However, that isn’t to say they aren’t developed or well written characters, despite flood of information and emotions that are thrown at you. Covering the events from Unlimited, the first chapter feel like a game of catch up as we receive a super condensed, hyperspeed version of the main cast's character arcs. The characters are best summarised as a family of misfits who, over the course of the story, become people you adore and cherish. It's a juice carton, how bad could it be? Retrospectively, this is actually for the best because this information is developed more and more as it enters its second and third act with all its revelations. Information is thrown at you like a wood chipper pelting you with the mashed remains of a tree. For better or worse, it practically goes zero to sixty in the course of a chapter. The gist in Alternative is that Takeru tries to undo all of his previous mistakes from Unlimited, and tries to beat the BETAs who have been dominating Earth for the past 30+ years in that timeline. Takeru Shirogane (the main protagonist for the series) is time traveling for all intensive purposes, talking anymore is spoiler territory and further explaining the timeline would take a bulk of the review. The timeline itself is that Alternative takes place after Unlimited, but is prior the actual events of Unlimited. However on Steam, both of these games are packaged under Muv Luv. Review spoilers though - I really enjoyed this VN.Īs a quick catch up for the uninitiated, the chronology of the original series prior Alternative and the Steam is Muv Luv Extra then Muv Luv Unlimited.

However, there are potential spoilers for its predecessor, to avoid those, skip to the last paragraph for an overview of Alternative. This is a non-spoilery review and won’t delve into the nitty gritty of what happens or its ending because it’s best experienced relatively blind. Whilst it does work as a standalone title, I can safely say that playing the prequel is highly recommended. So picking up Muv Luv Alternative, I knew there would be certain things I would miss or not understand.

Reviews // 6th Nov 2017 - 4 years ago // By Owen Chan Muv Luv Alternative Reviewįirst off, I haven't played the original Muv Luv.

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