News by Matt S. If you’re not already backing me on Patreon, now might be the best time to do so! Since starting the Patreon a little while ago, I have struggled to find a way to make it really worthwhile for my backers – to find the “value add”…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. If you haven’t played Death Mark yet, you absolutely should. It’s a brilliant example of horror writing and storytelling, and one of the most intelligent, atmospheric visual novels ever crafted. And now, courtesy of Aksys Games, we are going to get its sequel: NG. NG will…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. After thoroughly enjoying the first installment of Nekopara on Nintendo Switch, I unfortunately missed the second for whatever reason. I’m all caught up now though, as I’m in a good place and space to review the newly-released third edition. This is a review of Nekopara Vol…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Utawarerumono has proven to be something of a hit for the developer, Aquaplus. Combined, the series has shifted 800,000 copies worldwide. No developer’s going to ignore something like that, so Aquaplus has announced a new title in the series. Related reading: Our review of the first…
Read MoreNews by Lindsay M. I am a very picky person, about just about everything. I only like certain foods, I only go certain places, I only write certain things. As you can imagine, that makes me very weary of backing something on Kickstarter: it’s something that’s out of my control,…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Sekai Games, the specialist visual novel localisation outfit, probably should have held an E3 conference of its own, because it has announced a whole lot of exciting projects. More than we saw in certain conferences this year for sure (*cough* Ubisoft and Bethesda). Across Nintendo Switch,…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. PQube has announced its next localisation project, this time taking on Raging Loop, a cult hit visual novel from Kemco. Based in Japanese mythology and folklore, this VN is a horror-filled tale into a world of spirit guardians and a raging werewolf. Your goal is to…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Jake Hunter is pretty popular in Japan, but the series is rarely localised into English. I haven’t played any of the handful that have been translated previously, but if the series is of the standard of Alternate Jake Hunter: Daedalus: The Awakening of Golden Jazz, then…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Otomate is an Idea Factory brand that regular readers of DDNet should be pretty familiar with. It’s the visual novel brand that is “for women,” in that it produces games with harems full of gorgeous dudes for you to date and fall in love with. Of…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. Kotodama: The 7 Mysteries of Fujisawa is a new visual novel/Match-3 puzzle game combination from PQube. And it is so, so good. Not just for the fanservice (though the fanservices is *really* good), but also because it has a great sense of humour, great character design,…
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