fault - StP - LIGHTKRAVTE is an incredibly silly name, for what ultimately is an at-times interesting visual novel that just can’t strike the right balance of world building, character development, and filling the role of a prequel to content much of the audience may not have seen.
fault - StP - LIGHTKRAVTE
ALICE IN DISSONANCE · May 27, 2022
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fault - StP - LIGHTKRAVTE is the latest entry in the fault series, which has shipped over 500,000 copies worldwide. LIGHTKRAVTE presents its story through the eyes of Khaji Oberg, an ordinary and unremarkable teenaged boy who finds himself reaching for a dream that slips ever further away from him.
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- Fault StP Lightkravte is a visually impressive visual novel with some nice, well-written story elements. Your enjoyment is going to completely depend on your familiarity with the Fault series. While it tries to be welcoming to newcomers, it’s obvious that various story and character elements are calling back to a previous entry in the series, which goes over the head of newcomers. Fault StP Lightkravte isn’t a bad game by any means, but it definitely isn’t going to be the visual novel that gets you into the genre.
- It’s far from perfect, with awkward pacing, an unlikeable protagonist (at first at least), and an overreliance on familiarity with in-universe terminology, but this is more than made up for by an intriguing mystery and a fantastic audiovisual presentation.
- 8.0fault – StP – Lightkravte feels more like a side story that happens before the first two fault games rather than a full-fledged prequel. Revisiting the fault universe just to tell the story of an unremarkable boy who desperately wants to be a painted feels a bit forced, but it’s probably a decent waiting room for those who can’t wait to play the sequel to fault – milestone games coming later this year (or when it's ready).
- Fault – StP – Lightkravte is a new visual novel in the fault universe that can be played without any knowledge of the previous games whatsoever. It feels like a standalone game set in the same world rather than a new game in the main series. While this is probably disappointing to fans of the series, it is still a fun game with a well-written story set in a very interesting world with interesting characters. The pacing felt a bit rushed towards the end, but aside from that, it’s a solid anime-style visual novel.
- 8.5fault – StP – LIGHTKRAVTE is one of the most visually impressive titles I have read in a good while, to a staggering degree. With a technically impressive background score and a solid story, I have been entirely sold on this series and want to read the rest of it very soon. I just need to find the time.
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