Real Life Plus Ver. Kaname Komatsuzaki

 Real Life Plus

Real Life Plus is a unique Visual Novel like game that doesn't follow the traditional VN Meta. I want to put this out there up front, if you get this game then expect to turn the music and sound effects off, for some reason when it came to Audio the group doing this didn't consider adjusting sound levels so the music and sound effects can drown out the voices and be quiet loud. 

The game is unique in a couple of ways. The first is that it is played through with a single focus, that is the growing up of the Protag alongside the primary and only Love interest I saw named Kaname. You start as grade school students in the year 1999 and then as you make choices and watch the short and brief scenarios that transpire as you make your choices, you will go all the way till your High School graduation in 2015.

The second unique aspect of this game is the story itself. Whereas most VN's focus on multiple characters, their development, and of course a bunch of filler stories to make it more interesting, this game forgoes all of that.  Instead, it sticks to you and Kaname and your direct conversations and decisions. 

The next thing that I have heard though I have only played through it once at the time of this review, is that as you make choices that Kaname's appearance and characteristics will change pending on how you make your choices. 

I think that the developer of this did a good job of keeping the pace pretty quick as well as not focusing on one time period longer than the rest. This game is a pretty fast pace and doesn't take long to play through. But that said the game also has multiple endings so playing through to get all the different endings is something that I would recommend.

Artistically, the game isn't bad at all, I wouldn't say it is on par with some of the larger Visual Novels but considering the nature of this VN, I can understand why this isn't what I would call a Grade A artistic VN. 

Now I will be the first to say that I didn't feel all that connected to the characters as I would in other VN's but I am actually ok with that. I think that most VN's are very story heavy and while I do enjoy those I also think sometimes a little bit of a variety makes things better. 

My only reservation was the price. I don't feel that even with the replay value that it has and the multiple endings that make it actually worth the price tag that it has in the Steam Marketplace. Currently, in the Steam Marketplace, the game is selling for around $12 which isn't really all that high considering that more extensive VN's can cost upwards to $50. 

That said, I do still think this game would be a good addition for a game that you can play if you don't have a lot of time and want to do something. I think a better price tag would be around $5 or $6 personally, but that is just my opinion.

So unlike many of the games I review, this one has no adult content that I am aware of and none that I saw. It does have a couple of instances that it talks about 'the act of sex' indirectly and it is implied that the main character and Kaname have sexual relations, (at least in the playthrough I did). 

Despite it not having much in the way of H-Scenes and so on it isn't a bad game. I think that this style of VN is unique enough to be used again. Maybe this will lead to a few more VN's that are alike to this one.