Ambition a minuet in power4/25/2023 ![]() It is a country on the brink of revolution.Īttend parties, mingle with the rich and powerful, learn their secrets, and use this to get the wealth and power you deserve. France is a country of elegance and poverty, of ancient tradition and unstoppable change. It’s March 19th, 1789 and King Louis XVI rules over France from the gilded halls of Versailles. (We won’t really hurt you.A revolutionary, romantic, visual novel where your choices change the course of history! ![]() The villains and villainesses demand Camille. Give us Camille if you want to live, developers. I’m having a lot of fun, and I expect to have more. In any case, to folks who like lifesims, visual novels, and intrigue with a historical touch, this is a very good pick. Maybe that could be in a patch, or a DLC? After all, out of the romance options, only two are gay (out of six), and we could do with a bigger scandal, couldn’t we? Camille, your maid… Well, I screenshotted one of her exchanges above, she’s most definitely not law abiding when she needs (or wants) to be, and a cheerful and helpful servant. Madame Honorade Gazelle (alas, a Bourgeoisie… Maybe I can persuade her otherwise), for example, is a firebrand, teetotal, but passionate, and caring not for your silly conventions. The characters are, as mentioned, expressive visually, and it’s the same in terms of writing. It’s easy to navigate, which leaves… The writing. Let me romance this charming partner in crime, god-dammit! Look at that radiant smile, and the willingness to help cover up my crimes! Do poorly, get more of the latter, and expect your reputation to plummet. Do well, get nice things, maybe some bad things, like Peril (leading, obviously, to bad things. When you do, you get two social encounters, picked from a pool. When you’re not at a party, you get one thing to do a day, like buying a new dress, selling or disseminating that Hot Gossip, engaging in encounters, trysts, furthering one of the stories, some days gives you invitations to parties, where declining hurts your credibility (remember, this is also the word for “Someone believing you”), and accepting sets a day aside for attending said party. The gameplay is simple in all its elements. Now, the core gameplay loop and the writing? Oh. Oh, and the windowed mode going a bit fucky from time to time. Expressive characters, solid writing, clear UX, music that fits both the period and the mood, good tooltips… My only bitch with the UX is that when something is grayed out, this is the time to hit Escape to go back, but it does not, in fact, inform you of this. ![]() Yes please, and thank you.Īesthetically, I love it. But when they understand me this well? Yes. So, what do I like and dislike about the game, then, now I’ve mentioned this? I’m not normally one for older women, much less toppy ones. I could have curried favour with another lady (a painter for the Queen), some men, the military, the church, but… Naaahhhhh. Perfect path for me, honestly, I love me Dat Good Queer Shit, I dislike the Bourgeoisie, and the noblewoman who snubs you at the beginning of the game is a hateful bitch. Read the text, enjoy the expressions, pick the most suitable path for you, and see what ending results (or, you know, aim for a specific one)Īt the time of the review, I was, essentially, already on my way to revenge, revolution, and a lesbian romance with an older widow. ![]() In any case, this is a life simulation game, in which you’re balancing various stats (it’s a relatively simple one, so it’s favour with factions and characters, money, peril, and exhaustion) while engaging in social situations in a visual novel style format. Who shall you side with, who shall you snub, and what shall you wear, while avoiding poverty because your fiancee ran off to God knows where before you even arrived? The obligatory Map Screenshot. But that’s the most fitting intro I could think of for a game set just before La Revolution, in which scheming is rife, including yours. I mean, I’ve heard some… Interesting things about the developers, nothing you could repeat, mind you, but…
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