In a relatively stacked year of video game releases like 2024, a few inevitably slip through the cracks at first for me. I first heard about No Case Should Remain Unsolved near the end of the year after seeing it pop up a few times in year-end retrospectives, and decided I should see what it’s […]
When I first heard of Lilja and Natsuka: Painting Lies, the points I heard about most often were that it was a girls’ love story and that the heroine was blind. I was surprised to find that the story doesn’t overly focus on either of these things. Lilja and Natsuka: Painting Lies is an all-ages […]
Note: This review will contain spoilers for MAMIYA – A Shared Illusion of the World’s End, which we would suggest you play before reading this review of MAMIYA – DoomsDayDreams. Please be aware that there will be details that are integral parts of MAMIYA – A Shared Illusion of the World’s End’s mystery. MAMIYA – DoomsDayDreams is […]
Staffer Case is a murder mystery visual novel from Korean developer Team Tetrapod that recently received an English translation. The odd-sounding title is a reference to the titular “staffers”—humans who have manifested supernatural abilities—involved in perpetrating and solving the game’s crimes. This game is something of a fantastical twist on the formula popularized by the […]
MAMIYA – A Shared Illusion of the World’s End is a visual novel series released internationally back in 2021 by independent developer Kenkou Land under the publisher Fruitbat Factory. The series is a solo project by Kokoroten, the only member of Kenkou Land, who serves as scenario writer, artist, and programmer. The publisher describes the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
GINKA is the latest visual novel from Frontwing (best known for the Grisaia series) and the team behind ATRI -My Dear Moments-. I’m a sucker for stories of love braving the tides of time and destiny, and those are exactly the vibes GINKA gave me. It’s a type of story that takes patience and tact […]
The Science Adventure series is visual novel royalty, spawning highly regarded entries like Chaos;Head and Chaos;Child, as well as the phenomenon that is Steins;Gate. With several years since the last mainline series release (even longer since the last one available in English), Science Adventure fans, myself included, have been eagerly awaiting ANONYMOUS;CODE. There’s plenty to […]