Hakuoki: Edo Blossoms
Continue your journey to Edo in Hakuoki™: Edo Blossoms, where you play as the heroine Chizuru Yukimura. Romance the famous warriors of the Shinsengumi as you enter a fantasy drama of battles and self-discovery. Your narrative choices unlock multiple branching storylines and 30 different endings!
Hakuoki: Edo Blossoms is a otome, visual novel and female protagonist game
developed by Idea Factory and Design Factory
and published by Idea Factory International.
Released on March 13th 2018 is available only on Windows
in 3 languages: English, Japanese and Traditional Chinese.
It has received 871 reviews of which 837 were positive and 34 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.0 out of 10. 😍
The game is currently priced at 4.09€ on Steam and has a 50% discount.
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Windows
- OS *: Windows 7
- Processor: Intel i5 1.8GHz or equivalent
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: DirectX 10 compatible video card
- DirectX: Version 10
- Storage: 17 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX 10 compatible sound card
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I played the original game before I played Kyoto Winds and Edo Blossoms. And I also watched the anime before playing these two. Hakuoki has been my favourite otome/shoujo/josei for the longest time, and I'm just really happy to always have more of it!
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While playing Kyoto Winds I fell in love with Hakuoki (and Hijikata, all characters are great but he's the best!) and Edo Blossoms made my love even stronger and bigger. The best otome!
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Ohhh booyyo.. So first off, this game is a continuation off of Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds, meant to tie up the entire storyline and give you the happy-ever-after ending with the chosen romantic interest. Without playing Kyoto Winds first you will feel lost as to whom these characters are, who the main character is and what has and is transpiring in the back of all of this.. Again, the art style is fantastic, the soundtrack is great and the overarching story is this game series' main selling point. The person to person romance routes are meh to okay depending on who you pursue. Some characters are abusive towards the main character, and while all of the characters carry some kind of trauma with them to make their behaviours psychologically make more sense, still not okay. Gives them all a good sense of depth though, which is appreciated. The main character remains the weakest, most shallow and least capable character in the entire game. She's truly annoying and forgettable. This games overarching storyline is captivating and heart-wrenching. The setting of the game is a historically grim era full of war and conflict, so naturally the story is not all sunshine and roses. It certainly hit me in the feels and I found myself getting emotional over the many twists and turns in the game. And while this game does give you the tie-it-all-up endings needed, I found myself wanting more story before the end. Sadly it has to end at some point. At the current pricing (8,19 as of writing this) I can highly recommend it if you have played the first game so you don't lose out on the main story as it is absolutely fantastic and worst way more than just the individual routes. The soundtrack is great too!
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I really love this game. It's not without its flaws, but I adore it and own many versions of the game. I really enjoy the new love interests that were added with this version as well <3 PROS: + Beautiful art - Sprites, CGs, BGs + Full Voice Acting + 12 LIs - someone for everyone, all very different + 12 Routes with very different plot lines + Very interesting and well written stories CONS: - Common route is quite long - MC can be kind of frustrating with how she acts / doesn't act - MC doesn't have much agency and is pulled along by the story - Due to this version having twice the LIs (12) this is only half the game
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Where do I even begin... I was cautious coming into this game, not only is it on the cheaper side of the dating sims but was also split into two parts, that set off a whole lot of warnings for me but... BUT... am i so glad i did play it right through. Now you potentially don't have to play the first half but i strongly recommend you do, to get the full impact this game can carry. you better go and play it! (use a walk through if you don't have the luxury of wasting time) i really loved the game i think overall even when this was the romance side of the game the first one stuck with me a bit more. Now the game isn't perfect, there are a few things i didn't like that i felt brought this half of the game down, most of them are mainly personal preferences and petty saltiness but i will rant about anyway! ** Potential Spoilers ** (I'll try my best not to leave them uncensored) For the game itself there is nothing wrong with it, in fact i loved how every route was somewhat different, the running themes weren't but getting to the end goal tended to vary. In this half you can pick what character you want to peruse which makes endings a lot easier to get (esp the pesky game over screens) i tended to try get the endings i wanted then filled in the blanks with a walk through, esp on the characters i didn't like. below is the one i used which was super straight forward! [url=store.steampowered.com] https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1331292197 The game overs aren't entertaining, some are funny in the fact they are really stupid so i tended to skip over them. (you need to play these for the trophy) Some of the unrequited endings/bad endings were just brutal and i did not ask to have my heart ripped out thank you. Now when it comes to the relationships for the guys i got annoyed, in the first game you spend it working up the trust and all that to get on a closer relationship with them and it felt good, so i figured it would pick up from there on and the good stuff kicks in, no... it feels as if you are back to square one and all that hard work from the first game is just wasted! WASTED! I WORKED TO HARD FOR THAT LEWD HAND HOLDING TO BE PUT BACK AT SQUARE ONE! And to carry on my petty rant, HOW DARE THEY CUT THEIR BEAUTIFUL HAIR OFF! (well accept for Yamazaki, which i would have been happy if he cut that damn rats tail off!) i didn't know how much i loved their hair styles until they were taken from me and how dare they! Overall i really enjoyed these games, I loved how attached i got to characters and how emotional i got with some paths, i think it is well worth the play/read but i warn you its a hell of a commitment. That about ties up that part of the review, below is going more into the characters and their routes so again spoilers if you haven't played yet. So for the first half of the game (if you didn't see that review) my favourite was in fact Hijikata but he didn't carry through for this half, don't get me wrong i still loved his route but one man stood above the others and that was my precious Heisuke. I did his route second and even after playing through them all his still stands out to me, not only did Heisuke's personality stay true but his route was refreshing, the humour in it balanced the serious scenes really well and i overall loved playing this route, (the CG of him and Chizuru laughing is my favourite in the entire game) the bad endings killed me and every time he died in another story i cried (i had to grieve in Hijikata's route for a solid few days) -Another that stood out was Hijikata's, i loved his story and how the war stuff played out the epilogue felt a bit lacking though, i was drawn in by his personality and power and for him to continue that on made me happy. -Souma's route was another fav, and i tell you i was crying like a damn baby over this one, this one follows a similar vibe to Heisuke's, it balances the serious and the comedy well and its nice to have someone who isn't a walking god with a sword for once. his epilogue was the purest thing i experienced the emotions it carried made it so memorable (tho i was kinda expecting a baby in that time since ya know the night before) HOW DARE THEY KILL MY BOY IN FRONT OF ME! The last one that stood out for me was Kazama's route. Now i am a sucker for a villain and even more so if they are cold and act like an a$$ but this man, His route felt the most natural, his personality didn't waver or dramatically change and their time together didn't feel forced or moved too quickly, as a result the art wasn't as exciting (still cute tho) but overall i think its worth reading this route. NOW I HAVE BEEF WITH THIS NEXT ROUTE In the first half i loved Saito, he was one of my favourites i loved his kind, caring, gentle personality and then they had the audacity to strip him of that!! Now hes not a lost hope, his story is still sweet, he isn't completely lost but compared to the others this man is selfish! He didn't give up that fighting life unlike almost every other character did, the man who was the most selfless one didn't he DIDN'T! it just irked me... i'll still simp for this man tho. Now you can have my 10c on the rest of the routes, feel free to skip, though if you've made it this far you probably wont. -Okita's route was kinda boring (i loved him don't get me wrong that man has all those red flags i should ignore but don't) his confession was cute but other then the fact he finally survives (for who knows how long) it was lack luster for me. -Harada, my notes for this route go like this: This man is not Fking around, my gosh... This man is Fking... *jaw hits desk* i liked his route for the fact i wasn't a damn blood bag, and the epilogue was damn cute. -Nagakura, i was sister zoned and even i know when to quit... this route had the least impact on me, it felt rushed and odd, i hated the pity party. I couldn't get attached to this character. -Yamazaki, the rat tail had to stay out of all of them not to cut their hair... the epilogue to his story was really cool and i did really like his route. -Iba. in my review of the first half i said i didn't trust him, i still don't. i didn't like his ending, it felt cheap and like the writers gave up. i just really didn't like this guy (he was funny in Souma's route) -Sakamoto, i love how his story varies the rest of them but it was boring, his romance feels off, hes got some smooth lines but the fckboy vibes are too much. and the beef between him and Hijikata is just non existent? that was my fav part of his story in the first part. Now you have probably noticed a missing name and that is Sanan... this man has me so conflicted, i want to hate his man, hes set up to be the villain in other stories but i always defended him. (my taste in men is questionable yes) I liked his play through, as much as i really want to dislike him i couldn't, is he a d!ck, manipulative and conniving? YES but... he is deep... deep... deep down a nice caring guy, even if he tends to show it in the most villain way possible, perhaps its why i enjoy his routes so much, they are just a different take on everything its quite entertaining. So there it is, my take on this amazing game, i 100% everything yet i still feel like i will come back to it and replay it again and again. A warning for those who are about to play, it leaves a hell of a void that i struggled to fill.
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Online players
26
Developer
Idea Factory,
Design Factory
Publisher
Idea Factory International
Release
13 Mar 2018
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