This game was excellent. Great story, cool world design, and beautiful art. It reminds me of the games "Ib," "The Witch's House," and "Libretta." This game was so fun, I enjoyed the puzzles and I hope this gets more recognition because it really is worthy of it!
Hello, this not my first time play aria story but this is really a good game, i recommend you guys to play
i like read book before but because i am busy i dont read book anymore, but i think after see this game i think i will try read a book again, i like how you put many story book and the writer name
Sad I didn’t find this sooner, but oh well ( •̯́ ₃ •̯̀)
(((⚠️ SPOILER WARNING ABOUT ONE OF THE ENDINGS!! ⚠️)))
I really liked how the game becomes less scary as the story progresses.
My favorite ending was actually the bad ending where Clyde sacrifices himself. It’s not that I hate him or anything (ᵕ—ᴗ—), I just felt like it really hit emotionally.
((SPOILERS WARNING, PLS DONT READ IF YOU HAVENT FINISHED THE GAME))
""The happiness your're trying to create isn't real."" is def going in my vault of videogame quotes I love, this took me like 3 hours (w a year gap inbetween playing, 107 saves because im a menace at saving systems lol) and I honestly found Aria anoying at first, I've seen so many characters like her that never get depth and are just there to be the "clutsy cute petite girl whos afraid of everything" and so on, but w each chapter and w each piece of lore i discovered i started to understand her more and more; and by the end i genuinely liked her a lot, to the point where i didnt want her to cry ^^". All of the characters though, including the hostile creatures from the books, and the talking books themselves, had so much depth in my opinion; theyre all lovable in their own unique ways, and while i usually look for horror rpg maker games w sad or creepy endings, i actually enjoyed the writing and end a lot (i went for true end route), it reminded me that sometimes i need a change of pace in what i play and read rather than sticking to a genre i feel most famaliar with. the tumblr guide was my savior during my first (and currently only, though perhaps some day in the far future ill play this game again for memories) playthrough. the art, gameplay, puzzles, everything was perfect, i genuinely cant think of anything bad in this game (i try to give contructive critism when i write long comments like this, but this time i simply cant, nothing was "bad", sure its not perfect but its pretty close). i know by the time im writing this comment on the page this is an old project, but its important to remember that even old creations can hold up over time if done right, tysm the hardworking dev team for creating this game :3
Empecé a jugar este jueguito porque lo vi de casualidad mientras buscaba juegos gratis. No lo he jugado al 100%, pero tengo que decir que lo recomiendo muchísimo en serio ✨✨✨
Pls play it!!!
Por si queréis ver un gameplay en español os dejo mi vídeo, pero eso no quita que no lo juguéis, RECOMENDADÍSIMO.
Hermoso juego, muchas gracias a las personas que lo recomendaron :)
Tiene historia interesante y me encanta cuando tiene finales múltiples, me gustó más el final bueno que el final verdadero. El arte es muy hermoso y acabo de notar que es un juego algo antiguo jaja pero no deja de ser genial, voy a jugar tu otro juego!
In any RPG Maker VX Ace game, press F1 to open up the engine's settings menu then set the engine to your personal preferences then close the menu and your settings will be systematically applied to every game you will play using this engine and here you go. 😉
it seems the background music is glitched somehow cause when i disable it by pressing f2 the rest of the audio is fine (like footsteps and stuff) please helpp D: i really wanna play the game!
It was a beautiful experience and the characters were endearing and lovely. I cannot wait for your next projects, I will always keep Aria's Story in my heart. 🥹
I actually prefer the "bad" and "normal" endings over the "good" and "true" endings, especially since the Perfect Ending breaks the fourth wall and makes every other ending feel fake after it, even the "true" ending feels fake after the fourth wall breaking ending. 😏
I dislike the "true" ending because it basically claims that even though Aria is alive, she is dead, which makes no sense as it basically denies the reality of her existence but I despise even more the new "good" ending because it is actually hypocritical as it claims that "Aria doesn't have to be Aria because she can be her own person" only to have her memory erased then her being rewritten from scratch by Lewin who designed her new personality all by himself without her having a say in it, so much for "you are free to decide how you want to be".
The "normal" ending is supposed to be a failure because the player failed to discover the truth however it actually makes more sense and offers a better outcome than the "good" and "true" endings as Aria wakes up in the real world as if she merely had a nightmare and life continues normally without anyone having to die to revive Aria, which makes the new "bad" ending claiming that "the quill has to take a loved one to give back another" absurd since Aria is alive in the real world and no one dies in the "normal" ending.
Moreover, the "bad" ending actually already kills the fictional Aria to revive the original Aria and therefore the sacrifice is already made.
The "Perfect Ending" feels as if Aria is fed up of Lydia not being able to write a good ending and decides to take matters into her own hands, which I love! 🤣
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This game was excellent. Great story, cool world design, and beautiful art. It reminds me of the games "Ib," "The Witch's House," and "Libretta." This game was so fun, I enjoyed the puzzles and I hope this gets more recognition because it really is worthy of it!
Hello, this not my first time play aria story but this is really a good game, i recommend you guys to play
i like read book before but because i am busy i dont read book anymore, but i think after see this game i think i will try read a book again, i like how you put many story book and the writer name
Loved it!! Amazing game ♡
Sad I didn’t find this sooner, but oh well ( •̯́ ₃ •̯̀)
(((⚠️ SPOILER WARNING ABOUT ONE OF THE ENDINGS!! ⚠️)))
I really liked how the game becomes less scary as the story progresses.
My favorite ending was actually the bad ending where Clyde sacrifices himself. It’s not that I hate him or anything (ᵕ—ᴗ—), I just felt like it really hit emotionally.
((SPOILERS WARNING, PLS DONT READ IF YOU HAVENT FINISHED THE GAME))
""The happiness your're trying to create isn't real."" is def going in my vault of videogame quotes I love, this took me like 3 hours (w a year gap inbetween playing, 107 saves because im a menace at saving systems lol) and I honestly found Aria anoying at first, I've seen so many characters like her that never get depth and are just there to be the "clutsy cute petite girl whos afraid of everything" and so on, but w each chapter and w each piece of lore i discovered i started to understand her more and more; and by the end i genuinely liked her a lot, to the point where i didnt want her to cry ^^". All of the characters though, including the hostile creatures from the books, and the talking books themselves, had so much depth in my opinion; theyre all lovable in their own unique ways, and while i usually look for horror rpg maker games w sad or creepy endings, i actually enjoyed the writing and end a lot (i went for true end route), it reminded me that sometimes i need a change of pace in what i play and read rather than sticking to a genre i feel most famaliar with. the tumblr guide was my savior during my first (and currently only, though perhaps some day in the far future ill play this game again for memories) playthrough. the art, gameplay, puzzles, everything was perfect, i genuinely cant think of anything bad in this game (i try to give contructive critism when i write long comments like this, but this time i simply cant, nothing was "bad", sure its not perfect but its pretty close). i know by the time im writing this comment on the page this is an old project, but its important to remember that even old creations can hold up over time if done right, tysm the hardworking dev team for creating this game :3
Empecé a jugar este jueguito porque lo vi de casualidad mientras buscaba juegos gratis. No lo he jugado al 100%, pero tengo que decir que lo recomiendo muchísimo en serio ✨✨✨
Pls play it!!!
Por si queréis ver un gameplay en español os dejo mi vídeo, pero eso no quita que no lo juguéis, RECOMENDADÍSIMO.
Hermoso juego, muchas gracias a las personas que lo recomendaron :)
Tiene historia interesante y me encanta cuando tiene finales múltiples, me gustó más el final bueno que el final verdadero. El arte es muy hermoso y acabo de notar que es un juego algo antiguo jaja pero no deja de ser genial, voy a jugar tu otro juego!
In any RPG Maker VX Ace game, press F1 to open up the engine's settings menu then set the engine to your personal preferences then close the menu and your settings will be systematically applied to every game you will play using this engine and here you go. 😉
THIS IS MY FAVORITE GAME EVER
i absolutely loved this!! i grew attached :,3
is the audio glitched for anyone else? whenever i enter the game it sounds really weird :( ive tried redownloading it but it doesnt work D:
it seems the background music is glitched somehow cause when i disable it by pressing f2 the rest of the audio is fine (like footsteps and stuff) please helpp D: i really wanna play the game!
Thank you for this game, Lydia!
It was a beautiful experience and the characters were endearing and lovely. I cannot wait for your next projects, I will always keep Aria's Story in my heart. 🥹
I actually prefer the "bad" and "normal" endings over the "good" and "true" endings, especially since the Perfect Ending breaks the fourth wall and makes every other ending feel fake after it, even the "true" ending feels fake after the fourth wall breaking ending. 😏
I dislike the "true" ending because it basically claims that even though Aria is alive, she is dead, which makes no sense as it basically denies the reality of her existence but I despise even more the new "good" ending because it is actually hypocritical as it claims that "Aria doesn't have to be Aria because she can be her own person" only to have her memory erased then her being rewritten from scratch by Lewin who designed her new personality all by himself without her having a say in it, so much for "you are free to decide how you want to be".
The "normal" ending is supposed to be a failure because the player failed to discover the truth however it actually makes more sense and offers a better outcome than the "good" and "true" endings as Aria wakes up in the real world as if she merely had a nightmare and life continues normally without anyone having to die to revive Aria, which makes the new "bad" ending claiming that "the quill has to take a loved one to give back another" absurd since Aria is alive in the real world and no one dies in the "normal" ending.
Moreover, the "bad" ending actually already kills the fictional Aria to revive the original Aria and therefore the sacrifice is already made.
The "Perfect Ending" feels as if Aria is fed up of Lydia not being able to write a good ending and decides to take matters into her own hands, which I love! 🤣