Steins;Gate Is Getting Another Remake On Switch 1 & 2 This August

I love a good VN but never tried this series, would this be a good starting point?

I have both Steins;gate series on blu ray. I’d definitely be open to the game if it provides additional story content through scenario choices / outcomes.
I hope the game will feature audio from the English voice actors.

Echoing @BenAV; if the new content is good, then I might pick up again!

@Druidsbrook I would personally go for the Zero Escape games as a better point of entry, or maybe even Danganronpa. The story for Steins gate is fantastic eventually, but it's such a long time in before you get to do any kind of "gameplay", and the first 5 hours or so is a bit dull that there's a good chance you just walk a way.

Also the anime is awesome, just watch that

@GoproGO Oh I love Zero Escape one of my all time favourites (well the first two) I've been chasing VN's to try and hit that itch ever since. (Somnium Files was dissapointing)

Ahhhh. Interesting

Having gone through Elite and Zero, I may not be able to resist this.....

I've watched the anime adaptation and read the manga adaptation. I was excited to finally play it when Elite came out but I only ended up playing it for 5-10 hours. It just took too long to get going.

One of the reasons was the voice acting. I'm the kind of person who won't progress text before I've heard the entire voice line. It really slows down things. In this case, the voices were in Japanese, which I couldn't even understand at the time.

I also prefer the original art style. The anime looks bland by comparison. I really like the key art at the end of this trailer.

I should give the game a second chance. I don't think I'll buy this version though. I'll just play the one I have. I wish I could at least change the text to Japanese so I could use it as reading practice.

@Druidsbrook I hear this rewrites parts of the story and even when remaking, some scenes are still missing from the OG version.
You could probably just buy the OG VN from Jast. VNs in general run on a potato so they should be fine on your PC

Another one? And the art is still worse than the original too.

I wish they would port over the original version without the anime cutscenes.

I finished the original last month and was pretty disappointed overall. It starts slow but is great in the mid-sections, where it's really delving into the science and mystery, but it eventually stops all that at random to focus pretty much on melodrama which must be half the game. The fact that multiple routes - which you need to get the true ending - revolve around romancing the other characters sums up the tone by its endpoint (epilogue aside as that's pretty good). I'd probably rate the anime above the game, considering it largely reins all of that in.

Somebody also mentioned 999 and personally I love that game so the science behind Steins;Gate gets so close to reliving it but it doesn't scratch the same itch. I've since started Ever17 and it's much more my cup of tea with its outlandish and weird premise.

Finally, I was wondering when this will come!!!!

I may get it (either before Danganronpa 2 remake or after)

Another remake? The games industry is turning into Hollywood. I think this is my third post on a remake game today. Also, unless it adds to the story in a big way is there much point? Steins gate is great but that's because of the characters and story. Changing the art a little bit..... Yeah, not sure that's enough when I can just go through the original again.

I love Steins;Gate. I like Steins;Gate 0. I’m ready for a sequel though. Not another remake.

Haven't played the VN, but I LOVE LOVE LOVE the anime adaptation, so in honor of that, this might be the first VN I ever try.

The VN is way better than the anime (and that is quite something because the anime adaption is pretty good).

I highly recommend anyone thinking of playing this, going with a mindset closer to playing a sci-fi gem, not just "a version of the anime". This is the source material, its way deeper, feels like a true sci-fi.

I just finished Elite, and I don't know if I can go back to looking at jpegs. These characters exist in my head in an animated sense, and I don't think I'll experience the story any other way. Purists might scoff at me for this. I liked my experience of Elite quite a bit.

A serious contender for the most pointless remake ever.

What's especially baffling about this remake is that it arguably COULD have a purpose if they were bringing back the original script... but this one's based off Elite's heavily trimmed down one so it doesn't even have that going for it.

The only real benefit to it I can see is if they dub it like they did with Anonymous;Code, which makes a game like this a lot easier to multitask with if you can just let it run at points.

can i play this without seeing the show?

@TheWokesterGamer Yes. The show is based on the game that this is a remake of. No prior knowledge is required.

I really hope this has an English dub. The lack of English voice acting, for me, been what has kept me from getting very far into the game despite the anime being one of my favorites of all time. I've started playing it a couple of times, but I miss the voice actors from the anime dub, who I thought were great.

Japanese audio just isn't for me, even if most anime fans would consider that blasphemy. I ended up turning off the voiced dialogue completely. I play a lot of VNs with no voice acting at all, so I'm not sure why it bothers me.

@BenAV I never played Steins Gate so I might actually buy this.

@imgrowinglegs There is a sequel called Steins;??? in development

@TheWokesterGamer Yes.

@Druidsbrook I would say Ace Attorney is a good starting point since its basically point and click adventure. Plus you can get the Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney Trilogy on any platform and get 3 games in one bundle

@Chlocean This one's actually doing the live-2D thing like the Famicom Detective Club remakes where the sprites move around and react instead of being static, that might help.

@anoyonmus Yes love the Wright games I've played Visual Novels I've just never played Steins Gate in any of its forms and I understand it's quite a big one so was wondering if this was a good dipping point, sorry if that wasn't clear

@Druidsbrook Yeah, any one of vanilla Steins;Gate, Elite, or this one should be fine places to begin at. Really more than anything just don't start with 0, it will immediately spoil the original; you can't even describe the premise of 0 without giving major stuff away.

Should note that technically the series actually starts at Chaos;Head, but even fans of the Science Adventure series don't really like that one that much and it isn't super related so you can skip over it at least initially.

@anoyonmus Great! I want that.

@Druidsbrook I found Stein’s Gate to be an excellent Anime. Not a fast paced series but very thought-provoking.

I am not sure I can deal with Mayuri dying. . Again. And again.

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It looks like the Western release is in October for both Switch consoles and PS5.