Tag Archives: Visual Novel

If the idea of Ace Attorney shifted to Feudal-era Japan sounds attractive, Master Magistrate is poised to charm. While some of motives push at the limits of plausibility, there’s are a few strands of poignancy ...

Give the affordably priced Evan’s Remains about three hours of your time and you’ll find a succession of pretty good puzzle. You’ll find a worthwhile plotline that asks just a few more questions then and ...

Utawarerumono: Prelude to the Fallen is a remake of the original 2002 game. Despite laying the groundwork for two sequels and a spin-off game, it hasn’t received an official localization until now.  If you’re new ...

Despite a pace that periodically plods along, SeaBed’s multiple perspectives and explorations of relational complexities delivers distinction. It’s always refreshing when an upstart defies the rules of convention. And that’s exactly the case for Japanese ...

A Novel That Nearly Feels like an Anime Tokyotoon’s Marco & The Galaxy Dragon is poised to challenge your expectations of a visual novel. Habitually, the medium is economical, depicting its personalities and places with ...

‘Ship These Ships At least two of acclaimed director Quintin Tarantino’s feature films demonstrate the power of the medium. Both Inglourious Basterds and Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood entangle history and fantasy so tightly, ...

Come for the Jokes, Stay for the Drama 2018’s Chuusotsu! 1st Graduation: Time After Time had plenty of laughable and even lightly lewd moments, but it also offered a healthy dose of social commentary. In ...

A Tale of Two Masks Recently, we covered Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception, giving the game a positive review, despite a substantial caveat. Screenshots made the game look like a strategy role-playing game, divulging the type ...

The Masks are Back Released in 2002 for Windows-based machines, Utawarerumono resonated with the Japanese public, spurring two radio dramas, a trio of manga and an anime adaptation, as well as a PS2 port developed by Sting. ...

Don’t Try to Pigeonhole This Plot Often, visual novels divulge their approach in the first few minutes. But that’s not the case with Seven Days aka Seven Days with You: The Most Precious Memory in ...