CELL 0: Cyber Entertainment Leisure Lounge

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This was a really great short story that I enjoyed very much. The topics that are brought up have a lot of depth to them. The certain endings really make me wish there were more to the story. If you like visual novels, I'd definitely recommend picking this one up.

I'm usually not one to review games, but I quite enjoyed this story and I want to do what I can to help spread the word about it, so here's a couple of my thoughts. The world building I found very interesting. It's drip-fed through the character interactions in a way that gives some ideas of what the world was like before and how advanced society was before it all collapsed, but doesn't overdo it, and leaves plenty up for speculation. There's also plenty to be seen in even the smallest of details, like all the chalk drawings around the room portraying a lively and lived-in air to the place, subtly showing that at one point that Kenzo was an innocent child playing around in this room with practically no supervision or limitations. This ties in well with how the game explores the idea of human psyche. Being completely isolated from people your whole life, with only an in-development AI and general social simulations, leads to a warped understanding of people, "norms", and a lot of other things. CELL is able to capture this idea pretty well in the character's dialogue/interactions with each other, really adding to the strength of the story and immersion. The one real issue I have is that the sentence structure and grammar can be a bit awkward at times. You can look over most of it by considering that the characters themselves may not speak clearly due to the circumstances, but it can make it hard to understand what was said. Either way, I really enjoyed the read and I can't wait to see how this is continued in the next game.

This was super atmospheric and thought provoking. Makes you want to know more about this setting. I love the dynamic between MC and Acine

I enjoyed the story on this one. The vibe and atmosphere alone were fantastic, and I was disappointed only by how short the game was.

Had this on my wishlist for a while and now that I've played the game I'm disappointing I didn't get it sooner. I really enjoyed the depth of the dialogue, the art, and the music. I hope that in the future the creators doesn't shy away from covering 'unsavory' topics like the one that was in the demo but cut from the main prologue. All in all, good VN, here's hoping the creators can keep making them in the future.

I really really like this game. Something about it just grips me really hard. I really hope CELL 1 is in the making, because if so I’ll be buying it! The art for this game is gorgeous, I booted it up just to stare at the backgrounds and characters to be honest. My favorite one to interact with is Acine! I’ve always liked characters that’re robots or AI, they’re always so cool. This game does a really good job of getting you into the main character’s head and making you feel the way he does. Without getting into too much detail, it really is kind of miserable to live the kind of life the MC is living in this game. Won’t you help him? Or... Will you do something else? As for spoiler stuff: [spoiler]Ending 01 really felt incredible to me. I always go into VNs with full intention to play as I would play out the situation. I’ve always been fascinated with AI and the possibility of AI’s gaining sentience and their own consciousnesses. So, naturally, I deluded myself repeatedly despite Acine’s constant warning me away from it. To see her become so cold and blunt with the player character (and myself by extension) was honestly really cool and felt very warranted. It’s the culmination of you pushing back against reality until it fully crashes down on you. Your death is fully the consequences of your own actions. Despite it not being what I initially wanted or expected, I do feel like being a dreamer was worth it just to have the experience of reality crashing into me.[/spoiler]