Fledgling Manor Mini-Review

Fledgling Manor is a vampire-centric visual novel with horror elements. Its interesting premise — a newly turned vampire is forced to participate in a reality/game show with deadly stakes — is woefully let down by its execution, but it's not all bad. Striking character portraits and entertaining moments in the dialogue hold enough water to keep things moving through the short play time. Unfortunately, there is a dearth of choice and agency throughout the game, with your only real choices being where to go — you have almost no control over your scene-to-scene actions or dialogue.

Pros

• Occasionally clever dialogue.

• Solid character portraits go well with black and white visuals.

Cons

• Backgrounds are dull and mostly featureless.

• Shocking lack of agency or choice for a visual novel.

• Premise is interesting, but execution leaves a lot to be desired.

Verdict

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Developer: In Secret Places

Publisher: In Secret Places

Platform: Played on PC (Steam)

Availability: Released Dec. 11, 2024 for Windows PC, Mac OS, and Linux