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Chrono Box


Clephas

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Review by Dergonu, edited by Clephas

 

I just finished this game a few hours ago, and I’m honestly not sure what I should write about it. It left me with so many different impressions and emotions, I’m kinda overwhelmed. One thing is for certain though, this game was absolutely amazing. It made me laugh, it made me cry, and, dammit, it scared the crap out of me a few times.

Chrono Box is a mystery from start to finish.  As a result, one of the things that makes the writing and the story so good is the element of surprise. In other words, twists you don’t see coming. There are tons of these, and they are done very well. The writers really did a fantastic job in my opinion. I was constantly trying to piece together the puzzle in my head.  However, they just kept on taking me by surprise, making me more and more confused. (In a good way. Confused as in, the kind of confusion you want from a good mystery.) 

You are fed information on a regular basis, but it is never enough to come to a complete conclusion. Honestly, comparing it to some of the other mystery stories I have read, this was by far one of the better ones. I often manage to somewhat guess most of what is going on by the halfway mark in these types of stories, but here I was at a loss until the very end. 

To be honest, because of the fact that this is a mystery, where spoilers really can ruin the experience, I don’t want to get into any details about the plot. In fact, I recommend that you do not look into the plot at all, as stupid as that sounds. 

My recommendation is this: if you have some interest in reading the game, just do it. Don’t read any summaries or reviews, don’t look at any CGs. Just read it blindly. Well, use a guide if you want. The guide luckily won’t spoil anything at all, as all the choices are map movement choices, meaning you won’t have to worry about «spoilery choices» whatsoever. 

I will say one thing though. The game has a lot of H. I know some people aren’t really big fans of H-scenes, and ends up skipping them. DO NOT DO THAT IN THIS GAME. Don’t skip any scenes. Read everything, even if it bores you. Trust me, you want to read absolutely everything in this VN. Every little detail matters. 

 

Anyways, Chrono Box is definitely a must read for horror/ mystery fans in my opinion. It's one of those stories I wish I could forget, just so that I could experience it all for the first time again. 

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Anyways, Chrono Box is definitely a must read for horror/ mystery fans in my opinion. It's one of those stories I wish I could forget, just so that I could experience it all for the first time again. 

I've been training, as of late, and I think I've gotten pretty good at dishing out concussions.
So, want any help with that?

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1 minute ago, Mr Poltroon said:

I've been training, as of late, and I think I've gotten pretty good at dishing out concussions.
So, want any help with that?

Sure! Give me your best shot!

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I want to read this VN as well, I think I saw it getting high scores on EGS and I have heard good things about it :) I myself am a huge fan of mystery and horror so I am very excited for this VN

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1 hour ago, sorasos said:

how unclock the true end i can not find trigger ?

I encountered the same issue. What I did was I grabbed a 100% save file online. After applying it, go back to the last map movement choice you made, and CTRL forward. (You have seen all of this already, so don't worry about missing anything.)

Now with the 100% save file you should get a non-map movement choice all the way at the end. One takes you the normal ending you have just seen, and the other to the true ending. 

The true ending choice is:

Spoiler

楽園へと導いてる

Here is my save file if you can't find any.

Just put it into the game directory>save data and overwrite the your current file.

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Just finished this a few days ago. Damn, it had some both satisfying and heartbreaking reveals.

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The game has a lot of H. I know some people aren’t really big fans of H-scenes, and ends up skipping them. DO NOT DO THAT IN THIS GAME. Don’t skip any scenes.

Whoops. Oh well, if I missed something I wish to remain blissfully ignorant because I ain't reading it again :P

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