Разработчик: 4th cluster
Описание
Stretch goals
Congratulatory illustration
About the Game
Story
Yuta Kiriha, a third year student who has just transferred to the University of Tsukuba, is looking for a club to join with the friends he met at the entrance ceremony. However, after scouring the notice board he hasn’t found anything that appeals to him and is about to give up and go home when...He meets a girl who leaves an intense impression on him, the kind of person you see once and never forget again. This night time meeting with the silver-haired girl is a catalyst and Yuta soon finds himself caught up in a mysterious incident.
Everyone at the University of Tsukuba loses all of their memories related to Yuta. No matter what he does, each day they lose their new memories of him all over again. Yuta has been completely erased from the "memories" of the University of Tsukuba.
Yuta forms a group called The Chivalric Order of Bertha with the other people he finds who are in the same situation, and together they face the mysterious amnesia phenomenon known as IMA.
University of Tsukuba
"Campus Notes -forget me not." is a visual novel set in the University of Tsukuba, created by 4th cluster, an indie game studio established from the same university.
The University of Tsukuba is a National university that is the focus of Tsukuba Science City, a town 50km east of Tokyo. The city has a unique culture, as the area is heavily populated by students.
The story is placed in true-to-life settings of Tsukuba city. Come and enjoy a slice of campus life. Meet our heros and heroines and set out on a strange adventure, and maybe even fall in love...
Features
・Over 10 hours of gameplay・Multiple endings
・Sci-Fi genre
・Full HD Graphics
・Set in an existing Japanese city
・Graphics all based on real scenery
・Original Japanese theme song
"IMAGINE THE FUTURE." is a registered trademark by the University of Tsukuba.
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Поддерживаемые языки: english, japanese
Системные требования
Windows
- OS *: Microsoft Windows 7/8/10
- Processor: 1Ghz
- Memory: 512 MB RAM
- Graphics: DirectX® 9 Compatible Graphics Card
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Storage: 500 MB available space
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Overall: 6/10 (mediocre)
Recommended: no (sparse story, mediocre philosophical discussions, fairly boring writing)
Time to complete story: 5.5 hrs
(First run, Kaen route, 26/54 achievements)
Time to 100%: 13.5 hrs
(Five runs, 54/54 achievements, took a lot of screenshots of useless info)
Controller compatible: I don't believe so
(I set up a KBM to gamepad configuration in Steam)
Characters: 6/10 (mediocre) (main focus)
~ a bit of a wacky, juvenile cast
- all the characters act the same throughout the "common" route regardless of choices made
- boring "common" route
Writing: 5/10 (weak)
~ grammar/translation is a bit rough
~ the events/activities focus on the characters traveling and describing the campus
~ lots of vague philosophical stories that were weakly tied to the characters or story
Story: 6/10
~ interesting concept, but progress is sparse and sometimes comes in info-dumps
~ heroine routes are mediocre or weak, but True Ending was emotional and great (after playing for a significant time)
Graphics: 7.5/10 (very good)
+ art is bright and the sprites/CG's are high quality
~ background is blurrier than I'd like, especially since the dev's wanted to show the real-life campus
Audio: 7.3/10 (good)
~ very good tracks, but often don't match the setting or topic well
Settings/UI: 7.3/10
+ 100 save slots
+ instant text, text skipping, and various standard settings are available
~ settings under Load menu instead of title screen
- mouse snaps to certain spots when navigating menus
~ no scroll back option, but has a text log
Kaen route: 6/10
Shion route: 6/10
Togi route: 6.5/10
True ending: 7.5/10
Score comparison:
VNDB: 6.5/10 (50 votes)
Steam: 90% positive (62)
I found this VN extremely boring. There was barely any story progression. Most of the conversations were random and uninteresting. The end came out of nowhere and felt very unsatifying. Nothing was resolved.
VIsual novel. Yuta is caught up in a mystery. Most of his fellow students forget about him every day. Bumping into others caught in this situation, can he find a way out? And maybe find love along the way? Decent.
Reading this VN made my braincells hurt (this is a positive thing btw!) and it's been an entertaining read.
The replayability to get all the achievements was really bad tho because the skip feature didn't work properly (for me at least).
I came for Pochi's designs, and I stayed for the great cast and for the plot (...and Pochi's designs).
Everyone is likeable and I wish more VNs had a male friend as good as Fuma. The first 10 minutes of the game are actually gold. It's pretty much my favorite VN prologue. The writing for the game overall is pretty funny. This VN is also one of the only 2 games that ever made me want to visit a specific location in Japan. The surprisingly comfy atmosphere really enhanced the overall experience to me.
The translation isn't perfect but it's good enough. There's nothing that really hampers the experience here.
Overall, I had a great time and I can even say I loved the game. The fact that this VN is somewhat overlooked is kinda sad, but not all indie works can achieve stardom, especially in an already niche genre. My only major complaint is that I wish it was longer (especially the ending and the epilogue). It's a shame the devs didn't release another VN after it, as this is one of the the better indie VNs on Steam for me. Even if I wouldn't call it perfect, I can still say it ended up becoming a favorite of mine.
Campus Notes - forget me not is a great visual novel, though it does have a few shortcomings. You play as Yuta Kiriha, a transfer student to the University of Tsukuba. He meets and befriends a fellow transfer student Fuma and the two are encouraged to find a club to join by Yuta’s older sister Rina. While on their search, Yuta and Fuma quickly run into our three quirky heroines, Kaen, Shion, and Togi. Put off by the weirdness of the girls, the duo abandon their plans and head back to their dorm. Yuta bumps into a strange robot-like girl on the way, and then things turn very crazy for Yuta very fast!
The plot from this point on is very interesting and is supported by the unique and engaging heroines. I definitely recommend playing this visual novel.
Now for some additional notes:
There is no voice acting, which may be off-putting for those used to higher budget visual novels.
The art is good overall. The sprites are very expressive and CGs are nice to look at. However, there aren’t that many CGs, with several of the slots you see in the in-game CG gallery actually being occupied by minor variations of other CGs. Also, while the sprites are beautiful they can sometimes clash with the backgrounds (which are all filtered photographs).
The music tracks are all at least passable and a few of them are really good (I love the track that plays during Togi scenes. Also Togi best girl.)
The translation flows smoothly with no significant grammatical errors and just a couple of typos throughout the game.
The description advertises “Over 10 hours of gameplay,” but if you are a quick reader and make use of the skip function for already red text you should be able to 100% complete the game in a little over half that time.
There are some very nice scenes with the heroines and their routes are all well done, but don’t expect too much on the romance front overall. The focus is ultimately on the story (which is amazing, but a few more romantic moments couldn't have hurt).
Now for my one major complaint: In addition to Yuta, Fuma, and the heroines, many other characters show up briefly throughout the game but aren't explored deeply. This is because Campus Notes is a series (though each game functions as a standalone title so you don’t need to play the others) and those characters are focused on in the other games. However, a few of those characters play important roles in the story so their actions can be a bit jarring as we don't really get a sense of their personalities or motivations. Unfortunately, the developers of the series, 4th cluster, have disbanded as of this August 2018 and so we probably will never get to see the rest of the series in English.
This VN looked interesting so I thought i'd give it a try. Honestly, all in all, I enjoyed it.
Positives
-Very nice art
- Likeable characters
- Decent length
Negatives
- no voice acting
- got very wordy at times (in terms of philosophical discussions)
- romantic endings slightly lackluster
I do like how each of the three girls had their own ending as well as a special scene for them for the true ending, but I feel as if the romance aspect was a tad lacking at times.
One thing i have to say i'm happy with was that i enjoyed all three of the girls. there wasn't a single one i disliked. And that's rare. so good job! Best girl is definitely Togi though.
All in all, I really did enjoy this VN. The characters were quirky and fun, and the story was interesting and had a twist i wasn't expecting. I would recommend it. If they ever released an update with voice acting, i'd definitely download it. i'd say..... 7/10
Campus Notes is a short Visual Novel, which I have somewhat mixed feelings about.
The core concept is good, an interesting story idea about a group of new friends who are forgotten by everyone around them each day. They remember eachother and have to solve the mystery of what's happening around them. This is achieved through three routes, a true route, and a final conclusion. None of this takes very long, but there are over 50 achievements and it felt satisfying to collect them all.
The intiial three routes play out mostly the same, but there are small sections which are different depending on what romance plot you end up on. Aside from these small scenes and CG's, the story doesn't really change or branch off in different directions.
Unfortunately, the translation work is adequate at best. You can understand the emotion behind the characters but a lot of the dialogue is awkardly phrased or just sounds off. I got the impression it was translated by someone competent but maybe not a native speaker, or just inexperienced with translation work. It's not a deal breaker, just be aware of it.
On top of that, the conclusion felt very rushed with characters that we know hardly anything about doing a lot of info-dumping. Maybe the story was too ambitious for the shorter running time, or there was just time pressure to get the game released.
The artwork is good, but limited- characters are expressive but there's not a wide variety of poses and expressions. The CG's are infrequent but really nicely drawn.
I was particularly impressed by the soundtrack, it just stood out as unique and haunting. A little repetitious at times, but sets the mood of the story well.
All in all, defintiely worth a read but I can't shake the feeling that this could have been something more special with the right TLC.
No Boobs, no Hentai- just good Novel with a nice Idea.
I really enjoyed the reading and the art. Sometimes I laught out loud, sometimes I cryed out loud. Sometimes I was desperate. Sometimes I was confused.
But all this emotions was totally worth.
12 Euro for 10h gameplay ( if u skipping the part u already read ) is also totally worth.
You have to make you own opinion. I would recommend it!
Kota
I liked this story, very interesting twists and the girls were each likeable in their own way. The story was very cerebrel so you really had to pay attention to the conversation since many little hints were sprinkled everywhere to help you solve the mystery. This one I played all the routes after finding a walkthrough just to see how the individual routes ended because I got the true ending my first time through. 'Tis the life of a harem master. ;-)
Highly recommend, the plot is super interesting and the characters are all fun. Also it has several possible ends, the first time around i got what i guess would be a bad end and was a little disapointed but was fine with it, but when i played the true route i actually got chills, it was definitely worth buying and playing.
It was a good read. Each choice didn't make dramatic changes to the story by itself.
Depending on your tastes, the characters and their interactions can be really enjoyable. Also, depending on how much you emphasize on logical aspect of the game, you might get turned off by some ridiculous occurences or story backgrounds. If you're really flexible, like I am, you probably wouldn't mind them, as the explanations given don't sound too much like excuses.
If you're looking for something not too complex and not too serious and would like to enjoy a good read and a simple mystery, this can be a good choice.
Pretty good. Full of unique and likeable characters. Suffers from some jarring jumps in time that leave the player with gaps in information that occur far too often, and though I would have preferred more exposition or writing in the place of those jumps they can be ignored as they game will provide brief summaries of what the player wasn't able to see. If you read fast and/or skip through dialogue you've already read when trying for a new route, it's no a very long game and can be gotten through within a couple hours, but there's a surprisingly well written story full if equally well written characters within that package. Togi best girl.
Very funny, lighthearted visual novel with beautiful girls, hilarious situations and nice interesting story to read :). It was a pleasure to play and as far as I can see after the 1st time beating of the game I opened only like 60% of the story, which is nice.
+All the girls are beautiful <3 And each has its very own character
+Very nice music
+The novel is very easy to read, you can catch yourself beating it in one sit :)
+Plenty of the save slots, which is very useful because you have like 60 achievements to unlock and you face a LOT of decision-making situations
+The story itself is very interesting to read
+Steam cards, backs and smileys
-Backgrounds looks okay but after all its just photoshopped photos :|
-No ero ero .__ .
I like the game, finished it after 9 hours and got the true ending thanks to the guide on the forum.
I wish the game was longer and had more characters in it, and that it had more romance and life based events in it.
But all in all its a decent game with decent characters and a good story.Its just lacking in some parts of character development in the romance department as it feels a bit unreal.Different endings and a good ammount of choices.
After managing to complete the game, and having collected 100% of the achievements. I can say this visual novel was very enjoyable.
Needless to say this novel really is quite a gem. There are many moments where the storyline will get you to think on a deeper end, and by that it may cause a headache in a sense. (Ever been in an existential crisis? Yea...)
Despite such things. the VN really does have a lot of deep quotes that may take to your philosophical and/or psychological liking.
For instance. (One of my favourites from this VN.)
"A person dies twice. First, when their physical body dies. The second is when everyone in this world forgets they ever existed."
Each character has a very likeable uniqueness to them.
I absolutely love the artwork and style, though I do feel there could've been more content.
Music is great, however it feels limited.
TL;DR: Great VN, can really get philosophical. 8/10
Crude TL;DR: It's an absolute mindfuck.
TL;DR
well researched, story driven Visual Novel with attention to details and at least 4 different endings. characters feel alive and choices do affect the game, cliffhangers will get you hooked and the music is tolerable (this coming from a metalhead!). Buy it for the story, a nice fresh wind for this genre
Long review
I recently started picking up Visual Novels again, and this is by far one of the best currently available on Steam, for the following reasons:
Art and music
The art is certainly amazing; the characters don't appear too cute or overly sexualized (like some other games on Steam here ehem...); the art has obviously been influenced by Anime. Hence, if you don't like this, don't buy this game.
In addition to that, the soundtrack is OK. It's not played in a loop and I actually enjoyed listening to the OST. Don't expect Hatsune Miku or JPop, the music is really fine
Reading the VN
The text aims to create the impression of an actual novel. There's not just one sentence per "page" displayed, the pages are filled with actual paragraphs, which is definitely a plus since the developers really put their thoughts into their game. You may need to take breaks though since you may not be used to the font. I certainly needed to get used to reading that much on a screen again (old fashioned me, IKR)
The content
The story is very good for a VN, it will get you hooked with some nice cliffhangers here and there, and it is not too predictable which seems to be a common problem among some titles on Steam here. A lot of details have been added and every choice usually adds a different junk of dialogue. I was suprised since the developers really did their home work and researched historical facts and added ancient tales not related to Japan. The plot is somewhat serious, and this is certainly not a comic version. Expect daily lives of college students and Sci/Fi. It was definitely interesting to me.
Also, the game has a very nice feature some other games seriously lack: choices. I'm mentioning this because a lot of games have been tagged with "choices", but the choices don't change the overall play style. In this game, you can get slightly different outcomes depending on your choices (dialogue) and these choices also influence what the characters say while the story itself is mostly linear. In addition, you can get different endings which heavily influence some of the content. You'll need to read carefully.
But what's most important are the loveable characters who have been equipped with a lot of personal and emotional details. The characters appear real, very real, and depending on your choices, they can show surprising development. Don't just pick your favourite yet, they'll surprise you.
Some minor negative remarks:
The game does not offer voice acting, you need to actually read the lines, so if you are used to LISTENING, you may be disappointed. The FONT is tiny and may prove difficult to read, whereas some achievements are a bit too easy to guess in my opinion (if you're an achievement hunter that may annoy you)
If you're looking for my Tl;dr, scroll up. Cheers!
:: I haven't finished the game yet! This review is based on my first 4 hours with it. ::
Campus Notes - forget me not is a Visual Novel that lacks in execution but fills in it's gaps with Charm, sometimes. It has a fever dream of a story, often times trying to jump above it's own heights with attempted profundity, and it lacks proper grounding and drama. All of the characters have character, but they're never really developed, at least up to the point I got.
All in all, it's worth the admission price for visual novel fans, but that's in spite of it's content instead of because of it. I really hope that 4th Cluster continue to make games, since this game, it's characters and story, had a lot of potential than came to surface here.
At the time of writing I have completed one playthrough of the game. In one go. TL;DR: it's an enjoyable game with a good story and nice and glossy art.
It has a few parts that are a bit wonky. I can't speak for the Japanese version, but in the English version there are some bugs occasionally, but I encountered nothing game breaking. Just a couple of instances where character names were displayed without text underneath, but I don't think any of the actual story or dialogue was missing, because I didn't feel like there were any obvious gaps. Most likely it's just a residue of the lengths of the text in the text boxes not matching up in the Japanese and English versions.
As for the translation itself, it felt pretty solid. I encountered a few spelling and grammatical mistakes, but nothing that made it unreadable or hard to understand. There was also one instance where I felt like something was probably a plot hole, but if it was it wasn't something that undermined anything truly vital to the plot. (Though again, to be clear, this is just speaking from one playthrough of one of the possible routes.) The story was engaging and the ending of the route I picked left me with a lot of interesting things that I can't wait to discover as I unlock more!
The female characters were more well-rounded than I expected as I started, and I was pleasantly surprised that although they (of COURSE) all end up falling in love with the protagonist, they are still more educated, and written in a way that actually shows it, and more multi-faceted than female characters usually are. Which isn't to say that everything was entirely perfect, some parts of the writing still made me cringe, but A LOT less than usual.
The art style - especially the more quirky expressions - is really delightful. It kind of looks a bit like Kaen has stuffed a pillow over her bust, and I question Fuma's fashion sense with nothing underneath the vest immensely, but hey. I bet we've all seen worse.
And finally - though I doubt that there will be too many who cares about this: A DIABETES MENTION THAT ISN'T NEGATIVE AND/OR DIRECTLY MISINFORMED AND STEREOTYPED!! HOLY CRAP!!!
This is so amazing. it is probaly one of the best visual novels i have ever played
The characters are all memorable (props for actually putting in another male character so it doesent seem like you're the only male in the entire world)
The story is really great and confusing as all hell but i have only finished one route so maybe theres more explanations in the other routes
The art is beautifull and the soundtrack is also really good
Игры похожие на Campus Notes - forget me not.
Дополнительная информация
| Разработчик | 4th cluster |
| Платформы | Windows |
| Ограничение возраста | Нет |
| Дата релиза | 23.01.2025 |
| Отзывы пользователей | 91% положительных (46) |