O tempora is a series of retrospective posts where I play games from ages before to see if they stood the test of time.
I’m not much of a fan of visual novels and barely ever play them. I tend to prefer adventure game titles, so even if the VN-part of the game is still there, it’s not the focus is instead the game just uses the format to drive the story forward, while emphasizing choices and actions you make. Nonetheless, back in 2007 or so I got curious about Kanon, a game that at the time never had an official version released outside of Japan. And also a game that in most (if not all) PC versions was an eroge. I don’t remember why exactly I got interested in playing it, most likely a combination of hearing that the story was pretty good and also seeing the “ugu~” jokes/references on the internet. Though, remembering myself at the time, I won’t completely discount horny interest too. But point was – I did get the game via dubious means and played it with a fan translation. While very simple, it did click with me, so much in fact that I decided to then also watch both anime adaptations of the game.
Now, the game is finally officially available internationally on PC 25 years since its original release. And I had to replay it and see how I feel about it today.
