![]() A billion scenarios crossed my mind - will I trick this character into revealing such and such and then make them take the Pill of Forgetfulness, or just fool them into drinking the Truth Serum? Such a tough choice. One instance particularly stood out to me, which made me choose between the Pill of Forgetfulness and the Truth Serum. Tales of the Mirror is a game where every choice matters, especially the red ones. Since money is such an important aspect in this game, you shouldn't carelessly run around spending it on Black Market goods and random gifts to impress the characters, as much as you might like to. You need to pay for your stay at the inn, and the sooner you solve the mystery, the better (for financial reasons, of course). It's so much more complex than I first expected it to be!Īnother key point is that with each passing day, you lose money. Furthermore, you have certain locations that are only open during the day, while others are open only during the night. That leaves you having to do some careful planning ahead of time. You have a set limit of in-game time in which you are tasked to solve a gruesome murder by using your precious artifact's help - the mirror.Įach action takes a set amount of time to complete, and just like in real life, it takes time to get from point A to point B. I really wish there was an option to select this from the get-go, like the graphics settings you're prompted to pick before you open the game.Īs I mentioned, the game progress is measured in time. Guess what? Turns out there was an English option too! That came as a surprise, and realization kicked in - if I had just played around with the caged bird a little bit more I could've discovered it myself! Only after about what turned out to be an in-game week has passed (I later found out that's how in-game days pass) I decided to start over and play around with the menu a little bit more. That wasn't that big of a deterrent though, given I still had the stunning artwork to admire. And because I didn't dabble too much with the menu, I could never figure out where the language setting was and ended up playing the game in Chinese.īear in mind that I know absolutely no Chinese, at all. On my first playthrough, I didn't explore every feature of the menu, since I was so excited to dive into the game. Right off the bat, the one thing you will have to figure out for yourself is the menu. Read the Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery review.To manage to get into the actual story though and try to solve the gruesome murder is a whole different story. It doesn't give off too much information, but instead, it's something that would play an incredibly important role the more it unfolds. Not any ordinary bird, but a special one, one that would cost 'handsomely' to acquire. However, my bias aside, I will keep this review as objective as possible because there were quite a few elements that didn't impress me on the very first playthrough. Not only was I looking forward to the unique visual novel meets murder mystery, but also the beautiful artwork. I've had my eyes on the Tales of the Mirror release for a while, and when the day finally came, boy was I hyped. ![]()
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