Wolf Tails

Steam Review

A cute VN that pays homage to humble beginnings and understanding. Direct, short, nice graphics and a decent soundtrack make this a good Visual Novel from start to finish. I still can't bring myself at this time to play through the story and choose the bad endings...despite the shortness of the Visual Novel the two wolf girls grow on you quickly and you find yourself not wishing to choose the bad ending. I would recommend this to anyone interested in a simple starter Visual Novel that has few choices but would let them know upfront that they do not want to see the bad endings.

Review

Wolf Tails is at its core a simple straight forward Visual Novel with a total of 3 different endings. The endings are based on only a couple of choices which while simple actually makes this game more fun to play as it will allow you to make choices that won't affect the ending. Now at the time, I am writing this I will admit that I have played rough 4 hours and have 2 of the 3 endings. I can not bring myself to choose to get the third ending which is the 'bad' ending. I at some time will get it simply to get 100% achievement status on this game but until that time comes I will be happy where I am at.

One of the reasons why this game has become a popular game on Steam despite it being short for a visual novel and its simple playthrough is due to the character development through the VN. You instantly fall in love with both of the human-wolf girls and find yourself drawn to each one for different reasons. The different personality types of the two also weave a story all on their own. 

The story takes place in a mountain area far away from most human civilizations. The protag which you can name all on your own has made the choice to live in the mountains alone and away from civilization only going into town long enough to get supplies that he can not get on his own out in the area he lives. He lives in a small cabin and has a truck for transportation when he heads into town. You head back to your home and a winter storm blows in, as you return and start to get ready for the night you realize that the storeroom door is open and as you investigate you realize that someone or something has broken in. You make your way further into the storeroom and find a wet and frozen young half-wolf half-human girl. She was apparently trapped in the storm and made her way to your home in the hopes of staying warm. 

The young human-wolf girl is Mirari and she is very refined and talented in cooking and cleaning. She is quiet and very openminded, she has a fascination with learning about humanity and its culture. She is also hiding something from the protag but he is a loner himself decides for the most part not to push her on what that secret may be. 

Mirari is one of the love interests in the story and leads to 1 of the good endings. As time goes by she grows on the protag and divulges her secret and as she does she admits that she falls for him. Even though many in human society warn against falling in love with the half-humans that fill the world and it is considered taboo, but in the half-wolf culture while it is not encouraged it isn't looked down upon either. 

Soon after the arrival of Mirari at the cabin and the protags attempts to help her get better to head back to her pack, another wolf-girl named Fuyu shows up to take Mirari back to her pack as well. Fuyu is the sword protector of sorts to Mirari and keeps a close eye on her. Fuyu is a wild and loose cannon with the inability to express her true feelings but relies on her more wolfish nature to get through her thoughts and feelings. Despite that, she is actually a sweet-natured half-wolf girl that is shy when it comes to other matters of the heart. 

Fuyu is one of the two love interests and leads to the 2nd good ending. As time goes by you realize that Fuyu has a sorted history within the pack which leads you to understand why she is the way she is. She is young, naive, brash, and dedicated to the pack, but only for the sake of Mirari. She has a strong sense of dedication to Mirari and later to the main protag.

The game is a great starter and basic Visual Novel and really holds the reader's interest. Character development is top quality and the graphics are very nice and well done. Music is pretty good but more tracks would have been nice. While it is short it leaves room for improvement and future VN's based around it. I would love to see a Wolf Tails 2 at some point. I would recommend this to anyone. And to those that enjoy the adult content, the 18+ Patch is free for download which will show you the H-scene artwork.