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Solstice (88 reviews)

I usually don’t play a lot of visual novels, but I enjoyed Solstice because it was more about the detective work and exploration than the romance. Still, you play as two characters, both shifty and hiding something, a lady detective who is also a mechanic and a gay man who is a doctor. The atmosphere is wonderful and I honestly enjoyed how the game created a mysterious magical city.

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Sometimes I really want to read a short summary of what to expect from a game with a very particular description that CATER to my OWN SPECIFIC interests, so here we go.

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what to expect from SOLSTICE

visual novel, choice based. The choices are dialogue answers, characters to visit and leads to follow

detective story, basically

pseudo-steampunk (?) world with magic, where magic is accepted as something that someone can normally study at school

amazing artwork and lovely music

different mix of lore and social commentary

you play as two characters at the same time, Galen and Yani, both investigating what is going on in this city built in the worst climatic conditions ever

a small cast of characters but all interesting and all hiding something

two possible romances (they are a bit fast paced, with almost instant falling in love, especially for Yani and her guy). Galen is mlm and he can romance the guard Kasiya.

some of the dialogue is a bit too slow and unnatural, but I still enjoyed the story and the characters a lot

the choices end up in four possible endings for the city and the main mystery, but your choices affect the other characters’ lives as well, so there are many endings combinations

plot? mystery story, your two main characters need to find out who is sabotaging the city and why gameplay? dialogue choices and which characters to investigate and find suspicious characters? all the characters are quite memorable, the cast is of about eight or nine characters and I would be able to describe all of them even after months since I played the game sadness level? medium  happy ending? deaths? (spoiler under cut)

The four main endings can be pretty devastating and in one of them no one survives. 

The main “villain” (the person who is sabotaging the city) always end up dead even if their story is pretty tragic, which is why their death leaves even the happiest ending a bit bitter. 

Different characters can have positive or negative endings based on your choice.

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100 lgbtq+ videogames characters (061): GALEN (Solstice)

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Yani and Galen, the player’s characters in Solstice (and their romance options: Sem and Kasiya)