428: Shibuya Scramble

8 of the 79 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.

“Narratively really cool but jesus christ visual novels are frustrating”

“Easily the worst visual novel out there. The amount of empty dialogue is astounding, you could condense the game into a 2-4 hour story instead of ~30 hours and not lose anything significant. The forced way of switching…”

“This is a fun VN to play through but initially what put me off was the fact it was live action. At the end of the day, I don't think that really plays that big of a factor and part of it is done by Type-Moon for one of…”

7 of the 79 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.

“Very old school and slow story telling. No voice, no fast forward.”

“Really good. I can see why everyone rates this highly now. I was engaged the entire way through, and honestly my only gripes with it was the fact that there was no skip. Other than that, this was a great experience…”

“An amazing visual novel from Spike Chunsoft (again). Although the game doesn't have voice acting and the art direction might shy away a few people. If you don't mind that then you are in for an amazing story with a…”

6 of the 79 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.

“Very old school and slow story telling. No voice, no fast forward.”

“The legendary visual novel in more ways than one. Easily one of the weirdest VNs I’ve ever played. It doesn’t look special at all, aside from its use of photography, like in ancient porn games from the 2000s - but it is…”

“Easily the worst visual novel out there. The amount of empty dialogue is astounding, you could condense the game into a 2-4 hour story instead of ~30 hours and not lose anything significant. The forced way of switching…”

4 of the 79 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.

“Very old school and slow story telling. No voice, no fast forward.”

“An amazing visual novel from Spike Chunsoft (again). Although the game doesn't have voice acting and the art direction might shy away a few people. If you don't mind that then you are in for an amazing story with a…”

“Please give global players the option to play with Japanese text and voice-over. I was disappointed when I found that a Japanese game only supports English for its global release. Sadly, some context and nuance are…”

4 of the 79 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.

“Very interesting visual novel, but a few critical flaws. 1. controller issue. sometimes the controller lost connect. I need to restart the game. 2. Only support English. Even the Japanese language edition is region…”

“Please give global players the option to play with Japanese text and voice-over. I was disappointed when I found that a Japanese game only supports English for its global release. Sadly, some context and nuance are…”