This is not only due to the main storyline, but the running subplots dealing with the supporting cast that do the lion’s share of fleshing out the world and pushing our Protagonist repeatedly into situation’s that his mindset can’t solve. Who Jorgen will decide to be in Act 3 makes the game worth playing, but on top of that are the consequences for the mountain of compromises Jorgen was forced to make. By the end of the game, the lines of right and wrong are not only muddied they are gone. We also get a strong dose of world building as both the natural and supernatural in Midgard are fleshed out with the help of the game’s strong supporting cast. This should be studied by developers looking to create a complex protagonist. This is, bar none, the best single-chapter character development I have seen in an episodic EVN. On top of all of this, a new ghoul is haunting the merchant’s quarter and because of Jorgen’s attempts to follow the loose rules of the trade, he is forced to split the contract with Sigrid: his exact opposite philosophically and emotionally.
The second chapter takes place shortly after the first with Jorgen recovering from his first assignment as a Walkerman and having to deal not only with the complex politics of Midgard’s streets, but also try to bridge the gap between his ideology and reality. Scalemail continues to deliver as an EVN developer with its second entry into the criminally underrated Walkerman series. Walkerman Act 2: Herdchaser Girl Developed by: Scalemail | Published by: Sekai Project So your thoughts and comments are appreciated! All of is still being tinkered with and the next six to eight weeks trying it out will be very critical. You will see other changes happening over the next few weeks to the traditional formats I’ve used to cover visual novels on this website. This is going to take some getting used to for all of us: especially me. To better compensate with my schedule, I’m switching to a format where I can review a minimum of five visual novels every two weeks in at least two to three paragraphs.
Hello all and welcome to the inaugural edition of the Visual Novel Review Digest (VNRD?)! As I said at the beginning of the year, the era of me doing long-form, detailed reviews is over.