Sunrider is a multi-part, English-language visual novel filled out with segments of tactical RPG gameplay. You assume the role of Kayto Shields, captain of the starship Sunrider, as he embarks on a mission to avenge his home planet of Cera and stave the galactic threat of the People’s Alliance. But does Sunrider read like a love letter to the space operas it tries to emulate or does it fall short and come across as a shallow imitation? Warning: This review contains spoilers for the first 10 min
Kikokugai – The Cyber Slayer is a visual novel developed by Nitro+, telling a tale of revenge and featuring plenty of action, swords, cyborgs, and kung fu. Published in 2002 and developed on a shoestring of a budget, Kikokugai still remains a title worth visiting. This is a spoiler-free review Read the Full Review: Kikokugai – The Cyber Slayer Source
Released in 2011, Magical Diary: Horse Hall is an indie otome visual novel created by Hanako Games. This story is about a High School Freshman going through her entire first year at a school for witches and wizards. Magical Diary has a good story with plenty of replay value, but does it have enough actual content to make people want to take the time to play the game in the first place? Warning: This review may contain very minor spoilers. Read the full review: Magic Diary: Horse Hall Source
Have you ever wanted to put yourself in the shoes of the protagonist in an anime and make the choices? Have you ever wanted to read a harem story that puts a little spin on the genre? Well tough shit, I have yet to find a game that does it well. If you’re a little bit knowledgeable about anime or visual novels, chances are you’ve already heard about the infamous School Days. Hated with a passion, regarded with disgust or liked “ironically”, nobody really starts School Days with the hope of findi
Like a good science-fiction short story? OELVNs might have some in stock for you. The games I read for this month were all very short ones, so I’ll run through the three of them in one review. Today’s menu: space-opera (at least an embryo of one), androids and time-travel. A fairly classic yet exciting program, if I may say. Read all three reviews: Review – Some Short Sci-Fi OELVNs Dysfunctional Systems that cheap and sacred thing The Dandelion Girl Read all three reviews: Review – Some Short Sc
In a medium dominated by sex, tentacles, tentacle sex, sex without tentacles, and everything else revolving around sex, it’s not common you find a cute story that can draw you in without any real sex…or tentacles. Released in the summer of 2011 by Night-Time Sheep, and translated into English roughly 18 months later, Lonely Yuri is a short read that explores the budding relationship between an unlikely combination of characters, but is it worth the two hours? This is a spoiler-free (and tentacl
