“Steins;Gate” is a fantastic
sci-fi visual novel and is a part of the “Science Adventure” series. It’s
a story about some tech savvy college students who build a time machine and
fight against destiny and fate. The story is captivating, but to be honest the
beginning is a bit slow as it takes its time to explain the science behind a
time machine and its world building.
But in the end if you get
the true ending, it’s all worth it and the story wraps up in a very satisfying
way. “Steins;Gate” has an enjoyable soundtrack and has memorable characters. It’s
worth checking out and it’s worth the experience. “Steins;Gate” is available on
the PlayStation 4, Steam, and the Nintendo Switch.
What are visual novels? Well, they're a
text-based story and are an interactive game. It’s abbreviated as VNs, and it
originated in Japan. The style of VNs are narrative and “sprites” or known as
pictures appear in the game as the story progresses.
Basically, visual novels
have minimal to almost no gameplay and art is a big part of the VN with
colorful character designs and beautiful backgrounds. To play a visual novel, a
player must click or scroll through text and read to progress the story.
Depending on the game, a player sometimes has to make a narrative choice that
affects the story and what ending they’ll end up with out of the multiple
endings in the VN.
It’s a slower type of
video game, but I recommend them if you like to read a lot as these VNs have
wonderful and memorable stories, and you can’t help but get caught up and lost
in that world.
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