TL:DR
This is a visual novel and not a game. You make a few major choices at the climax to drive it to a specific conclusion. The story is short so you can finish within one sitting, that is if you are into reading. If the music annoys you, feel free to mute. If you do not like ramblings, then skip straight to pro and con list below.


Don't let the negative comments get you from downloading this free game. It is known that story based "games" are not for everyone. Granted, when I first downloaded this game I was hoping for more then just dialogue and a few choices here and there. I stuck with it, however, and wanted to see where I would end up. I ended up following a story that goes further then just the stoic version of the protagonist which quickly breaks down later. Game critiques do what game critiques do, play for 10-20 minutes and base their critique off that short amount of time. Not trying to bash critiques as they are completing their objective the way they see fit. I on the other hand went through the entire game before making my critique.

Pros

• About 1-2 hour story, so does not drag on forever (will be continued in further installments like a book in a series).
  
• Major choices at the end of the game, driving the final product.
  
• Limited artwork so you concentrate more on the story (sorry, I come from a generation that cares more for words then pretty pictures so be forewarned).
  
• New age of openness by being gay within the story without being subjected to fan service art.
  
• Music is astounding, however can become repetitive which leads me to my next pro.
  
• Full set of options including fullscreen, audio control, and having the text auto advance if you do not want to be bothered by clicking.

Cons

• Limited choice selection, although major decisions towards the end.
  
• Not really a game
  
• Scenes repeat which may be boring for those interested more in art.
  
• Story is a bit shallow at the beginning.
  
• Character development for one of the characters is brought forth too rapidly ruining some of the mystery of the story.

As a pun on the story and my conclusion, I let my heart decide my course of action and it led me to my desired ending.

Still better than CoD: Ghosts

An engaging little VN. While the plot reads like a book, and only some of the decisions actually impact the story in any way, it's still fun and engaging, and i look forward to a sequel if one comes out.

And hey, for the price, or lack thereof, it's certainly worth trying out!

I've played through this game fully one time. I hesitate to say game because it's not one. It is a visual novel. It has some interactive parts that let you make choices at times that may or may not influence then ending, but there is no "gameplay." Some of them are obvious and some aren't. All of them effect the story a little bit in what you get to read, whether it has an impact on the plot or not. If you're looking for a sim rpg then move on. The closest thing I can compare this to is the "choose your own path" books. I've only gotten one ending so far, but I absolutely plan on playing through again and checking out the other paths. If your looking for a fun story this is great. Either way I recommend at least taking a look at. I look forward to the sequel, and I look forward to reading the prequel Rising Angels: The Red Rose.

On a slight side note, the sequel I mentioned will take into account the complaints about "lack of interaction" and will be pushing more into gameplay with two modes: story mode and "investigation mode." Because of this, I highly recommend reading this, even if it's not your favorite type of thing. If you don't you'll be missing out on a lot of backstory when Rising Angels: Fates is released.

Rising Angels: Reborn being completely free, I was skeptical of the quality of this visual novel. I was surprised it turned out to be pretty decent. It was most definitely one of the more entertaining visual novels I have done, but that being said, I have not played "a lot" of visual novels. I myself don't really consider myself a fan of visual novels, but when a free one is just dropped in my lap the way this one was, I cant help myself but try it. I have got to say I did enjoy my "playthrough" of Rising Angels: Reborn, and if there is anyone looking for a free vn to try, I would recommended this one, not only because I enjoyed it, but because it is really truly free.

I am going to be honest, I feel like I was rambling a little bit in my review, the fine points however still stand, I like Rising Angels: Reborn, even though I dont have alot of experience with visual novels. Therefore I think there is a good chance you may like it as well, so you should indeed try it!

Well, I downloaded this little gem out of pure curiosity not knowing what to expect. Have to admit, I don't do many Visual Novels. They aren't really "games" in the same since most people think of when hearing the word. If anything, I always think of them as "Interactive Picture Books". Which I don't think if a bad thing, I may not have played many Visual Novels, but I have played enough to where I can say that I know a good one from a bad one. And I've played bad ones. And this... is not one of them. It's a fantastic story actually, that kept me going all the way to the end in one sitting. I didn't stop till the it was over, and it was a very well done V.N. With some very miner grammar mistakes here and there, but to be honest, I don't think there is a single one I've read that didn't have at least a couple grammar errors. They did stick out, but nothing that really pulled me out of the story enough to be much of a bother. The story it's self is far from original, but that's not really a bad thing as long as it's told well. And this one is told very well. Honestly surprised a V.N. that is a free download would be this good. It actually reads more like a science fiction book than the more classic romanticized stories I typically come across when looking at these kind of "games". It's actually pretty refreshing to see one done in this way.

The characters in this V.N. are all pretty colorful people. Maybe a bit stereotypical. but honestly there is nothing wrong with using classic stereotype characters, like the tsundere girl who act's superior to everyone, as long as these characters are used in the right way. And I personally believe they are here. Every character, be the a stereotype or not, fits into their respective role perfectly. Anyone who is a fan of Visual Novels, would probably like this one. I'm not even all that big on these kind of things, but I like it quite a lot. One of the best I've read even. And I wish the creators the best of luck in their efforts to make a sequel, cause I do want to know how the story ends with everyone in the story.

Having said all that, the main issue I think anyone who already knows what to expect from a V.N. is going to have is the reader's ability to direct the flow of the story. Or rather the lack there of. It's kind of an important part of any V.N. to have reader choices that have a large part in controlling where and how events will happen, be they for better or worse. This story, as much as I like it, is a lot more linear than what I would like it to be. However I did read from the makers of this novel's kick starter that they plan to fix this in the next installment of the story, which I would love to read by the way. Giving readers more power over the protagonists actions and building or breaking relationships between your crew members. With that in mind, I do believe that is a worth while effort to support them in their kick starter, and help bring the next chapter to life. Those are my thoughts on this Novel, and my hopes for the next one.

Rising Angels: Reborn is a second novel in Rising Angels series. If you wish to know more about the world and backstory you can get the first novel, Rising Angels: The Red Rose, as well as other games kind of set in same universe directly from developer's website: http://www.idhasstudios.com/?page_id=19

I played Rising Angels: Reborn before and wrote a small review back then. Republishing it here with small changes.

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I applaud to the artist who did character sprites - he or she had to work with the relatively big cast of nine characters and did a marvellous job. Each character identified by distinct silhouette using different body shapes, poses and features like ears, horns and wings. Sprites utilize poses and body language to convey information about the person, like Zuri is almost always shown in positions that imply motion or Stan often drawn covering his mouth with his hand in a gesture subconsciously associated with lying. I think wings were superfluous for character's design - they take too much screen space and people who have wings could be easily recognized without them - but it looks like each race appearances were already defined in earlier novel drawn by another artist and it's too late to change something now.

In contrast to character sprites backgrounds look nice and clean, but also grey and unimpressive and there is too few of them, but it's understandable because most of action happens on board of a small spaceship. Game could definitely use more CGs as well; few CGs present are somewhat bland and characters appear noticeably different from their usual sprites. Also, if story takes place on a spaceship, it's almost necessary to show how this ship looks from outside, but I guess nobody in development team could do mechanical design.

Music clearly was professional - it sounded like something I could hear before in some games or movie trailers. Perhaps it was licensed from some recording studio. Any sound effects are sadly missing. Adding little sound: footsteps, gunshots, "woosh" of spaceship door would only help immersion.

The list of races itself is more what I expect to see in some Star Trek fanfic written by a schoolgirl, not standalone serious work of science fiction: generic fantasy races, angels and demons, furry people - all together in space. Just like in Star Trek, critically important ship personnel are sent with away teams to investigate dangerous planets, apparently unarmed. At least no officers were killed during planetary missions, despite all of them except one wearing red shirts.

However, even if Rising Angels series started as mere fanfic, it came a long way and Reborn deserves being distributed through Steam.

I'm torn about this game. It has heart. And the core plot is kind of interesting--there's some decent SF in there. There's certainly an ambition to explore the characters, what makes them tick and so on. And I like the art. The controls worked pretty well although occasionally I wished for a "back" button to look at the previous dialogue again.
But if you're expecting anything like realism, expect again. I just find it incredibly hard to believe in these people as anything resembling military personnel. Half of them I find hard to believe in as adults capable of dressing themselves. The main character herself is the least bad, but even her, while I find her emotional arc somewhat affecting, just systematically breaks her original image as someone who supposedly graduated first in her class and is remotely competent. Not even the whiz she imagines herself to be at the beginning, just borderline capable of seeing things obvious as the nose on her face or taking basic operational security precautions.
So for instance (really major spoiler here)
We have the doctor, who she suspects of being an enemy spy, who has repeatedly tried to hamper the mission and given signs of knowing things he should not. In his sickbay is a crewmember who has been poisoned. He has pretended to have nothing to treat her with, until pressured by people who knew what was in his supplies. She should have had him arrested for gross dereliction of duty so she could (a) make sure he didn't nobble the crewmember and (b) search his quarters and sickbay for incriminating evidence. Instead she lets him continue treating this woman and goes off and forgets the whole thing. What on earth?!
This kind of thing happens time after time, losing the thread or not bothering to follow up on clues or failing to spot or foresee the obvious. Often because she's busy wallowing in self-pity, something she and some other crewmembers do at the drop of a hat, often just seconds after they've been given an uplifting pep talk and sworn renewed resolve. And yet it's appropriate for her to be the heroine because despite these flaws she remains the most competent, level-headed person on the ship. That's because most of the remainder of the crew are unbalanced and self-absorbed to the point of serious mental illness. It boggles my mind that on a military vessel, over the course of the whole story I don't think anyone except the main character ever just does what they're told without a bunch of back-chat.
Do I recommend this game? Is there a "maybe" button? It was kind of fun, and "free" is an awfully attractive price point. But I constantly wanted to yell at the screen. And the characterization had possibilities but after laying it on with three or four trowels they seem to have decided that wasn't getting it done and went for the back-hoe. In the end, I'll recommend it; it's worth more than they're charging.

Story - 4/5 ~ Great story line, kind of long if you actully take time to read, but its not to bad.

Gameplay - 3/5 ~ Most of it is text and reading, sometimes they make you choose what to do next.

Characters - 3/5 ~ Felt like they were very awkward towards each other, most of the time, but you'll get use to them.

Overall - 3/5 ~ Decent game. Basically its like a manga in video game form, so if you like to read and is patient, then this will suit you well. If you dislike reading or is not a patient person, then I suggest do not get it, its a waste of your time and not worth playing at all.

Its free thats a good start and if you like visual novels then good news for you.

Good things are the story for a free game, its got a nice one and kept me reading the whole way through, there are some points of it i wish were explained a bit better but that never bothered me. The downside is the lack of a male protagonist but thats s very minor thing with visual novels. Another downside is the choices seem to do nothing except decide the end (not going to spoil it) but thats it very minor things that i found odd but overall its a nice thing to see on steam.

really good, recommend to anyone who doesn't have anything else to do, good read, allows for multiple reads for different endings, background music while reading is on/off, repeats, title screen music really good

It's nice and short story like an opening chapter should be.
If you looking for some space opera, weak on action side but strong on building characters you should like it.
Additionally game have nice looking art and music is dynamical on parts that requires proper soundtrack.
Hopefully follow up will be as entertaining.
Short format of opening chapter can give you feel if you gonna like this kind of "game".
Very important thing to notice is that this is visual novel in classic style if you don't like to read you gonna have bad time.

Tis a very tasty morsel of a story wish there was more, and Zuri is just friggin' adorable if I do say.
25/7 dog treats

I wanted to like this game. I really did. I still recommend it if you're into visual novels and can overlook minor imperfections. The characters are interesting and engaging, if unrealistic in a charming way. Though I can't fault it, since it tries very hard to overcome this limitation, the game is limited as most choose-your-own-adventure style stories are in that it attempts to tell an engaging story while creating the impression that your choices matter. Unfortunately, it falls short when it comes to explaining the protagonist's intentions where choices are to be made, and the small speech bubbles that resemble choices are very vague. Like I said, I can't fault it. This is how visual novels do things. I just had a few "Comfort Misha" moments, which ultimately spoiled my enjoyment of the game. Hopefully others might find it more enjoyable, as this certainly stands above the mediocre masses of VNs out there.

I don't usually stay up until 4 AM, but for this game I did. I wouldn't say the story is all that exciting or surprising, but it somehow drew me in. I managed the true ending on my first try somehow, but still missed the 9th image in the gallery. Got it now, though.

Really fun, loved the characters. I'd give it 4.5 stars out of 5, since I think 5 stars is stretching it a bit.

Oh, wow
I've just about finally finished playing through this, and I must say that I absolutely adore the story line
it was a bit obvious at some points, but pretty suspenseful and had beautiful artwork.
The soundtrack was pretty decent, if not somewhat repetetive, but I still highly recommend playing this game because of the heartfelt story-line.

Very entertaining. Quite funny and an interesting sci-fi story. Give it a go.

To start my review with something positive, the art is quite good. The appearance of the characters could work in a different scenario.

The personalities of some of them are disgusting though. Sol is the obligatory love interest which also takes the role of Onii-Chan, Zuri the obligatory clumsy best-friend type of girl, Faye is the obligatory recessive, sleepy girl, Kylie is the obligatory cute, little girl, Al the obligatory good person, Rasoona the obligatory stuck-up and Kika... well, I guess Kika IS quite unique and about the only character I eally liked. Even the protagonist which I'm supposed to sympathize with I did not like.

The setting is also quite weird. I have never read a book/v-novel/seen a movie where fantasycreatures (as in demons and halfdragons) and space was a good mix and it looks like I yet have to see one.

To put the cherry on top, even the authorities on this ship act like 15 year old teens.

Personally I don't dig it.

A comfortably-sized sci-fi visual novel. Some typographical errors (just enough to be annoying, but not so many as to detract signficantly, overall). Surprisingly enjoyable fare, with thoughtful character development.

As a random game from a free to play download spree, I am not disappointed. The storyline to Rising Angels: Reborn is captivating, and I played through one ending on the first go. It was, however, not as interactive as other visual novels I've played. I felt that not only were the options lacking, but the frequency of the story altering choices were far too apart in sequence.
Scale from 0-5, "meh" to "worth it"
Storyline: 4
Gameplay: 2
Worth the time: 3
Play again: 3
~My recommendation is solely for the storyline.