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fault is a series of Science Fantasy Cinematic Novels using a unique 3D Camera system for a visually immersive reading experience. Follow Selphine, the bubbly Princess and her sharp-witted Royal Guardian, Ritona, on their journey of a lifetime back to their homeland of Rughzenhaide.

fault - milestone one is a visual novel, anime and female protagonist game developed and published by ALICE IN DISSONANCE.
Released on December 15th 2014 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 10 languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Russian, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Italian, Portuguese - Brazil and Spanish - Latin America.

It has received 3,217 reviews of which 2,978 were positive and 239 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.9 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 7.49€ on Steam with a 50% discount.

The Steam community has classified fault - milestone one into these genres:

Visual Novel Anime Female Protagonist Fantasy Singleplayer Story Rich Great Soundtrack Adventure Indie Casual Kickstarter Crowdfunded Magic Cute

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System requirements

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Windows

OS *: Windows XP SP3
Processor: Intel Core i5
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: Intel HD 3000
DirectX: Version 9.0c
Storage: 2 GB available space

MacOS

OS: 10.6
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Storage: 2 GB available space

Linux

OS: x86/AMD64
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Storage: 2 GB available space

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Jan. 2025

Fault follows the story of Princess Selphine and her royal guardian, Ritona, starting from the night their kingdom is attacked by a cast of interesting characters. While we don't get too much information about Melano and her friends who caused this ambush in milestone one, we instead learn more of the lore of Selphine and Ritona, uses of sediment and mana, how the polar geographic regions differ from one another, and about a mysterious young girl named Sara/Rune and her family's dark secrets. I haven't played many virtual novels and have only played through this game (part one of the overall story) so far, but this is by far the best VN I've played as far as storytelling keeping me engaged. 7/10

Dec. 2024

Revisited this title many times, and although there are twists, the writing, soundtrack, and art create such an atmosphere that the climax brings me to tears every time. The writing is well-executed at the emotional climax, but considering this is the first title of the developers, it does have its drawbacks. Writing It is about a 7 hour read if you like to immerse yourself in the atmosphere and music and take it slow. The writing in the beginning is well-executed and sets the world and characters smoothly. You are thrown into a scenario and you gradually figure things out with no hand-holding. The writing in the latter half, however, is a bit dated because of certain topics the story touches on, but considering the time this was released and the way the topic was used as a storytelling device, it's passable. Also, the amount of jargon and genres the story attempts to combine in order to set up the latter half was too ambitious and convoluted. It also felt like filler because it wasn't required reading for the climax to hit. Fortunately, the climax was well-executed and had many layers to it that built multiple characters and creates a satisfying conclusion. The ending, however, has a huge cliffhanger, so that may affect your purchase. If you want a taste of their style of storytelling, you can buy one of their cheaper titles-- Mhakna Gramura and Fairy Bell , which is a quick 1-2 hour read with a full story arc and equivalent highs on the climax. If you don't mind the cliffhanger (we have been waiting for the 3rd installment of the fault series for years now), then feel free to buy it if you're the type to enjoy feeling the emotions of the story. Compared to majority of English novels around the same price (or more!) that have questionable execution, AiD, so far, have not dropped their quality in terms of writing a good emotional climax in all of their existing titles as of this review. There's a certain life, vitality, and effervescence to the stories they create, so as long as I feel this, I know I can trust their execution in the stories they write. Worldbuilding The worldbuilding was the first thing that drew me in the first time I read this about a decade ago. The soft magic system shows itself only when it's important, which creates a sense of awe and mystery as to what it entails and how it may be applied in a civilization that uses it in their daily lives. Fortunately, the sequel and side story expands on this and shows just how big and complex of a world this story takes place in. For the first installment, however, you'll just be following the two girls--Ritona and Selphine--on a journey back to their homeland--which you vicariously learn about through the other characters they meet. Characters The character interactions are silly, cute, goofy, and sometimes cliche (if you're familiar with anime). You get to see how they solve problems and face challenges based on their personality, which is quite enjoyable. There are some dialogue and thoughts that strangely break the 4th wall or uses slang (2 instances within a short span of each other), but it's not too serious. For the side characters, they are not set up well and use very cliche language, such as saying things just to say it or just to cause drama, which ties in to the terrible execution in the latter half. But it significantly improves and some some characters Art Not an artist, but the character proportions are a bit off. Otherwise, the art gets the point across and that's all that matters to me. Later titles do have much better art, though. Music Not a musician nor an avid music listener, but the Start Menu music and certain soundtracks were memorable. Most other soundtracks were more for creating a mood, which was dependent on specific moments in the story.

Dec. 2024

Beatiful

July 2024

So the fault series is a game that is dear to my heart. While my hours don't reflect it, I've played this game and its sequels on other platforms multiple times. The world of fault is amazingly well set-up with the setting for the entire story being fantastic. Its one of the few unvoiced visual novels I've read to completion with a a great set of soundtracks, characters and overall story being great. The story is really intriguing right from the get-go we're sent straight into the middle of the action, we really get to understand the stakes of the story straight away. Following this, we are set up with a really intriguing premise where I felt just as engaged as the MCs in their setting. There are a number of super badass moments and the characters dynamics with each other and others are really nice to see. It also tugs at your heartstrings alot with its stories making it super well-written. Overall, If you want a story with a strong setting, great characters and a intriguing and emotional story, the fault series is fantastic! I will say the greatest weakness of this series though is the hecking release schedule. There was a 7 year gap between the second and third game. These games also tend to be on the shorter side too where while i dont have the exact amount of time, I was able to complete each of the games in a single day. So waiting for more can be quite stressful but I guess if anything though it shows how enjoyable the series is with how much I can't wait to read and experience more of it.

May 2024

Mostly, I enjoyed my time but it became apparent very quickly that the devs were still inexperienced when they made this. Animations and sprites are few and far inbetween, music loops into infinity, few tracks are worth mentioning, the UI is bugged to hell. And there is a single choice in the game that literally doesn't matter. Nontheless, the story was fascinating and went into a direction that I hadn't expected, busying itself with the question of humanity. Not worth 15 Euros though. Get it on a discount.

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ALICE IN DISSONANCE

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ALICE IN DISSONANCE

Release 15 Dec 2014

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