Game Review: Syrup and the Ultimate Sweet (Xbox Series X)
From developer, NomnomNima and publisher, Ratalaika Games comes the game, Syrup and the Ultimate Sweet. A visual novel so packed with sugar, that it starts to make you feel a little sick.
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Game Review: Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly (Xbox Series X)
Coffee Talk Chapter 2 isn’t all that different from the first game. It looks the same, it sounds the same, and it plays the same.
Game Review: Reminiscence in the Night (Xbox Series X)
Reminiscence in the Night leaves an impression, not just with its shifting narrative and gameplay elements, but its willingness to be unflinchingly honest.
Game Review: Silenced: The House (Xbox Series X)
A visual novel horror game with some ‘choice’ moments that provide multiple different endings. Silenced: The House comes from developers/publishers Graven Visual Novels and Sometimes You.
Game Review: 7 Days Of Rose (Xbox Series X)
From Cross Game Studios and Ratalaika Games comes 7 Days of Rose. A short visual novel experience with familiar romantic undertones, but with a darker story. One that would be more memorable if it wasn’t for the poor handling of the heavier tones and the unlikeable main character.
13 Days of Halloween: Game Review: The Song Out of Space (Xbox Series X)
Two FBI agents are sent to a small town where a group of scientists working at a government laboratory have been murdered. Your job is to find out who is responsible and more importantly, why?
13 Days of Halloween: Game Review: The Innsmouth Case (Xbox Series X)
An old-school text adventure/visual novel from RobotPumpkin Games and released by Assemble Entertainment. The Innsmouth Case takes its inspiration from The Shadow over Innsmouth, the horror novella by H. P. Lovecraft.
Game Review: Wheels of Aurelia (Xbox Series X)
Set in Italy during the late 1970s, Wheels of Aurelia is a visual novel that attempts to ‘buck the trend’ by making driving the focal point of its extremely limited gameplay.