Lots of Heart, Not Much Game
HIGH The unique premise of elder romance.
LOW It’s an extremely short experience.
WTF A catchy song about senior citizens dating.
Later Daters (Part One) Review
Tag: Visual Novel
In Other Waters Review
Unexpected Depth
HIGH Filling a taxonomy entry and finally getting an illustration.
LOW Occasionally rushing while power and oxygen meters dwindle.
WTF The amusingly rudimentary names Dr. Vas comes up with.
Coffee Talk (Switch) Review
You Want Me To Make A What, Now?
HIGH Great art, strong writing, likable characters.
LOW Not knowing how to make certain drinks, hidden path branches.
WTF The ‘best’ ending.
Vampire: The Masquerade – Coteries Of New York Review
What We Scroll Through In The Shadows
HIGH Strong character writing. A great taster for the Vampire setting.
LOW Bare-bones features discourage repeat play.
WTF How’d it take this long to get some good Malkavians in a game?!
AI: The Somnium Files Review
Burned Into My Memory
High It’s a unique take on visual novel storytelling.
Low Significant amounts of oversexualization.
WTF 90% of the male characters are constantly horny.
Date-A-Live: Rio Reincarnation Review
More Like Date-A-Lot!
HIGH Mainlining a few novels’ worth of content in half an hour.
LOW Wondering what it was all for.
WTF There’s a giant airship hovering over the city?
Neo Cab Review
Talky Taxi
HIGH Affecting dialog and top-flight world-building.
LOW Rough edges can undermine the narrative impact.
WTF Put on your seatbelt, lady!
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy Review
Insert Generic Objection! Related Pun Here
HIGH Still one of the finest (and best translated) stories in games.
LOW The second entry isn’t as consistently awesome as the others.
WTF Still no love for Edgeworth’s spinoff, huh Capcom?
Steins;Gate Elite Review
Walking the World Line
HIGH A brilliant sci-fi story backed by high-quality visuals…
LOW …at times undermined by minor technical quibbles
WTF This looks good, but I do miss the old art style.
428: Shibuya Scramble Review
Living for the City
HIGH Solid writing and intricate ensemble plotting
LOW Fiddly controls for something that could be played on a Kindle…
WTF They made a great adventure game out of meme-worthy stock photos!
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