Euphoria is a title rather confused about itself, about what it wants to be. At first it presents itself as something of a psychological horror VN tinged with rape/violence fetishism but midway it evolves into a mystery title, and then into an action-packed love story. The end result, while entertaining and even gripping at times, crumbles a little bit upon replay or closer examination because it tosses away a few plots threads during the journey.
Pros:
- Main characters Nemu and Kanae are interesting and much more than they initially appear and boast very good performance by Ringo Aoba and Himari respectively.
- Really tense moments and surprising twists.
- H scenes are really well-made for the fans of darker content.
Cons:
- Amount of twists is a bit excessive, resulting in a couple plot holes and simply forgotten themes.
- The routes of the secondary characters (except Rinne's) are unnecessary and serve as appetizers at best. Rika's is especially worthless and could have been cut outright.
- Inconsistent protagonist whose personality is whatever the plot dictates to be.
It's still definitely worth playing if you like darker sexual content but if you understand Japanese you'd be better served with something like Gore Screaming Show instead.
Pros:
- Main characters Nemu and Kanae are interesting and much more than they initially appear and boast very good performance by Ringo Aoba and Himari respectively.
- Really tense moments and surprising twists.
- H scenes are really well-made for the fans of darker content.
Cons:
- Amount of twists is a bit excessive, resulting in a couple plot holes and simply forgotten themes.
- The routes of the secondary characters (except Rinne's) are unnecessary and serve as appetizers at best. Rika's is especially worthless and could have been cut outright.
- Inconsistent protagonist whose personality is whatever the plot dictates to be.
It's still definitely worth playing if you like darker sexual content but if you understand Japanese you'd be better served with something like Gore Screaming Show instead.