"The late clock of the pious flower" review: This B female game can be too fragrant

To be honest, this is the first time I've played B girl games, and from the point of view of self-willingness, yes, it was forced.

The story is very simple - in the editorial department with a large number of men, it is difficult to find a brother who is willing to evaluate B female games. To be clear in advance, it is not that we have any prejudice against B women's games, but that a man, playing as a woman in the game, and then playing with a bunch of men will be really difficult to accept for a while. But there's a dead order to get it out as soon as possible. So we follow the old rule, Roll a little bit in the department group, and whoever loses writes.

I rolled it. The others skipped it. There's nothing to say.

When the galaxy teacher with a grin on his mouth, with a look at the joke, the NS installed the game was handed to me, I realized that this may be a Yang mou - there will always be a person shot, but I was unlucky, the person who was shot became me. I even thought about how the editorial staff would turn this into a meme in the next few days and then shamelessly "persecute" me.

But the die is cast. I started the game with a sad face, just hoping to solve the problem at hand quickly.

After experiencing it all afternoon, I turned my neck to feel stiff. The fingers that hold the handle for a long time are numb. But my hands were still shaking, trying to show in the crowd that I was very excited at the moment.

I feel like I found a treasure.

In fact, "The Late Bell of the Pious Flower" is a game that has been released as early as 2018. Its developer is Otomate, a veteran female game brand under the Japanese game manufacturer Idea Factory. "Thin cherry Ghost", "Crimson owe film" these B female game masterpieces, are his family.

But many players who know the Japanese factory know one thing, most of the Japanese factory games are not with Chinese at the factory. Domestic players can be said to be "bitter no Chinese for a long time." Therefore, this new release of "The Late Bell of the Pious flower" is a special Chinese version of the developer in order to make up for the absence of Chinese in the first release.

Back to the game itself, if only from the perspective of AVG games, "The Late Bell of the Pious Flower" can be said to be a fairly good quality work. To be fun in a text adventure game, you have to work on the characters and the story. After all, the operation of most AVG games is always dot and dot, and there is no action at all.

Characterization has always been Otomate's forte. "The Late Bell of the Pious Flower" resolutely does not turn over at this point. Here is a rough introduction to the setting of the game: the story of the game, which takes place in a border city in Italy. The city has long been under the rule of the Mafia, three different factions of the Mafia tripartite, with the government divided the city into four districts. Most of the handsome characters in the game have close ties to the Mafia.

In the game, the player needs to play as a girl who assists the nuns in various tasks in the church. Since it is a B girl game, I think everyone knows the next plot development - the heroine meets the Mafia bosses, and then a series of stories occur.

First of all, in terms of character attributes, the Mafia leader is easily reminiscent of the "domineering president" in various Mary Sue Web articles. It is true that the two do have some common ground in "unreasonable", but the unreasonable president may just make you feel bad financially, and the unreasonable Mafia boss may lose your life.

Otomate's ability to highlight the Mafia identity of the male character was key, through well-timed scenes of violence. The reason is also very simple, subject to the limitations of B female games, the heroine, that is, the interaction between the player and the male character, is mostly a gentle and polite tone. Especially in a country like Italy, where gentlemanly manners and respect for women are particularly important.

Of course, this is quite consistent with the characteristics of the Mafia leader in history, the higher the big man, the more people think of a gentleman.

This makes the player produce a kind of, although these male characters talk about themselves all day long as Mafia, but basically do not do Mafia things, and ordinary warm men are no different. In fact, this is also to create an atmosphere - let the heroine or the player into a wonderful "pink warm and soft" atmosphere.

Then, a scene of violent contrast is inserted. Take the plot of a Mafia punishment of traitors in the game as an example, those Mafia bosses who let the female master bathe in the spring breeze on weekdays, but become evil slaughters from hell when they treat traitors. The description of this episode in the game is extremely detailed: the Mafia deputy leader uses a sharp knife to insert the traitor's fingernails. Then force a pick, the entire finger nail picked out, and repeated several times. Finally he put the knife to the traitor's left ear and cut it off neatly.

With the sophisticated "scream" dubbing of the voice actors, and the occasional "see blood" (red screen) picture, let me watch this paragraph when I shiver. You know, this Mafia underboss, not long ago, like, he asked you to feed him the strawberry pie you just made.

Not only does the character stand up as the cruel side of the Mafia, but also strengthens the sense of substitution of a wave of players, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

The characterization of the game is extremely sophisticated, but the expression of the game in terms of the plot is slightly inferior. This is particularly evident in the treatment of the second half of the game's story. Especially in the turning point of "Happy end" and "Bad end", there are always some surprises. Of course, it is not convenient to reveal the plot in the review, but it is generally possible to guess some things - some of the important characters in the early stage, suddenly got their lunch in the turning point. That's why we used the word "caught off guard" before - literally dying suddenly.

However, it can also be understood that after all, there is only one object of the final strategy, and the other alternative roles will most likely leave the field in various ways, unless the happy ending of the "survival" of the whole crew is brushed out - but this is basically an impossible ending in a week.

After talking about the core points of the game, let's take a look at some bonus points in the game. Music and voice actors needless to say, BGM's selection and switching is sophisticated and natural. The casting of well-known male voices such as Okamoto Nobuhiko is not only a key element of the fullness of the role, but also a guarantee to attract players to start.

It's also wonderful to insert side events into the main story. In many games, the player can only experience the story on the same line at the same time. Most of what happens at different points at the same time can only be known from other characters, or forced screen changes.

However, in The Late Bell of the Pious Flower, side events are indicated through a small window. Some are forced triggers to help the player understand what happened, so that the player can control the direction of the subsequent plot; Some can choose not to trigger, so that some players can continue to experience the single story.

If you can't, you can also use the "rewind" function in the game to see it again.

Overall, "The Late Bell of the Pious Flower" is a fairly good experience of AVG game. Excellent characterization, so that the player's sense of inclusion is extremely high, but also to a certain extent, to make up for the sudden turn of the plot in the later period.

And then there's the fact that the art of the game is just too hard to resist. "Only men understand men." So much so that now, every day, I reverse output in the department group: "Brothers to play" The Evening bell of the Pious flower "!"

After all, this game really smells good.