RE: Alistair
| RE: Alistair | |
|---|---|
| Studio | sakevisual |
| Publisher | sakevisual |
| Erstveröffent- lichung |
February 28, 2010 |
| platform | Microsoft Windows , Mac OS X , Linux |
| Game engine | Ren'Py |
| genre | Otome game |
| Game mode | Single player |
| control | Keyboard , mouse |
| medium | Download |
| language | German English |
RE: Alistair is an English Otome Game ( Japanese adventure game for female players), developed and published by sakevisual for Microsoft Windows , Mac OS X and Linux . It was released on February 28, 2010. The game has also been unofficially translated into Russian. An official German translation by Marcel Weyers was published on July 23, 2012, with Torsten Sohrmann taking care of the German image processing.
Game mechanics
The player takes on the role of Merui Lucas. The game is mainly told in a visual novel style, whereby the player can change the course of the story through decisions and can build a relationship with one of the three potential boys. The player also has to build up some statistics of Merui, such as "intelligence" and "reputation". You can also buy items such as video games, books and clothes; this also leads to other scenes and influences the course of the game.
action
Merui is a girl who loves video games. She often plays an MMORPG with her online friend Fiona . When a boy with the username Alistair steals a rare item in the MMORPG Rivenwell Online , she decides to take revenge. Unfortunately, she doesn't know who the person is in real life. She finds out that only one in three boys from her school can be Alistair; Travis , Shiro or Derek . The player can now influence the story and begin a romance with one of the three. In the end, however, it turns out that Derek is Alistair , while Shiro plays the angel Fiona and Travis is an administrator in the game called Oda .
Characters
- Merui Lucas is the protagonist. She is a 16 year old girl who loves video games.
- Travis Wright is the vice president of the computer game club at Merui's school.
- Shiro Takayama is a shy classmate of Merui's.
- Derek Nevine is a basketball player and boy with great confidence.
RE: Alistair ++ & Backstage Pass
On April 10, 2010, an improved version of the game entitled RE: Alistair ++ was released. New scenes and a bonus menu have been added to the game.
On January 1, 2013, a new otome game called Backstage Pass was announced. The game is set in the same universe as RE: Alistair and it was promised according to the developers that it should contain the things that could have been missing in RE: Alistair . The game is part of Sakevisual's Green Tea Line and therefore commercial. Backstage Pass was dubbed entirely in English and was released in August 2016 after some delay. Several voice actors took on roles in the game, including Casey Mongillo, Joel McDonald, Lucien Dodge and Micah Solusod . The character of Merui Lucas has a cameo in the game and was dubbed by Apphia Yu .
Merchandise
On September 10, 2010, an art book was published by RE: Alistair ++ containing official pictures from the game and pictures from fans. sakevisual also sold merchandise at conventions like All-Con and AnimeFest . Among other things, they offered stickers, postcards, T-shirts, art books and stuffed animals. sakevisual exclusively created an almost 9 cm tall Alistair figure and said that further figures are possible if the figure sells well, other characters from other sakevisual games such as those from the Jisei series are also possible .
reception
It received a rating of 88% on Gamertell , Jenni Lada wrote about the game (freely translated from English): “I'm honestly surprised that RE: Alistair is a free game. It's very well done […] The story is well written, with believable characters, the graphics are nice and easy to look at […] ”
Indie Review rated the game 3.5 stars out of 5 and wrote of the game: "Nonetheless, the game's strengths outweigh the rest and is definitely worth a look if you're a fan of visual novels."
Gamezebo gave the game 4.5 out of 5 stars, Mike Rose describes RE: Alistair ++ as "an incredible addition to the visual novel genre, with a great story and beautiful graphics."
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Marcel Weyers: RE: Alistair ++ - German translation. July 23, 2012. Retrieved July 23, 2012 .
- ↑ Backstage Pass. 2013, accessed June 24, 2013 .
- ^ All Con. March 11, 2011, accessed August 28, 2011 .
- ↑ AnimeFest. September 7, 2010, accessed August 28, 2011 .
- ↑ Sakevisual Shop. 2012, accessed July 21, 2012 .
- ↑ Jenni Lada: Gamertell Review: RE: Alistair for PC, Mac, Linux. In: Gamertell. March 8, 2010, accessed August 28, 2011 .
- ↑ IndieReview.tk: RE Alistair Review ( Memento from July 9, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Mike Rose: RE: Alistair ++ Review. (No longer available online.) In: Gamezebo. July 16, 2010, archived from the original on July 23, 2011 ; Retrieved August 28, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
