Buy Love at First Sight

When you look past the strange heroine, Love at First Sight is a pretty straightforward high school romance VN. There's no ero in the game itself, but it has a few ero-guro undertones that might be off-putting for some. Even so, there's a certain soft grace to it all; Ray-K's painterly style brings warmth and tenderness to every scene, catching the restrained giddiness of young love in a way that might be lost with cleaner, flatter designs. It is, in a word, comfy.

The characters are likeable, for the most part, with Sachi standing head and shoulders over any run-of-the-mill moeblob love interest. She invites sympathy and the urge to protect, but her vulnerability never really grates. The music doesn't stand out by any means, but its gentleness supports the cozy atmosphere well.

There is very little beyond the story's single path, unfortunately — about two hours of content in all. Even the most casual reader will chew through it quickly, and depending on their tastes, they'll probably be left wanting more. It's perhaps not enough to warrant the full $10. But if it's on sale and you have five bucks to spare, time spent on crisp autumn back-streets with a cute cyclops girl is time well invested.

Admittedly, I might be biased here; that wide, bottomless eye will ease open your chest and grope the scars. But isn't that the point?

Pick this up if you enjoy cutely macabre aesthetics, monster girls, romance, and if you see it on sale.

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+ Cute monster girl heroine
+ Cozy autumn setting
+ Warm, comfy art style
+ The extra features serve as a fun little epilogue and development backstory
+ When you're done with the story and extras, check the creator's Pixiv for a bit more

- Only one story path
- That one path is a little bare-bones and straightforward
- At 2-3 hours, the VN is extremely short — perhaps too short to justify a $10 price tag

A very cute story. Sachi asked me to touch her scars.

Tomoyori X Akemi 5ever

A simple, sweet story. A good reading for 2 hrs ;D

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I fell in love with the Cyclops Girl ...

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Seriously ... this is one of the VN that I actually read everything from beginning until the ending without VA. (normally, when I find out that VN has no VA, I refund it right away, not this one though)

I am looking forward for the sequel !

Did you notice a sign out in front of my computer that said "Normal Girl Date"?
You know WHY you didn't see that sign?
'Cause it ain't there, 'cause dating normal girls ain't my ♥♥♥♥ing business, that's why!

Despite the time-limited development of 2 months of serious work, and the 2-man dev team of Ray-Kbys and kyou1110 (kyou helping with most of the music, Ray-K doing everything else), this visual novel manages to produce a touching-yet-refreshing story, with a cast of 6 underused-stereotype characters and more than decent writing in plot and character development. As a personal fan of Ray-Kbys' artwork, this piece displays some of his most inspired 2-D animations, which are short, but are used to astounding effect. This being a fairly short piece (I finished all content within 5 hours), hearing that this may have been a full-blown dating sim game with a branching story (if Ray-K hadn't procrastinated until 2 moths before) raises my hopes that Ray-Kbys may try his more determined hand at a full-blown dating sim one day.

I highly recommend this game to anyone who likes vanilla romance visual novels, people who like cute anime games, people who like unique artwork, people who are into injury/cyclops girls/sickeningly sweet romance fetishes, and just people with good humor, as this VN displays all these qualities and more. Just enough character development is placed into the story to entice veteran 2D romance enthusiasts and critics of the genre alike. As an added benefit, the cards for this game sell for nearly as much as the game itself on 50% off atm, assuming you don't wish to collect them for the rare adorable-cyclops-girl Steam backgrounds, so buy away!

Well worth $5, still worth $10 for VN enthusiasts. You're supporting an excellent and unique artist, after all.