norimeme's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Flash Programing Tutorial]

It is 2021 and I both love that it existed, and hate that I never got to experiance or see it...

[Lustless]

I can't stress enough how much I actually love this game. The text is a little too small to read though. It would be vastly improved if it was bigger!

[Shapeshifter in Love]

I love it, but I would love more options, including color! Like tan, ghostly pale... bright cherry hair or deep navy..

[Sonic RPG Episode 10 - The Final Chapter]

I will always love this visual novel animation. RIP.

[Put a Ring On It]

12:40:78,
Bets of times were 1: 33:24
239 retries

[Kaleidoscope Dating Sim]

I really enjoyed this dating Sim, alongside the version with males in it.

[Monster Clinic]

This was very beautiful and also made me relate strongly since I'm actually a social worker (whose experienced mental health stuff of my own, and have seen a counselor for it) and its also literally always been my dream to interview supernatural beings. But this ghost sounds a lot like someone whose been through some worrying, troubling things that I can earnestly hear happening in real life. It almost makes me wonder if this game was inspired by someone the creator know personally or if this was in fact their own lived experiances (though, I'm merely speculating and fully respect the creator's creative process and the relative privacy they hold in regards to where inspiration came from, as I understand as they outlined in the description, its very sensitive and intimate for them).

This game reads like a beautifully raw and empathetic dialogue based off of a conversation that would actually take place with someone whose been through some shit. I can't fully comment on the therapist/psychiatrist, because there are some things I'd have done or said differently, like letting the ghost know that they're in a safe space for whenever it started to relive trauma/abuse, but even their end of the dialogue sounds realistic through thoughtful questions and comments I'd hear a counselor bring up.

The ghost and the interface are gorgeous, as morose as the context and appearance of the situation and the ghost may actually be. I just realized while typing right now that with the story and visuals it's like if Majora's Mask was given a gritty reboot in a single small "game", and even fits with the themes of reincarnation/ rebirth/ coming to terms with mortality and the theme of experiencing hardship and depression in life.

It really IS a visual novel. Even though others may not have found it as palatable or may have felt off about it (evidenced by the disclaimer at the beginning, unless that was just the creator safeguarding themselves in case of anyone who felt the need to be overly critical), I felt like getting to interact with this work in this interactive fiction format was the best possible way it could have been done, and Im deeply appreciative of the creator's work and the emotional process it must have been to get this all out here.
I especially adored and appreciated the relationship and feelings expressed between the therapist and ghost near the end when the feels got real for the therapist.
Also, the scissor snipping sound effect was addictive, and reminded me of Edward Scissorhands.

Edit: I broke my original review up into paragraphs.

MoeAnguish responds:

Thank you so much for the kind words, i really appreciate it!
Also, this VN isn't really about my traumas, it's really a mystery that i'd prefer not to help solve and let people interpret it as they please, i feel it's better that way.

And glad you enjoyed the scissor sounds, although i gotta say - and prepare for this one - it's actually a lighter lol.

Again, thank you very much!

[Xin's Commission Campaign]

This is so interesting! I love this!

[Mlaatr : Sister Cupid]

This seems really cute and faithful to a modernization of the show if it wasnt cancelled. Interesting music choice, too!

[There's A Little Beauty in Anybody (DEMO)]

I need MORE of this. I just view the introduction and transition scenes to be a bit tedious, but I LOVE the actual gameplay and characters!