this game is genuinely too good. I started on Gabe's route though so now we wait will I begin the others.
Also spoiler for Gabe's route
(some of my "observations" may seem juvenile but I played through it all in one day)
The reveal was so visceral. I don't know if it was just me, but Gabe's route was so clever in the way it swept me up in my feelings. When Grey was feeling peer pressured, so was I, because the group was genuinely starting to grow on me and I wanted to fit in. Then the fallout that occurred with Gabe, I really did need to hear his side to fully get it, and it crushed me. Also the stuff with Derek made me sick but it's also the way the game gives you all the pieces, that made it even easier to brush things down to coincidence as if maybe this is a red herring or maybe I'm overthinking or there's no way it's THAAAAT bad but then boom all the excuses get swept out from under you and you actually have to face the consequences for your blissful ignorance right beside Grey because while literally everyone was telling me something was wrong, the time updates made me feel like, it's ok it's ok. just a little longer, after all he's continued to say he's a lizard of his word. (WHY TF DID I TRUST THAT?????) Also bringing in Derek's brother was a brilliant move because he actually seems like someone to be afraid of instead of Derek who was mainly introduced as some petty nerd which furthers the doubt that he genuinely did all the stuff we learn about. The note in fragments made me want to hurl. I feel like Gabe's absence for most of the final part of day three really hit home how alone it all felt then how desperate. Gabe really does become Grey's rock throughout most of the story the only thing is I wish I could support him more. Ok OK I've droned on way too much, but the musical scores are the last thing I want to praise about this beyond clever route. Their song fucking slapped. Thank you, my rant is done.
Just stick to hanging out with Atri as much as possible from the start of Hiro's route, you should get the scene simple enough once you get an option for a nsfw scene after going to the bar with him.
Is there by choice if you could put a music gallery for the game? Bc some of them does hits me sometimes vibe to them or even touching to the heart to listen to them <3
Fuck... I knew it would happen, it didn't make it hurt less, i actually felt like shit after finishing reading the update and all i could think about was Colt screaming "liar", i couldn't take it.
Unsure about the fragment, but for the CGs, pg 19's can be found by following Colt and Jess' route until the red choice, where you must choose to follow Ken and Jean. 22's top middle I believe is the same as getting the top right cg, but picking "best friends" at the last choice. 22 bottom right is...I think going Takoda's/Ken's route and choosing to stay with Colt and Jess for the red choice? I'm not sure, I can just tell that it's the same cg as the next one, except Grey doesn't wear the same clothes. And the last one is just doing Takoda's route and choosing to stay with Colt and Jess on the red choice.
***SPOILERS ahead for Mark, Ken, Gabriel and "The Path" storyline*** I LOVE THIS GAME SO MUCHHH
This is an incredible VN holy moley. All of the characters are super complex and I adore them deeply - so far I've played the Ken, Gabe, and Mark storylines to their most current state, as well as "The Path" extra story. The art is some of the best I've ever seen in a VN. Dialogue is well-written and punctuated effectively with little movements of the sprites on screen, which I really appreciate and lends to the immersive quality of the game. And THE MUSIC cannot be understated!! It's so good and does an amazing job of accentuating the moods in every scene, and the tunes are quite memorable too! More than a few times I've caught myself humming some of the songs here. And, for all of his faults, I have loved playing as Grey - really makes me prefer this sort of "roleplay as this established MC" vs. the self-insert MC that a lot of other VNs have going on. Again, it's so immersive! Fantastic work, cannot wait to play again and again :D
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Ken's story was the route I played first, and good lord it's a banger, too (Spoiler alert: they all are). He might be the best-written character in here. I was immediately drawn to him from the bits we see of his soft side in the prologue, and I'm SO glad his story got to explore that and find some closure in that side of him he seems to repress. He's got so many sides to him - sure he's standoffish and rather toxically masculine at face, but he's actually extremely smart, thorough, and thoughtful if you pay attention, too. Discovering the details of his horrific past gives way to so much understanding as to why he's so guarded and why he's constantly at war with himself, and getting to exactly some well-deserved Revenge was so fulfilling!! I'm very excited to see where the rest of his story goes <3 I do have some questions I hope get answered regarding some of the minor characters in his story (particularly Takoda and "The Entity" and their level of involvement here, as well as the singer woman at The Salty Dog). Overall, it was fantastic!
Gabe's route is the next one I played, and it definitely felt like a bit of a weight off after the seriousness of Ken's story. Something I did really appreciate being present here was the time-travel shock on Grey's part. Given the setting of Ken's story, I could understand why it wasn't as much of an issue there, but here in the 80s it's definitely MUCH harder to ignore. I loooooved meeting Gabe's family and friends, his Abuelita is so adorable. The D&D segment was so much fun, and having everyone's little animated character doodles was cute as hell, and it worked as a vehicle to better understand Gabe's relationship with his group of friends here. I just want to give our insecure shark bro so many hugs. The latter half of the story felt almost like a Scooby-Doo plot that got obscenely morbid and terrifying, and I was left with FAR far more questions than answers by the end of it. It was quite a cliffhanger which was a bit upsetting (IS HE OKAY?!), but I'm fully invested in where things go from here!!
The last route I played was Mark's, and I found it to be maybe the most intriguing so far, given that (as far as I'm aware) his plot involves Virgil more directly than the others I've played, and I suppose that's the element of this story I'm most interested in demystifying. I found Grey and Mark's dynamic very interesting, though definitely also toxic as hell and a bit gut-wrenching at times, too. I really enjoyed the other characters that appeared in this storyline too. I'll have to go back and see what changes if I go a different way with things in regards to those characters. It felt like the dialogue with Mark's story had the most branching options, and the most play with the concept of VN dialogue as well (bringing up that thing). It was also super real to see how someone else might mentally deteriorate from going through/witnessing Virgil stuff. You'd think Grey would be more brain-broken after what he's gone through with it himself, but damn if he ain't a trooper and a half. That boy has some FORTITUDE, for better or for worse. The ending of this one blew my fuckin mind, and I'm honestly terrified to see where things go next, in a good way of course.
It was superbly enjoyable to try and piece together the details of Grey's past while playing the main storylines, and then the "The Path" just hits you like a TRUCK with all the details of That Character's past. Definitely had to take a couple days after that one just to process what I'd seen there, god that one is brutal. And while I'd grown to despise Virgil and his sadistic trickery throughout the events of the main story, "The Path" kindddd of made me understand what role he could be playing here for Grey. In what I've played thus far, I have opted to go the "romance" route for all main characters (I'm gay as hell, what do u want me to say), but I'm becoming curious how that involvement will affect things for some of these characters after gaining that insight on Virgil's possible motive(?).
Overall, I've been unbelievably happy with the experience this game has given so far!!!! Thank you so much for creating such a beautiful game. Seriously, you all are maestros with this stuff, amazing amazing work :) The only, ONLY gripe I have is that there aren't enough pages for saves, in my opinion. Unless I'm missing something, I've filled all 9 pages up just playing the 3 routes I've done so far. I reallllly want to do Hiro's route as well (and I still will regardless), but I'm a dirty little save-scummer who wants to enshrine all my favorite moments in a save file and I'm out of room currently.
Can someone help me find out how to unlock fragment 53 in Mark's gallery? Page 9 and the fifth slot. I feel like I've tried everything but I just can't figure it out
I keep wondering what huge massive awful thing Gabe did since every other person has had some seriously messed up thing they did in their past and or massive character flaws but Gabe just seems like a meek good boy... man I feel like we are being setup for the mother of all shocker reveals. dang you Nikko and your excellent world building, character developing, and story telling skills.
This visual novel has landed itself in my own internal list of furry visual novels that I keep asking to myself "How is this not funded by a large company with too much money, its so freaking good?!".
I have to ask. One of the OST's songs, the piano part specifically, has a tune that sounds similiar to promise from silent hill 2. Curious if it was an inspiration for it? If so, that's kinda cool
Does anyone know how to get Mark third image when he is in the *spoilers* elevator with grey? i have the one where Vergil grabs him but not the third one ;x
Please can someone help me? I'm missing a few images from Gabe's gallery and don't know how to get them. Specifically they're the ones right before the band practice. Thanks to anyone who'll answer me
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👌. Fucking awsome.
this game is genuinely too good. I started on Gabe's route though so now we wait will I begin the others.
Also spoiler for Gabe's route
(some of my "observations" may seem juvenile but I played through it all in one day)
The reveal was so visceral. I don't know if it was just me, but Gabe's route was so clever in the way it swept me up in my feelings. When Grey was feeling peer pressured, so was I, because the group was genuinely starting to grow on me and I wanted to fit in. Then the fallout that occurred with Gabe, I really did need to hear his side to fully get it, and it crushed me. Also the stuff with Derek made me sick but it's also the way the game gives you all the pieces, that made it even easier to brush things down to coincidence as if maybe this is a red herring or maybe I'm overthinking or there's no way it's THAAAAT bad but then boom all the excuses get swept out from under you and you actually have to face the consequences for your blissful ignorance right beside Grey because while literally everyone was telling me something was wrong, the time updates made me feel like, it's ok it's ok. just a little longer, after all he's continued to say he's a lizard of his word. (WHY TF DID I TRUST THAT?????) Also bringing in Derek's brother was a brilliant move because he actually seems like someone to be afraid of instead of Derek who was mainly introduced as some petty nerd which furthers the doubt that he genuinely did all the stuff we learn about. The note in fragments made me want to hurl. I feel like Gabe's absence for most of the final part of day three really hit home how alone it all felt then how desperate. Gabe really does become Grey's rock throughout most of the story the only thing is I wish I could support him more. Ok OK I've droned on way too much, but the musical scores are the last thing I want to praise about this beyond clever route. Their song fucking slapped. Thank you, my rant is done.
I'm already looking forward to the next update, What happened to Ken made me cry and laugh at the same time.
Warning!!!! Spoiler!!!!
How can i get photo 3 and 4 on page 11 in hiro's route
Just stick to hanging out with Atri as much as possible from the start of Hiro's route, you should get the scene simple enough once you get an option for a nsfw scene after going to the bar with him.
^ pretty sure that u also might need to get a perfect score on the memory game earlier on but don't quote me on that
Thx <3
Im gonna need an update to ken asap, bawled my eyes out i fear
I'm in dire need of more of that beautiful sunny 80s California vibe Gabe's route has going on
Got it, eventually we'll learn about the dual souls but for now, we'll take Virgil's power for ourselves
Edit: The Dual Souls reminds of Echo except the Endings are good
Absolutely love the update, I'm curious though, is Takoda getting an update next?
Is there by choice if you could put a music gallery for the game? Bc some of them does hits me sometimes vibe to them or even touching to the heart to listen to them <3
There already is one in the game! It's in Archives > Jukebox
⚠️Spoilers⚠️
Fuck... I knew it would happen, it didn't make it hurt less, i actually felt like shit after finishing reading the update and all i could think about was Colt screaming "liar", i couldn't take it.
need help finding the following
- fragment 39
- CG Ken route pg 19 top middle, 22 top middle, 22 bottom right, and 25 top right
Unsure about the fragment, but for the CGs, pg 19's can be found by following Colt and Jess' route until the red choice, where you must choose to follow Ken and Jean. 22's top middle I believe is the same as getting the top right cg, but picking "best friends" at the last choice. 22 bottom right is...I think going Takoda's/Ken's route and choosing to stay with Colt and Jess for the red choice? I'm not sure, I can just tell that it's the same cg as the next one, except Grey doesn't wear the same clothes. And the last one is just doing Takoda's route and choosing to stay with Colt and Jess on the red choice.
do you know how to found cg pg 11 top middle in mark's route?
please help to complete the Burrows fanwiki
https://burrows.fandom.com/wiki/Burrows_VN_Community_Wiki
***SPOILERS ahead for Mark, Ken, Gabriel and "The Path" storyline*** I LOVE THIS GAME SO MUCHHH
This is an incredible VN holy moley. All of the characters are super complex and I adore them deeply - so far I've played the Ken, Gabe, and Mark storylines to their most current state, as well as "The Path" extra story. The art is some of the best I've ever seen in a VN. Dialogue is well-written and punctuated effectively with little movements of the sprites on screen, which I really appreciate and lends to the immersive quality of the game. And THE MUSIC cannot be understated!! It's so good and does an amazing job of accentuating the moods in every scene, and the tunes are quite memorable too! More than a few times I've caught myself humming some of the songs here. And, for all of his faults, I have loved playing as Grey - really makes me prefer this sort of "roleplay as this established MC" vs. the self-insert MC that a lot of other VNs have going on. Again, it's so immersive! Fantastic work, cannot wait to play again and again :D
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Ken's story was the route I played first, and good lord it's a banger, too (Spoiler alert: they all are). He might be the best-written character in here. I was immediately drawn to him from the bits we see of his soft side in the prologue, and I'm SO glad his story got to explore that and find some closure in that side of him he seems to repress. He's got so many sides to him - sure he's standoffish and rather toxically masculine at face, but he's actually extremely smart, thorough, and thoughtful if you pay attention, too. Discovering the details of his horrific past gives way to so much understanding as to why he's so guarded and why he's constantly at war with himself, and getting to exactly some well-deserved Revenge was so fulfilling!! I'm very excited to see where the rest of his story goes <3 I do have some questions I hope get answered regarding some of the minor characters in his story (particularly Takoda and "The Entity" and their level of involvement here, as well as the singer woman at The Salty Dog). Overall, it was fantastic!
Gabe's route is the next one I played, and it definitely felt like a bit of a weight off after the seriousness of Ken's story. Something I did really appreciate being present here was the time-travel shock on Grey's part. Given the setting of Ken's story, I could understand why it wasn't as much of an issue there, but here in the 80s it's definitely MUCH harder to ignore. I loooooved meeting Gabe's family and friends, his Abuelita is so adorable. The D&D segment was so much fun, and having everyone's little animated character doodles was cute as hell, and it worked as a vehicle to better understand Gabe's relationship with his group of friends here. I just want to give our insecure shark bro so many hugs. The latter half of the story felt almost like a Scooby-Doo plot that got obscenely morbid and terrifying, and I was left with FAR far more questions than answers by the end of it. It was quite a cliffhanger which was a bit upsetting (IS HE OKAY?!), but I'm fully invested in where things go from here!!
The last route I played was Mark's, and I found it to be maybe the most intriguing so far, given that (as far as I'm aware) his plot involves Virgil more directly than the others I've played, and I suppose that's the element of this story I'm most interested in demystifying. I found Grey and Mark's dynamic very interesting, though definitely also toxic as hell and a bit gut-wrenching at times, too. I really enjoyed the other characters that appeared in this storyline too. I'll have to go back and see what changes if I go a different way with things in regards to those characters. It felt like the dialogue with Mark's story had the most branching options, and the most play with the concept of VN dialogue as well (bringing up that thing). It was also super real to see how someone else might mentally deteriorate from going through/witnessing Virgil stuff. You'd think Grey would be more brain-broken after what he's gone through with it himself, but damn if he ain't a trooper and a half. That boy has some FORTITUDE, for better or for worse. The ending of this one blew my fuckin mind, and I'm honestly terrified to see where things go next, in a good way of course.
It was superbly enjoyable to try and piece together the details of Grey's past while playing the main storylines, and then the "The Path" just hits you like a TRUCK with all the details of That Character's past. Definitely had to take a couple days after that one just to process what I'd seen there, god that one is brutal. And while I'd grown to despise Virgil and his sadistic trickery throughout the events of the main story, "The Path" kindddd of made me understand what role he could be playing here for Grey. In what I've played thus far, I have opted to go the "romance" route for all main characters (I'm gay as hell, what do u want me to say), but I'm becoming curious how that involvement will affect things for some of these characters after gaining that insight on Virgil's possible motive(?).
Overall, I've been unbelievably happy with the experience this game has given so far!!!! Thank you so much for creating such a beautiful game. Seriously, you all are maestros with this stuff, amazing amazing work :) The only, ONLY gripe I have is that there aren't enough pages for saves, in my opinion. Unless I'm missing something, I've filled all 9 pages up just playing the 3 routes I've done so far. I reallllly want to do Hiro's route as well (and I still will regardless), but I'm a dirty little save-scummer who wants to enshrine all my favorite moments in a save file and I'm out of room currently.
Gripe rescinded, I've just discovered the arrow keys lead to additional save pages! silly me
Can someone help me find out how to unlock fragment 53 in Mark's gallery? Page 9 and the fifth slot. I feel like I've tried everything but I just can't figure it out
I keep wondering what huge massive awful thing Gabe did since every other person has had some seriously messed up thing they did in their past and or massive character flaws but Gabe just seems like a meek good boy... man I feel like we are being setup for the mother of all shocker reveals. dang you Nikko and your excellent world building, character developing, and story telling skills.
This visual novel has landed itself in my own internal list of furry visual novels that I keep asking to myself "How is this not funded by a large company with too much money, its so freaking good?!".
I have to ask. One of the OST's songs, the piano part specifically, has a tune that sounds similiar to promise from silent hill 2. Curious if it was an inspiration for it? If so, that's kinda cool
Does anyone know how to get Mark third image when he is in the *spoilers* elevator with grey? i have the one where Vergil grabs him but not the third one ;x
Please can someone help me? I'm missing a few images from Gabe's gallery and don't know how to get them. Specifically they're the ones right before the band practice. Thanks to anyone who'll answer me
Think this one's just from being Gabe's boyfriend and choosing to play video games before band practice instead of working out.