About This Game Vinty is off to Melbourne to meet her idol, Excelia! Will Vinty learn the star's secrets and finally blossom into a celebrity? (hint: no)"Remember my souvenirs honey!" - Vinty's mummy"Yes she has a sister don't get too excited." - Vinty's sis"Yo Vinty check out my mixtape!" - Rapman72 7aa9394dea Title: Without Within 2Genre: IndieDeveloper:InvertMousePublisher:InvertMouseRelease Date: 9 Nov, 2015 Without Within 2 Download For Pc [hacked] Without Within 2 continues pretty much directly from where the first game ended, with Vinty gaining some questionable internet fame (through a viral video of her freaking out after a guy insulted her work while she was selling it on the streets) and receiving a government grant to attend a calligraphy event in Melbourne, with a chance of meeting her idol and star calligrapher Excelia. Still poor (and basically barely holding together), she departs for her first long-distance trip ever, as always plagued by unfortunate events and small disasters created by her lack of experience.The probably most unusual feature of this game is its in-detail approach to the experience of travelling to Melbourne - it not only takes its time expressing the stress and wonder Vinty feels leaving her city and flying a place for the first time, but describes the way she commutes after arriving and the landmarks she witnesses in a manner worthy of a travel guide (including links to real-life videos showing the locations where many scenes take place). This has very little to do with the substance of the story, but it's also kind of neat, I guess (not that I'm in danger of ever having the money to visit Australia from Europe, but whatever).When it goes to the story itself, it's slightly less a comedy about Vinty's internal struggles, as quite a lot of the focus is put on Excelia, who Vinty first meats on her flight and than have further, turbulent interactions with. She's a quite interesting counterpart to Vinty, as she both embody her every aspiration and proves to be a much more contradictory and petty character that her public image would suggest. The two complement each other quite well and form a bond of sorts during the story, but it also feels awfully rushed with how much of reading time is spent with unrelated gags and "tourist guide" stuff. Excelia's behaviour and its fallout are never really explained to a satisfying degree and that feels like a lot of lost potential - the most meaningful parts of the story are kind of glossed over. It doesn't make for a bad read, but for a strangely unbalanced one still.While the game is definitely longer (around 2 hours of reading) and more complex than the first one (minus choices, as it's completely linear), the production quality is on similar levels. The art is silly and heavily stylized, with both it and the music creating a fun, cute experience. With its unusual themes and ideas, it's something I definitely recommend visual novel fans to check out, even with the complains I've mentioned earlier - it could've done a lot of things better and choose its priorities more consistently, but it's still an enjoyable, casual read, more or less worth the $5 asking price. And especially if you grab it on sale, you'll definitely get your money's worth out of it.-------------PS If you're interested in quality visual novels, check out my curator page.
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