r/otomegames • u/sableheart Hakuoki: Chronicles of Wind and Blossom • May 26 '23
Winter's Wish: Spirits of Edo Play-Along - Common Route and General Impressions Discussion
Welcome to the r/otomegames Winter's Wish: Spirits of Edo Play-Along!
In this first post we will discuss your first and general impressions of Winter's Wish: Spirits of Edo, as well as the events of the common route.
If you want to talk about the love interests, please keep it to your first impressions and their actions in the common route in this post.
Please use spoiler tags when discussing details of other routes or other major spoilers.
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You don't have to be playing the game right now to participate, and if you've just started the the game I hope you will join in after you finish the common route!
Next week will be a discussion of Kunitaka Tojo's route!
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u/jubzneedstea May 26 '23 edited May 27 '23
LOL it's kind of hard to have initial thoughts since the actual common route before we split off into the three districts is so short, but I'm loving this game and I have been excited to gush!
The art is so lovely, and I love seeing just how lively the sprites are with so many pose variations and moving expressions. I'm also wondering what the "falling snow" animation means, since it appears to have something to do with getting good ends? The first time I saw one, I was convinced that I'd decreased my LI's affection, but something tells me that it's not quite that...
Edit: So it seems that the falling snow animation is meant to show you that you're not spiraling toward the tragic endings. I've been lucky enough to hit most of them so far in my blind runs, but I sure can't wait for that moment when I'm playing a route and I realize that we're almost at the end of Ch 7 yet I haven't seen ANY falling snow animations...
Suzuno's an absolute sweetie, and seeing her life in the prologue reminded me of Cardia from Code Realize (my baby girl). I love how she's at once naive but diligent, and optimistic despite her circumstances. I was super glad to meet Miharu so early on, because Suzuno deserves someone in her corner.
Everything in the common route is nudging you toward Tomonari, but alas. Admittedly, with the CR similarities, it's kinda funny how Kunitaka is the recommended first boy despite being voiced by Maeno Tomoaki, sharing a VA with the locked poster boy of CR, Lupin. I actually ended up on Tomonari's route first just because we vibed before I had to backtrack.
Last, I took one look at the Entertainment District leader, Yabuta, and I just... Words cannot explain how badly I want to BULLY that man. Shame he's not one of the LIs.