Kiss/OFF

This one flew under EVERYBODY'S radar but I'm really glad I somehow caught notice of it because Kiss/OFF was a total blast start to finish. This is one of the best western visual novels I've ever played -- every character is fantastic and there's a ton of alternate paths based on how well or badly you treat them. The only downside is after a few runs, it can get a bit repetitive going through the motions with each character to find all the endings. Even so, whenever the game branches from its base storyline -- which happens more often than you'd think -- it's extremely entertaining, and the true ending in particular was a blast to run through after what it took to get there. The artwork and music are top tier throughout and it had me constantly guessing what was going to happen next. This one's an absolute hidden gem and I had a fantastic time.

---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ Minecraft ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch the garden grass grow instead ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☑ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☐ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☑ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☑ Good ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of tea ☐ Short ☑ Average ☐ Long ☐ You will start it and your grandchild will finish it ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☑ Worth the price ☐ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☑ Never heard of ☐ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ☐ Cyberpunk 2077 ---{ 9 / 10 }---

game has a lot more depth than i gave it credit for on a first playthrough, all the characters are charming even those that initially come off as unapproachable, overall i found it very enjoyable

This game is SO underrated!!! I don't often leave reviews but this game deserves more attention. Bought it for some light-hearted fun, but the plot is so much more complex than I had expected! It's wowing me at every turn. I haven't finished it but I'm very eager to see what happens!

It's typically difficult for me to get into Visual Novel games my only prior experience being Danganronpa and The Nonary Games but after playing the opening hours of Kiss/Off wow I was immediately hooked. Definitely in a similar vibe to those games it starts with a maniacal mastermind forcing us to play in his dastardly game among other strangers. Unlike those games though it has quite a unique twist where the goal is to love your new teammates instead of distrusting them. As someone who has been repeatedly traumatized by horror/mystery games it was a refreshing change of pace to actually get to work together with other characters. And this game certainly has every character imaginable from the quirky yet scatterbrained Steffi, to the quiet and timid Arturo, and finally my personal favorite the arrogant and dominating Risq. Getting to know each of them on my several playthroughs was truly a delight. I would encourage anyone interested in a game full of mystery, comedy, and love to take the chance on this game and see all that it has to offer. From the music, characters, story, and art I was fully ready to DATE OR DIE

AAAWWWWWWWW

As funny as I had been hoping with a fun, energetic cast with various quirks. Also adorable with its depiction of awkward romantic stumbling....Honestly, that's about as much as I can think to say about it. It's a dating game show in space. Fun characters, fun writing, the occasional "Awww~" moment, that's all it really needs in a general sense. As for the main plot....I was on-board up til the lovey-dovey true ending, because partway in I already started suspecting the inevitable plot twist based off info revealed in each route. I was thinkin' it would involve time travel and a determinator mindset, but it was basically a coincidence and good luck. I don't mind that what happened wasn't exactly like what I expected, but it seemed kinda like a cop-out. Just a little bit. It's hard to explain without spoilers. Point is: I was mildly disappointed by how Deus Ex Machina it all turned out to be. Still a good ending, but I felt it could've been more. As for the other endings, well, I have no idea how to get them besides making everyone hate me, and I feel that ending would not be as satisfactory as the good ending where everyone loves me. I don't want to make characters I like hate me in video games. XD

Wow, is Kiss/OFF CRIMINALLY underrated. I had a general sense of what this game was about going in and, yet, it still blew me away every time I thought I had it figured out. Amazing art, plenty of meaningful player choices, unique character designs, fresh gameplay loops, and, above all, incredible writing- meme-y and hilarious in the right places and substantive and emotional in equal measure. [spoiler]The doomed Vic/Kel relationship had me in SHAMBLES from the first episode.[/spoiler] And finally, the price being incredibly reasonable for the playtime and experience you get out of the game is just the cherry on top. If you love deep/meta visual novels, time-loops, and/or aliens, what are you waiting for?

I can't even get through the intro to this game. As soon as the show host shows up his sprite is bouncing all over the screen. Static sprites shifting around on static backgrounds cause massive headaches for me. I played for less than 20 minutes and ended up with a headache that lingered a couple days. If there's anyone else that also has this problem I recommend skipping this one.