Piofiore fated memories - Overall thoughts

Published by: Idea factory/otomate (JP)
ENG: Aksys games
Available for nintendo switch (ENG & JP) and psvita (JP) 

Finally I started to play piofiore!
 For a long time I actually tried not to play this game and I just wanted save it for good time. I was really curious what kind of game this end up to be because it had mafia theme. So my first guesses where something dark,twisted and sad. One of my friend had already play this game and she told me it's very sad sometimes. Knowing me I like dark/twisted themed games so I was a really looking forward to this game. 

Summary from vndb

All the secrets are sleeping in that town.

The time is the beginning of the 20th Century.

The setting takes place right after the First World War in the South Italian town of "Burlone".

The ones who rule this city are three organizations called the Burlone Mafia.

The protagonist "Liliana" lived peacefully in Burlone, but starting from a certain incident she is taken in by one of the organizations.

Why is she being targeted? Why is she wanted?

Suddenly becoming an existence who holds the key, Liliana becomes involved in something extraordinary.

the boys 

Overall thoughts

Knowing me I looked up some other blogs for playing order. And one blog recommended start from Nicola so his route was first one which I decided to play.

For some reason I ended up to like Nicola immediately. Maybe his a little bit flirty, soft and sly personality spoke to me.
Nicola's route progressed quickly.
While I played his route I was kinda scared that I would be fooled by his flirty/kind persona and he would have some "skeletons in the closet" or something horrible was going to happen. Sometimes there was some "dark mafia" moments which was sometimes a little bit yikes. I kinda hoped Nicola and Lili would have more moments together but felt like most of the route Nicola just ignored her (for good reason). Nicola's route felt very short and it ended fast. Sometimes this route was a little bit confusing and flat. Don't know if the reason for this was "film story" mode which is in the game. 

I ended up to like Nicola a lot as character but sadly his route ended up to be boring sometimes and flat. There was some cute moments in the good ending. 

Next I played Yang's route.
From the start I knew I end up to like this character even though he is horrible and big trash. But me and my bad taste for characters :'D Yang is very mysterious character,sly and his mood changes a lot. I don't really know what speak to me in this character, is it his sly,dangerous and mysterious personality or is it just Okamoto's low voice lol 8DD
Yang is chinese mafia leader and I was expecting some drug themed things in his route. At the same time Yang is very scary and disgusting character but at the same time I'm like " I love this trash man". Lili's and Yang's relationship is kinda weird. Lili's reactions felt so real sometimes bc I would run away from Yang too. But felt like she little by little accepts her situation. Just when you though Yang is going to show his "soft/kind" side his mood change and everything started be horrible and a little bit scary again. Sometimes I found it kinda hilarious how "man of culture" Yang was. :'D I guess those moments added a little spice for this route.
 While I played Yang's route it was really hard to read his mood because you wasn't sure if he was serious about things or were everything just big game for him. I don't know why the ending for the route felt a little bit bittersweet. Well last chapter was a big roller coaster so :'D
I kinda liked how Yang started be more "kind/soft" towards Lili but at the same time I had mixed feelings. I was kinda happy for their ending. 

I ended up to like Yang's route a lot. Sometimes I wondered if I looked through rose colored glasses when I played this route. And what I mean with this is, I know how horrible character he is and how disgusting/horrible things happen in this route, but I guess something speak to me when I look at Yang. (I know I'm weird) 

Third route was Dante.
My first impression of Dante from other routes were "he is cool tsundere boss". And yes he was softy tsundere boss. First I was unsure if I end up to like Dante or not. 
In this route there was a lot more explanation for "weird" church things and Lili is this mysterious "key maiden". While I played this route I wasn't sure which way this route was going to end up. Because there was kind of same scenes like in Nicola's route but from different view. I still was unsure about liking Dante but then he started show more his cute softy tsundere side and I was sold. Those couple blushing CG was soooo good,thank you! (⁄ ⁄>⁄ ▽ ⁄<⁄ ⁄)
In later chapter there was more about key maiden thing and then suddenly there started be some weird "god's sons grave" things and I was like ??? I guess church/god etc. themes are exotic for jp writers? 

Even thought I have mentioned this "key maiden" thing couple of times am not going to say more about it,because spoilers I guess. 

Anyway...
End for Dante route was very cute and I felt so happy for Lili and him. BUT I'm a little unsure if I liked Dante's route. When Dante & Lili had those cute/romantic moments I liked those moments a lot and I think they're probably best couple from this game. Also it was nice to see more different sides of Dante because his first impression is this "I'm cool tsundere boss!". 
Not sure if Dante's route missed something? Because for me it felt plain. I mean I liked him as character a lot but his route wasn't that special for me. Or maybe I'm just blind and still thinking about Yang route...hmmm. 

I guess more church things are waiting for me because next route was Orlok.
Like with Dante I was also unsure if I end up to like Orlok. Because usually kuudere is not my fav character type, but Orlok is still kinda cute... ( 〃▽〃)
When I started to play this route I wasn't that excited and it took me very long time to even finish it. Am not really sure why playing this route was so difficult for me,maybe because I wasn't that interest in Orlok as character? 

Orlok was very cute and sometimes he had this "lost puppy" vibe. But at the same time I wasn't sure if I liked him or not. Something about him just made me hesitate.
Felt like most of the route was about Lili & Orlok escaped from other characters. Lili also felt like game piece which they were throwing around. More you played Orlok route you start realize how broken he is & doesn't understand ordinary feelings (like happiness,sadness etc.). And soon you start to realize "oh maybe they have brainwashed him and only thing what is in his mind is about his mission & god??? （´＿｀）".
Most of the time I felt very sad when I played this route. And if there was some fun/nice moments soon game made U-turn and again everything was sad & you just suffered.
My overall feeling about this route is: it's very bitter sweet.
First I wasn't sure if I wanted to play other endings for Orlok,but then I just speed run other endings. After playing those I still thought that his route is very bitter sweet. 

Final character route before "Finale story" was Gilbert.
 I was very interest in his route because you were able to play his route after playing all other routes so I was curious why he was this character who had locked route.
When I first time saw Gil in this game he gave this flirt chara vibes & yes he was very flirty but also sometimes a little bit sad but not melancholic. I don't know why I immediately liked Gil a lot, maybe I still like those flirt character types a lot? :'D He also had this playful but serious side too.
 Sometimes it was funny/cute when Gil teased Lili with flirty lines etc. And I also liked there was a lot moments when they spent time together. 

In Gil's route there was more about casino & what happened around it. Felt like this route progressed very fast or maybe I was just so interested in Gils route and I didn't realize how fast I finished it. At the same time felt like there was a lot happening but also not? Which was very weird feeling. Not sure if it's right to say that Gilbert's route felt kinda separate from other routes? There was still same elements from other routes but at the same time this route felt like it's "own world". Hard to explain this,sorry. 

Anyway!
 I really liked that there was a lot spicy moments with Gil. And I was just waiting more spicy moments with him. Thank you ~ (⁄ ⁄•⁄ω⁄•⁄ ⁄ )
I could guess that Gilbert end up to be one of my fav characters from this game even though in the end his route wasn't that "special" I guess? There was a lot nice moments for him & lili but it also left kinda meh feeling.

So Finale route

When I started play this last route I wondered what new info I'm going to get from this route which I didn't know yet? 
However my motivation to play this route was very small and felt like it took forever for me to finish it. Start for the route was quite similar to Gilbert's route which ate more my motivation to continue playing this. So I skipped a lot from the start until there started to be more new things to the story. 
While I played this I noticed that finale route is kinda this alternative route without romance,but Lili still spent time with the boys and she still had "close relationship" with the boys. Which was kinda nice, because while playing this route you saw new sides of the other characters. I also found it funny how those boys roasted each other more in this route. 

When I was playing this route at the same time I was interest to know missing pieces from the story but at the same time my feeling was "when this route is over?". Which was a little bit sad because I still liked this game. End for this route was kinda same like in Gilbert route but with different sides/pieces. And of course without spicy moments with Gilbert lol.

But after finishing finale route there was still one ending which you could play. And it was for Henri. Don't know if this small "Henri ending" was tasting for the second game where you can play Henri's route? ¯\_(シ)_/¯
But in this small ending you get to know a little bit what kind of character Henri is. When I get to know more about Henri I realized how broken soul he really is. But after playing his ending I was more interest in what kind of character he is and do we get to know more about his past in the second game? So I'm really looking forward to his route in the second game!!

Finale thoughts:

Overall I really enjoyed play piofiore. I found the theme/scene very interesting. Even thought I liked this game a lot it still left me this weird unsatisfied feeling. And I'm not really sure why it left this feeling? Maybe finale route just dropped my hype for this game. There was still interesting parts in the story but still felt like it was missing something, but I'm not really sure what it missed? 

Meanwhile story parts was nice way to show different sides of the story. But when I played Nicola's route this system felt very confusing. After playing more routes it felt more clear. 

I was surprised that I ended up to like all the boys, but I still have my own top fav boys! And of course I liked Lili & some side characters too! 

I played some bad endings from the game but my motivation to play all those endings was small at the moment. Maybe in the future I have time/motivation to play those and suffer lol. 

Can't wait for the second piofiore game! 

My favorites list ended up to look like this: 

Yang,Gilbert, Nicola, Dante & Orlok

I will question my taste everyday but in the end I have trash taste and always end up to like those trashy characters lol.