Sakura goes alien in this new adventure where you’re a secret agent protecting the world from alien invaders…
Some key points that this game offers:
- Stunning visuals.
- Adventurous story line.
- Modern look and design, visuals this time around have a modern day look to them.
- Secret agents…
- NB. This game has sexual references and in game actions, so be advised that if you are under the age of 18, you should not be playing this.
Some Negative points that needs to be mentioned.
- Spelling errors, this one contains a few of them, sure some of the previous titles had a few here and there, but with this one there is quite a few issues, and not only spelling but missing words from sentences and even words that don’t belong in sentences.
- Follow up scene mistakes, for example, the early game where you met the rookie was phrased in the meeting as happening the day before, but in the next scene, they referenced it to that same afternoon, that follow up is completely wrong.
- Years later with numerous titles behind their belt, Winged Cloud still hasn’t moved up to animated scenes or made any effort whatsoever to take the next step in Visual Novel presentation. The same can be said for character presentation with no actual animation or movement except for a few static images shifting placement or facial expressions slightly, which by now should have been an old concept. Given the years and release rate of games, it should have been clear that they invest into the next ‘visual stage’ of presenting their games. Now it’s just dragging the franchise down, it’s the same thing over and over, with no actual new release as one would expect when a sequel comes out on an updated version of the engine used with the previous instalment.
- The Sakura series is good, they look amazing, the sound in most cases is excellent and the stories are never that bad, but unless they plan to move onto the next stage of presentation these games simply devolve into cheap remakes to farm money from fans.
Gameplay & Controls:
This time around we get to sit back and enjoy an adventure as a secret agent, so hit that Auto button, sit back and relax as another amazing story plays out before your eyes. The controls and shortcuts for the games haven’t changed since the early days and by now you are well accustomed to what button does what, your left mouse button used to manually set actions or save/ load. It can also be used to manually move onto the next scene.
Right mouse button brings up the menu, with the middle mouse button/ H button hiding the UI for those fancy screenshots. Scrolling the mouse wheel goes back to previous scenes. The story is great but as I mentioned this title has numerous spelling and grammar issues so points are deducted for that.
Graphics:
Amazing artwork as we have come to expect from the designers at Winged Cloud, this time around we have a modern setting in the city and its surrounding areas. Do not let that dampen your spirits, great attention to detail has been invested into each scene, inside and out to give us a spectacular and very pleasing visual look and feel in each setting.
The character design has been done quite decently as well. However, as I mentioned in my foreword, Winged Cloud has more than enough years and games behind the belt to have moved onto the next stage in presentation, in their scenes, and character designs. These static images should have been worked out a few titles ago already.
Truth be told there are other developers out there newer and with much less backing and funding that are able to deliver the next step in visual novel presentation. It is high time that Winged Cloud stepped up; points are deducted for this flaw, because frankly this is something that should have been obvious to them by now. As always you get to play the game in Fullscreen or Window mode.
Sounds:
The sounds are brilliantly done and added to each scene, setting the tone for the story as it plays out. Each scene depending on the situation of the story at that stage has certain music playing for it, which can be anything from an upbeat tune to something simple that stays at the back of your mind as you read the story.
Another thing to note here is that some of the tones feel way too short in duration and repeat themselves making some of them quite annoying. In the menu you can set the Volumes for the Music, Sound and Voices, but there is no Voice or Sound, a feature that doesn’t exist in the standard steam version, there is a version that has an Adult Patch. Pressing V in the game activates a self-voicing system that is just terrible and totally unappealing to use.
Replayability:
The game doesn’t really offer much in terms of replay value, there are only a few choices in the games and even fewer of them offer different unique gallery unlockable scenes, which can easily be obtained by scrolling back before the choice.
Saving and then making a choice until you unlocked the scene, afterwards loading the save and choosing the different option to unlock the second scene and proceed with the game.
MGR Gaming’s Conclusions:
Spoilers Ahead:
Sakura Agent has you playing as Akira, a reckless agent who isn’t always keen on following orders which manages to get him into a heap of trouble. So much so to the point where an assistant was placed with him to keep an eye on him and report his behaviour to the board, with the intent that if he does not better himself his mind will be scrubbed and he will be placed into a mundane job. The story however does turn into an exciting plot twist, but that you will have to experience for yourself.
Aliens, everyone loves a good alien game; it is something different for a change which is a nice change of pace, I think. To keep it simple it’s you starting the story with the goal of stopping the aliens that seem hell bent on causing mayhem and certain species prefer to do illicit deeds to woman they find.
As the story before plays out, romance joins the mix. With this title there is more sexual content present in the game, there are some actual scenes where strong sexual content is present, no actual nudity is present in the standard game but it still falls under NSFW for sure.
The adult patch which can be downloaded from the Winged Cloud Patreon Page is manually placed inside the installation folder of the game. This patch adds several new Gallery scenes to the menu and changes certain in game images to actual nude content such as exposing the nipple areas which are usually covered by hair or some other small obstruction.
A few new lines also appear here and there mentioning the changes so that they fit in with the new visible scenes. Other scenes script lines throughout the game are also replaced with more sexual reference whereas before they were lighter in nature. The game is also expanded by having certain in game scenes pro longed with events leading to sex scenes playing out.
Additional Info:
Platforms: PC: Mac: Linux
Genre: Visual Novel: Anime
Censor Rating: NSFW: Sexual Content
Age Rating: 18
Developer: Winged Cloud
Publisher: Winged Cloud
Release Date: 27 January 2017
MGR Gaming Steam Curator:
https://store.steampowered.com/curator/32364038/
