Visual Novel 15
Visual Novel: Seduce Me the Otome
At the risk of overgeneralizing, I feel like it’s safe to say that you can often tell a lot about how good or bad a story will be based on the visual novel’s title. Like everything there are certain exceptions, but as a general rule I’ve found that VNs with extremely specific titles like Cosplay […]
Steam Greenlight: Purrfect Date
There is a niche community of dating sims for dating all kinds of animals – from pugs, to pigeons and onward finally to T-rex’s. Perhaps this is a squick for you, too close to bestiality to be in any way entertaining. You, a discerning customer, would never date a pigeon. If that is you, then you […]
Visual Novel: Juniper’s Knot
Juniper’s Knot is a sweet and short kinetic VN about loss, isolation, and simple acts of kindness. The story revolves around just two characters: an unnamed boy, and a female fiend. The fiend has lived in what appears to be an abandoned church for centuries (though by her own admission she’s completely lost track of […]
Kickstarter: Muv-Luv Visual Novel
The past twelve months have been pretty amazing for visual novel fans in English-speaking regions. First CLANNAD had an incredibly successful Kickstarter back in November of 2014, and then the entire Grisaia trilogy was also successfully funded barely a month later. Both of these series are highly acclaimed and well-loved in the extremely picky (and […]
Visual Novel: Higurashi: Onikakushi
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, better known as Higurashi: When They Cry or just Higurashi, is a kinetic horror visual novel that hooks you early with lovable characters, drags you on a harrowing adventure, and at last leaves you equally creeped out and heartbroken. Though that holds true for all chapters, this review is only […]
Visual Novel: HuniePop
HuniePop (pronounced honey-pop and known by some as “Candy Crush: Hentai Edition”) is a dating sim about wooing beautiful women with the power of your Bejeweled skills. You are a nameless virgin protagonist (either male or female, you can pick but it doesn’t really matter) with abysmal dating skills living in a normal modern city. […]
Visual Novel: Romance is Dead
Romance is Dead is a short visual novel about what happens when science meets the supernatural in the city of New Orleans, why voodoo should only be done by professionals, and how you should never completely write off the chance for romance. The story follows Maddie Washington, a young college student studying cell biology at […]
Visual Novel: Cherry Tree High I! My! Girls!
Cherry Tree High Comedy Club is a cute little game that follows the adventure of Miley, a high school student on a quest to rebuild her school’s once great comedy club with the help of her friend Harriet and anyone else she can rope into her scheme. Cherry Tree High I! My! Girls! is a […]
Visual Novel: Bionic Heart 2
Recently my editor asked me to review Bionic Heart 2, either because she really enjoyed my review of the first game or actually hates me with a passion, possibly because I’ve started coming over to her apartment 5 out of 7 days of the week and encouraging her fiancé to steal her socks. I told […]
Visual Novel: Bionic Heart
There are some visual novels that make a reader laugh because they’re incredibly funny. There are some visual novels that make the reader laugh because the writing or characters are so bad that they’re unitentionally funny. And then there are some visual novels that never make the reader laugh because said reader is too busy […]