Review: A Winter's Daydream (Nintendo Switch)

Review by Matt S. 

As far as coding is concerned, visual novels are the easiest things to make. This is particularly true if you're making ones that either don't include gameplay elements, or only throw the occasional choice and branching path at the player. I should know; even I've been able to make a VN, and I have absolutely no coding skills whatsoever. A Winter's Dream would not have happened if visual novels weren't so easy to make, I suspect. That's not a criticism of it, though, because the difficulty in writing a truly great visual novel is just that - the writing. This one is actually quite the pleasure to read through, and so it most certainly qualifies as a success within its genre.

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