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Originally Posted by winhlp32
Flyable CandyHeart:
Spoiler for Flyable CandyHeart:
I forgot how dark the this franchise was for an UnisonShift Blossom product. Various main heroines died or was left to their own fate after disaster strikes. A character I didn't know had died in the original game was revealed here to have died. So I'm happy that this fandisk provided an alternate happy end for the characters in this series.
The meat of the game is an alternate Yui and Suzuno route, the new Megumi and Maxx route, and the crossover route. All the other main heroines from the original game gets an short after-story. Of the after storys Sakurako and Amane's are my favorite as they are just adorable. Mayuri's on the other hand was too short(then again she already had a whole fandisk devoted to her). The crossover route isn't that great in my opinion since it was a bit tedious to go through plus I didn't really care that much for the heroines from the other games. Plus there was a really weird Alice Parade H-scene.
I didn't really care much for Gumi in the original game, and wasn't really excited to play her route, but it blew my expectations out of the water. Though her character is probably an acquired taste, Gumi's route was probably one of the sweetest first-love romance story I've played. While throughout the bulk of Maxx's route I had to question myself whether I really want to keep reading, and the ending was very "uhh...".
The writing and atmosphere for this game was typical UnisonShift Blossom, has the whole "everything in life is wonderful" feel to it, and all the very creative fun and games that the studio has been known for since Nanatsuiro. Homosexuality was rampant in this game, especially in the crossover route where the premise is pretty much that most of the heroines turned into lesbians. There was also one very funny Kei x Souryu scene near the end of the route.
The game gets really good and ramps up the drama at the end when Yui's alternate route became available, where they revisited the nature of Flyable Heart universe and pretty much serves as an true-end to the series. This was where the writing was at its best and rewards the readers who played through the original game and the first fandisk. Suzuno's route speeds through much of the same events in Yui's route before ending in a very bittersweet and a little tear-inducing manner.
If you've played Flyable Heart, I highly recommend Flyable CandyHeart. Very funny and sweet, a great close to the franchise(though there is also that prisma-star thingy coming).
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Totally agree with you, winhlp32. Well, except with the crossover path which I found to be completely hilarious from beginning to end. Having all characters more or less interact with each other was really fun which is why I'm looking forward to the Prismatic Princess game though, only for the Blossoms' characters.