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[Review] Chaos;Head Noah (Nintendo Switch)

Platform: Nintendo Switch
Developer: 5pb
Release: Oct 7, 2022 (for Switch)
Price: $25 USD

Chaos;Head Noah is an enhanced version of the sci-fi visual novel Chaos;Head which was originally released in 2008, but never got a Western localization until now. This is actually the first game in the Science Adventure series, predating Steins;Gate and Robotics;Notes and also serves as the prequel to Chaos;Child which was already localized several years ago.

Plot: You are Takumi Nishijou, a reclusive, anti-social, insecure otaku who lives alone in a shipping container on top of a building. Everyday you live out an existence playing online games, hentai games and talking to your anime figurine Seira and generally dislike talking to ‘real’ people. One day you find yourself in the middle of a series of gruesome murders, dubbed the ‘NewGen’ killings, and you become the prime suspect of one of the murders. Then girls with gigantic swords start showing up in your life, mysterious voices talk to you, throwing your life into chaos.. Whose eyes are those?

One of the ‘delusion’ gameplay elements

Gameplay: The main gameplay element is reading text like in other visual novels, except that Takumi suffers from ‘delusions’ which means he is able to alter reality depending on whether you want him to suffer from a ‘positive’ delusion or a ‘negative’ delusion. These delusions generally do not impact the story, but its interesting to see alternate scenes play out.

Characters:

Sena and Kozue, two of the notable girls in the game

-Takumi Nishijou, a reclusive, anti-social otaku who can barely even form coherent sentences to other people. He usually stutters a lot when he talks to ‘real’ people.
-Shogun, a mysterious figure who seems to be out to get you
-Rimi Sakihata, a cheerful girl who appeared to you one day during a murder scene, and later tries to befriend you
-Yua Kusunoki, a girl who stalks you and seems to want something from you
-Ayase Kishimoto, a singer from a popular indie band, who also seems to have her own sword
-Sena Aoi, a hot headed girl who carries around a big sword all the time and isn’t afraid to use it
-Kozue Orihara, a mute who speaks instead telepathically, who also has her own sword
-Nanami Nishijou, your cheerful ‘bratty’ little sister

Graphics: Chaos;Head Noah uses beautiful anime graphics and sometimes the characters blink on the screen making it appear more like an anime, I think this is definitely a great looking anime type visual novel

Music: The music is just fine, it’s not super memorable but it fits the mood of the scene and the story and that’s all right by me.

Some parts can get disturbing..

Conclusion: 9/10. This is one of the most interesting visual novels I’ve ever played, it’s up there with YU-NO, Muv Luv Alternative, Steins;Gate, etc it’s a S tier sci-fi visual novel. What makes it so interesting is a few things, the fact that the protagonist is one of the most helpless pathetic protagonists I’ve ever played. He’s hopelessly insecure about himself, depressed, depraved and of course delusional. It’s very rare that that you play a game with such a flawed main character. The other girls are all flawed in their own way too, the delusion mechanic is interesting and unique, and the story is genuinely gripping. Be aware that there is a lot of graphic violence in this novel and there will be scenes that will make most people uncomfortable. This game can get downright disturbing, but if you bear through it you will be in for a real treat because the story definitely has some interesting twists and turns. The main issue I have with the localization though, is that it doesn’t distinguish between when the characters are talking and when they are thinking. This is a real problem, because the story often times shifts between perspectives of different characters, and some characters are telepathic as well, so if you don’t know what is being thought and what is being said well… that can get confusing. Other than that, the actual translation jobs are superb.

https://youtu.be/8suWvxPYItA

January 29, 2023
[Review] The House in Fata Morgana (Nintendo Switch)

Platform: Nintendo Switch
Developer: Novectacle
Release: Apr 9, 2021 (for Switch)
Price: $40 USD

The House in Fata Morgana is a visual novel in the truest sense of the word.. it’s a novel but with graphical and auditory elements to it. There’s no interactions besides just advancing the text.

Plot: You are a spirit who lost their memories entering a creepy mansion, upon entering you talk to a maid who seems like she has been with the mansion throughout various points in history. She shows you what happens in the mansion in different points in history. In 1603, the mansion is inhabited by young aristocrat siblings Mell and Nellie Rhodes.

In 1707, the mansion is abandoned and destitute, except for a singular ‘Beast’ creature who the maid attempts to civilize. In 1869, the mansion is owned by young, greedy businessman Jacopo. In 1099, an incarnation of the White-Haired Girl (a girl who appears in all the other time periods as well) flees to the mansion from persecuting villagers. The overarching plot of the novel ties the identities of the spirit, maid and white-haired girl together throughout the different time periods with a thrilling conclusion.

Typical gameplay is just.. reading through text

Gameplay: This is a strict visual novel with no gameplay elements and no choices.. just reading text.

Characters:

The White Haired Girl is a recurring character throughout each time period

There’s a few characters from each time period, but the main characters that are recurring through each time period are:

-You, the spirit listening mostly to the maid’s tales
-The Maid, who has lived in the mansion throughout different time periods.
-The White Haired Girl, who appears in each time period as a critical character

The graphics are done in a eerie realistic style

Graphics: The House in Fata Morgana appears wholly unlike any other Japanese visual novel in that it does not use anime style graphics and instead opts for a more ‘realistic’ depiction of the characters. I personally find it refreshing and it definitely adds more of a creepy vibe to the dark parts of the story and more realism and color to the lighter parts. It’s a beautiful looking game.

Music: The music fits well with different parts of the story. You will hear light hearted music during the lighter parts, opera like background music during some climactic parts and creepy brooding music during the darker parts. It definitely adds to the atmosphere of this game.

Conclusion: 8/10. It’s harder for me to rank this game compared to other visual novels because it’s just so different. There’s no dating sim here, no choices to make. It’s just reading through text. It can barely be qualified as a game. So I think this ‘game’ appeals the most to book readers, and personally I feel the story is only considered strong when you compare it to other visual novels. Compared to traditional books, obviously there are more engrossing books that people have written throughout history that are superior to this. However, I understand if you judge this game purely as a novel with a solid storyline, graphics and music, then it’s definitely a recommendation. I just don’t recommend it for people expecting any kind of gameplay elements, since they simply do not exist for this game.

https://youtu.be/4uJNZnrwiEA

January 29, 2023
[Review] Steins;Gate: My Darling’s Embrace (Nintendo Switch)

Platform: Nintendo Switch
Developer: 5pb
Release: Dec 10, 2019 (for Western markets)
Price: $40 USD

Steins;Gate: My Darling’s Embrace is a spin-off of the popular Steins;Gate series of visual novels. This spin-off in particular, focuses on pure dating sim / romantic comedy elements and takes the Steins;Gate universe in a very light-hearted direction, so be warned that if you are looking for the same sort of tension that you usually found in Steins;Gate then this spin-off is not for you. Also, it is highly advised that you play either Steins;Gate or Steins;Gate 0 before going into this spinoff, just to get a better introduction and background to most of the characters. There’s no true bad endings or game overs in this game.

Kurisu invites Rintaro over…

Plot: The main protagonist, Okabe Rintaro, has found himself in a new Delta attractor field, which seemingly does not have any world shattering consequences like the Alpha or Beta attractor fields do. This is a relatively peaceful attractor field, and several new gadgets have been made by the Lab members. There’s notably a gadget that cuffs two lovers together, zaps them if they argue or try to get away and will only let them break free if they have the same thoughts together. Another gadget displays the thoughts of a person and transmits it to a video display, and yet another gadget broadcasts video publicly for the whole world to see. Clearly, all these gadgets work together to much embarrassing effect for the Lab members. In particular Rintaro finds himself with one of 6 possible Lab members to be in romantic subplot with.

In this Delta timeline, Moe’s the lead singer of the Lab’s band

Gameplay: Like other Steins;Gate games, it uses the D-Mail system. So the different routes are affected by when (or if) you open your phone at certain times, which people you contact, and which emails you send (or don’t send). The rest is standard visual novel reading as this series is not point and click or investigative in nature.

Faris and Mayuri with their typical cafe greeting

Characters: Steins;Gate has fairly memorable characters, and all of them are represented here with no new additions.

-Okabe Rintaro: the protagonist of Steins;Gate who is a self described mad genius, who comes across as both eccentric and self-loathing at times.

-Daru: Okabe’s closest male friend, a pervert and a prodigal programmer and hacker who can bypass almost any security system.

-Kurisu Makise: the heroine of the original series, a tsundere, a scientific prodigy, and canonically Okabe’s main lover. Of course, she is presented as a romantic option here.

-Mayuri Shiina: Okabe’s closest female friend, cute, innocent, a bit ditzy but always there in need for her friends. Another romantic option here.

-Suzuha Amane: A time traveler from the future, usually a very serious personality from the other series, she’s a bit more light hearted here, and thus appears as another romantic option here.

-Faris NyanNyan: A cosplaying catgirl who comes from a well to do background and owner of a popular maid cafe. Available as another romantic option here.

-Luka Urushiba: Biologically a male, but always appears and acts very feminine, leading many to mistake his gender. He’s one of Mayuri’s close friends, and – despite his gender – also available as a romantic option in this game 😉

-Moeka Kiryu: Nicknamed ‘Shining Finger’ for her preference for and speed at texting, a very introverted girl who – unlike the original series – does not pose any kind of threat in this game, and thus is available as another romantic option.

A rare visual of Moeka

Graphics: Steins;Gate has always had a signature graphical style with pastel-looking backgrounds and characters and if you enjoyed that style, then nothing changes here. I personally do like this style as well.

Music: Again, I’ve always enjoyed Steins;Gate’s background music which I think have always matched the mood of the scene. In this game since it’s so lighthearted it’s mostly that kind of music as well, which is fine by me.

Conclusion: 7/10. It’s definitely not as engrossing as the original Steins;Gate (10/10) or Steins;Gate 0 (9/10) for me, since it focuses mostly on romantic comedy here, which is a tried and true genre for visual novels. Since I reference Muv-Luv a lot (a great visual novel series for those of you who haven’t played it), I’ll continue with the analogy that if Steins;Gate and Steins;Gate 0 were the Muv-Luv Unlimited/Alternative then this spin off must be the Muv-Luv Extra of Steins;Gate. I.e it’s really light-hearted, relatively short, and if you are just looking for a visual novel to lighten up your mood then this will do it. If you’ve always wondered what the Steins;Gate universe could be like if the characters didn’t have to deal with the impending doom or SERN/WWIII/Mayuri/Kurisu’s death and wanted a more light hearted ‘fun’ take on the universe, or maybe wanted to ship Rintaro with one of the main cast, then this one is it. Otherwise I consider this one a fairly average visual novel; it’s not a must get or anything, but it will help you unwind after a long day at work.

https://youtu.be/1JPj3Gx9XXM

September 27, 2020
[Review] Aokana: Four Rhythms (Nintendo Switch)

Platform: Nintendo Switch
Developer: Sprite
Release: Aug 21, 2020
Price: $60 USD

Aokana: Four Rhythms Across the Blue (not sure why they named it that) is a visual novel with a premise that’s a bit different than most visual novels – instead of being a typical dating sim or investigative type visual novel, it focuses on a competitive sport.

Plot: In Aokana’s universe, there’s an invention called Anti-Gravity Shoes which like the name implies, allows its wearers to fly in the sky. There’s a popular sport in the game called Flying Circus which makes use of the shoes.
The sport is deceptively simple: it’s a one on one sport where the players have to stay within a square, and a player scores a point either by touching the outer posts of the square consecutively before the other player, or by touching the other player’s back. The player with the most points at the end of regulation wins.

Masaya typically commentates on a match

Of course, there’s more to it than that. There’s different playing styles – Fighter (focuses on touching the opponent’s back), Speeder (focuses on touching the posts before the other player), and All-Rounder (can do either, but does not specialize as much as the other two). There’s lots of basic and advanced moves shown in the game. There’s also different types of Anti-Grav Shoes and different settings for them. Honestly, the sport and the strategies they explain are fairly well detailed for a visual novel like this and sometimes I felt myself getting sucked into this fictional sport and rooting for different teams as if it actually existed.

The protagonist, Masaya Hinata, was a former top FC (Flying Circus) player, who quit the sport due to a traumatic event, and is now tasked with coaching a team of 3 girls and 1 guy to lead their school to the FC championship.

Shindou demolishes Misaki in an FC dogfight

Gameplay: Ok, it’s not entirely focused on the sport, there are some dating sim and eroge elements in the game – but they happen mostly towards the end of the game and are very light by visual novel standards and nothing too shocking occurs. Hinata can date/focus on one of 4 girls in the game, depending on which options you select in the game, but the options don’t come up very often, so the majority of this game is basically just reading.

Dating sim elements are in the game but they are rather uncommon

Characters: I love the characters. They’re probably the strong point of this game. Masaya Hinata is not that pervy compared to most visual novel protagonists, and mostly focuses on the tasks at hand. He’s a relatively serious protagonist, despite the harlem of girls around him, and that’s a welcome change of pace from all those perverted protagonists from other visual novels I’ve played.

-Asuka is the main and default girl in the game, she’s a very cheerful type that’s hard to dislike, a bit ditzy sometimes, but also an FC prodigy and the school’s best player.
-Misaki is Hinata’s close female friend, an academic genius, has an odd sense of humor and a bit of a tomboy. I have no problems with Misaki, I think she’s pretty cool.
-Mashiro. I personally don’t really like this character. She’s a borderline lesbian stalker with her one sided obsession with Misaki, and honestly doesn’t really have many redeeming qualities unlike the other characters. Still, she’s in here as a ‘cute/dorky’ type.
-Rika is Hinata’s next door neighbor and unlike the other 3 girls she’s the only dateable option that’s not from the same school. She has a pretty serious personality that makes it hard for me to get into her, but some players may like her.
-Madoka is the FC club’s manager and a very silly girl with a lot of funny comments sometimes. Honestly it makes her charming and I wish she was a dateable option, but alas she is not.
-Shion is Madoka’s older brother and president of the FC club, the only guy Hinata coaches, and has an obsession with muscles and working out.
-Aoi is Hinata’s homeroom teacher, his former mentor, a former FC superstar player and the FC Club advisor.
-Shirase is the Grav Shoe’s store owner and drops by sometimes for advice.
-Satouin is a typical princessy-type girl who is one of the regular opponents for the FC Club
-Shindou is the initial antagonist in the game, a top FC player and a big opponent for the FC club
-Saki and Irina are the final antagonists in the game, and behave (and play) in a manner that suits that title

The characters overall are very fleshed out and the humor plays out pretty well sometimes between them, I think the fact that the characters are interesting also makes the FC matches fun to get into as well.

The FC Club and the whole gang

Graphics: I have no complaints about the graphics in this game, they are high quality modern Anime style graphics and I’m not surprised that just like Steins Gate, Yu-No, Muv-Luv and others – that this game has been adapted into an Anime series. There’s sometimes characters moving in the background or animations but those scenes are relatively uncommon. The chapters are even split into ‘episodes’ making it feel more like an Anime.

Senran Kagura Peach Beach Splash got nothing on this

Music: The background music is very fitting to the scenes, and sometimes during certain eventful scenes, jpop music will start playing, making this game feel even more like an Anime sometimes. I have no problems with that.

Conclusion: 9/10 from me. I really enjoyed this visual novel more than I expected. I usually play dating sims, sci-fi and investigative type visual novels, so it’s kind of refreshing to play a title that focuses on a competitive sport and coaching these girls instead of just romance. Sure there IS romance, but it’s very sparse and light compared to other visual novels. The characters are very easy to get into and that makes the FC sport and matches themselves very interesting to get into too. Had no complaints about the graphics or music either. The only thing is people who are expecting a visual novel with more gameplay should probably look elsewhere – this visual novel is very heavy on reading with very little gameplay elements. There’s a few choices here and there but that’s about it. Overall I do recommend this title if you are ok with mostly reading instead of clicking options.

https://youtu.be/HEBfch9G4fw

September 26, 2020
[Review] Yu-No – a girl who chants love at the bound of this world (Nintendo Switch)

Platform: Nintendo Switch
Developer: ELF Corporation (original) / 5pb (remake)
Release: Dec 26, 1996 (original) / Oct 1, 2019 (remake)
Price: $60 USD

So I guess I’m now a regular reviewer of visual novels. Heh, well I just got another good one to add to my review collection.

Yu-No: A girl who chants love at the bound of this world (unwieldy title, I know) is a classic game that originally came out for the beloved NEC PC-98 in Japan back in the mid 90s. It was originally an Eroge game that got the sex scenes removed and re-released as a just a regular visual novel with a lot of perverted dialogue and scenes still intact. Yeah, similar to how Muv-Luv also turned from an Eroge into a beloved visual novel series I guess. This game has now been remade and released in Japan in 2015 and now released here in the West this year 2019.

But man, there are still alot of perverted scenes left in. I don’t mind it too much – but some people might take offense to it. It’s literally just the sex scenes removed and the rest of the Eroge dialogue remains intact – and yes the boobs/skirt/legs are almost always clickable on a woman.

One such perverted scene still in the game

But other than that, it’s a great game. A pioneering time travel / sci-fi visual novel that must have been the inspiration for Steins;Gate and so many others.

Plot: So the plot is that your father Koudai Arima is reported dead – but you, Takuya Arima ‘the walking libido’, soon receive a package containing a time travel device called the Reflector. You suspect that your father is not really dead at all and he’s somewhere – but you must find him.

The main goal of the game is to collect 6 different jewels in different timelines – you already start out with 4 jewels in the device – making 10 total. Each jewel can be used at any point to essentially ‘save’ the game so that you can come back to it later. But you have to make sure you don’t use up all the jewels – if all jewels are used then you are stuck and you can’t power the Reflector device anymore. Loading up a jewel frees up that jewel so that you can use it again. So there’s essentially a limited number of save slots and you have to be careful with where you save. Using the Reflector device was a little confusing at first but then I figured out how to use it and man it must have been pretty revolutionary at the time for visual novels to have such a feature.

Similar to Steins;Gate you can essentially time travel between different parallel worlds – there’s a certain time limit that you have before you get ‘chaos corrected’ back to the beginning of the game – but you retain your items from each timeline – this is essential because there are parts in one timeline that might require items from another timeline. There are multiple endings within each route. You need to go through all the endings in order to get all the items you need to get all the jewels which are hidden within each route. Once you get all 10 jewels – you are transported to the Epilogue – which is another lengthy playthrough in itself but its quite a different experience from the main game – so this game definitely has a lot of replay value to it. When you get to the Epilogue, there’s no more mysteries to solve so the jewel finding goal turns into a goal to search for [not going to spoil it, you will have to play through it ;)]

Gameplay: It’s a point and click adventure style game, similar to Root Letter and other mystery / investigation type games, so its more interactive than the typical visual novel.

One such interactive scene

Characters: Well, similar to Muv-Luv this was originally an Eroge – so obviously its full of women wearing short skirts and school uniforms. But you knew that right?

-Takuya Arima – the main protagonist, who is a bona fide pervert, but also a guy who is driven by a desire to find his father and solve the mysteries of time travel.
-Ayumi Arima – the stepmom of Takuya and Geo Technics manager, who is a romance option in this game, despite the incestual overtones of it
-Kozo Ryuzoji – the headmaster of the school and the main antagonist of the game
-Mitsuki Ichijo – a former lover of Takuya’s and Ryuzoji’s secretary, who is also a romance option for him.
-Mio Shimazu – a spoiled ‘princess’ type girl and Takuya’s classmate, who is also a romance option for him.
-Eriko Takeda – Takuya’s homeroom teacher who may know more about time travel than she lets on…
-Kanna Hatano – a classmate of Takuya’s who always behaves very mysteriously. She is also a romance option for him.
-Masakatsu Yuki – the obligatory ‘annoying best friend’ character of Takuya’s
-Kaori Asakura – An investigative journalist trying to get down to the mysteries surrounding Geo Technics
-Hideo Toyotomi – An annoying employee and subordinate of Ayumi at Geo Technics
-Sayless, Amanda and the namesake character Yu-No are actually characters that you will have to play to the Epilogue to find out who they are, so I won’t spoil them here.

A nice candid moment

Graphics: I’m torn. The original graphics from 1996 just scream 80s/90s Japan. the NEC PC-98 is famous for these kinds of graphics. I am a 90s anime lover so naturally I prefer the old look better. It has such a nostalgic charm to it. But the remake isn’t bad either – it’s done in a more modern style and you can take a look side by side to see which you prefer. I wish there was an option to use the old graphics though.

the original PC98 graphics compared to the remake

Music: Amazing. You can choose between the remade soundtrack and the original soundtrack from 1996. I prefer the original – but the remake is done pretty well. It perfectly fits with the mystery / sci-fi style of the game.

Conclusion: This game is a 10/10 from me. I literally could not put it down since I started it. I am a sci-fi visual novel lover and a big fan of Steins;Gate so its obvious that this game would peak my interest as well. This was the original sci-fi visual novel that was very influential on subsequent visual novels. I wish there was an option to use the original graphics but the remake does pretty well recreating all the characters and scenes, the music is awesome, the gameplay has a lot of replay value and the characters – while not super original – you have to remember it was originally an eroge title – are ok for what they are which is bringing the story together. There’s a lot of perverted dialogue and scenes – but if you are comfortable with that, it’s not that bad. A solid game that will take you a while to reach 100% completion (and a bonus if you do!).

https://youtu.be/XcdPF2ODE1g

October 15, 2019
[Review] Our World is Ended (Nintendo Switch)

Platform: Nintendo Switch
Developer: Red Entertainment
Release: Apr 18, 2019
Price: $60 USD

I just finished playing Our World is Ended and I would like to give my ending impressions of it.

The main members of Judgment 7 enjoying a BBQ

Plot

First off, there’s about 16 chapters and the total game takes around 20 hours to finish. The plot is sci-fi / mystery and deals with AR and VR, so it takes a lot of inspiration from The Matrix and Steins Gate. When you first start up this game, the perverted humor might turn off some. This game makes endless comparisons of breasts, breasts and more breasts. Just be aware of that. Yes it gets annoying, but if you throw that aside there’s actually a pretty interesting story behind here. The first half of the game is much more focused on this perverted humor, while the second half really picks up the pace on the plot so don’t feel discouraged about the humor. Also keep in mind that in Japan, the age of consent is 13 (not that this game has any really erotic scenes).

The main characters are game developers for a game company called Judgment 7. Pretty soon you find out that you, Reiji Gozen, are an assistant director for the company to replace a former director of the company called Reina Ichinose. The company’s next game called World End Heaven has been announced, but the main programmer Sekai Owari has developed an AR device that eventually thrusts everyone into a VR world dubbed the ‘New World Experience’. These VR adventures, along with the relationship between you and the six other characters of the company, as well as the mystery behind who Reina is and what happened to her, are central plot points. There are a few notable plot twists in the story, and I’m going to spoil anything, but I will just say that I thought I got a ‘game over’ several times in the story but actually didn’t so make sure you keep going on no matter what.

Characters

The main characters of the game are the 7 main members of Judgment 7, and each of them fits an anime trope: the protagonist and assistant director Reiji Gozen is your typical ‘light novel’ plain everyday guy who tries too hard to be a nice guy, the airheaded Yuno who is an assistant script writer seems to be a cheerful outgoing girl (but is hiding a dark secret), her hot headed sister Asano is a tomboy and BGM composer who is inexplicably tone deaf and ‘unfortunate’ in many other ways, the dark brooding Natsumi who is the graphics designer and who is initially unfriendly and cold, Iruka is the delusional ‘man-pig’ who is an obese perverted script writer and has a tendency to yell crazy phrases, Owari is the main genius programmer of the group and an unbashed pervert, and finally the childish Tatiana who is a child prodigy and secondary programmer of the group. All of these characters, although stereotypical, have their own arcs in the plot and each of them are distinctly unique. I have to say that I am quite pleased with how the game distinctly separates them, even if they are unoriginal tropes

the Main members of Judgement 7

Gameplay

This is a visual novel so there’s minimal interaction. There’s specific points in the game where you will either have to pick an option from among several (less common), or choose a line to say to a character as it flashes by the screen (more common); if you miss a line or choose the wrong line it could affect who your character gets close with, although the only meaningful thing you get from that are different scenes and graphics for the gallery; this is also the main incentive for replay value. There’s nothing especially interactive like in Root Letter or Danganronpa. I have not come across any ‘game overs’ like I did in other visual novels – but there are several points where I thought I did – and thats why its important to keep going no matter what. This isn’t a dating sim so there’s no R rated stuff happening and besides the lewd jokes and a certain NPC at the beginning of the game, nothing too erotic. There is one particular violent scene that happens that shocked me, so watch out for that.

Presentation

The game is really colorful and makes use of lots of bright colors. Those of you who have been to Asakusa in Tokyo will see lots of familiar scenery. Some of the enemy designs are quite unique and disturbing even. The graphics are presented well here.

One of several lighthearted scenes in the game

Audio

The BGM is quite decent, and you’ll hear happy cheerful music, as well as tense music and sad music during the appropriate scenes. It’s not to dissimilar to what I heard on Steins Gate, so I’m satisfied with that. The voice acting is actually quite superb, especially Iruka and his crazy phrases.

Conclusion

Pros: Nice graphics, nice audio/voice acting, plot twists(!), characters all have their own arc and are distinct

Cons: Plot is a little derivative of Matrix/Steins Gate, characters follow typical anime tropes, perverted jokes/character traits seem very out of place sometimes and may turn off some , I wish there was more interaction.

I’d give it a solid 7/10 – its worth checking out if you are into sci-fi visual novels, but don’t expect anything that will blow your mind

April 27, 2019