#cutie reviews

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Game Review: Nyakori's Rabbit Doll (no/minor spoilers, minor blood)

I wanted to start my "cute game review" series with a disclaimer. I play a wide range of video games, and games that appeal to me usually have a cute aesthetic/appearance, and what I view as cute might not not be viewed the same way as others. I want to talk about cute games, but I'd like to also like about some other games too now and then.

For example, I decided to make my first review on an rpgmaker horror I saw while browsing Steam. There's a handful of people I watch who play these types of games on Youtube and they never played or even mentioned this one, so I gave it a shot because it looked too cute to pass up!

"One evening, Nyarutoru wakes up to find Nyakori and her rabbit doll have gone missing. While searching for her sister, Toru is led to a mysterious home. She runs into Kori, but someone has stolen her rabbit doll, forcing the two girls to go deeper into the large building to reclaim it. Along the way, Toru realizes that Kori isn't acting like herself…"

Nyakori's Rabbit Doll plays like a typical Rpgmaker/point and click game (you can even play it like one, this game offers mouse and touch control). The goal is to get from point A to point Z by interacting with the environment to look for new items, clues or puzzles while keeping Toru out of harm's way.

The majority of the game takes place inside this building, with one section late-game taking place outside of it. However, the locations all vary and this game features all sorts of "flavor text" that make it a lot of fun to click on everything and see what it says. Some of it is obvious (like a basket might just say "basket"), but others might lead to a remark from the character. There is also text for inventory items, some of which provide hints or alludes to something else:

Dialogue/Text

You might have noticed on the Steam page or the corner of my images, the game's title is written in Chinese. Well, that's because this game was originally Chinese, which is probably evident with the grammar and spelling being all over the place.

I noticed at the beginning of the game it's fine, and there are a lot of places where the text is good. But then it seems like as the game continues, it starts to become more apparent.

Expect to see the word "wired" a few times. It's supposed to be weird, which they do spell right a few times, which further confused me...

There is this also glaring example, which pops up a lot:

You'll see it every time you get a new item. I want to assume this was just an oversight, but they translated the item names so I don't know what to make of it.

Even the Steam page is full of grammar issues, but I will say that it's not enough to hinder the game. It's still clear enough to figure out what to do or what was going on.

Difficulty

It's not really difficult at all.

It offers several save points and an autosave feature (optional), the 3 "mini-games" have an easy option if you fail it once and beats it for you (and this doesn't penalize you at all). There are also tips and hints in the form of text throughout the game, either provided by talking to Kori, observation, looking at items in the inventory or using the "cursed cat food". Supposedly, using it too many times does something? I don't know what because I kept using it in a separate file and nothing happened. But I didn't feel like replaying the game through a fourth time in a short time span, so I stopped after a half hour.

This game is extremely forgiving if you let it be. Any death I triggered was basically because of my own curiosity, it was very rarely due to messing up. There are a couple of cheap deaths but they weren't abundant, so I didn't really feel annoyed by them.

There was only one, real thing that I got stuck with during the game:

At an early point you come across this mirror that depicts a number. A few rooms later, a box asks for it. To some people the numbers might obviously be 8010. But for me... it went like this:

"I clearly see the 0... is the first number an 8? It looks like an 8 but it kinda looks like it could be a weird 5...or an S? That makes no sense. That third number looks like a 4... is that last number a 0 or 9?"

I kept getting it wrong. I tried entering all sorts of combinations and even flipping the number order. I couldn't get it, the numbers were too hard for me to make out. I don't know if that was intentional or not, but I had to look it up.

I'm not even sure if the puzzle was necessary to get the true ending. It just led to some extra scene and dialogue.

Horror

This game feels like a light-horror.

It provides a creepy atmosphere which brought to mind The Witches House while I played it, but the music itself isn't scary, even when it stops and switches to general ambience. It overall made me feel lonely, not scared or on edge.

The blood and gore is there (at times liberally), but it never came off as being "too much/forced/shoe-horned in for the sake of a cheap scare". The game doesn't even load with a warning screen like some of the others do, nor were there anyway noisy, in-your-face jump scares.

There were things that startled me because they were unexpected, but I never felt scared playing this.

What I disliked

There was very few things I disliked about this game, but I believe that these are smaller issues based on my own thought process that won't interfere with everyone's experience.

One being the mini-games I mentioned. All 3 are themed around controlling Toru a certain way until you beat it. But each one plays differently. They were short and sweet and didn't overstay their welcome, which I like.

My problem with them is that the game doesn't necessarily tell you what to do. You're thrown into a mini-game and you got seconds to figure it out before you get killed and have to restart. There is a little bit of vague text around each game, but I couldn't tell what they wanted from me without some trial-and-error.

What negates the issue with this, as I mentioned is that the game offers to help you. I had to have the game beat the 2nd one for me because I couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong. I understood what to do after watching the game do it for me, but it too me 3 and 1/2 play-throughs of this game to finally beat it.

The only other thing I felt worth mentioning was the Kori interaction sections. You have to keep watching and talking to her until you can move on. You can't do certain things until she's in a specific spot/room, and the only way you would know this is if you just happen to see her do something, or opened the "cursed cat food".

This isn't really a big deal, I like talking to NPC in games so I tend to talk to everyone multiple times out of habit now. But it did get me stuck when I first played the game because I didn't realize it was a necessity- and I know there are people who don't care much for chatting up NPCs or playing the waiting game. These areas didn't last long though, which kept it from being a chore.

Oh, there was also the "developers room" after you beat the game. I love learning about unique trivia related to the game or what the makers of it went through. But here it felt kind of pointless. There wasn't anything to really look at, and you only learn one or two things.

What I liked

The art style! It's so cute and there are a lot of pretty scenes. This game has a lot of unique elements to it, it doesn't feel like the older rpgmaker games that featured generic text boxes and images, character rpg stats, etc (not that I'm saying those are bad). From head-to-toe, they fully embraced making this game as cute as could be!

Another thing I liked about the game is that the rooms are all unique and look really nice. They feel like they should be there. They aren't empty or pointless, nearly every room serves a purpose.

One of my favorite things is taking the time to backtrack to past areas. Some of them have trivial changes (or added death scenes), or feature additional content you may not have seen the first time. For example, here's one room during my first visit:

This is the same room after I returned a while later, notice the paintbrush on the floor and tilted picture (the one canvas gets knocked over too, but I came back too early for that when I was getting the picture). There is also a death you can trigger, but if you possess a specific item, you can avoid it.

There are also some extra cutscenes/dialogue you can find by observing certain things repeatedly. Playing as Kori also changes certain events, as does having her in the room with you when you observe certain things as Toru. There are a few items both girls can obtain too, and they have different dialogue for it. You can even skip one puzzle entirely by activating a hidden room you can find if you backtrack to a specific spot.

I love these additional elements x3 they show that the game has more depth to it than what's on the surface. Its beneficial to seek these things out because they offer more insight to the plot and characters.

Ending

In terms of endings, there are 4. The true ending, the normal ending, and 2 bad endings. According to Steam, the 2nd bad ending is the least obtained one, while the True Ending was the second least. But honestly, I got the true ending on my first playthrough. I'm not good at these games (I got the Platinum ending in Pocket Mirror), so I'm convinced it was just dumb luck that I happened to do the right things.

I replayed the game twice more to knowingly make the wrong decisions to get the 2nd bad and Normal endings. The 1st bad ending is the one everyone probably sees at least once, because it occurs earlier in the game and it's more like an extended death scene. You aren't locked out of getting the other endings or finishing the game if you trigger it. On top of that, I think you're required to go into the room it occurs (under certain conditions) to reach the True Ending.

I want to avoid saying anything too spoilery, so I didn't want to exactly go over everything to get said endings. But I liked each one, they gave good exposition to the overall plot and felt like they made sense.

Other Stuff

The length of the game on average is probably a couple of hours. Even when I replayed it knowing what to do, where to take shortcuts, it still took me around the same length of time.

There are 7 achievements in total for the game. 4 are in the base game, while the other 3 (one of which is a hidden achievement) is in the DLC story.

You probably noticed it in the very first image, but there is separate, purchasable DLC for this game! It's an after-story that offers more insight to the story, 2 more endings and some alternative gameplay.

I don't have it yet, because while I did buy this game a year or so ago, I only just recently replayed and beat the entire thing. I do plan on buying it though, and I'll probably make a separate post on it.

Conclusion

I really, really like this game. The art makes it a pleasing experience to the eye while the characters and mystery of the plot encourage you to keep guiding Toru to the end to find out what's going on. It's a fun and forgiving game, perfect for people who want a more relaxed, horror rpgmaker experience. I think it'd be a good choice for someone whose new to these types of games and wants to build their way up to the scarier/harder/more intense ones.

The more I played this game, the more it reminded me a lot of The Witches House. Numerous things made me think about it, like the room match puzzle, and how Toru's menu image changed after I triggered a specific death (I thought THAT was the cat food curse, until I realized why I couldn't progress at that specific part). This game is newer, so it might have taken inspiration from that one. I know a lot of rpgmaker games draw comparisons and influence in other ones.

I'm really glad I gave this game a chance, especially because I didn't know what to expect going in. I love a lot about it and even the things that I didn't like never made me want to quit playing. It's also very cheap, as is the DLC. You can even buy them in a bundle.

It is lacking in polish, but I'm willing to overlook it when the game itself plays very well and I enjoyed the experience.

Um.... thanks for listening to me ramble for a while. I hope if anything this review encourages you to check it out, here's a link to the Steam page if you're interested.

I'd love to do more of these, and I do have an idea for my next 2 reviews, but if you have any sort of recommendations for a cute game, or even rpgmaker games, feel free to let me know.

Until next time~

[good-pokemon-center-reviews]

[emilyscastlevania]

[i-like-forcefem]

Oooo darling~

I just bought the most lovely pair of shoes for you! And I decided that if you promise to be a Good Girl I’ll release your foot constraints and let you walk around in them!

“MmHHHMMmM”

Awwww, that gag never gets old does it? This will be just lovely~

These shoes match you cute little dress and make up better then I dreamed, now raise your cute little foot for me, doll, lets make you even cuter~

[dovetart]

💙💜INDIGO PARK💜💙

“Friend?!”

Yes. Yes, I’ll be your friend Rambley 🥹

(Please don’t be evil in the future)

[zebracorn-chan]

If you're upset the FNaF Movie got low ratings by critics I would like to remind you what they think about "Cuties".

[mgu-h]

Lando Review 30/? • Sept 2021 • Homecoming

[liquidsludge]

Just watched this gem of a movies

What did yall think?

[feedyoubody]

[fulgurbugs]

Doll mail!

today i received a UF doll Doremi band series, as usual, i get my bjds blind boxes of kikagoods. these retail for 20.99

here’s our possible options! my top two would probably be Re (the pink one) or Mi (the blue one)

one notable thing about these dolls is they actually come with two distinct body molds…. though the difference is only large or small bust. still, fun to see a series where there’s something like that between all the options

looks like i got La!

these guys come with a lot of little baggies of stuff

here she is out of the box. she’s one of the large busted girls

now this is a first for me. her inset eyes are not already in her head, you have to put them in yourself. i’ve seen this on larger bjds but usually the small ones i’ve gotten with inset eyes already have them in when you unbox them

eyes in! you don’t really have to worry so much about the placement for these ones as you would for a larger doll as the size and mold of the head means they basically just slot into the right position

before we get to her clothes, she also comes with 4 other pairs of hands (a lot!) as well as an additional pair of feet! i don’t have any other shoes to try on her, and she came out of the box with her shoes on, so i’m assuming the feet she already has are arched to wear heels, because these extra feet are flat.

now the outfit! the first baggie had her sleeveless dress and what i’m assuming are like… these little floating sleeve thingies (she’s not wearing socks or leg warmers in her art so i can only assume these are meant for her arms)

honestly i can take or leave the floating sleeves

the real star is her big fluffy off the shoulder jacket (with her wings on the back)

this thing was a hassle to get one it kept wanting to unevenly slide to one side, and i couldn’t manage to keep the buckle on it centered, but hey, i think i got it ok well enough. her shoulders are supposed to peek out while her hands i don’t think are supposed to show at all. i really like this outfit aesthetically, but it is pretty difficult to pose her arms in. i think my only other thing is that i wish it was just a tad bit easier to see her wings from the front somehow… its easy to forget she has them and forget she’s supposed to be like… a demon girl lol

obligatory .5 shot

and that’s it for the UF DoReMi box today! i only bought one of these instead of the usual 2 i go for with these blind boxes, but honestly… they’re super cute. i kind of wish i went for a second one. but hey, at least Lala over here sits very nicely right in front because of her long pigtails helping to prop her up!

[taetebebe]

[cutiecrates]

Bear Lip Balms

I have some game reviews planned, but while I work on those I wanted to make a post on these cuties :3

My mom gets addicted to those online websites that get really popular for a while until the next one comes out, they sell Asian goods for cheap prices but you never know what the quality will be like until you get them. For her it was Wish, and then she moved on to Temu. I like to browse for cute, practical items but this was an impulse buy.

The target product user for these are children, but that wasn't going to stop me.

Each bear is its own flavor: Honey Peach, Apple, Orange, Blueberry, Lemon and Grape.

Initially, my plan was to just buy 1. Then it turned into buying 1 of each color variant... and then I ended up buying the whole set.

I really like how their chains match the color of the bear. They can be removed, or flipped around if you wanted.

The lip balm itself has a paw shape and etching on it. It's very cute and feels buttery smooth.

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In case someone was curious, here is my ranking from worst-best:

6. Orange - I really like citrus-scents, so this one was disappointing. When I opened it, I barely smelled anything- it reminded me of a very light, creamy/milky-orange. I used it for a day just to make sure my nose wasn't being wonky, or maybe it had residue keeping the scent in. But no.

5. Apple - like green apple candy. It's also pretty light, but it's at least there.

4. Blueberry - The lightness of this one is comparable to the apple one. It's another creamy/milky scent that reminded me of berry-flavored yogurt. It's not like the normal blueberry taste/scent of lip product I'm more familiar with.

3. Lemon - stronger than the last three, but still fairly light. It reminds me a lot of a lemon lip gloss I used to really like.

2. Grape - I really like grape things, so this one ended up being my favorite of the set. The only reason why I'm marking it 2nd was because the taste of it is lighter than the scent.

Honey Peach - I had a hard time choosing between this one and grape as my most favorite. The scent on this one is strong, as is its taste; it reminds me of peach tea. I don't like honey, but I really can't notice it, unless that's the tea part I'm picking up.

The quality of the product itself is nice. It feels good and moisturizes my lips. I would recommend it to someone whose looking for a cute, easy to apply lip balm they can carry around. If the scent matters then you know how I ranked them. But if you just want a cute product that does what it is supposed to do, or you collect them, then pick your favorite one.

[good-pokemon-center-reviews]

[retrosofa]

I got my copy of the Cutie Honey Tribute art book(s) in yesterday. While there was some really lovely artwork, I'm pretty disappointed with this release.

I wasn't a big fan of most of the artists featured and the overall quality of the book felt remarkably cheap. I thought it was weird they didn't have a lot of big names attached but now I realize they probably couldn't afford more established artists. The artists who contributed were all talented but most of them had very similar drawing styles. Remember those end cards from Cutie Honey Universe? Most of the artwork looks like that. There wasn't a lot of variety either. Most of the illustrations were just of Honey Kisaragi and or Cutie Honey. Other characters like Sister Jill, Natsuko, or Seiji barely got any love. It's really disappointing.

On the bright side, we get a brand new interview with Go Nagai that is extremely eye opening! I only skimmed a bit but he talks about each of Cutie Honey manga, as well as every anime and live action adaptation. I was especially surprised that he talked about Cutie Honey: Tennyo Densetsu! That manga barely gets any love! He talks about Lovely Angel's connection with Honey, the inspiration behind Seiko Hayami, and how a final battle between Honey and Zora might play out. There is some really cool stuff in this interview. The book is probably worth it just for that alone.

[casually-salad]

here is my art of 2024!! big big difference from last year i think, i really like the art i put out, and i cant wait to see what i make next year!

here is 2023's: here

[jaebeomsbitch]

And if I said I loved him???