REVIEW!! RE: Alistair

I found this game while looking for a dating sim to play, It's shameful but i am a huge fan of dating sims (So you can expect to see more reviews of dating sims) but i find it hard to find free ones in English but i stumbled across this on a reddit page and as it was free downloaded it.

Now for the plot

SPOILER ALERT!!

Merui is a girl on love with a game called Rivenwell Online (An online MMORPG) that she often plays with her friend, Fiona. One day she is fighting a big boss in the game with Fiona, when she was about to serve the finishing blow the kill is stolen from her by another player with the username Alistair. Because he finished the boss off he is rewarded with a rare item (I think it was the blessed stone). About to go into PvP the internet is suddenly cut off. Merui becomes worried that this Alistair will think she chickened out and is eager to get back on the game, when she finally does she realizes that he had logged out at the exact same time. Immediately figuring out that there was a high chance of this thieving character being in the school so she checks to see who was online just before the connection went and narrows it down to three boys. Travis: The president of the computer club. Shiro: Her shy work partner in class. And Derek: The vice president. When talking to Alistair he tells you he will return your item if you figure out who he is in a month. From here on the outcome of the game is in your hands and i have read that there are 5 different endings.

But here's the ending i got.

So basically  i was more interested in getting stats up and was clearly not making the right choices when playing this game because not a whole lot happened for me. i think i overall unlocked only two pictures in the gallery and yes as i said not much happened at all. I found myself seeing Derek more then anyone but when it came down to confronting which one of the boys was Alistair i picked at random because i had no reason to suspect any of them. I thought Travis would have been the more obvious option but too cliche. Shiro seemed too nice to be trolling. and Derek i doubted would have ever heard of such a game but on a whim i selected

MEGA SPOILER ALERT!!!

Derek. And my guess was right, Derek was Alistair. What happened when i confront of him about it? He pretty much said that yes i had figured it out but when he said i had a month to find out who he was he meant the month of February where there was only 28 days instead of 30. In the end Merui told Fiona that she just had him blocked from his account for breaking the terms and conditions and the game ends there.

Would i call this a dating sim? the way i played it, no. I didn't see any of the boys a potential love interests or that any of thee stories will go that way. 

Will i play this again? Not right now because the story is still too fresh in my mind to read all over again but i do plan to get the different endings in the future because i feel like this game has a lot of potential but i just didn't play it properly.

My overall thought?

Visually pleasing, i love the art style and though it may sound simple, in a dating sim i love the change of a character facial expression as you read the dialogue. I think it was very well translated (I can't remember where i read that it was translated though i could be wrong) as someone who's not a fan of tackling language barriers this was done flawlessly. Not to mention when you get a free game you don't expect much but i love when you DO download these free games and it surprises you just how much work the creators have put in and yet they are giving their hard work away FOR FREE!

If you are a fan of the dating sim/ visual novel scene like me i do recommend this game, it's a very short but gripping game, perfect for light reading.

I give this game  3/5 stars!

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REVIEW: The Fault In Our Stars

So, where do i start with this one. I guess it's Monday, my day foo from everything and my mum asked if i would like to watch The Fault In Out Stars with her. As the film had been proclaimed the "Greatest loves story of our time" i was quite happy to watch it. So let's start with the plot.

SPOILER ALERT!!!

The Fault In Our Stars is a film adaptation of the book of the same name (I would just like to say this now, I did try to read the book but after a few chapters I just couldn't get into it at all and went on to read something else to which i will be reviewing soon).

The story is through the eyes of Hazel Grace Lancaster who has thyroid cancer that has spread to her lungs. Upon being forced to go to a cancer support group Hazel meets Augustus Waters who's osteosarcoma has caused him to loose his leg and long story short they fall in love, but with both of their medical conditions it is not all so easy causing them a few problems along the way. as we skip over many fine details of this story our ending concludes of Augustus dying. But surely i assume if you;re reading this you've watched it yourself.

So that's the plot. Let me start by saying the review is completely bias. I did not enjoy this movie. not to mention this as also all opinion based.
I like how this movie was laid out, in a linear style with the occasional narration (Which i assume is words straight out of the book), it look's good, the visuals are very well done but the story just didn't do anything for me. It was the kind of movie that the entire purpose of it all was to make you cry. I saw no feel good features of it. Occasionally something good will happen such as the two getting the opportunity to meet their favorite author but was quickly taken away from the viewer. I feel like they were trying to glamorize cancer a little, i find it really hard to explain how or why but i know i'm not the only one to feel this way. I have not really watched many movies with the cancer aspect because it is hard to pull off. The only movie i have ever watched that successfully pulled that off was "My Sisters Keeper". But this isn't about that movie.
To me this was not an amazing love story, perhaps it was more spectacular in the book but as for the movie there was nothing special about it. I didn't feel they were all that much in love, maybe it's because I've been accustomed to movie love like "The Notebook". This movie showed that typical teenage love that lasts a few week. There was nothing amazing about the love theme of this movie. Obviously the hurdle of the story is their medical conditions but i'll give the movie credit in the sense that they did try to normalize it but maybe medical conditions shouldn't be the main hurdle in a love story. So what makes this the best love story of our time? In my opinion It's not. Nothing about this film made me think "Oh my god this is amazing". But i asked a friend over skype who loved the movie what she thought. Her answer was that it was amazing because they Hazel overcame her fear of hurting anyone by dying because the love she felt conquered that fear.

There's not more i can say about this film (Ellie, you spent the whole time bitching about how you thought it was shit) other then it's not something i would recommend watching and i think it's over hyped.

I would give it 2/5 stars

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