About This Game Marcel knows two things about his biological father: One, Lord Sandor abandoned him and his mother leaving them to live a of poverty. Two, he shouldn't want anything to do with the man.Despite this knowledge, Marcel applies for a job as Lord Sandor's servant in order to satisfy his curiosity about the father he never knew. The idea is to get a glimpse and go, but things become more complicated than Marcel initially planned when Lord Sandor recognizes him and makes an offer.If Marcel can prove that he is worthy, Lord Sandor will name Marcel his heir. It all sounds a little to good to be true, but Marcel is willing to give it a chance - for now.Play as Marcel and determine whether or not he has the skills to become Lord Sandor's heir and whether or not he forms a romantic attachment to one of four potential love interests: an ex-gladiator turned gardener, a perfectionist butler, the local doctor, or a mischievous elven Lord.GAME FEATURESPlay as Marcel, Lord Sandor's secret sonRomance Borges, Kamal, Vincent and EloyDating sim gameplay with stat raisingBeautiful manga artwork and original soundtrackScenes with different outcomes based on skill checks 7aa9394dea Title: Heirs And GracesGenre: Adventure, Casual, IndieDeveloper:Winter WolvesPublisher:Winter WolvesRelease Date: 27 Jul, 2016 Heirs And Graces Activation Code Download A good BxB (boy x boy only) visual novel. I\u2019m glad that the developers didn\u2019t made the status raising a boring thing (there are a few requisites, but they\u2019re easy to figure out), and added a lot of character interaction. I loved the art style, and I also enjoyed the story\/writing a lot; the romance routes are good and not forced (except for Eloy. But that\u2019s understandable, it\u2019s part of his personality), and there\u2019s no \u201ccheesy methods to suddenly fall in love\u201d here, everything felt natural to me. Vincent is my favorite, I simply adore how shy he can be around Marcel.8\/10, honestly worth paying the full price in my opinion since the writing and characters are interesting.. I really enjoyed this game! I think the price might be a little high though for the amount of gameplay (Ive finished all routes and achievements). I went straight for the hot ex-gladiator but ended up liking the clingy elf the most! I would definitely buy another game like Heirs and Graces! Good work!. I was pleasantly surprised by this game. I bought it on sale figuring that there would be SOME gay (male) options but they are all gay male options! Usually, these visual novels are fairly heterosexual. There is sometimes one bisexual male character which doesn't give you many options if you want to romance a dude... I've seen lesbians fairly often in these types of games as well as bisexual women. It's refreshing to finally see a game that caters exclusively to gay men. Anyone can play it, by all means, but you are going into the game knowing that there is only gay romances. Some people complained about that which I find fairly ridiculous taking into account that there are SO MANY visual novels that cater to heterosexuals and that this is the first exclusively gay one that I've ever seen.The plot isn't horrible but it could be better. The only ''issues'' are typo's and a believable ''gay reality'' at times. One speaks their ''peace'' for example and not their ''piece''. It doesn't ruin the game, obviously. Your character is fairly prudish so don't expect much action. This didn't need to turn into a bad pornographic visual novel but you don't even see any characters kiss. A bit of a let down. There isn't enough romance to make up for it either. I wonder if you had any gay writers work on this or if you kind of took a heterosexual model and changed the characters that would be females into males? It doesn't entirely feel authentic to me. Even when the characters couldn't like each other more in the romantic way, they remain cold and distant. It's almost as if you wanted to make a gay romance game but not really go too deep in order to avoid angering some people. It's still the best entirely gay visual novel that I've seen out there due to lack of choice. I encourage my fellow gaymers and those who support the fact that there are people like me who make a viable enough audience to warrant making more exclusively gay visual novels to encourage this game and maybe we can get more and better content.. It\u2019s a cute, fun game. It has a good history and interesting characters.I really enjoyed the romance routes (I\u2019ve played all). Borges really seemed boring in the beginning, but after I\u2019ve played his route, he became my favorite. About the status raising, it was a little difficult in the beginning, but at some point I got the hang of it.. I found this game on App store and after trying out the trial version I just had to buy the game. Luckily, I found it here and I am not regretting buying it. Artworks in the game are splendid, the characters look flawless and appealing. I'm not really familiar with other Winter Wolves games but this one has been sheer delight. I didn't actually expect to come across such a touching story and be so involved with the main character. It was nice to see the relationship not connected with romance being so deep. I should admit that the gameplay turned out to be a bit challenging: I had to start the game all over again a few times to get the achievements I wanted. But that's a good thing, I guess ^^Anyway, the game is definetly worth playing and the developers did great job.. TL;DR: boys love visual novel with interesting characters and overly simple game mechanics. Recommended for yaoi fans and fans of other Winter Wolves games.The story is structured around a simple stat-raising simulation with a weekly schedule and scripted events. The main plot around Marcel's relationship with his father is the same no matter what romance you pursue, and the romance is more of a side plot. Raising skills is necessary to pass skill checks.Events occur on certain days no matter what you have scheduled (e.g., you don't have to be in the library on Monday of Week 14 to trigger an event with Eloy; you'll just show up there). Skill checks are the same for each playthrough, as well, and so the strategy is very simple: raise all skills to 10 as soon as possible, then raise them all to 20, raise your chosen love interest's skills to 90, then concentrate in those to increase your reputation and affection.These design choices make the game friendlier to fans of pure visual novels, but they also make it kind of annoying to play through the game multiple times to see everyone's romance. Failing a skill check just gets you a few different lines, and the bad endings (other than the non-inheriting friendship end with Licia) aren't very interesting, so once you know how to "win," there's nothing new mechanically or strategically, and the simulation parts are just dull busywork. There's also no "successful" romance ending if you don't inherit, which doesn't make sense for characters who aren't tied to the estate.The art is nice, although it seems like the artist has trouble drawing hands. (Marcel's seem oddly small, and most other characters have their hands behind their back, in gloves, or otherwise hidden.) The sprites have different costumes and a good variety of expressions. For some reason the sprites don't show blushing when it's mentioned in the text, though, which disappointed me, because blushing sprites are the cutest. I'd also have liked more than two CGs per character route, especially since Borges and Vincent's "sexy" CGs seemed very out of place, more an explicit reward for the player than something that makes sense in the story. Winter Wolves games typically just have a kiss CG at the end, so I didn't really expect more, but I think it would add a lot, especially considering the game's price.The story is set in Aravorn, a vaguely medieval fantasy world, and mentions characters and events from Loren the Amazon Princess and Tales of Aravorn: Seasons Of The Wolf. However, Heirs and Graces isn't an RPG adventure with epic battles, and instead is confined to a noble estate and a small town. Elves exist and the doctor uses magic spells and potions to treat patients, but other fantasy elements don't come into play. I actually like exploring how "normal" people live in a fantastic world, and look forward to seeing more of the setting in future WW games.All the romances are BxB, which is a first for WW. Sexual preference isn't a major theme or source of conflict, but one love interest is explicitly bi, one is explicitly gay, and the protagonist might be gay, so the "straight except for you" yaoi trope is avoided. Marcel, the protagonist, has a developed personality (and a bit of snarky narration) and isn't just a player self-insert. He's inexperienced in relationships, but not shy and passive about it. The romances all have an open sort of "let's see where this goes from here" ending, rather than a conclusive happily ever after, but I like the realistic awkwardness of that, and it fits with Marcel's character. If you're avoiding the game just because you don't want to romance guys, I'd urge you to give it a chance. (There's a free demo at Winter Wolves' website.)I read fast, and it took me 3 hours to complete my first playthrough, 8 hours total to see all events and endings (skipping previously read text and not using a walkthrough).. Let's get the downsides out of the way first. There is definitely a correct set of stats you need and a tightly-constrained set of choices you must take to get them. This is a flaw. If you have patience, you could run through the game and note all the skill checks and then play the game "for real" with all the appropriate training. Or you could just look up the developer's walkthrough. Neither option adds much to the experience. You are also not allowed a friendship with more than one of the potential love interests. The game forces you to weed them out one by one. In that sense, the game is quite linear.The art is bad. It is not as bad as in older games from this studio, but most characters do not have jawbones and their mouths do not line up with their noses That is creepy.The story is okay, and the characters are well-developed. For me, that was enough to tip the game over into "recommended." I like that the main character is strong-willed and makes his own decisions sometimes. Usually with these games, you get a vaguely-annoying blank slate.So, what you get is okay to kinda good writing. The romantic interests are...interesting. And the rest is tolerable. Recommendation: Buy it on sale.
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