Publisher: Dragonfly Studios
Genre: Visual Novel
Summary: Thanks to a resemblance to their recently deceased leader April, you have a chance to join a legendary team of adventurers.
Gameplay: Gameplay consists of a few choices.
Style: The artistic style is an exaggerated, colorful anime design, with some super-deformed instances in inserts. The music is good.
Story: "April Was a Fool" is really, depending on which option you choose near the beginning, five different stories, each exploring a different member of the team, but all showing these heroes' dysfunction. These various dysfunctions can be surprisingly dark.
Conclusion: While I enjoyed the complexity of the characters, which came across well despite the shortness of the game, I found the serious topics discussed clashed with the artistic style. I realize the contrast is probably intentional, but it just didn't work for me, especially given my general dislike of the style regardless. It was worth playing "April Was a Fool" but I couldn't help wishing for different visuals.
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