Written By: JP Assisted By: Youko The Hexogonal Developers: Bloom Digital Platforms: Android Genre: Slice-Of-Life, Romance, High School Release Date: March 6, 2014 Official Website | A few weeks ago, I tweeted on my efforts to be a bit more decent to people after I realized I had disagreed with a few jokes some family members tossed about during the Winter Olympics. Anyone who’s followed this website for long enough knows that I come from a very traditional Southern background, which means MORE than a healthy dose of that Old-Time religion. While I'm not going to bore everyone with exactly what I do and don't believe, I hope my previous reviews have shown a decent effort to be fair regardless of my personal ideology. Now, with that said, I think a blunt JP moment is in order to fit into that whole 'fair' thing, otherwise, people will wonder why the review is missing certain references. Longstory by Bloom Digital was created with very specific intentions and its creative team has not been shy about what they want the game to accomplish. In a brief description of a panel they ran at SXSW, the team describes their agenda; |
Now, show of hands; who thinks I care about any of that? No one? You guys know me well.
That isn't to say that those aren't legitimate issues. If you agree, I support your right to support any projects that addresses the same issues as LongStory does. However, when I play any game, its agenda isn’t my first concern. My concerns are the concerns I always have: story, presentation and ambition.
So, for those who expected this review to have a discussion on ‘queer-positivity’ in gaming, that’s the last time I mention it in my review. With that said, gather round as we go back into a setting I just love to discuss here on VNs Now: HIGH SCHOOL!
…yes I was being sarcastic…