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C14 Dating Visual Novel – Adventure Game Review
C14 Dating Visual Novel is a Adventure/Simulation game from Celso Riva, first launched in 23rd September 2016.
It’s rated 12+ and currently has 63+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes C14 Dating Visual Novel Stand Out
C-14 Dating is an otome dating sim that combines archaeology, friendships and love.
You play as Melissa Flores, a 3rd year anthropology student participating in a summer archaeological internship. The field school takes place in Belgium, over 5000 miles away from your native California!
Okay, it’s a little bit out of your comfort zone, and the fact you’ll be staying in an unfamiliar country for two months can be nerve-racking, but you couldn’t pass up such a learning opportunity! You get to excavate at an authentic prehistoric site, which has uncovered Neanderthal remains in the past.
Maybe you’ll dig up some bones, or even unearth tools that were manufactured by early humans. And of course, you might forge friendships and find romance during your stay…
This Adventure game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, C14 Dating Visual Novel is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 28th September 2016
Recent improvements include:
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
Fixed app name
Minor bug fixes
Download & Availability
C14 Dating Visual Novel is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get C14 Dating Visual Novel on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
Here is our opinion: Definitely worth it, make sure to play the mini-games but Im pretty sure they dont make a difference in the end (Im about to do another playthru except w/o the mini games). Atleast for our romantic choice – the story did not have a lot of romance involved as expected : ( the ending never gave grades out which we secretly REALLY wanted as we ACED and rocked (pun on words) our stats. We did like the feel of the experience of an expiation.
This game has been one of our best purchases yet. We love the details of the classes and the flexibility to choose what we do each day. We also enjoy that depending on what you choose you get to experience different events. Our personal fav has always been shoji. The cuteness to his character is too much and we always have to read his story. Every time we get a new phone we make sure we transfer everything. This game is A++++.
Can you make more cuz we love this game so much we would like to see more of it.
We wish we didn't have to pay… :( that completely ruins the point of a free game! :( other besides that it's good and we taught us a lot.
Our heart feels so fluttery after that, definitely worth the $10. We absolutely fell for Shoji, and we rarely write reviews, but this game broke our heart at the fact that it didnt go on forever. Curse this game for making us fall so hard for the adorable little nerd Shoji, but also bless this game. All the characters are so cute, mini games are fun, just hard to pass eventually, so we skip, and good backgrounds. All in all, thank you creators. Thank. You.
As an archaeology/anthropology student we were pleasantly surprised that such a game exists. We LOVE the characters and the story. It seems like every joke that was made in this game, our friends and we have said before in uni or the field. (The moment with licking the bone is extremely relatable) The lab puzzles are a bit tough for us for some reason, but we extremely enjoy the excavation ones. And we love that it doesnt romanticize the field too much, it can be pretty stressful and tense between people there. Some things that can be fixed a bit: – the music seemed to be the same no matter the situation, which hinders the immersion – if you go to settings or to save the game, the icon that is supposed to return you into the game doesnt work 90% of the time Otherwise, great job, creators.
It is so good.we barely write reviews. Most games bore us.
Love it! Its nice to have a dating sim where you dont have to pay in-app to advance the story.
This game kind of ruined all other otome/dating sim story type games for us. You can tell that the makers put a lot of thought into making this a more realistic experience, with lots and lots of detail, interesting characters, a nuanced and well-researched story, and a likable protagonist. Highly recommend this game! Please make another game along these lines, or make a sequel.
Awesome game! Beautiful graphics, cool plot and an awesome yuri route! That's the best route yet.
To be honest we adore this game so much. We love the story it tells, we like the mini games, and we love the characters. The characters in this game are unique and have their own style/flare and amazing storyline. Personally, we been through all the paths, but our favorite is the Joan romance path because she is so adorable and cute when she blushes and also the fact that she is the best friend/ girlfriend anyone could ask for since she is always there for you.
We thought the plot was good and interesting and we liked how some guys had some form of disability (like with Kyler being death). We would've liked a tad more romance in it though, like we only got the romancing towards the end. And the mini games were interesting as well, but it got to a point where it was getting too big and a bit more complicated that we just ended up skipping them. Almost wish we could've zoomed in once it got to be 15×15 squares for the cave games.
We rarely write reviews, but we're making an exception for this game! It is a true pleasure to play, and we felt so smart and exotic learning all of the interesting facts about archeology and reading the French! The art was beautiful, Mel was so sweet (we loved the diabetic twist!) and the boys were all irresistible. Our heart was sold out for Kyle… And then the free trial ended. We CANT purchase the rest, unfortunately, but thoroughly enjoyed the taste that we got. Sometime we hope to splurge and continue. Thanks for creating such a lovely and unique twist on the usually so clichd dating sims.
We love this game a lot and have done almost every relationship except Hendrik. Its impossible! Ive tried multiple different times and we just cant get it too work! Please fix this bug so we can enjoy this game again.
Can we finally play as a non-pale character.
The story is nice, we tried purchasing it when our free trial finished, but it kept kicking us out back to our home screen! We deleted it twice but still every time we try to unlock the full game sadly it kicks us out. Developers is there any reason why.
We never got to play the game because of user license we hate this it mightve been a decent game if we got to play it we wish we did but could not and one other thing we hate about it is that if you hit disagree on that user license thing it kicks you off the game and we tried it five times and it didnt work so we officially hate this app and we dont want it on our phone ever again so yeah.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.1
- Size: 121.50 MB
- iOS: 7.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory: Infrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or References
- Developer: [Celso Riva]()
Last updated: 28th September 2016 | Genre: Adventure, Simulation | Developer: Celso Riva