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Shining Song Starnova is a visual novel game
developed by Love in Space
and published by Sekai Project.
Released on September 13th 2018 is available in English on Windows, MacOS and Linux.
It has received 333 reviews of which 315 were positive and 18 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.7 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 28.99€ on Steam.
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Windows
- OS *: Windows XP
- Processor: 1 GHz Intel or AMD Processor
- Memory: 1024 MB RAM
- Graphics: OpenGL or DirectX Compatible Graphics Card
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Storage: 3 GB available space
MacOS
- OS: Mac OS X 10.6 or later
- Processor: Core 2 Duo or newer
- Memory: 1024 MB RAM
- Graphics: Any OpenGL graphics card capable of running Mac OS X 10.6 or later
- Storage: 3 GB available space
Linux
- OS: Linux Kernal 3.2
- Processor: i3+
- Memory: 1024 MB RAM
- Graphics: GTX 460+ HD5700+
- Storage: 3 GB available space
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Shining Song Starnova is, overall, a really well put game. It has a great Visual Novel experience, nice art and the stories of the girls are amazing! A FAVOURITE for sure!
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Amazing writing, lots of content, Mariya's Route made me cry, a lot. 10/10 would love a dlc for more content.
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havent even got to the H-Scenes yet, but i honestly love the development through the first couple chapters. pretty nice to have a nice story before everything turns to sex.
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Cute and sexy. Starnova is an engaging visual novel with an interesting perspective into the Japanese idol industry. It also has a spinoff business tycoon game that lets you manage your own idol agency.
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Why some idol producers get to be so lucky? Introduction Shining Song Starnova is a VN developed by Love in Space, and is the story of a group of idols, but it's not your typical garden variety idol story. This aspires to be a more mature, realistic version of a idol story. Did they achieve their goal? Let's find out. Worldbuilding Not much to say about worldbuilding. The game is set on Japan, and it doesn't have any supernatural, fantasy or science-fiction elements into it. It's as similar to the real world as it can be, so, it's very hard to break established rules, because the setting is consistent with how real world rules work. The plot The story is about a group of idols and their producer, about their ups and downs, the good, the bad and the ugly of the idol business. This is the weakest element of the game, because there are plot conveniences and contrivances, especially during Nemu's and Mariya's chapters, but, in the latter case, they aren't that important, because none of the big payoffs of the chapter relies on these conveniences and contrivances. In Mariya's chapter, though, the big payoff of her chapter relies on a contrivance, in this case, a character important to the storyline appearing at the right moment, with no foreshadowing whatsoever. That's certainly a way to damage, or even destroy any investment. The characters Just like the plot is the weakest element of the game, the characters are its strongest element. Each character is properly characterized, whether through their dialogue or their actions, each one has a set of goals, traits, flaws, fears and motivations, and their flaws are actual obstacles to their development. They pay the price for their mistakes (sometimes heavily), they learn, grow, and change for the better. Their arcs are well written and lead to satisying payoffs, with some exceptions (see the plot section of this review). I'm actually impressed how the writers nailed the character writing for this game, and it made me take notes to improve my own character writing. But I need to say it: the narration during H scenes is the most cringy I've ever seen on a VN so far. Gameplay Initially, I didn't want to assess gameplay, because it's the same way other VNs operate, but there is something I wanted to mention, and that is, in this game, routes can be failed. It's not like the typical romance VN when, once the player enters a route, it's smooth-saling from there. In this game, if the player makes the wrong choice(s), the game will present them with a bad ending for the route. Lastily, if you want to play Sasami's route, then you're in for the long haul, because you need to complete the other six routes, with their good endings, of course. Bad endings don't count. Presentation The art direction for this game is very detailed and well done overall, especially in the background CGs. Character design is an interesting mix between current anime and 60s and 70s anime, but I'd appreciate more detail in the event CGs. The voice acting is up to par with what's standard for Japanese voice acting, but, in non-critical plot points, the voice acting is similar to when main characters are talking to NPCs during side quests in some JRPGs, like Tales of Arise, for example. The music fits the setting and the context nicely, but it can be a bit overdone (the orchestral arrangement of Quasar's theme, Gravitation, wouldn't be out of place on a fantasy setting like Lord of the Rings). Technically, the game has some artifacts in transitions, there is a bit of flickering here and there, and sometimes the game blacks out momentarily when some elements of the Windows 11 overlay, like volume indicator, appears onscreen. I think the version of Ren'Py this game uses has some minor compatibility issues with Windows 11, or it could be just sloppy programming. Lastly, there are H scenes in this game, animated and fully uncensored (provided you have the DLC). In conclusion: Pros: -Impressive character writing. -Good presentation overall. -More grounded and mature idol story. -Uncensored H scenes. Cons: -Plot issues damaged some payoffs. -Some minor visual bugs and glitches. All in all, this game accomplishes what it wanted to do: to tell a more grounded and mature version of an idol story. The characters are the highlight of the game, and carried the weight of the story on their shoulders, but some plot issues damaged some big payoffs, and it's a shame, because Mariya's chapter is one of the best, along Aki's and Sasami's. If the writers paid more attention to the plot, I'd have put this in the same level as other great VNs, like Atri or Steins;Gate. But, as it is, this is still a very good VN which I can recommend to anybody who is a VN enthusiast.
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Shining Song Starnova is currently priced at 28.99€ on Steam.
Shining Song Starnova is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 28.99€ on Steam.
Shining Song Starnova received 315 positive votes out of a total of 333 achieving a rating of 8.68.
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Shining Song Starnova was developed by Love in Space and published by Sekai Project.
Shining Song Starnova is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Shining Song Starnova is playable and fully supported on MacOS.
Shining Song Starnova is playable and fully supported on Linux.
Shining Song Starnova is a single-player game.
There are 4 DLCs available for Shining Song Starnova. Explore additional content available for Shining Song Starnova on Steam.
Shining Song Starnova does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Shining Song Starnova does not support Steam Remote Play.
Shining Song Starnova is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Developer
Love in Space
Publisher
Sekai Project
Release
13 Sep 2018
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