I donвЂ™t consider Muv-Luv AlternativeвЂ™s ending to be a satisfying conclusion to the saga, but I did enjoy my overall journey with this visual novel. Still, itвЂ™s pretty positive when the worst criticism you have a of a story is that there should have been more. When Takeru protested that he wasnвЂ™t ready to leave that world yet, I thought it would continue, but instead, he had to go home. Finally getting a glimpse into how the BETA think and trying to convince them that humans are life forms, and learning that the BETA were created by other beingsвЂ¦ I was so excited to see where the story was going with this next!Д«ut instead, it was over. It was dark, it was sad, and the conversation with the BETA superordinate was so creepy and fascinating. With the epilogue, however, itвЂ™s clearly a conclusion, but without actually being done.ДЄnd now to explain WITH spoilers, I loved the stuff in the Original Hive. To explain in a little more detail without any spoilers, if it had ended the way it did, but without the epilogue scene, it would have felt like perfect ending to lead into another sequel.

It wasnвЂ™t perfect, but I thought it was a pretty good conclusionвЂ¦ it just didnвЂ™t feel like it was time yet. I didnвЂ™t mind the ending itself, like some fans do. The ending felt abrupt, not a satisfactory conclusion so much as a story wrapped up before it was really over. I felt some of the action scenes could drag on a little longer than they had to, but I always wanted to see what was coming next.ДЄnd that actually ties into the major thing I disliked about Muv-Luv Alternative: when I finished, I still wanted to see what was coming next. ItвЂ™s not happy, but itвЂ™s realistic, and Muv-Luv Alternative deals with this idea well. And you know, whenever someone claims an alien invasion would make everyone forget their differences and unite, I have to wonder if it would really be like that. ItвЂ™s a grim world where people are still fighting each other even though humanity is on the brink of extinction. Everything that happened when Takeru tried to run away to his world felt like a punch in the stomach after an already traumatic scene.ДЄnother thing Muv-Luv Alternative does well is handle discussions of responsibility, sacrifice, and human nature. While the actual вЂњchompвЂќ scene is the one people reference the most, the aftermath was more distressing to me. There was one point in particular (you can probably guess which) when I had to take a break and told everyone who would listen to me that this visual novel had gotten very dark and upsetting. Muv-Luv Alternative has a reputation for some hard-hitting scenes, and those scenes did hit very hard. In Muv-Luv Extra, Takeru wasnвЂ™t the most likable protagonist in the world, but Unlimited and Alternative really helped him shape up into a character I could root for. That applies to the main character more than anyone. I really grew to like the cast of Muv-Luv, and it was wonderful to watch them grow and change.

Muv-Luv Alternative is intense and exciting. Muv-Luv Alternative is considered by many fans to be one of the greatest visual novels of all time, and I definitely enjoyed my time with it, although it wasnвЂ™t perfect.ДЇirst, letвЂ™s talk about its good points. Over the weekend, I finished Muv-Luv Alternative, a visual novel IвЂ™d been looking forward to ever since playing Muv-Luv Extra and Unlimited last year.

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