The Letter Horror Visual Novel 17+

After the playing the free prologue, I immediately decided to buy it based on the story it offered. The art is beautiful and the voice acting is great. I love how much you come to learn about each of the characters and how they each have something they are dealing with in their personal lives. This really helps one to connect with each of them.

Although the story was intriguing, it did tend to drag out and become frustratingly boring and repetitive on many occasions. There were also times in which the the audio for the characters was missing. The ending left a lot of questions unanswered, so based on the player this could be a negative as it leaves you frustrated and yearning for more information after playing through multiple chapters, or a positive as it leaves it open for you to fill in the blanks and make theories based on what you were able to collect.

Overall I believe this is a great game that is worth playing. There was a lot of work put into it, and it really shows through the story, artwork, voice actors, and the little hidden treasures they have to offer.

The characters each glitter in their own fabulous way, and of course, while I’m more than partial to the likes of Ashton, Isabella, and or Zach, I won’t hesitate to tell you that the story is worth getting invested in. Humanity shines through in each character through a multi-faceted window into storytelling, and it really lights up the “human” in the horror genera. Without spoiling too much, it’s a plot you’d never expect.

Yes, the occasional cheap jump scares can be a bit predictable, but that only goes to show that the real star of the show- the true focus, if you will, is the characters behind the bigger picture.

I’m obviously a writer myself, and I love games like this because exploring the human qualities of a character is what makes the horror aspect really so impactful in the first place. You care when a character dies, and yet are forced to push on and see your decisions through to the end so as to explore new endings.

Regardless: “The Letter” has a great level of replay-ability, even if the dialogue does get a big boggy after the tenth play through. All you need is a few months and you can pick it up again like it’s nothing. It’s one of my favorite games, and I knew from the moment I picked it up that I was going to buy the rest of the chapters.

I even spent my birthday money on it!

You won’t regret it either way, and I know that 2-3 years after I first bought it, I don’t either.

This game is absolutely amazing. From the wonderfully made art to the in-depth story, I love this visual novel so much! There are many endings and the choices really do change a lot of aspects of the story. If you are like me, you will be wanting to get multiple endings and so a very useful feature is the skip button. It will skip over text that has already been read and it stops as soon as unread text appears so you don’t have to reread the entire thing, and can appreciate the new parts. Of course like most games and visual novels, you will have to pay for all chapters except the very first but it is VERY worth buying. The voice acting is well done. Also, there isn’t much gameplay other than occasional QTEs but it is a visual novel, so if you are really expecting some intense gameplay from a visual novel I don’t know how to help you bud. Anyway, I’ve really enjoyed this game and I’m looking forward to future projects!