he Hungry Lamb is more than a simple visual novel where our goal is to collect all possible endings, either from infinite possibilities or routes. This novel tells the story of Liang and his companion, who are tasked with escorting 4 minors from Huazhou City to Luoyang, towns that are many miles apart. Being, in a nutshell, human trafficking. Liang and his partner Tongue, in their inexperience, decide to go through the forest; however, they will have to go through many difficulties, such as the context of the fall of the Ming dynasty and discovering each of the girls throughout the story.
A modern visual art, with changes dependent on the narrative
Like any visual novel, The Hungry Lamb allows us to interact with the characters of the story and in many occasions, make decisions that will affect the rest of the story, the main characters that will appear during the story are Liang and Tongue (inexperienced dealers), “Lambs”, nickname given to the 4 minors transferred to Luoyang (Qiong Hua, the oldest, Cui’er and Hong’er a couple of sisters and the co-protagonist of the story “Little Mute” or Man Sui.
The story takes place in 3 villages, morning, afternoon and evening, in different locations, however, Sui’s “past” stories are exposed with another perspective of art, while the present ones can be observed from another perspective, all depending on the changes in the narrative of the visual novel, which makes it more intriguing.
An exquisite soundtrack adapted to the fall of the Ming Dynasty and the characters.
The music in The Hungry Lamb is well adapted to the context of the last years of the Ming dynasty (1644) and the problems that each character experiences throughout this interesting story. From an impulsive and unscrupulous Tongue, Liang, calculating, analytical, but very impressionable. The “lambs” Qiong Hua on the eve of their physical development and with a high sense of morality, Cui’er and Hong’er sisters who take care of each other above all things and Sui, who had to mature very quickly after sudden losses and who has a fixed goal when he arrives in Luoyang: Revenge.
The sense of danger in The Hungry Lamb is also well adapted, whether it’s the first encounter with Sui, the first village with the starving inhabitants or the soldier rounding up the traffickers, making 2P Games‘ novel even more immersive.
The Hungry Lamb: An immersive novel with twists in its plot
The novel does not exactly show the best of the Ming Dynasty, it tells us how it directly affected families, villages and above all the protagonists and co-protagonists of the story, from famines and extreme cases to satisfy hunger.
