Ratalaika regularly releases a small narrative game to the point that at the editorial office, I was entitled to: “a small visual novel, it's been a long time (right?)”. But with such a nice cover, I'm willing to give it a chance. Naivety of an eternal romantic like Jingoro or pragmatism of the Riggs-style expert?
We wake up with amnesia and a little lost with Kat, a beautiful host who throws us into a Bachelor-style TV show where your life is at stake and you have to survive the date! Already a date can be stressful… Casually, we are wandered from one meeting to another with our suitors: Scarlett the sexy scientist, Yu the childhood friend, Terra the geek or even the rich one Purple.
Casually, we let ourselves be carried away and our seemingly simple choices can generate 8 possible endings knowing that a simple run will last 4 hours. We can therefore push it up to 8 hours if we are curious even if one run was enough for me given the repetitive side which will be there on the following runs. If you like achievements, I almost got everything in 1 run and you can get there/arrive in fast speed.
Visually, it's pretty and the manga side comes out well. Ditto for the music, pleasant despite an overall lift.
Find Love Or Die Trying is a nice narrative game which will be an opportunity to spend one or two nice evenings by the fire.
