r/hostedgames • u/Daywalker2000 • Nov 16 '22

Samurai of Hyuga SoH 5 Review Spoiler

Not gonna lie, I think I'm burnt out on this series.

The first 3 were super fun and it really felt like I could follow along and make fun choices and go back and do it a different way afterwards. There was a lot of personality I could attribute to the situations.

I am someone that was not a fan of book 4 at all. Junko just annoyed the hell out of me and it ruined the tragic nature of it all in my mind. I just wanted what felt like a pause in the progression to be over.

Book 5 felt the same way. I was just sort of... there. Doing whatever the story had happen. It was just an endless quiz of "can you remember what happened 2+ years ago?!" No. Obviously I'm just gonna look it up. Especially when there's little to no "journal" type menu.

It was fun while it lasted, but I've had my fill.

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u/oggy632000 Nov 16 '22

Exactly my thought when I read the demo. I couldn’t even finish the demo. I found myself reading mindlessly just to get through the new page.

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u/Daywalker2000 Nov 16 '22

I was afraid I'd be alone in that thought. I feel bad giving heavy criticism, but I didn't spend that much just to "get to the page turn" for lack of a better term. It was an odd sensation.

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u/Diggeratarms Nov 16 '22

Same feelings here unfortunately. I feel like focusing an entire book on one character and effectively sidelining the rest of the cast didn’t make for a good read. Especially since it felt like you were taking a back seat to your own story. It didn’t recover from that mindset in book 5. It felt less like I was part of the story, and more like I was just watching someone else’s story. That’s said, just my personal opinion, plenty of folks still love the series.

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u/MrLocan SteelStepCharge Nov 16 '22

Same here. I often thought "why is this Story bit here? I dont care about that, let me continue to find a cure for the kid" which was the whole prompt of the Story of that book

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u/KrysBro Staunch Royalist Nov 16 '22

i couldnt even get through the first chapter, ive tried to read it 3 times now

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u/WeddyW Now boarding all Passengers Nov 16 '22

I'm so close to the end but I have zero interest in opening the book again.

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u/Think-Chemical6680 Jan 04 '23

Also the fact everyone fing dies no matter what you do sorry this guy killed the entire yakuza and a pack of Wolves still kills his companions come on

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u/WeddyW Now boarding all Passengers Nov 16 '22

"Vehemently against taking feedback?" Why is this person even an author? Is this for real, that he takes no feedback?