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Review Chaos;Head Noah (Switch) - A Great Localisation Of The First 'Science Adventure' VN

Dive into the delusions of the ultimate otaku

There are two ways that life goes for visual novel protagonists. Either they wake up in a world where all their classmates are beautiful anime girls who want to jump their bones, or they find themselves in a twisted supernatural murder mystery. Unfortunately for Takumi Nishijou, the protagonist of...

• Fri 7th Oct 2022
• Reviews
• Switch eShop

Review Made in Abyss: Binary Star Falling Into Darkness (Switch) - Makes You Work For The Good Stuff

Insert obligatory Nietzshe quote here

Made in Abyss feels like an anime/manga ripe for a game adaptation, especially given its almost Happy Tree Friends-esque combination of cute visuals with incredibly disturbing violence. We finally got that adaptation in the laboriously named Made in Abyss: Binary Star Falling into Darkness, which manages to be...

• Fri 9th Sep 2022
• Reviews
• Nintendo Switch

Review AI: The Somnium Files - nirvanA Initiative (Switch) - Another Very Fine Murder Mystery

An AI in your Eyeball

It is hard to beat a good murder mystery. The classic battle of wits between the detective and killer makes for perfect tension and AI: The Somnium Files – nirvanA Initiative takes advantage of this established formula to give players a fun mystery with plenty of twists and turns, keeping them engaged through the closing...

• Wed 22nd Jun 2022
• Reviews
• Nintendo Switch

Review Shiren The Wanderer: The Tower Of Fortune And The Dice of Fate (Switch) - Repetitive, Tough, And Addictive As Ever

Quite the gamble

You’ve likely heard of the Mystery Dungeon series before, but that’s probably because you’ve seen one of the many Pokémon or Final Fantasy spin-offs. Though the spin-offs have taken on a life of their own, they owe their origins to the Shiren the Wanderer games, which stretch back as far as the SNES. Shiren the Wanderer: The...

• Sun 6th Dec 2020
• Reviews
• Switch eShop

Mini Review STEINS;GATE: My Darling's Embrace (Switch) - A Typical Dating Sim With Series Trimmings

Just another Switch Dating Sim?

The Steins;Gate series is famous for several things: having a time-bending narrative, a dark world and engaging characters presented in a non-linear traditional visual novel format. It’s safe to say that it's a far cry from the deluge of other visual novels present on the Nintendo eShop, so is Steins;Gate: My...

• Sun 29th Dec 2019
• Reviews
• Switch eShop
• STEINS
• Mini Reviews

Mini Review STEINS;GATE 0 (Switch) - A Classy Follow-Up For Veterans Of The Original Visual Novel

A timey-wimey sequel

Let’s not beat around the bush, Steins;Gate is a very well acclaimed visual novel, and this follow-up, Steins;Gate 0 is a worthy entry into the main series. Adopting the same format, world and style as the original Steins;Gate, those looking for a lengthy time-twisting visual novel will not be disappointed. The story takes...

• Sat 28th Dec 2019
• Switch eShop
• STEINS
• Mini Reviews