Has anyone herad of the bishoujo game "Alone Again"?

I got to play a Japanese import bishoujo game last night entitled “Alone Again”. It was wonderful! The game interface is one of the best I’ve seen, and the artwork is gorgeous! I could not read the Jap text though because it said something like I needed the Jap windows or something. I played through it and surprisingly I managed to get 100% CGs and endings in one sittng. I got a “feel” for the game early on. There’s a behavior bar that accompanies the various choices, and if you want to get a certain girl (there are 5) you have to devote most of your behavior bars to her… though at some points you have to give up some bars to another girl in order to progress in the story. Completing a story cycle gets you bonus points which you can use to unlock additional modes and extras in the game.

For more info on the game visit - http://www.bef.gr.jp

sigh I wish they’d port it over to English though, I don’t know how I could possibly review this because I couldn’t read any of the text because they wouldn’t display properly on my system!!!

[This message has been edited by rowena (edited 09-25-2001).]

wow it does look like fun… of course i think that about most games mentioned here :stuck_out_tongue:

hmmm, character design is not to my taste
eyes are too high/jawbone too large

start to resemble humans from the realworld
and we cant have that, can we?

well…the effect is slight…you probably would never notice…im just picky because i like cute things

[This message has been edited by exoarchaeologist (edited 09-25-2001).]

I will have to disgress. Actually I did like the character design. After having many way too cute characters, a more “serious” design is a nice change of pace.

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Originally posted by Sakamoto:
What software and OS did you play it on?

Windows 98, English-version...

With regards to the visuals, I got 100% of the CGs and the artwork is superb... they don't resemble real people at all. Actually, the way the faces were drawn reminded me a bit of the style the Escaflowne characters were drawn.

What I liked most about “Alone Again” was the game interface…

This is also the 1st time I encountered a bishoujo game where one of the girls die if you end up with her… tragic bittersweet ending.