Along the Edge
Along the Edge is a visual novel set in the European countryside, where your choices impact the main character’s personality and appearance.
Story
Daphné is at a dead-end. She’s unsatisfied by her personal and professional life. So, when she inherits an old family house in a remote part of the country, she jumps at the opportunity to start anew.
Does she decide to embrace her legacy or does she hang on to her old way of life?
Features
- An adult and slightly occult universe painted with the vibrant colors of the European countryside.
- Each of your choices impact the main character personality, mood and appearance.
- A huge amount of content, enough to fill a two years compendium of a comic-book series:
— Over 450 hand-made full-screen illustrations and 20 characters with over 400 different variants and attitudes (including 38 possible appearance evolutions of the main character, Daphné),
— 80.000 words in English and in French (which would translate into a 400 pages novel).
- 60 different endings, 28 achievements to unlock. Throughout the story, your choices will impact:
— how the plot ends (6 possibilities),
— the destiny of the main character (4 possibilities),
— the romantic relationships of the main character (3 possibilities),
— several smaller plot points (such as the life or death of some supporting characters).
Game Discussion
Steam User 40
Along is a simple Choose your own adventure style game in the style of a typical visual novel. Played two rounds of the game, on a M1 MB Air
Pros:
* Some colorful, beautifully done artwork
* Ten Memorable characters
* Interesting plot twists
* Cool Legends, World and Fantastical Beings as well as lore
* Very different personalities warrant very different looks that have a stark contrast to one another:
(Short White hair, jet black hair, etc. complete with difference in outfits)
* Your character has the best looking appearance in the game
* So many achievements to hunt and replay what if's
* Runs good, no bugs
Cons
* On m&k, you will tend to see the triangle button prompt instead of space bar despite no controller
* Character Plot armor
Steam User 41
well, actually it is pretty great. You can use joystick to play. The graphic is splendid. 7.5/10
Steam User 20
A brilliant and very engaging interactive story with multiple branches where you can steer the plot in very different ways. Daphne', the main character, will change both aesthetically and in her behaviour due to your choices. Romance is a bit too simplified and not on par with the best otome around, but overall this game is worth your time both for the story and the artwork.
Steam User 12
Another banger from Novabox. Beautiful art. A clever story. Music is subjective so i'll just say its well thought out. If you have enjoyed other Novabox games, or just like a more serious and thought provoking story in your visual novels, i feel like you wont be disappointed.
Steam User 9
Wish we got more VNs like this. Serious themes, good story and characters. The artwork is beautiful, and the soundtrack is solid. It's fairly short, but there is a good bit of replay value due to the branching choices you make over the course of the game. I had no performance issues.
Steam User 7
I feel a bit sorry for the developers behind this game, as it seems to be getting some pretty harsh reviews.
As a visual novel, it has its own charm. I went in with low expectations and was pleasantly surprised to find it better than I had expected. The writing could be more engaging and the pacing of events could be improved, but overall, I still found it enjoyable.
Your choices do matter, even if it’s not always clear how. It took me a couple of playthroughs to figure out how different decisions shape the story. You’re not just uncovering what’s happening... you’re also shaping it as you go. Choices like “I know” or “I didn’t know” feel less about lying and more about building the background of the story.
I also liked how short it is, as it makes it easy to replay and try out different paths and endings. I highly recommend it for the price I paid :)
Steam User 5
Pretty fun visual novel with quite a few different endings.
I got this game when it was on a discount - 100% off, which honestly, I feel pretty lucky for. Since I'm new into gaming, I was interested in experiencing a good choice-driven visual novel, which is when I found this witchy experience.
All in all, I did enjoy the game: the art was pretty, the choices reasonable. Each run has a good length - 6 chapters and an epilogue (my 6 hours are a little more than 3 runs - the 2nd and 3rd I mostly skimmed through the text I knew from before). I would mark it a win that it kept me engaged for so long and I have not even gotten all of the endings yet.
Been having fun with it. :)