Dream Savior Gakuen ~ ReDraw

Having the possibility to make choices in video games is not something new, but the practice has been refined a lot in the last few years. In fact, some games actually have the world around you change depending on what you decide to do, although that is obviously much harder to achieve. Even small indie productions include flexible stories nowadays, and it’s actually a requirement in many genres.

Dream Savior Gakuen ~ ReDraw is a visual novel that puts you in the role of a freshman attending an elite art college, who must also find new friends and maybe get into a romantic relationship along the way. The most engaging thing about the game, however, is the fact that you can pick multiple routes throughout the story and reach eleven different endings based on your choices.

As mentioned before, the whole thing starts with the main character arriving at his new college, where he plans on becoming a prestigious artist. Naturally, it’s not enough to do well in classes, because it’s also important to make a few acquaintances while you are there. In fact, your friends are what make college great most of the time, especially since in Dream Savior Gakuen ~ ReDraw you can also pursue some of them in a romantic manner.

Since there are many choices that affect your progress, you can reach eleven different endings, each one of which is worth a look. It’s not difficult to go through the game again either, thanks to the fact that you can save at any point and quickly go back to make different choices. Naturally, you can also pick different romantic partners and see how they turn out to be in the end.

As for the visual side of things, graphics are obviously important in a visual novel, because there is not much else to do other than look at the screen while most of the action unfolds through dialog. The characters are definitely impressive in Dream Savior Gakuen ~ ReDraw, but the backgrounds are a bit too flat sometimes, most likely because the shadows are not that well-made, so there’s no real sense of depth.

When it’s all said and done, Dream Savior Gakuen ~ ReDraw is not as complex as other visual novels, but it features enough variety to warrant multiple playthroughs. Hence, you can easily go through it three or four times without getting bored in the process.