I am not really into visual novel type of games (or at least, I think I’m not), this is the second game of this genre I’ve played so far (first being Va-11 Hall-A) and I am either really lucky with the quality of VN I choose to play or I might actually be a secret fan of this genre.

This looks like a classic anime-style visual novel. Pretty pathetic male main protagonist, put into a strange situation trying (or not trying) to impress/befriend a variety of staple anime-girl-archetypes. Doesn’t sound very interesting if you put it that way. But there’s more to this game than that.

It’s set in an old soviet youth camp, with locations, activities and feel recreated and handcrafted with love. It’s an incredibly immersive experience of wandering around, partaking in camp life (or trying to avoid partaking in it), all the while looking at gorgeous backgrounds, and listening to what I can only describe as one of the best soundtracks I’ve heard in a long while. The writing is not particularly impressive, but it’s good enough, which is lucky, considering that most of what you do in this game is read (as per usual for the visual novels). The story was compelling enough for me to try and get multiple endings to just find out, what it’s all about and experience more of the camp life. While for some this game might inspire sad feelings of wasted youth, misplaced nostalgy or love long lost, for me it was more about the fun atmosphere of childhood, ability to change and finding brightness even in the worst of circumstances.

The steam-version of this game does not include any hentai scenes. If you are really into that, you might want to find an official patch on this game’s website, it adds around 10 scenes which otherwise will be ‘censored’ by a black screen. I don’t really suggest doing that though, unless you really need that. I don’t think it adds much to this game and actually can detract from the immersion and feel for some.

Some endings in this game are pretty hard to find/unlock. If you get stuck you might want to find a map of routes for this game on the web.

All in all. A solid experience, which I would recommend to pretty much anyone, unless you are really opposed to anime-style graphics.
Also the game is free, so really there is no downside to at least trying if you might like it =)

PS. I don’t think I gave music enough justice, so I need to mention it once more: my personal top5 soundtracks of all time!

– Summer camps in Russia, with actually GOOD WEATHER. They didn’t were cheapstakes in that.

– Communist lolis with impossible hair, the ultimate combination of russian and japanese absurdity.
– Strange fanserivce censored by Steam.
– Excellent artwork, which it is made obviously by one author, and it doesn’t change in any noticeable way of style, seriously.
– Lolis with CCCP t-shirts.
– Plot that screams “2 d33p 4 u” the second you start playing.
– Communist lolis and cute girls calling you “comrade”, if you are into that.
– A free DLC! Take that EA.
– Communist little girls AND a neko girl which is the secret character (spoiler?). Yes, those guys have all the fetishes covered.
– A horror sub-story because reasons
– Little girls who like marx intelectually.
– An unwinnable card game (seriously, that shit makes absolutely no sense).
– Oh wait, did I mention that there are COMMUNI… ah, I see, you’re not into that (I was starting to get worried). Then I don’t know what else can I say that could make you pla…

… oh wait, I do. There’s also RUSSIAN VODKA! and you know what that means… COMMUNIST VODKA!

Conclusion: Jokes aside, it is a nice game with a strange vibe (probably because of the translation?) that has many sub-plots, which is also cool since it is really repeatable.

And jokes aside as well, the route of the little girl is surprisingly good, thank god.