The House in Fata Morgana2012

I heard about this game (it's a visual NOVEL, you almost only read) I heard at the end of last year because I saw extremely many edits of the novel. At some point I informed myself a bit about Fata Morgana and bought it with the Spin OFF. Fata Morgana is simply about waking up as a ghost with amnesia in an abandoned villa. Without memories, a maid (it is not better) welcomes you. This then leads you through different epochs which shows us the stories of the former inhabitants of the house. To get rid of negatives first: The game was developed by an extremely small studio with little budget. This is especially noticeable in the fairly shitty backgrounds and lack of facial expressions in the characters in the still pictures. Besides, what did not bother me now, there is no synchro in general and no German text, you can only choose between English and Japanese, and the English in Fata Morgana is not very accessible. You also have to say that the pacing of the story is not exactly good, almost the first half of the almost 35-hour novel is only setup for the second half. As already mentioned you almost only read, it is straight up an e-book with pictures and music, that only gameplay you have every few hours times a decision which then lead to different endings. Unlocking the true ending is not easy at all. Now we come to the overwhelmingly positive things. First the soundtrack of this game is so incredibly sick well, I can hardly believe it. I have never heard such an atmospheric soundtrack and it contributes so much to the novel. The House in Fata Morgana is probably the best fictional story I have ever consumed. The story is slowly building, but the pay off is all the better. I don’t want to spoil anything, but the story of The House in Fata Morgana is perfect from front to back. The best part of the story is the characters. I really don't know of any work that has such incredibly complex and profound characters as this one. Really every character is so incredibly well written that I can hardly put it into words. A character in the novel Jacopo Bearzatti is 100% the best written fictional character of all time. I don’t know of any character who is so profound and has such a blatant character development. Almost every character is at this level. A total of 4 characters I would have in my top 10 best written characters I have seen so far. The characters are by far the best in the novel and the best I have seen in fiction so far. In addition, Fata Morgana has one of the best dialogues and monologues I have ever seen. What I also admire is that Fata Morgana is not afraid to address crass taboo and trigger issues. This is why the novel is definitely not for everyone especially because it addresses so many very violent topics. The writing style is definitely not for everyone. This reminds strongly of classical literature of a Dostoevsky or Goethe. But I believe that it comes closest to the writing style of Shakespeare’s pieces like a Hamlet or Othello. This writing style is very complex especially in terms of the morale of the characters and therefore not for everyone. Although there are definitely negative points about The House in Fata Morgana, it is still one of the best fictional works I have consumed. By the way, Fata Morgana brought me to classical literature. .

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