The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns

The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns

Ebi-Hime · 2016

A soft, distinctive visual identity

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The WhatsNext verdict

If you enjoy short yuri kinetic novels with atmospheric piano, melancholy romance, and carefully illustrated characters, this is a worthwhile fit. Play it for the visual mood and music, not for branching choices or unusually ambitious writing.

What it does best

  • A soft, distinctive visual identity

  • Piano music that carries the melancholy

What might put you off

  • A completely linear kinetic novel

  • Uneven, sometimes banal writing

The setup

What you are walking into

A free game created by Ebi-Hime, author of Asphyxia, The Way We ALL GO, and Strawberry Vinegar. TSSofEB is a free yuri (girls' love) game created for a game jam. As the saying goes, dead men tell no tales. They only leave tales behind.

Where it lives

LinuxPC (Microsoft Windows)Mac

Genre

AdventureIndieVisual Novel

Vibe

HistoricalRomance
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