Lengray
One Day In London
Released in 2016

★★★★
22 hours - 83 of 107 achievements
Visual Novel Adventure

Behind this uninspired title hides a good and lengthy VN with many branching paths but which unfortunately tends to drag on a bit.

First off, I really liked the setting (London, 1888), the character design and the beautiful backdrops. The animations, music and sound effects reminded me of hidden object games and are nice enough. The story, about demons and possession, kept me interested except for the very last part (more about that below) but where this VN really shines is in how your decisions affect the story across the episodes. I played through it twice and really liked the variations. There are also a few simple and fun mini-games to enjoy.

Episode 1 to 3 are fine but episode 4 and 5 should have been condensed into one. The game also lacks a little quality control as I encountered a few typos, sometimes strange translation choices (Russian is the original language) and text formatting problems. Finally, why call the game One Day in London when it actually takes place over one month?