Haruna were well executed. As a whole, I found the story to be extremely enjoyable.

Tatsuya's route was extremely well-written and, for me, a good introduction to Mystic Destines (as I have yet to play Shou's). The art is wonderful- it's realistic, but not too much so. However, whoever decided that we need teary-eyed sprites might be evil, since seeing one is like a punch in the feels. But anyway, I'm looking forward to the other routes in this game!