Return to campus Review Summary

Engaging, emotionally resonant storyline: The game features a good and profound story that is both engaging and emotionally resonant. Some reviewers found the plot to be very touching, with some scenes having educational value. The storyline is vivid and humorous.

High degree of player freedom: The game offers a high degree of freedom, allowing players to make choices and explore various paths, including studying, socializing, pranks, and even destruction. This freedom, combined with unconventional campus experiences, provides a refreshing alternative to traditional simulation games.

High-quality, immersive graphics: The game is praised for its high-quality graphics, detailed textures, and realistic scenes, often described as movie-quality. Reviewers highlight the seamless open world, attention to detail, and overall visual appeal, contributing to an immersive experience.

Humorous content with many memes: The game is full of humorous content, including memes, parodies, and silly elements, which many reviewers found enjoyable and funny. The humor is easily understood, especially by Chinese players, and adds to the overall entertainment value.

High-quality free-to-play game: The game is free-to-play and considered high quality, especially given it was often developed by a single person. Some reviewers are willing to pay for the game after optimization, even if it's not free, and have purchased DLC to support the developer.

Severe optimization/performance issues: The game suffers from severe optimization issues, leading to lag, low frame rates, and crashes, even on relatively powerful hardware and low settings. Many reviewers found the game unplayable due to these problems, which persisted from the beginning and throughout the game.

Repetitive, monotonous gameplay: The game features monotonous gameplay, repetitive tasks, and excessive cutscenes that detract from the player's experience. The large map feels empty and underutilized, with side quests that lack meaningful rewards and feel disconnected from the main story.

Save issues, data loss: The game lacks manual saving and suffers from issues with autosaving, leading to save data loss and crashes upon loading. The 'fantasy time stop' feature is particularly problematic, and the game lacks a mission guide.

Incomprehensible and shallow plot: The game's plot is confusing, disjointed, and lacks depth, with nonsensical dialogue and forced emotional moments. Reviewers found the story incomprehensible and unengaging, making it difficult to follow or care about the events.

Launch and crashing issues: Many reviewers experienced issues launching the game, with errors preventing access or intermittent crashes. Some players were unable to display the game in full screen.

Tedious stat grinding: Stats like strength and endurance can be upgraded through repetitive actions like push-ups and running. Maxing out stats grants significant advantages, such as increased carrying capacity and one-hit KOs. The grind to improve stats is tedious.

Theft from stores/apartments: Players can engage in theft, targeting stores and apartments. Methods include purchasing keys and exploiting NPC behavior. However, some reviewers found this gameplay loop to be slow and tedious.

Violence and lewd actions: The game allows players to perform violent and lewd actions such as attacking students and urinating. While some find the freedom amusing, the focus on these actions may detract from other gameplay aspects. The inclusion of these elements may be controversial.

Limited open-world interaction: The game is described as an open-world or pseudo-open-world sandbox game. However, some reviewers note that the interactive elements within the open world are limited, which may affect the overall sense of freedom and exploration.

Crime scene cleanup: A core gameplay mechanic involves cleaning up crime scenes. Players utilize various tools and cleaning agents to remove blood, dispose of bodies, and restore furniture, adding a unique element to the gameplay.

Frame drops in heavily wooded areas: Frame rate drops significantly in areas with many trees, especially during the mountain plotline. This indicates a specific bottleneck related to environmental rendering.

Computer restarts when loading saves: The computer restarted when loading a save, indicating a critical stability issue related to save game functionality.

Missing mouse cursor on startup: The mouse cursor is missing upon first entering the main menu, requiring a game restart to fix. This is a specific, reproducible bug that impacts initial user experience.

Game is memory intensive: The game used 9GB of VRAM on a 3060 graphics card, which has 12GB of VRAM. This indicates that the game is memory intensive.

Girls' school storyline inaccessible: Experienced a bug where the girls' school storyline was not accessible. This is a specific bug that blocks content.

Mixed feelings about the game: Reviewers have mixed feelings about the game, with some enjoying it and recommending it, while others do not. Some suggest it's only acceptable if expectations are low, while others appreciate the developer's efforts despite the game's flaws.

Worth trying, given it's free: Several reviewers temper their expectations due to the game being free, and suggest trying it for that reason. Some find it suitable for killing time, while others suggest it's worth trying as long as it remains free.

Support the game/developer: Some reviewers express general support for the game and its developer. This support is often tied to the game being free or the developer being independent.

Anticipation for future content: Several reviewers express anticipation for future content, sequels, or specific updates. This indicates a level of engagement and interest in the game's potential future development.

Negative sentiment, vague reasons: This point is too vague and doesn't provide any specific feedback. It is also overly negative without any constructive criticism.

Solo development limits content: The game's development by a single person is commendable but may result in limited content depth compared to larger studios. This is a common consideration for indie games, where resources and manpower are often constrained.

Black market item values unclear: The black market sells a universal key and a tombstone can be found behind the Royal Garden and sold at the black market. However, the exact selling price (20,000 or 200,000) is unclear, indicating a potential inconsistency or lack of clarity in the game's economy.

Map icons indicate tasks: The presence of question mark icons on the map indicates the locations of tasks or items. This is a common UI element in games to guide players and provide objectives.

Unreal Engine, 28GB storage: The game utilizes Unreal Engine and requires 28GB of storage space. This information is useful for players considering downloading the game, as it provides insight into the game's technical requirements.

Attractive female characters: The game features attractive female characters, which is appealing to male players. This point is based on subjective aesthetic preferences and may not be relevant to all players.