# Homecoming Morenatsu Revisited — user reviews > 63 indexed App Store user reviews of Homecoming Morenatsu Revisited by Hunter Frostclaw, rated 4.81/5 from 190 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/homecoming-morenatsu-revisited/id1516216067/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/homecoming-morenatsu-revisited/id1516216067.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 171 · 4★ 10 · 3★ 4 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 4 ## What do users think of Homecoming Morenatsu Revisited? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - ❤️ Emotionally engaging storytelling - 🎨 Modern art style with improved character designs - 📖 Well-written character development and routes - 🎮 Multiple branching paths and replay value - 🌟 Excellent visual novel experience - 👥 Distinct and lovable character personalities - 📱 Successfully ported to iOS - 🎵 Great music and atmosphere - ✨ New scenes expanding character backstories **Cons** - ⏱️ Extremely slow update schedule - 🗺️ Removed day-selection map mechanic - 😕 Less expressive character sprites - 📝 Inconsistent character portrayals from original - 🎭 Tone shift from comedic to melancholic - 🔤 Spoon-fed exposition in dialogue - 👤 Protagonist appearance not visible - 🐛 Character appearance inconsistencies (Kouya, Kounosuke, Soutarou) - ⚠️ Incomplete routes causing cliffhangers **Commonly reported bugs** - Game crashes on older iOS versions (iPad Mini with iOS 9.3.6) - Skip mode yes/no buttons swapped functionality - Character icons not displaying on left side of screen - Time and battery percentage don't disappear when opening app - Censorship option locked on iOS version **Most requested features** - Add Chinese language support/localization - Portuguese language translation - Spanish language translation - Continue button for easier save management - Character portrait icons on left side of screen - Visible protagonist (Hiro) character sprite - Option to switch to original character sprites - Option to name your character - Option to switch protagonist to human species - Keyboard and mouse support - NSFW content in iOS version - Delete save game functionality - Mini character portraits like original game - Hands changed to paws in Snow Fox setting - iOS/Android app icon download option ## Newest reviews (13 of 63) ### 5/5 — Update *2024-03-16, version 12.0.1* Love the game but I’m just wondering when the next update is going to happen ### 5/5 — Thank you so much ❤️ *2024-02-22, version 12.0.1* Just found this game from a friends recommendation and am blown away, never have I played a game and felt so many emotions in my life. I believe I’ve played and replayed Tarou’s route (1-16) about 1000 times so far 😅 been branching out to the others and am constantly blown away from the storytelling, relatability, and all the emotions they bring! So again just wanted to thank the team behind this for bringing this into my life, and can’t wait to see what more y’all bring to it ❤️ ### 5/5 — I love this game, can’t wait to finish all the stories *2024-01-16, version 12.0.1* 10/10 I recommend this! It’s a great love story and story about bonding! Can’t wait tell all the characters are able to get a full ending. My personal favorite is Juuichi, made me cry definitely in love with him. ### 5/5 — Great VN, can’t wait for Shun and Torah’s endings! *2023-12-18, version 12.0.1* Such a great Visual Novel, really just great, I know Torah’s path is going to be finished last, but I haven’t been able to anything about when Shun’s path(s) are planned to be finished by? Thanks, keep up the great work! ### 5/5 — I only have one question. *2023-11-25, version 12.0.1* I love this game, but is this only a demo? Because I don’t have my own PC because I can’t afford one at this time, so I would want to still play the entire game on my iPhone without needing a PC for itch.io ### 5/5 — Went in expecting not much, was pleasant surprised by what’s here. *2023-08-24, version 12.0.1* I was originally part of the English translation for the original project, mostly to correct grammar mistakes, or note any missed Japanese text, and it saddened me immensely to see the project originally die. I spent many years quietly lamenting the loss of the project. I heard others had tried to pick it up only to put it down for one reason or another. The most recent attempt had me learning that Hiroyuki had been changed to a fox with all references to humans no longer existing due to the writers decision and bias, which I did not approve of. Since then, I had put the project out of my mind until recently, when my family was to go on a week long vacation. I was searching through apps and the like to prepare, and came across the VN, apparently now released for iOS. I decided to try it, on the basis on the glowing reviews, and the fact that Hiro seemed to have an option to have his species restored. The layout of the project was also radically changed. Normally you had to pick who you hung out with on the day, which sped the game along, now you played out almost ALL the events present. This significantly lengthened the game but also allowed you to experience a large amount of missed content. I finished the Shin route on my first attempt and got the best ending. I have to say this game hit all the right marks, including the updated art, and even some events that I know didn’t exist in the original project, which helps to develop the characters. I’m very impressed with this version of the game and hope to see it as it continues to develop. ### 5/5 — Characters *2023-06-29, version 11.0.0* I absolutely love the characters in this vn. They all have distinct personalities and designs. ### 5/5 — This game is AMAZING! *2023-05-23, version 11.0.0* Seriously, this game is the sole reason I got into visual novels in the first place, and seeing how far it’s gone makes me super happy. Please, do not abandon this game before you complete it. If I remember correctly, you said you would add the torahiko route last (not sure about that) and if this game gets cancelled before my boy can finally be fully implemented I’ll legit cry like I did with tatsuki’s bad ending. I have waited years to see a torahiko route that doesn’t end straight after the confession, and this is basically my last hope. Great game, if you are reading this, get it IMMEDIATELY, nothing but positive thoughts (and a few steamy ones) with this game. I felt nothing but love and joy when playing, and I can see how much time and effort they put into it, and it’s INCREDIBLE. Sorry for the long review and if I repeated topics, but I’m just too excited. Also, if you are reading this, developer, could you do us a favor and give us an estimate on when the build 12 will come out? Like the month you plan on it being released or something? You don’t have to but it would be nice. ### 5/5 — Just another request *2023-05-22, version 11.0.0* Could you add a continue button cause its kinda annoying when i leave and i come back and it for some reason resets ik we can save but~ it would be so much better if we had a continue button as-well just a harmless request i would recommend •^• ### 5/5 — I’m crying in my bed at 2AM *2023-04-19, version 11.0.0* This story so far has made me feel so many emotions and both the good and bad have done nothing but make me cry. Truly a beautiful story with amazing characters with each branch feeling unique leading to it feeling fresh each time ### 5/5 — Love this VN *2023-02-18, version 11.0.0* I would absolutely love to see Hiro! You don’t ever see him, would like to see something like the mini portraits like in the original when who ever is talking. But otherwise 10/10 amazing work guys ### 5/5 — Stunning, absolutely stunning. *2023-01-21, version 11.0.0* Absolutely beautiful, I love the story and how real it feels. The emotions are strong, and overwhelming (in a good way). And the romance between you and who your lover might be is something to die for. I love this vn, and I hope to see all of the routes completed! ### 5/5 — NEXT *2023-01-17, version 11.0.0* Tora has got to be next plz ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 2/5 — 😪 *2025-03-26, version 13.0.1* To be honest, the updates take way too long. I have been replaying this game for three years and it’s kind of tiring for me to replay characters that aren’t finished, but I will see. I do appreciate you for putting in the to make us all happy ### 3/5 — I love furries *2026-06-08, version 13.0.1* There was clearly a lot of work put into this but still it’s so dialogue based like reading your own thoughts.. and there aren’t really many choices to be made, so it can get a little old ### 3/5 — Early thoughts and impressions *2026-03-11, version 13.0.1* I’m a big fan of the original morenatsu, so I thought I should give this game a try. I’ve played a couple of the first days, so I thought I would jot down my thoughts. I do greatly admire the team’s attempt to work on such a project, so even if my criticisms sound harsh, just know it’s coming from a place of love. I think the game’s new art has good and bad elements. It does a good job of catching the original Morenatsu’s vibe, while looking more modern. However, some of the characters look off. Kouya (looks too skinny), Kounosuke (looks less chubby), and Soutarou (way too tall) all look weird to me. Other characters benefit from the style changes though, like Shun. Very smart choice to give him glasses. I also feel like there’s less expression in the sprites overall, but I understand development is still being done with that. The game’s writing is also a mixed bag. I understand that some of the characters have different stuff going on now compared to the original, but it feels like the core intent of these original scenes are lost now. The party at Raimon in the original was fun and welcoming, but now it’s just very uncomfortable? Nearly every character acts more sad/passive aggressive, and it kinda ruins the scene. I get that the original game’s scene had some weird moments, but it was written in a comedic tone that made it more digestible. It was also a lot more fun to read. When Hiroyuki says he’s smiling in the bathroom now, I just don’t buy it nearly as much as the original. I also feel like the new writing is ham fisted at times. Hiroyuki has 2 monologue lines where he’s directly telling the player about how Tatsuki’s route is about his alcoholism, which feels like I’m being spoon fed incredibly obvious information. In terms of positives though, I think the new scenes are very nice. It’s clear that an intent was made to show additional aspects of these characters which we only heard about in the game/blogs previously. I also think the writing for Hiroyuki is overall spot on, even if I think his edge was diminished. He was a great protagonist in the original, and I’m glad this project mostly understands why. I have played Revisited before, and although I can’t say much about it for Homecoming specifically right now, I am excited to get to the main routes of some characters—knowing that a lot of them got vast improvements from the original game (cough Kounosuke). Probably the biggest negative I have for Homecoming is that I think getting rid of the ability to choose how you spend each day from the map is VERY detrimental to the experience. The whole thesis of morenatsu is that you’re supposed to be making genuine memories in a finite amount of time. Going to the map select each day for the first half of game, seeing the area of Hiroyuki’s hometown that you wanna go to, and then choosing to spend time in that area/with that character is an essential part to the experience. Once you make your decision on what to do, that’s all you can do that day, and that makes each day’s event feel a lot more meaningful and impactful. It also opens up a lot of replay value, as you learn different things about Hiroyuki’s friends/past/hometown every time you choose to go somewhere on a given day. The player is willingly choosing how they want to make use of their finite time, and exactly which aspect of Hiroyuki’s past they want to learn more about. Knowing that summer will eventually end, and that the stuff you experience with your friends will also come to an end, is literally apart of Morenatsu’s identity. Feelings of nostalgia, and all that. Homecoming relegating this to Hiroyuki just walking around town and choosing to stay in certain spots based on text options is so underwhelming. Sure, you’re functionally doing the same thing as clicking from the map, but you’re losing the entire player experience. Players no longer feel that sense of finite time, and like they’re the ones choosing which aspect of Hiroyuki’s life that they wanna learn more about/continue. It also hurts the game’s replay value, as each day’s events take much more time to get through and start. I’m assuming this change was done so that each day has more content in it, which I admire the attempt to add a lot more writing, but it feels fundamentally at odds with what Morenatsu is supposed to be. This change causes the game to feel a lot less unique compared to other visual novels now. Even despite my criticisms though, I am looking forward to continue playing. I do appreciate a lot of what this project is doing, and It’s just really cool to see how much effort was put into it. I hope the best for the team, and that ya’ll continue trekking. ### 3/5 — Game is awesome *2024-05-05, version 12.0.1* Play a lot times really good story and characters and places enjoy it keep up excellent job on the game really want more story and characters other places to I hope get updated on the games ### 3/5 — Compatibily *2023-03-04* I find out that I could install it in my iPad Mini, with iOS 9.3.6, and in my iPad, with iOS 10.3.3, installing the same old version 6.2 in both and crashes often in the Mini iPad, since the game isn't compatibly with that system version. In my iPhone 5S, with iOS 12.5.7, it install the version 7. But that is great by simple find Furry Visual Novels in iOS, that is rare. **Developer response:** Thank you for your support. I'm glad that you like the project so far. It's unfortunate that you're not able to experience the later versions. This has been due to updates in the compilation software, and trying to keep it closer to current architecture. However, I do respect that not everyone updates their firmware. The earliest firmware that I can provide support for is 11.0.0, which I will start doing in future updates, so please look forward to it. ### 3/5 — Linguagem *2022-08-31* Não tem a versão em português:3 **Developer response:** Assim que terminarmos o jogo em inglês, começaremos a ver as traduções. Agradecemos sua paciência e compreensão. ### 3/5 — It great so far *2021-12-17, version 8.0.0* Good and awesome to but one problem character ctc incon not show up on lift side of screen at all please fix it that way can see characters incon including fox characters incon can see my character look like in the game please ### 3/5 — I like what you’re trying to do *2020-07-21, version 6.01* I love the idea of giving Morenatsu a remake, and I’m ecstatic that you’re completing the unfinished routes but... Some of the redesigns drive me a bit nuts, especially Shun and Kouya (though to be honest, I like what you did to Soutaro to some extent). I hope you consider putting back in the option to name yourself and an option to switch the MC to human to help with the experience. And hopefully give us an option to switch over to the original sprites if that’s what we prefer? ### 4/5 — Very good game- can’t wait for more updates! *2025-03-26, version 13.0.1* I really enjoyed this game. I’ve been doing Shun’s route, and I can’t wait for his route to be continued! Once the full game is out, I’ll definitely rate it five stars! ### 4/5 — Morenatsu *2023-11-13, version 12.0.1* Save the icon download iOS or Android 🇺🇸🇯🇵 ▶️ ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Awesome!!👏 *2026-05-19, version 13.0.1* Just finished Shin’s route and got the best ending. I love everything about this VN!! Sad to see the last change log was a year ago 😢. I’m hoping for a future update!! ### 5/5 — I love this game! But miss it too.. *2025-10-26, version 13.0.1* I absolutely love this game and fell in love with its story and characters ever since I first downloaded it, but it also pains me not to see the story or game update, I usually come back every so often to check on the game to see if it did update but never did. I just hope that in the future I’ll be able to see it continue. ### 5/5 — Excellent *2025-04-11, version 13.0.1* Loving it! Can’t wait for more routes to be finished :3 ### 5/5 — 求汉化 *2025-01-29, version 13.0.1* 中国的粉丝们也很喜欢这款游戏！请添加语言选项！ ### 5/5 — 🍆 *2025-01-05, version 13.0.0* I think it's a very good game, but feel like the language is a bit monolingual? Did you consider too much translation? Several languages, such as Chinese ### 5/5 — CAREFUL EMOTIONAL ⚠️⚠️⚠️ *2024-12-31, version 12.0.1* Game will make u emotional ❤️❤️ honestly such a great VN ### 5/5 — Superb game *2024-09-15, version 12.0.1* I really liked playing this game and interacting with all the different characters especially shun I hope when the full game comes out because I only played the full demo I can’t wait to continue the character story some I felt I have gotten really close to but then to be left on a cliff hanger I and just wanting to continue it so much more Really liked the game can’t wait for the full release ### 5/5 — 5stars *2024-06-27, version 12.0.1* i love big fat dragon guy, ten out of ten. ### 5/5 — I am speechless. Truly. This is your warning. *2024-06-15, version 12.0.1* I was not prepared for this. I wish someone had warned me so now I am paying it forward and warning you. Just straight up ugly crying in the guest room so I don’t wake up the whole house. I am the white girl in the club. This song is about me. I am all of these people. I have been personally victimized by regina george. Genuinely I was not expecting nor ready for this game to be what it was and devs, if you are still working on this, I want you to know that as a lifelong gamer, this hit me in ways that made presentable liberty look like a bedtime story. Thank you. So much. Now please for all that is good in the world: finish Tora because it’s going to haunt me. ### 5/5 — Fascinante *2024-06-09* Fue una experiencia muy entretenida y estoy ansioso por la ruta completa de torahiko **Developer response:** Gracias por su apoyo. Nos alegra que esté disfrutando de este proyecto. La ruta de Torahiko será la última, pero tenemos muchas cosas buenas planeadas, así que esperadla con impaciencia. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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