Publisher: Agashi
Website: https://agashi.itch.io/thismysoul
Genre: Visual Novel
Summary: While recovering from emergency cryosleep, an android is your only companion.
Gameplay: You often have choices in dialogue and actions, which leads to a slightly different story and several different endings.
Style: The art is nice and distinct, but the occasional picture inserts don't seem to quite match the figures.
Story: The science fiction trope of getting to know an android is well done, with a nice pace as your character gradually gets better under his care. It does feel silly that a maintenance craft has all this stuff, and the initial disaster that starts the story feels like an ignored mystery. It can sometimes be frustrating to find out information when the android is reluctant to talk. Finally, a possible romance with an artificial lifeform that must obey stringent rules raises interesting questions about consent and sentience, but the game doesn't really delve into these.
Conclusion: Although not so philosophical and occasionally frustrating, "Alas, My Soul" provides an entertaining, well-illustrated, and sometimes romantic science fiction story.
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