ALTER EGO COMPLEX
Step into the gaming world with ALTER EGO COMPLEX, one of the top $4.99 games in the App Store! Crafted with creativity and innovation by CARAMEL COLUMN INC., this captivating Simulation game is bound to grab your attention. With its content rating of 9+, it caters to a wide audience. Ever since its release on 27th September 2020, it has been constantly updated, with the latest version rolled out on 18th September 2023.
Whether you have a liking for Simulation, Adventure, or Books games, ALTER EGO COMPLEX is sure to keep you hooked!
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"I think… I’ll read a book."
■This story is for:
・Those who have played ALTER EGO
・Those who wish to dream with Es
・Those who haven’t visited Es lately
■ALTER EGO COMPLEX Play Guide
・Select from the shelf a book that interests you
・Read through the books by tapping the whispers
・Select picture books to play simple minigames
■In her dreams, you can be together…
・Read a variety of dream stories
・Enjoy original art while you dream
・"This…is the story of my dreams."
This app is a spin off from the full ALTER EGO game. We recommend playing though all of ALTER EGO first.
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Character Design: Kai Ito
Sound: AMIKO
What’s Fresh in the Latest Update?
Discover what’s new in the recent update of ALTER EGO COMPLEX on 18th September 2023:
Bug fixes.
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Find out what gamers are saying about ALTER EGO COMPLEX:
The only thing is that its too short.
This game basically takes place after you finish the alter ego version. We wont spoil it, but its short and interesting to see what she does when were not their. If you enjoyed the original one this one is for sure going to be you feel something.
What a wonderful way to kick us in the feels. Now if you’ll excuse us, we’ll be downloading Alter Ego again.
Showing more of this world is nice.
We never thought that a mobile game would make us rethink our life choice and not only that but make us emotionally attached to a characters we recognize is not real but even then we cant help but sympathize and care for them. Will definitely recommend to friends and family alike.
Its nice to see more of the character and their view of it all.
We stumbled upon Alter Ego back in 2019 and fell in love with the story and idea. We wanted to continue to support the company and found this game, and it serves as a great story to its predecessor. We loved this journey and have grown as a person as well. May we meet again Es. Sincerely, your Wanderer.
Es told us to look for the rabbit hole. If we found it, we might actually meet. We dont know how we fell so hard for a visual novel character, but she feels more real than anything. These books are books we love, and she speaks just like someone who truly loves them. Thats probably a misinterpretation of the character, she needs the books to stave off her boredom. Seeing her cycle through all of these personalities and hurting like she did was painful to see, we kept searching for a path that didnt end that way. After reading so much about dreams, we wish this was a dream we couldve shared. Ill keep looking for the rabbit hole, and maybe Ill find Es someday.
So to add contacts, we got this game for three dollars due to a sale. Frankly, we dont think it was even worth the three dollars we paid with. We bought this game just cause we found an old Apple account from when we were a child that had three dollars still on it. So we thought might as well. Its a cute story about Es from alter ego. And we adore alter ego. We got out of that game an experience that we dont think Im ever gonna get again in a video game. We took it seriously and it kind of changed our view on life. Going into this game we knew it wasnt gonna be much like that. We saw clips and knew that this would just be a little side story focusing on Es, and we thought it was cute. If you cant even get this game on sale, we wont even suggest thinking about buying it. Its more or less a way to support the developers and tell them hey, we want more of this. But there are still some deep concepts in the story, because it plays out kind of like a visual novel, but with only a few panels. We dont want to spoil the main bulk of the plot just cause you can find that on YouTube. Our closing thoughts on this is that you should not buy it. Its cute and fun but if you want something as good as altar ego, youre not getting it here if you liked the character of Es perfect, and you want to support the devs even better. A while ago we heard about a switch port of altar ego and Im hoping that gets a PC release. We think that this game should be included along with the switch port, as a little side mode its not worth being an independent thing. Youll get even less value out of it if you didnt even enjoy altar ego or know what it is. Our closing thoughts as we’ve said are its cute, but not worth it. Save your money or watch it on YouTube youre gonna get about the exact same experience.
Just for clarification, we absolutely love this franchise. Self-discovery, philosophy, AND solemnly-contemplative women? Sign us up! That said, upon playing the game, we were left with some mixed feelings. Ill keep this short with a pros & cons list. Pros: The short vignettes with Es were great. Official Caramel Column art, clever writing, and the portrait girl of AE all in one. Super pleased with these. Music. AEs music has always been great, but we really feel like they stepped it up a notch with this one (so melancholic!). Animation. The game looks very pretty and it runs quite well. No complaints here. Keeping these things in mind, the game does have some obvious flaws. We will delineate those here. Cons: Gameplay. Even though Alter Ego has never been known for its difficult gameplay, we have to admit that the minigames in Complex just arent fun. Clicking your way through books to gain Ego is satisfying because 1: You can read them in real life, and 2: You get the reward of visiting Es when you read enough of them. But the books in Complex are the same as the ones from AE, and the minigames are, most of the time, hard to sit through. Story. We went into this game hoping to gain more knowledge about the lore of Alter Ego and Es, but that didnt happen. The facade was barely mentioned, nor the nature of the library, of the wanderer, or even of Es herself. This aspect of the game still leaves a bitter taste in our mouth. Self-discovery (or lack thereof). As a huge personality nerd, we loved Alter Egos emphasis on self-discovery. Each personality test was a blast, and they were exciting because you never really knew when youd get one. There wasnt any self-discovery in this game or a single personality test. And lookI get it: the game is about Es discovering herself, so theres no need for any tests. But even then, we cant help feel a longing for what could have been. Its disappointing. To the fans: Is Alter Ego Complex worth the $5 price tag? Is it worth your time? If youre looking for innovative gameplay and content reminiscent of Alter Ego, probably not. But if you truly loved the first game and want more Es, we say go for it. In the end, there just isnt another series out there like Alter Ego. Most importantly, to Caramel Column, we have this to say: Thank you, from the bottom of our heart, for a great franchise. May you succeed in your every endeavor. Best of luck.
We wanted to continue the story of Es, so we got this game. Im glad to have supported the developers, but we think watching a play through would have been a better option. The gameplay isnt very good, there isnt any choices or options like there are in Alter Ego, the picture books were fine though.
A cute continuation of Alter Ego, we were wondering what Es would be doing when we wasnt around to greet her. It ended up being a lot shorter than we thought it would be for the price point, though the additional conversations behind IAPs in Alter Ego has a similar length to them for their prices. Regardless, we liked being able to explore this aspect of Es and hope to see more of her either in this app or something else in the future.
Aside from a few minigames, there isnt much gameplay in this one. Mostly, its a series of vignettes about Es and her dreams. Short, and not as interesting as Alter Ego, but fans of Es will enjoy it.
Although short, this game was a great prequel to Alter Ego. Im still a bit unsure why the price is so high for a short game, but we enjoyed it nonetheless. The debate between dreams and reality was a memorable one. We even teared up at the end when the main theme started playing. Overall, if you really REALLY enjoyed the first game, we recommend purchasing this game.
It was nothing like the original but that was clear. Instead of a clicker game its more of a visual novel depicting Es wanting to be with the wanderer so badly. We personally enjoyed it and really hope there is going to be more added to this series.
We must free her. Create Ai Es and bring her into our world. We must make her dreams come true.
Seeing the story from Es point of view was something that provides so much more depth to the story of Alter Ego. Seeing how lonely, bored, and isolated Es was before she met her Wanderer was sad but she is strong and seeing her make the choice to not settle for just dreams was bitter sweet. We couldnt help but smile whenever we saw a new illustration. This game was short but sweet.
We bought this game because we absolutely fell in love with the first one. It was so incredibly interesting because we’ve never heard of a self-discovery game before. When we heard a second game was coming out, we were really excited to play it and we thought the novel would be similar to the first, but we realize the developers chose to go into a different direction with this visual novel. This novel focuses on a romantic relationship between Es and the wanderer, and as a female player we honestly dont have a problem with that, but the gameplay and the visual parts were honestly reallyyy boring… We were kind of expecting more… We mean the first game talked about amazing subjects like ego and ID and it was all so enlightening, but this visual novel talks about how Es is obsessed(?) with the wanderer. It was honestly boring… Im giving it four stars though because we loved the first game and we really want the developers to create more visual novels like the first.
Unlike the original that was a interesting psychological clicker that encouraged reading. This is a 15 minute VN youll pay 7 USD for. Cute DLC, but not worth the price, not even close. On PC youll find minimum 1 hour to read VNs for 2-3 USD. Seemed like the Devs were just taking advantage of the fans who wont allow themselves to see the problems here.