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World End Syndrome
Set in the sea town of Mihate when the protagonist moves there and begins to attend a new school. He hears of a local legend in which the dead come back to life every 100 years and are known as "Yomibito." A missing high school girl could signal the return of the Yomibito.
Details
- Released
- August 30, 2018
- Developer
- Toybox Inc.
- Genres
- Role-playing (RPG) · Adventure · Visual Novel · Horror
- Publisher
- Arc System Works
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World End Syndrome Reviews
Professional reviews from gaming critics
“World End Syndrome” is an animanga-styled visual novel about a mysteriously creepy place called Mihate Town. The game begins with your character asl
World End Syndome is a visual novel masterpiece. The story is gripping and evocative, blending fun romance and tense murder mystery together incredibly well. The characters are sharp and beautifully illustrated, and the way their personalities and backgrounds developed over the course of the game was equally well-done. Best of all is the smart save system that keeps track of your progress and does a great job of encouraging you to keep coming back for the full story. It's hard to find any faults with a visual novel game like this that so successfully blends beautiful art and storytelling with ...
There are a lot of romance visual novels on the market at the moment but World End Syndrome is one that’s definitely a little bit special. This is not just because of its absolutely gorgeous visuals or its intriguing characters. Instead it’s the way that it wonderfully blends together breezy romantic storylines with deliciously dark Japanese folklore. This is one of those visual novels that is very hard to put down once you start.
Is this a great game for visual novel newcomers? Probably not. Having an entire half of the game focused on mostly boring slice-of-life isn’t doing the game any favors in hooking in genre newbies. Those that are fans of this format, those who go in knowing what to expect, will likely have a good time here.
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Overall, if you are already a fan of visual novels as a whole, Worldend Syndrome will probably be successful at drawing you in. If you’re not already a fan of the genre, it isn’t likely to change your mind. Between the lengthy prologue and the slightly disappointing shift in gameplay that comes after it, Worldend has a lot of potential for its storytelling that it constantly seems to put just out of reach in order to pad out its length and starve the player of interesting information until the very last second, before repeating the same process over and over again. I can’t count it out c…