Nekopara Vol. 0
Nekopara Vol. 0
Nekopara Vol. 0, développé par NEKO WORKs et publié par Sekai Project, CFK Co., Ltd. et NEKO WORKs, est sorti le 16 août 2015. Ce visual novel indépendant et d'aventure, fonctionnant sur le moteur KiriKiri Z, est une préquelle au premier volet qui relate une journée chez les Minazuki : la fille aînée Shigure et six chatttes réveillent leur maître, préparent les repas, nettoient la maison, sortent se promener, prennent un bain et dorment ensemble, avec une implication minime de l'ancien protagoniste Kashou Minaduki. Disponible sur PC, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch et OOParts, le titre affichait un prix de 2,99 euros et une durée de parcours d'environ une heure pour l'histoire principale et une heure et demie en mode completionist, pour une note agrégée de 65,66. La presse a salué son rapport qualité-prix pour les fans de la série, GameGrin regrettant toutefois que l'expérience soit trop courte pour définir un standard, tandis que certains joueurs sur Metacritic l'ont trouvé relaxant ou au contraire trop bref au regard de son coût, et un avis négatif sur Steam se contentait d'exprimer son indécision.
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Avis des critiques et joueurs
Critiques de la Presse (Metacritic)
« Honestly, if this was a slightly longer experience this could easily top my expectations of what a gold standard of VNs should be. But, when factoring the length and cost, as well as the main demographic. This is a fanservice game through and through. For better or worse. »
« If you are a devoted fan of Nekopara Vol. 1 then there’s little reason not to buy Nekopara Vol. 0. Not only is it far cheaper at the price of $2.99, but it also gives you nearly an hour more with a cast of colorful cat girls. Those brand new to the Nekopara world, or folks who only found the previous game to be okay, shouldn’t bother. »
Avis des Joueurs (Metacritic)
« Very relaxing and fun visual novel. Perfect game to play after a stressful day. You almost feel apart of these adorable cat girls. Scenario is simple: You spend a day with a Neko family. Downside is that playtime is too short. If you are new to this series, this is a good game to start with. »
« This game is really bad and the cost per hour is insane, this lasted me less than half an hour and it's 3 dollars, come on, instead of playing this, you could play something like Vampire's Melody instead of this furry character development-less slice of life visual novel, this is SOOO bad.Also, the humour this game handlesis unbelievably bad, but I'm not basing me on that because everything that has came from Japan seems to have the worst humour possible, the plot is just lackluster and, as I said, there is basically no plot as this game just focuses on being an slice of life, what I recommend is: Buy it, complete it and refund it »
« Game: Nekopara Vol 0 Genre: Visual Novel Developer/Publisher: Sekai Project/NEKO WORKs System: Steam (PC) Total Score: 76/100 Value Score: 7.6/10 • Story: 6/10 • Characters: 8/10 • GamePlay: 8/10 • Graphics: 10/10 • Sound: 10/10 • Music: 8/10 • Length: 2/10 • Replay Value: 5/10 • Player Value: 9/10 Pros +Great Voice Acting and a lot of VA work +Great animations and backgrounds +Decent OST +A lot of setting options most of which involve voice settings for each individual character, you can lower their voice or raise their voice during scenes +English, Chinese and Japanese language support for text +Gallery mode which has CGs, music and videos (OP and ED) +A new petting gameplay mechanic not seen in the first game, allows you to pet three different places on each character and unlocks an achievement Cons -Only Japanese voices in the voice acting -Kinetic visual novel (only one ending/route) -Game is censored, a uncensored patch is available but you would need to pay for it or mod it in -Very Short »
« It is EXTREMELY short. Clocking in at only 30 minutes - 1 hour, it may not offer a lot of content, but I am still giving it a pretty high score because it is still a cute prequel to Vol 1, which of course, you should only bother with if you are a fan of Nekopara or want an introduction to the story of Nekopara. (And for all the pervs out there, no, there is no patch or adult version of this one). »
