Enter the Maid: let's talk about The House in Fata Morgana

Fatamoru was a bit of a mixed bag for me. Much of the experience was carried by the gorgeous, dream-like soundtrack that's become a staple of my playlists, but the overall execution had some pitfalls that took me out of it. The writing tended to be very unsubtle; the scenes where the characters are being tortured just go on for way too long and end up losing whatever effect they might've had.

That said, it wasn't all bad! The art was very beautiful, and combined with the soundtrack it made for some truly memorable moments along the way.

The soundtrack is sung in a sort of broken, european-sounding portuguese(with occasional latin and italian?), making the songs seem like something my grandma would listen to on an old record player, a half-remembered song that you'd listen to inside a dream.

Door 2 has some issues (the way they chose to write Yukimasa as like, Ontologically Evil was kinda weird) but it was my favorite, story wise. Making it seem like Yukimasa was killed by the beast was pretty clever, and Delphinas is one of the prettiest songs ever. It also didn't get overused like other songs(cough cough Cicio)

Life got in the way a lot so I took a long time to read this VN, and had fun theorizing about the plot and characters for a few months(and being right about some of them!). The conclusion was satisfying enough, even if the pacing was a bit off.

I wouldn't consider it a waste of time—I still liked it quite a bit—but I couldn't bring myself to truly love it, even if some of the characters really resonated with me.