Reviews of Towards the Heavens

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Thoul

This one was really sad I really like how you describe Dezorian life, its nice to think of Dezorians as hospitable and religious people.

Thanks for the review. One of the things I like about PSI is that not every single little thing is explained (I'm looking at you, PSIV), and one of the things that always stuck in my mind was that random girl in a small cave in the middle of nowhere telling you about the aeroprism. Why is she stuck there? How did she get there? Isn't she cold? How does she know about the aeroprism? It only took me about 20 years to be able to explain it away with fanfic.

I guess you haven't played the retranslation or read a translated script, but in the Japanese version that girl is one of the developers and she says "I am 'Otegami Chie-chan!’ Thanks for all your letters. Please tell us how you feel about this game. We’ll be waiting."
Some of the developers made appearances in the game, but the only one who made it to the English version was Gamer Miki (who in the Japanese version asks if you are playing the game on a Master System, and comments on the FM sound if you say yes)
I really liked your story and think its great that you can explain random things in the game like that

I haven't played a retranslation. I vaguely remember starting to read a translated script once upon a time, but clearly, I didn't finish it. Anyway, that's kinda cool. I always loved the appearance of Miki in the middle of the game asking if I liked Sega games, but that seems like one of those things that could get old quickly, or detract from the player's experience if it's used too much.

Enjoyable story, AugFourth. Sad at the end, but in an appropriate way.