The first two entries in the series are highly enjoyable games which I played and enjoyed many times. They were fun stories, they had a pleasant mix of adventure, humor, fighting, romance, and immersion in the world of Hyuga. While the stories were mostly on rails, the choices provoked different responses, and it was fun to try to see how “attuned” your character could be with the optimal path.
This third entry is a depressing story with characters of questionable sympathy, run-on text in need of an editor, and choices that are meaningless to the story while penalizing the reader arbitrarily.
the choices feel more appropriate to a reading comprehension exam than a choice driven narrative.
To his credit author tried to innovate with the text entry option for some choices but that was also a complete failure. Due to the limitations of ChoiceScript, readers cannot go back and read previous text. Does the author expect us to be taking notes so that we can guess the key word at the right moment?
This fails as a game. It fails as a story. It kills any interest I had in future entries.
Give it a pass.