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Root Double: Before Crime * After Days
PlayStation Vita
Released On: Mar 13, 2018
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While it’s great that Root Double strives to give players something more than the standard visual novel experience, there’s still something to be said for economy and brevity. I feel like there’s a middle ground between nothing but clichés for a less than ten hours, and requiring 60+ hours to tell a full story, you know? With a good editor, Root Double probably could’ve been great. As it stands, it’s more the kind of visual novel that you’ve really got to be willing to commit to.
At various points you need to choose
how you feel about the other characters
using the star-chart-like Senses Sympathy
System, rating them on a scale. This is the
only way you make decisions and branch the
narrative. It’s a nice idea that works for the
most part, but also feels a little clunky. For
a visual novel that released in Japanese in
2012 it still holds up well, and
it’s a mature story that relies
on sci-fi disaster thrills more
than romance, which leaves it
on top. [Issue#179, p.80]
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Summary The year is 2030. Business is as usual in the isolated research city of Rokumei–that is until several explosions suddenly go off in the nuclear research facility known as “LABO.” The city sends in “Sirius,” an elite rescue squad, to deal with the situation. But the situation only gets worse when LABO’s nuclear reactor melts down, sending...
Rated M
for Mature
Platforms:
- Xbox 360
- PlayStation 3
- PlayStation Vita
Initial Release Date: Mar 13, 2018
Developer:
- Yeti
Publisher: Yeti
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