E.g., for me the first start of the game threw me (without main menu whatsoever) directly into the story, only to then give me a font error (because I obviously don't have the Japanese font installed) and then crash on the attempt to go to fullscreen mode. For jumping forwards you have the usual auto and skip mode with their behaviour customization.Īnd on the actual downside, Summer Pockets seems to have a bug or two.

On the other hand though, compared to other high end VNs I know Summer Pockets is a bit simplistic on the 'navigation through scenes' part, only allowing you to jump back to the previous choice or, via the backlog, to some designated points in the dialogue. Like a literal 1000 save slots which can have a custom description and be swapped around freely, a bunch of quick menus to access the most important features and even ingame achievements. This gives you both the freedom to choose exactly what you want to do, but also limits you to only doing so much each playthrough.Īlongside these major features the rest of Summer Pockets' Engine runs smooth too and offers some cool, modern features. Even a date (as in time) system exists to tell you how much time has passed in the story, and in the main part of the game you can freely choose 2 events per day from the map. While the character sprites themselfs aren't animated at all (no blinking eyes or mouth movement) the screenplay and camera movements make up for it.Īnd speaking about a game, Summer Pockets actually feels like a real game at times due to the two (plus some smaller ones) full fledged minigames to play throughout the story and the insane amount of player choices. The visuals are stunning, from the main menu to the general scenery, accompanied by an absolutely beautiful soundtrack and all of it packed into a smooth running game.

Graphical & Technical QualityWhen you hear the developers name, 'Key', it might ring a bell with you and give you pretty high expectations.Īnd while I sadly have to admit that I don't have any first hand experience with Key titles so far, I can all the more impartially say that Summer Pockets is absolutely amazing.

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