Status Octjillery Oct 12, 2021
I finally started this up last night!
Café Enchanté came out right around the same time as Piofiore Fated Memories, and I really wanted both. However, I picked up PFM first and played through that earlier this year (and was disappointed for the most part) and didn't snag this one until recently. While both had an interesting premise, I feel …
I finally started this up last night!
Café Enchanté came out right around the same time as Piofiore Fated Memories, and I really wanted both. However, I picked up PFM first and played through that earlier this year (and was disappointed for the most part) and didn't snag this one until recently. While both had an interesting premise, I feel like this one was more up my alley to begin with, so I'm not totally sure why I went with PFM first. Either way, I've really loved having the Vita as my VN system for so long, and it's still a little weird to be playing major VN releases on Switch. (RIP to my easy, and only, PS Platinums.)
I don't think any other visual novel has made me laugh out loud this much, just an hour into it. One of the dudes is a Dullahan, so when the MC meets all of them (him, a fallen angel, a demon king, and a demon beast), she's particularly put off by him--even though he's honestly the most gentlemanly of them all. Everyone changes into more "human" clothing, but he's still got his helmet on, with this mysterious glowing light underneath. One of the other guys is like, "Oh, that's just computer graphics," and she's like, "I know that's not what it is!!" It caught me off guard and I really got a kick out of it.
The background art is lovelyyyy, and the music so far has been really nice. One of my main complaints about PFM was that there was hardly any narration in between dialogue, which means it wasn't really much of a "story." That's not the case here; the MC describes her surroundings and thoughts, and she seems to have a pretty likeable personality, not flat like some VN MCs can be.
I think I'm really going to like this one.