Mashiroiro Symphony HD -Sana Edition- is a standalone expansion for Palette’s visual novel Mashiroiro Symphony -Love is Pure White-. This release lets readers experience a romance with the notorious man-hater, Sana Inui. Sana’s route was originally added in the PSP release of “Mashiro Iro Symphony: *mutsu no hana” after she won a character popularity poll. […]
Mashiroiro Symphony HD -Love is Pure White- tells the story of romances slowly sparking in winter. This romantic comedy by developer Palette is set in the prestigious Yuihime Girls Private Academy as it trials a merger with a regular co-ed school. This 2024 English release by Shiravune is based on the Japanese 2023 remake, titled […]
You can take my body, but not my heart. Have you ever come across this cliche? Taimanin Yukikaze by Lilith-Soft caters to fans of this theme, with a huge dose of humiliation, and worse, mixed in for the ninja heroines. As a warning, due to the nature of Taimanin Yukikaze, some of the topics discussed […]
Amazing Grace -What Color is Your Attribute?- follows Shuu in a time-travel mystery adventure. Developed by Cabbage Soft, the developer behind Amairo Chocolate and Sakura no Kumo * Scarlet no Koi, this visual novel takes place in a mysterious sealed-off town, where art is everything. Bad Santa’s Town… Shuu’s story opens with him waking up […]
The Shell Part II: Purgatorio is a remastered release of Kara no Shoujo – The Second Episode. The visual novel, developed by Innocent Grey, was first released in 2013 in Japan. I played The Shell Part I: Inferno for review last year, and was impressed by the quality of its script, and its haunting story […]
Beat Blades Haruka (Choukou Sennin Haruka) is a 2008 visual novel by AliceSoft, an eroge company known for their numerous titles that feature various kinds of gameplay. It is the second installment in the company’s Beat series, a set of visual novels that feature heroines powering up through various sexual activities to fight against enemy […]
Sona-Nyl of the Violet Shadows is a 2010 title from visual novel developer Liar-soft that features two female protagonists exploring a deserted New York City. Sona-Nyl is the fifth main title in the “What A Beautiful” (WAB) series of visual novels, written and directed by Sakurai Hikaru. The series is set in an alternative 20th […]
The Lament of a Lifeless Star is my fourth visual novel from Korean studio Talesshop. I was interested in The Lament of a Lifeless Star because I’ve had good experiences with Talesshop’s work. In particular, the lead writer for this game, Workingdog, also wrote Her World, which I found impressive for how well it developed […]
Criminal Border 2nd Offence (sold as Liminal Border Part II on Steam) is the second episode in Purple Software’s four-part crime drama visual novel. The English translation comes courtesy of Shiravune. If you’re thinking of picking up Criminal Border, you should start with Criminal Border 1st Offence. This review may contain spoilers for the first […]
Both the original Ace Attorney Trilogy and the Great Ace Attorney Duology have been available on PC and current gen consoles for some time now, leaving the Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy the odd man out. Fortunately, Capcom have at long last brought these games to these platforms, making them widely accessible to fans. If, like […]