Post by bramblett05 on Sept 11, 2016 5:15:16 GMT
Visual Novels are a great experience to get into for the gripping story that is if you find that one. Hotel Dusk and Pheonix Wright along with Danganronpa can be classified as that even with added gameplay elements added in. While Psycho Pass doesn't have gameplay in it, story is one of the strongest ones out there next to Steins:Gate and Danganronpa series and while length may be an issue to some, you do have 2 arcs to play and endings to get. As soon as you start, the story starts strong and never lets go but does come at a small cost but lets get into that.
Psycho Pass overall story is about an agency that can tell if you will be a criminal just buy your overall mental status: white is clear but dark is well dark. Enforcers are past criminals who hunt the people that are their person of interest and inspectors are the ones who make sure enforcers do their job right. Mandatory Happiness's story revolves around two new characters who are Nadeshiko Kugatachi a rookie inspector and Takuma Tsurugi a rookie enforcer. Weird thing about this being based on the anime series is there is no intro at all and this isn't new friendly because no backstory on the actual characters or at least not enough for people to understand. The length is just a couple hours long but there is alot to it if you want full story of the new characters and it does a good job with them.
There is a currency titled PP which took me awhile to find because there wasn't a part written anywhere about it. You earn it buy playing the minigame that resembles the hit mobile game Threes! and it starts off pretty easy but gets harder the deeper levels you get into and each first clear levels gain you a 2000 point each time on top of regular score. You can spend them on pictures and voices of the characters and there is a bit to buy. The gameplay takes routes and choices matter on what the outcome or direction it goes into like a choose your own adventure book series. The artwork is very close to the anime and very bright and HD clear look to it but I will say the main title looked blurry on Vita and had me worried for a bit.
Overall if you like visual novels or Psycho Pass you will get this and it's worth it for story alone. If you expect something huge and just think of this as "just another visual novel" my best guess is you aren't even reading this review but I think everyone should take a shot with this and Steins:Gate for that matter because both are excellent in their own rights.
Score 9.0 Out Of 10
+ Gripping story
Artwork is done really well and close to the show
Minigame is pretty fun
- Length is kinda short
Backgrounds of characters from the series aren't told much if at all.