Bitter Truth ~Main Story~

High school is a pretty complicated time in a person’s life, although only when you are in it. Hence, it stops being so complicated once you look back later on and realize that it’s not quite as tough and nowhere near as scary as adulthood. Even so, there are many important moments in high school, including your first love.

Bitter Truth ~Main Story~ is an interactive visual novel that revolves around romance and friendship, while allowing you to make certain decisions in order to influence the main character’s choices and general attitude. The story changes depending on the choices you make, which means that you can replay it and see different endings.

The main character is a high school girl by the name of Emilia Teague, and she is the most popular student at her school. Everyone likes her, which makes her life simple and fun. She is also in a relationship with the most popular guy in the school, Callister Grant, so things are definitely looking as good as they can get for Emilia. However, it all starts to change once some new people arrive in town.

Although the plot is not brilliant in any way, it should keep the fans of the genre more than happy, especially since you get to replay the experience multiple times and aim for different results. The dialog is well-written, yet not insightful or deep in any way. It doesn’t need to be, on the other hand, at least as long as you realize that the game is not meant to change the way you think about the world.

Since most of the time you’ll be staring at the screen and reading dialogue, the artwork plays a major role when it comes to atmosphere and general mood. Thankfully, there’s absolutely nothing to complain in this regard, because both the characters and the backgrounds are extremely detailed and well-designed. Granted, you need to be a fan of anime to really enjoy it, but it’s not overly exaggerated either.

In the end, Bitter Truth ~Main Story~ is really onto something here, because it feels very polished and refined. The different endings should be enough to keep you playing for a few hours, since it’s almost a certainty that curiosity will get the best of you.

Note: You can support the developers by participating in the game's Kickstarter project.