Throughout June, the sales of Mermaid Heart rose like a rocket.

At the same time, sales of Sega's MD consoles increased.

MD's sales volume for the month was up 10% year-over-year.

However, I am not sure if it was influenced by "Mermaid Heart".

According to the normal sales trend, it may be possible to achieve so many increases.

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Good sales are enough to explain many problems, but Qing Zhiyuan is still not very satisfied, mainly because of Famitong's rating of the new work.

"Mermaid Heart is one of the most special games the editor has played so far.

It's really hard to get started with the rating.

The main reason is that this game is extremely outstanding in terms of both advantages and disadvantages, and there are even times when you don't know whether to call it "pro" or not

Or [Disadvantages]

Let's talk about the game.

1. Imagine a rich storyline

Spoilers may be included in the review for an accurate review, which is almost unavoidable, so please be cautious when watching.

The plot of a work is like a piece of clothing, whether the dress is good-looking, whether it is worth wearing, and whether it will be eye-catching, mostly depends on the style, color, fabric, etc. of the clothes.

The storyline is like this dress waiting for the customer to choose, and in order to attract the audience, the plot must be vivid.

"Mermaid Heart" does a very good job at this point, the plot is different, the male protagonist Yamazaki Hui met the mermaid Suzune at the bottom of the sea after the shipwreck, and the whole world has undergone earth-shaking changes.

In addition, the idea is borrowed from Osamu Tezuka's "Firebird" resurrection, an imaginative style, and various stories that occur in it.

With a deeper plot foundation bonus, it does have the ability to become a classic.

I won't do too many spoilers here, please experience it yourself in the game.

Second, the strange and weird painting style

When deciding to watch an anime or play a game, the style of art is indeed one of the key concerns, so this is also something that authors need to consider.

pokeni is known for its beautiful graphics, smooth drawing, and heart-warming character creation, and "Mermaid Heart" also perfectly inherits the fine tradition of P Society.

The whole work of "Mermaid Heart" presents a strange and strange painting style, especially the protagonist Suzune, in the blue-black scene of the deep sea, only she is the pure and flawless existence of the white society, which is a stark contrast and impressive.

3. Producer: Tsubaki Furuhara

The name of the ancient hara Tsubaki is familiar to everyone.

This person began to rise to prominence last year, and then quickly became famous, and his style is known for his "relaxed and pleasant" and "warm and healing".

"Three words turn off, and no one is left at the end" is the highest evaluation given to him by fans.

This has been fully verified in the two "Onmyoji", which has made countless players cry to death.

Almost every work of Gu Yuan Chun can become a classic and be praised, so as long as it is branded with the title of Gu Yuan Chun Yu, the work will be guaranteed, which makes "The Heart of the Mermaid" have a strong backing, and it does have the strength to become a classic.

The above are the highlights of the mermaid hearts compiled by the editors for you.

As for the shortcomings, "Mermaid Heart" is also very obvious:

With a brand new galgame narrative, large text and picture captions, it's not so much a game work as a light novel with lots of beautiful illustrations.

It's this that greatly reduces the gameplay of the game.

In the case of being accustomed to autonomous operation and game combat, the way of reading similar novels is really confusing.

However, this can be regarded as creating a new genre, and it is still unknown whether there will be more light novel-style games in the future.

It is precisely because there is "almost no gameplay to speak of" that I give it a score of 7. ”

"If it weren't for the fact that the plot of Mermaid Heart is too brilliant, this game would not have been able to score any points at all, and the gameplay is simply miserable, and the large text narrative is quite a headache.

This has almost lost its gameplay.

But the plot is too exciting, and the suspense of "Mermaid Heart" is very good from the beginning, plus the perfect character setting.

With beautiful graphics and an excellent soundtrack, and a wonderful ending as always, it's hard not to love and hate this work.

Even if this work is not selected into the game hall of Famitsu, it will definitely leave a strong mark on the history of games.

In the spirit of objective evaluation of the game, I can only say that such a work, it is already my limit to be able to score 7 points. ”

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The total score is 28 points, two points short of entering the palace-level game.

However, this did not hinder the praise of "Mermaid Heart".

This game is also a strange flower in the galgame, as the editors commented, the advantages and disadvantages of the mermaid heart are unusually prominent, and the wonderful idea of the plot and the three different Bad Ends are enough to make it a classic.

Having said that, the reason why Qing Zhiyuan didn't make it into a game with combat or gameplay, but instead used the original visual novel to present it -

Mainly because "Mermaid Heart" can really only be done in this way.

Fighting or joining other game items will lose the impact of the story.

It seems to be 28 points, but Qing Zhiyuan is quite satisfied with the comments of the editors.

Famitong's game evaluation is already relatively objective.

If it were him, I am afraid that he would not be able to give "Mermaid Heart" a high score in the platinum palace.

Seeing the smile on the corner of Qing Zhiyuan's mouth, HR Akane Ayase on the opposite side was a little confused.

What is the psychology of the president?

used to score a high score of 39 points, but you were not satisfied with being selected for the Platinum Palace, and you were scolding.

This time they gave 28 points, and you still laughed so happily?!

Belch! ~

It's no wonder that players always feel that Pokeni's games are too sadistic.

P has been a neurotic since the president.

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