Reviews
Reviews
Reviews
And so we’ve come to it, as we inevitably do. Welcome all to the 2018 End of Year Lists. First I want to thank you for your patience. 2018, overall, was a good year for visual novels in the West: even with the controversy around Steam. But that isn’t to say we didn’t have some […]
If you haven’t played Monster Prom yet….why? Easily one of the best visual novels of 2018, Monster Prom is a hilarious satire of 80s and 90s high school comedies while being one of the best multiplayer experiences I’ve played…you heard me. Go to my review of the title if you want more information, but it […]
Guys, if you don’t know who French publisher Focus Home Interactive are, then it’s time to bring them to your attention. FHI original business model involved in pushing simulators, but they have recently expanded into Interactive Fiction and Role-Playing Games. Last year, they published The Council, an episodic series that updated and innovated on the […]
Welcome all to 2019! A new year! New opportunities! A fresh chance for humanity to get its act toge- and we’ve already screwed it up. Nice. Well, at least we have a new wave of visual novels to start the year off with! Plenty of promising titles to look at and it starts off with […]
January is nearly in the books, is it not? That means we only have a few more weeks to properly put 2018 and pick out both the Best Visual Novels I’ve played this year and this worst. Will it happen? Yes. I will not be playing all of what 2018 offered, but the games that […]
In our latest stream, I decided to chill out by playing a verified visual novel classic: 2015’s historical legal VN Aviary Attorney! Check it out! About Aviary Attorney: The year is 1848. Paris is on the brink of yet another revolution, and the prisons are overflowing with guilty and innocent alike. One man stands for justice […]
In the first episode of 2019, JP the Third opens with a little house-cleaning for VNs Now before discussing the first trailer for the Netflix’s adaptation of Carmen Sandiego. JP the Third breaks down his own history with the Carmen Sandiego franchise, how Netflix has interpreted the character and how he’ll be approaching this radically […]
I had an interesting experience with this one. It was made for a recent Ludum Dare jam, so it’s a very truncated experience. It maximizes its minutes and makes the most of its limited run time. I also enjoyed how it used floral symbolism in its narrative. However, there are something that probably need to […]
After a few weeks of no videos, we are back with Sweet Pool! I’m still not ready, by the way. And I’m still in the beginning. This is the MILD part of the horror game. Gah. About Sweet Pool: After recovering from a serious illness, Sakiyama Youji hoped that things would finally get back to […]
Well, since we’re getting back into the groove of things here, might as well toss in a demo playthrough as well. This time, we’ll be covering the upcoming JAST translation of the infamous Sweet Pool. And no, I am not ready. Here we go! About Sweet Pool: After recovering from a serious illness, Sakiyama Youji […]