Karakara, any good?

[Grandork 15]

So, Karakara was just released and I was thinking of buying it. It's one of those titles that are released both in English and in Japanese (like NekoPara), but the premise really doesn't sound all that great. So, anyone have any idea if it's any good?

[jbeckman 19]

The 18+ content is also sold separately as a DLC via DenpaSoft. - https://denpasoft.com/shop/karakara-18-dlc/ (Retains mosaic though but restores the scenes.)

(Which is usually the case, sometimes even established publishers like say MangaGamer have mosaic in their games as for whatever reason they were not able to acquire the original uncensored images - In general I believe they're simply lost and thus no longer available but there are other reasons such as fearing reverse-importing of the uncensored data back to Japan for example. - and Jast has even declined licensing games due to missing uncensored art although they've also cut out content deemed problematic in some games although these days there's usually a "fan-made" restoration patch available and they do post beforehand if they've altered any content.)

 

Going by VNDB it has a "short" length meaning around 2 - 10 hours and a overall rating of 6/10 but not that many have voted.

https://vndb.org/v18974

 

Seems to be "IndieGoGo" funded project as well.

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/karakara-a-new-visual-novel-by-industry-veterans#/

Edited June 28, 2016 by jbeckman

[pramit 22]

Karakara was pretty decent. I am sure i had some more nauced review, i need to start keeping records of my thoughts for particular vn's. Its worth playing. The art is nice, the music is really good, and its a short story that ends abruptly.

Is it worth buying? Not for me it isn't (then again, i am used to not buying any software)