A classic love story: Meet, marry, grow old. But when your loved one hurts you, what do you do? Is it better to love and be hurt, than never love at all?
Overwhelmingly Positive
2,373 Steam reviews
| LANGUAGE | AUDIO | SUBTITLES | INTERFACE |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Y | Y | Y |
| Chinese (Simplified) | Y | Y | Y |
| French | Y | Y | Y |
| German | Y | Y | Y |
| Japanese | Y | Y | Y |
| Russian | Y | Y | Y |
| Spanish (Spain) | Y | Y | Y |
10/10 story and art style, I'm still crying a bit writing this :,C
运用着温暖治愈清新的手绘美术画风和舒缓又略带伤感的音乐，慢慢地展开着她们相遇相识相知的故事，美好又遗憾。
эта игра - куча слез, по-другому не скажешь. изначально я думала, что история про расставание, но оказалось все куда запущеннее, с тригерами на проблемы со здоровьем и см****. я не была к этому готова и было очень больно. больнее, чем ожидалось. спасибо за стекло. но игра замечательная, как и ожидалось. если это реальная история разработчицы, то я пойду плакать дальше.
a good Visual Novel.
can recommend it.
lots of answer options.
the price of this game is alright.
sesbian lex depressed
death is inevitable but i am gay
I spent a couple hours playing this game and achieving each ending, and my final conclusion is that there's not a single happy ending you can get. It's a depressing game with no payoff. Not a way you can stop things. It almost seems as if it's meant to be just brutal for no reason. As a storywriter myself, I obviously know that death can help push a plot forward and help push a character's personality one way or another. But even if you don't expose your wife, May, to the virus, she gets a brain tumor anyway! And even if you take her to the doctor, she gets treated, and then right after, she gets another brain tumor? You keep being teased with the hope of joy, the hope of living a domesticated lifestyle together, but no matter what options you pick, each choice leads to your wife dying. And if you simply say that your seat is taken at a table and not allow her to sit with you, you live a miserable life of feeling as if you missed something. The game tries to convince you that if you just pick the right options, you and her can live a great life together, but it never happens! You're left unsatisfied. Frustrated that there's no diversity to the endings. Each one just as miserable as the last. It's quite a shame, because the art is absolutely gorgeous. The watercolor-feel of the drawings and the background is amazing. And the way that the expressions have such emotion in them is beautiful to me. The light in the backgrounds, the constant lofi in the background gives an extremely soft feel. But it's just depressing no matter what you do.
Cried, thx
Very beautiful and very sad game, it made me cry. Loved the art it's really pretty.
Это было коротко, красиво и больно. До слез
Spoiler alert!
This game seems to repeat the same issues the previous games had. The art is obviously amazing and the soundtrack fitting. The game has a very dreamlike, calm atmosphere, but it's just too short to explore the themes propely. Considering this game costs money when compared to missed messages, I expected a lot more, like a fleshed out visual novel. I thought it would include the promised themes of growing old with someone, it's not always perfect and there are rough patches but you still make it work. You both change as people and support each other despite everything. How beautiful it is to choose the same person every day despite everything life throws at both of you.
I see there are pieces of themes like memories together, and for the August, fear of being alone, not letting anyone close, and this is really interesting. I thought the game would be about May helping and supporting August, helping her change. But no, instead the game's tension comes from a pandemic, or August's inability to regonise a headache as a tumor. If you manage to avoid these, May dies at the end from old age, August still having her fear of ending up alone as she did decades ago, lets it go when she realises she can manage life alone. Originally I saw that August could respond uncaringly to May, and kind of expected one of the endings being that she ends up alone again when May breaks up with her because of her issues and it becoming a self-fulfilling propechy, but was disappointed to find out this wasn't the case, meeting May cured her. What you find out about May is heavily dependent on your choices, during my first two playthroughs, she didn't seem to have any other issues besides getting sick and dying. There are glimpses to her overworking and talking about her dream of starting a business, but it's never revealed if this happened. They both just do unspesified work, live in the same apartment, and May's personality seemed to be that she likes cats and is a bit stubborn?
As with missed messages, I really wanted to like this game, but this was a disappointment too. Both games have potential, and I just hate to see it wasted. I guess this would have been fine if it was free and had more depth.
A new life dévellopé et édité par Angela He qui est une dessinatrice assez peu connus et pourtant très doué dans son genre nous à permis de découvrir cette histoire qui contrairement à ce que disent beaucoup n'est pas qu'une simple histoire d'amour, il s'agirait plutôt d'un choix. Un choix simple et pourtant essentiel qui va vous permettre de découvrir ce que peux être l'amour, l'amitié peux être même serez vous dans l'obligation car ainsi la voulu la vie de découvrir ce qu'est l'aigreur, la rancoeur ou le desespoir, mais peux être pas. Qui sait qui peux vivre loin de la douleur?
[u][b]Une histoire d'amour déjà vus?[/b][/u]
Je puis me permettre de dire non, car comme je les dit plus haut il ne s'agit pas d'une simple hisdtoire, mais plutôt d'un choix. Un choix simple et qui pourtant transit d'éffroi la majorité des personnes qui se trouvent face à lui. Vous voilà devant une femme, elle à l'air superbe et intelligente. Que demandez de plus? Le courage d'aller lui parler sûrement n'est-ce pas? En prenant votre courage à deux mains vous découvrirez bien vite une chose très simple et infiniment complexe. Une relation amical ou romantique se construit lorsque deux destin se rencontrent, mais surtout et avant tout lorsque l'un des deux protagoniste ose enfin tenter sa chance. Serez vous de ceci?
[u][b]Un gameplay aussi complexe que peux l'être l'âme humaine?[/b][/u]
Heureusement non, il s'agit d'un jeu particulièrement simple à prendre en main, mais encore une fois sous une simplicité apparente se cache beaucoup de chose. Combien d'evenements découlerons d'un simple choix. Un simple clic gauche peut-il vous permettre d'avancer dans ce jeu et créer une histoire douce-amère? Peux être, mais pas si sûr. Réaliser avec vos choix et leurs conséquences qu'absolument tout n'est que ça et qu'il faut apprendre à vivre avec, car c'est tout ce que vous pourrez faire. Pas de super-pouvoir, pas de monstre ni d'armes juste un choix et des sentiments naissant, mais aurons t-il le temps de se concrétiser? Tout finiras t-il par disparaître? Seul vous en déciderez.
Le maitre mot est donc réfléchir (je sais que pour une majorité ça peux s'avérer difficile, mais bon c'est le jeu XD ). Tout est simple dans ce monde, mais rien ne l'est. Appuyez sur un choix va t-il permettre une idylle ou une amitié sincère? Peux être autre chose encore?
[u][b]Quelques heures pour réfléchir, une seconde pour cliquez?[/b][/u]
On en est pas si loin en effet il ne vous faudras que 3 heures pour voir l'intégralité de ce que vous propose ce jeu. Ca peux paraitre court, mais sincèrement pour une telle ambiance, pour une telle expérience ça ne me dérange pas du tout. Quand une histoire est intéressante, rien ne sert de la torturer pour augmenter la durée. Laissons les nous raconter ce qu'elles veulent nous faire imaginer sans artifice et l'histoire n'en seras que plus belle.
[u][b]Des images réalisé à la main?[/b][/u]
Alerte boomer
C'était avant que l'IA ne s'infiltre partout donc oui les dessins viennent d'un véritable cerveau humain et son magnifique. Les quelques défaults ne font que rentre le tout d'autant plus beau que l'on sent l'affinité de l'artiste pour son oeuvre. Qui plus est ce jeu n'est pas criard. Il n'a pas besoin de couleur vive pour nous marquer tout est évasé, tout est en teinte pastel, mais celà ne fait qu'apporter un peu plus de douceur dans un univers où l'on souhaiterais vivre.
[u][b]Une ambiance digne d'une soirée d'hiver sous la pluie, devant une cheminée?[/b][/u]
Je les dits plus haut, mais ce jeu n'est que douceur cependant par moment pour en ressentir de nouveau l'effet il vous faudras vous plonger dans l'aigreur et la nostalgie et c'est ce qu'est ce jeu. Un mélange étonnant, mais d'un calme rare et plaisant. Une douce brise qui certe ne dure pas, mais qui raffraichit agréablement et pile au bon moment.
[u][b]Un petit peu de calme dans ce monde de brute.[/b][/u]
Ce jeu je l'ai acheté il y à très longtemps et je n'y est que très peu joué, mais aujourd'hui encore j'en garde un profond souvenir, oui certain dirons qu'il s'agit d'un univers niais, mais personnellement je considère qu'une telle relation, qu'un tel jeu si il est niais alors il réussi son office, car quelque chose de niais est par essence pure et innocent et il sagit exactement de ce que vous propose ce petit jeu. Il ne révolutionneras pas le monde du jeu vidéo, mais il vous en présenteras l'un des plus beau trait. Une histoire calme et reposante.
Elle est magnifique... comment pourrait-elle s'intéresser à moi? Je ne suis pas grand chose, rien de plus que moi... je ne la mérite sûrement pas après tout je ne fais pas partie du même monde qu'elle... mais d'un autre côté je ne peux connaitre a réponse que si je tente quelque chose.
-Excuse-moi, bonjour, c'est quoi ce que tu écoute?
-De la musique pourquoi?
-Je suis fan de musique aussi. Je peux?
-Bien sûr.
[i]Merci d'avoir lu mon évaluation, bonne journée à vous et surtout n'hésitez pas à vous abonner à notre curateur L'escadron Griffons si vous ne voulez pas rater les prochaines qui arriveront sous peu[/i]
Une petite histoire touchante, chaque petit choix peut changer une vie.
<3
I absolutely love this game. I honestly recommend it with my whole heart.
Before this game I played "missed messages", another game by the same dev. Both games are above and beyond.
("missed messages" is free, so if you want to get this one and you are not sure if you'll like it, you can try that one first.)
And.. as a little warning before you play any of the games I mentioned -
You will cry. Or at least feel tears building up. It's inevitable. You were warned.
- I recommend playing through all endings, since the game itself isn't longer than ten minutes (considering you only do one ending) and playing it to 100% takes like half an hour... Maybe 40 minutes at best.
I'd like to list pros and cons like I usually do in reviews... but I genuinely have nothing negative to say about this game. It's simply... amazing.
(Yes, I received this as a gift, but I would've bought it myself if I didn't. I mean come on. 2 euros is not that much. And I promise you... it's worth every penny)
I am not the target audience for this game but it was still a very bittersweet love story. Fantastic art.
[b] “当你的爱人伤害了你，你会怎么做？” [/b]看到简介的这句话时心里咯噔了一下，还以为又是什么狗血劈腿剧情啥的。结果是爱的人因病去世了，这怎么能叫伤害呢？
[b] “相遇，结婚，以及与爱的人一起慢慢变老。” [/b]这看似很简单的事情实际上在现实中很少人能做到，像游戏展示的那样，开头如果错过了她，后续的人生感情便一地狼藉，想遇到对的人简直是种奢望。
如果我遇到对的人，我不会后悔，即使最后需要看着她先我一步离开，也不会有任何怨言。毕竟她完整了我的人生，展示了爱的存在，很简单，很强烈，很难忘。
不过我还没遇到这样的人，这就是为什么这款游戏这么让我痴迷的原因吧。
Hermoso, pero la primera vez que lo jugué...me saqué el final más malo. 😞
The writing of the game is very realistic. It finds heart in matters like choosing what to eat for dinner or how to deal with a demanding workday rather than depending on big cinematic gestures. The gentle color scheme and hand-drawn style produce a cozy, "lo-fi" vibe that goes well with the home concept. The choices made here result in genuinely distinct endings, in contrast to many visual novels where options feel shallow. This illustrates how little words may change a person's life's course. Because each playthrough only takes about 30 to 60 minutes, it's the ideal "one-sitting" game for a wet afternoon.
You won't find the physics, riddles, or action you're searching for here. It is purely a point-and-click narrative or visual novel. Some players may find the tempo a little unsettling or believe they missed "how" the characters got from point A to point B because the tale bounces through time. Even if it is lovely, it can be emotionally draining. If you're hoping for humorous escape, it may be a bit much because it deals with themes of regret and sadness.
i remember loving this game when i played it. i want to replay all the angela he games on here! beautiful art and music, i love a short n sweet story
НЕЕЕЕЕЕЕЕЕЕЕЕЕЕЕЕЕЕЕЕЕЕЕЕЕЕЕЕЕЕЕЕЕТ ЗАШТО
may my beloved
[i]a new life.[/i] is an interactive fiction style of game, where the dialogue options you choose drive the story. I got this after playing another game by this developer, [i]missed messages.[/i], because of how much I liked it.
The art and sound design is beautifully done. I think those two aesthetic elements really help set the mood in relation to the main story.
The story itself is really nice. It's grounded and has a very relatable feeling to it. However, the game itself felt short? Despite the playtime actually being longer than [i]missed messages.[/i], I feel like that game did a way better job of showing the characters and making them feel more well rounded. I understand that this game is meant to have time jumps, but I just think that more screen time with the characters or more in-depth interactions could've really benefitted this game.
Невероятно красивая, неспешная история о жизни двух девушек.
Стекло есть, но оно аккуратно вложено в сюжет.
Highly emotional game, but good one, with beautiful art and soft songs
Bellisimas las ilustraciones sobretodo las del DLC, la historia es corta pero es un 10/10 y todos los finales son interesantes
This game was my salvation in 2022. My sister and I played it together and were happy. Thank you!
очень трогательная и нежная история, советую, если хочется чего-то легкого, но над чем после можно долго поразмышлять хихи
ставлю 11 моих пролитых слез из 10
alguem fala pra may parar de morrer, imploro
百合，好
小短篇，充满藏色的画面配上bgm和音效真的是艺术品
想起了以前喜欢画画的日子
A very short, very beautiful, very tearful story.
[h1]爱，死亡，和女同性恋[/h1]
此故事又名《我和我体弱多病的女朋友》，[spoiler]躲过了疫情，提前做手术切了肿瘤，结果最后还是没逃过心脏病。[/spoiler]
美术非常优秀，非常细腻的笔触，玩的时候一直在截图。
体量不算大，一个半小时可以全成就，不过有些碎片化的对话我没有全看完。
剧情虽然有点戏剧化但是总体来说还是比较温馨的。
[b][i]
我会倾听着你永不消褪的的心跳声
让我的心带着我们两个人之间的爱继续跳动
在最后的最后
把我们之间剩下的空白篇章用爱写满[/i][/b]
oh, angela he, how i love ur art
Grief. One of the strongest emotions that exists.
To see someone we love slowly fade away.
It is important to support each other on this journey through life,
to Enjoy life to the fullest,
no matter how much time we have left.
Grief becomes a part of us because love is a part of us.
One is impossible without the other.
No matter where you are,
what you lost,
what you are going through,
You are not alone.
its like missed messages but more content and more crying
Mi juego favorito de Angela He. Me destrozó el corazón una y otra vez, y le dejaría seguir haciéndolo infinitas veces. Always on my mind...
Игра A New Life вызвала как положительные эмоции, так и отрицательные. Учитывая, что это ещë основано на реальных событиях, то становится ещё грустнее это принимать.
Музыка приятная. Подобрана под каждый момент идеально. Через музыку и текст очень глубоко передаются чувства персонажей.
У персонажей такая милая химия между друг другом. ☺️
Рисовка приятная, уютная и милая. ❤️
Если вы эмпат, или умеете глубоко погружаться в такие новеллы или вы хотите погрустить и в тоже время быть умиротворённым.. То эта игрушка для вас. )
when will we ever be happy
Wow... I mean... Wow...
A video game made me cry, you heard it here folks. After playing this game it taught me some extreme values I somehow never would've gotten from anyone.
I don't know how broooooo im FRIED.
i wish they couldve had a happy ending. i really did. i was too scared to get the other endings because i wanted to keep my data. i love them too much to throw that away. that is how MUCH this game has done to me in a little over an hour dude!!!
im a big fan of yuri/gl, all of that, so im all for this.
play this if you need an excuse to see a therapist and HEAL.
💮
i cried. doomed yuri.
Man....
[h3]What is this normal conversations bs?[/h3]
I don't read to experience people talking like how they do in real life I read to escape the monotonous reality.
"What are your hobbies?"
"What music do you like?"
"Why was the moon landing faked?"
These are all questions you ask people in real life that lead nowhere because that's the point. You don't care what they have to say you just want to humor them long enough to find the nearest exit.
Where's the action? Where's the blood? The tension? The unfulfilled expectations?
A New Life? How about
It took me around 20 minutes to reach the ending of this game. Choices do matter since there are multiple endings. I adored the love story between August and May because they care about each other so much, but the ending I got was sad and I was hoping August would have eventually found happiness after May but the game ended so I didn't quite like that. The art work and music was very fitting for the type of game this is. The game is free so other than the endings I have no complaints.
came for the art, stayed for the art, left with a heart split in 17 seperate pieces. 10/10
A short, but very sweet and heart-wrenching game. It takes literally an hour to complete, but that hour is wonderful. Pleasant and gentle music, beautiful art, and a simple yet captivating story that will make you cry at times and think about something else entirely.
It even seems to me that this visual novel should be perceived not as a visual novel in the classical sense, but as a kind of art, creativity.
I recommend almost everyone try it. And if you like this one, you should check out the author's other games too
Nothing short of a masterpiece. Tears in my eyes and lesbian angst throughout every step of this heartwrenching and heartwarming visual novel. Not a moment wasted. Not a line of dialogue unnecessary. It came, it saw, it conquered my heart.
Beautiful art style, the music is so good. But girl! couldn't you give us a happy ending :( . I'm tearing up writing this.
why
мило, трогательно [spoiler] мей пожалуйста не умирай я плачу((( [/spoiler]
Angela He's games always bring out the strongest emotions in me, and even tho now im on antidepressant i am still sobbing my eyes out. may and august mean THE WORLD 2 me, and its so nice to be able to experience a different story to missed messages with them, while still being the same people. i love them so much theyre EVERYTHING TO ME I WILL FIGHT YOU
also very grateful to have recieved this game as a late xmas gift from one of my friends, ily <3
ランダムに勧められて偶然手に取った作品でしたが、大変素晴らしい内容でした。
雰囲気に合った綺麗なイラストと優しい音楽で世界観に没入出来ます。
どの分岐もハッピーエンド…とはいかないストーリーでしたが、前を向いて立ち止まらず歩いていく大切さを教えてくれる内容でした。ただ、その代償で周回する都度心に刺さるものが…
優しいハッピーエンドに慣れきった百合好きには心のダメージが大きいですが、それでもオススメ出来る作品です。
It is a beautiful artstyle combined with some great lo-fi beats. Playing this now fit really well, like few years ago playing missed messages. I hope you make more of these novels, I hate how they make me cry.
brought me to tears so many times, 10/10
So peak, wish they didnt die tho..
the first scenario i did was harsh ! i didn't expected that 😭 but the story is beautiful and the artwork too !
又到了我们最喜欢的女同性恋亡妻小故事环节。
playing this game is like eating really sweet rotten apples that makes you want to cry but like you cant stop eating it #doomedyuri #icrode
I BUST AND CRIED AND I AM SO SAD I LOVE THIS GAME
a new life. is an emotional visual novel about love, loss, and what it means to grieve. This is a beautiful game with lovely, watercolor-style art and a soft, gentle soundtrack. The characters are well-developed in the short time we spend with them, and the different endings all make sense for them. While there is no one "good" ending, each have a lot to say about the challenges of relationships. The bittersweet tone of this game works well to deliver its ultimate message. Though a short game, it effectively asks whether it is worth it to be known, and I love the ways it explores the answers to that. This is a gorgeous little game with a memorable story and perfect atmosphere, and I'd recommend it to all fans of emotional visual novels.
Eine Wirklich süße Lesbische Visual Novel :3
Made me bawl my eyes out on multiple occasions 10/10
игра о том, как важно ценить время. не только свое, но и ближних.
безумно люблю обе новеллы от автора.
проходила их несколько лет назад и осталась под сильным впечатлением. только сегодня дошли руки перепройти заново, получив все концовки для закрытия гештальта.
те, кто любят вайбовые новеллы с мега уютной атмосферой, смело покупайте и проходите, но, пожалуйста, готовьтесь к trigger warning.
надеюсь, чудесный автор добавит еще концовок, но без сильной драмы. :(
10 мао и путешествий по азии из 10.
Doomed Yuri, FTW.
Abolsutely loved this short game with amazing visuals and music. I wish it was longer, way longer, NGL. I need more. But overall, I loved this game and would recommend it to anyone who wants to try VN style games with multiple emotional endings.
百合催泪弹，除了虐和短没有别的毛病。不是你制造悲剧怎么就逮着梅一个人的命薅，谁哭了，我哭了。
Sublime. Actually taught me what I like and don't like about VN as a genre.
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I don’t usually write reviews, but this game left such an impact that I had to.
A beautiful, emotional, and heartbreaking story. I truly love this game + the art work is gorgeous and fits the game perfectly ♡ It also brought me to tears and the game shows how important it is to appreciate your loved ones while they are still here, and how valuable health really is.
Short but really good! It has a wonderful art style and the story is very sweet but tragic. My doomed yuri......
Это очаровательный и милый проект, который всё же стоит пройти каждому. Наткнулась я на неё чисто случайно, смотря что можно купить на небольшую мелочь в своей кошельке и как только увидела её, то сразу купила. И ни о чем не пожалела. Проходила её вместе со своей девушкой и так сильно её тронула эта история, что в конце она расплакалась (на концовке со старостью). Да, где-то русский перевод корявый, но основной смысл понятен и не так критичен (в случае чего можно пройти на английском). Пройти эту новеллу можно спокойно за час и чуть больше на выбивание остальных концовок. Визуальный стиль очень милый и смотря на него, создаётся приятное ощущение словно наших главных героинь нарисовали карандашами по бумаге и с каждым разом они становятся всё более детализирование и ярче.
На последок хочется сказать, что порой миру не хватает таких милых и самобытных проектов как этот и надеюсь что когда-нибудь от этого же автора мы увидим новую историю. И надеюсь что новый проект, сможет затронуть чьи-то сердца также сильно, как наши. Всем добра ♪(´▽｀)
это было очень красиво, но сердечко теперь болит....
pretty 80 mins
L'histoire est tellement touchante </3
Mimi, j'ai pas fait toutes les fins dispo... Un peu triste mais très jolies dessins.
Очень трогательная и простая история. Повествование тоже достаточно простое, но именно это и позволяет самим подумать над мыслями, возникающим при прохождении. Нам не тычут смыслом под нос, мы по ходу игры чувствуем всё вместе с персонажами самостоятельно. Осталось лёгкое чувство волнения и ощущение пустоты (в лучшем из пониманий, никакого негатива), цепляет нежностью!
朋友n年前送的到现在才从库里翻出来玩，画风没得说实在漂亮，只是流程挺短的，结局也都是各种刀，两位女主在一起后各种大病都找上门来了的剧情总让我觉得一开始就拒绝对方坐下的结局才是最好的，只要二人一点交集都没有就不会有后续各种分离的事了(问就是本人十分玻璃心见不得一点碎玻璃渣只吃得下百分百纯甜饼)
[strike] 疑似医院暗广 [/strike]
My friend told me this game would take less than an hour, and it would, had I not used it for japanese study material, it took 5.7 hours to finish the game and I was crying the whole time. I need more tissues, 10/10
A short and beautiful story about love, loss, and letting go. The art style is gorgeous, the music is cute and fits the game perfectly. The story was beautifully written and the ending brought me to tears. Would absolutely recommend.
这是一部简单小巧的作品，达成全成就也十分迅速。
画风纯净怡然，只用几笔就勾勒出女性爱情的柔美与细腻。
尽管所有结局最终都走向死亡，但这正如现实中的人生，总带着缺憾与不圆满。
游戏没有完整的语言配音，只有女主轻轻的呢喃与哼声，自成一种独特的风格。
背景音乐自然流淌，与整体氛围相得益彰。
Muito fofo. Outro trabalho incrível da Angela
百合作品で短めなのでサクッと出来ます
ハッピーエンドではないけれど考えさせられる感じのゲームでした
イラストや色明るくて癒されました！
Honestly wasn't too sure what to expect going into this game, but a good story about love and loss wasn't what I was thinking of. I love it though, it's so well written and everything feels organic. I recommend this one.
Very good VN. Love the art.
tão lindo quanto Missed Messages, e igualmente triste, podia passar horas jogando as mesmas histórias só pela vibe linda das artes e da trilha sonora
lesbians never die (please)
8/10
fofinho e triste
Jeu cours mais vraiment incroyable pour le coup. Si vous avez 3 euros à dépenser vous ne le regretterez pas du tout. Les graphismes sont incroyables le design aussi. Franchement je suis satisfaite
Lovely, cute, recommended
I played this after playing Missed Messages, and it was another emotional heartfelt game. The artwork is gorgeous as well!
This game is absolutely gorgeous!
I love the art style, it's stunning, it is a little short and took me less then an hour to finish (and get all the endings) but I enjoyed it very much and each ending brought me to tears, I really recommend playing it, this game is a 12/10!!!
Wow. Okay. What a traumatic little game. It feels like reading a romantic-dramatic manga where you’re constantly trying not to say or do the wrong thing.
It’s a short story-book type of game but with a roller-coaster of emotions packed into it.
At some point, I actually thought, “What an interesting way to talk about public health control and protection measures during a pandemic, and about healthy life choices in general.” It weaves that in naturally, without breaking the story flow.
That said, it may trigger some feelings after a recent loss, and for those who are highly empathetic, it might feel a bit heavy or even depressing to play some parts.
Overall, it’s a touching, bittersweet experience that leaves you thinking afterward. Maybe not something to enjoy exactly, but something that makes you feel various emotions.
One thing i didnt quite like was the sound effect used for the speach bubbles. But the drawings are beautiful.
Прекрасная история о любви двух прелестных, молодых девиц, их happy end зависит только от вас и от вашего выбора. На вечерок под чаёк самое то. Рекомендую
Мне так понравилась эта новелла. Сама графика нежная и красивая. История очень интересная. Достаточно много концовок
It is a gentle, sweet, yet also sad game. The title says itself: it's about a new life. The person that would change everything, and also the one who continues to suffer from the "change". The whole story is highly dependent on your choices during those key moments in August and May's lives, and thus the whole game is highly repetitive: you must watch those same dialogues again and again until you get to the key moment. It can be a disadvantage regarding how short the whole game is itself, but for me I would say it's not that big of a deal. I mean, if you really want excitement you wouldn't be here looking at this game.
[i]a new life.[/i] is such a nice name for a game about [spoiler] life and death, and how we tried to renew our lives just to get that perfect ending. The virus, a very classic warning sign of danger and death, is of course the reason of May's death, the trigger of all the bad endings, the only issue we need to tackle here - right? It should be all so simple, get prepared for quarantine, go to your doctors, take care of yourself... yet even after all these, May would still be gone due to a brain tumor. Even if we let her check the tumor since we've re-lived this life multiple times, she would still have a second one waiting for her after a decade of happiness. It seems like our attempts of saving her is all useless.
And this is the reason why I was so touched by this game. Not only because of its nice arts and music, but also how it views life and death. We see reincarnation in all kinds of Anime (esp a certain Yuri one im looking at u madoka magica), no matter as a super power or a curse or merely a way of storytelling. Living the same life again and again helps protagonists gather information and learn to survive, even at a high risk of dying and suffering multiple times. Reincarnation as a trope seeks "living" as its ultimate purpose, yet here we see reincarnation leads only to "death". It is almost like a final curse, May is destined to die of a certain disease, and August is destined to see her lover pass away. Then what's the meaning of all these choices? Why do we make all these choices trying to save her?
Just like how death is destined, so are love and happiness. May and August are destined to be together, the endings that they didn't get together all seems boring and lack of any enthusiasm. The fact that there are two endings you need to delete the game file to achieve shows their bonding is not that easy to break. The time they spend together is true, and the happiness they created is no less than a miracle in this nonstop reincarnation. The dialogues may be repetitive, but they are what August cherish the most.
Yes. This whole "reincarnation" is actually a replay of their life, the only one life they have as a human being, and the only one life that they chose to share with each other. Grievance turns us into a broken record player, repeating those same old lyrics nonstop, even if we already know when the song's gonna end, and how it's gonna end. August was saved by May, again, through May's journal and all the memories they've created when she was alive. The broken record player thus understand that, it's time to stop. The old song doesn't want to be played anymore, it wants the record player to take care of itself. Try some new songs, drop a new needle. There won't be reincarnation in real lives, only issues that can't be solved by "starting over". The fantasies might seem sweet and empowering, yet it would gradually turn into self-punishment. The regret of "why didn't I" would never go away.
In the (I think) true ending, August was able to give herself a closure. It's not abandoning her past, but looking forward to the future. She can still take care of Mao, do what she still want and like to do, and fulfill May's last wish: live a new life. [/spoiler]
Short, cute and wholesome. I played it while my GF watch. Had no Idea I will be the crying ♥♥♥♥♥ this time XD
11/10 IGN Will cry again
this game is so beautiful and i love how human they made me feel
the music ... the artwork .... angela he's work deserves to be displayed in a museum for sapphics
i cried so hard while completing the achievement "Closure"
the story itself is more like slice of life, but angela narrates it so well its impressive
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играть в это и приятно и больно. но еще больнее осознавать что в твоей жизни такого никогда не будет
A New Life is a charming, thoughtful and emotionally engaging visual novel. You play as a young girl who grows into an old woman, falls in love and deals with living through a pandemic, sickness, grief and loss. The watercolour art glows, the music is gentle and beautiful and matches the mood of the story perfectly. The font is also large and easy to read, which is great for anyone with poor vision. All of the endings are beautifully written whether you picked the happy or sad endings. The characters are interesting, lovely, flawed and human. Plus you can choose to play at different parts of the story once you finished playing the game, which I liked.
[b] Думала, симулятор любви. Оказалось - симулятор экзистенциального кризиса [/b]
