STEINS;GATE

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wow what a game, beautiful cast dynamics and story, so fun and so mysterious both, switching flawlessly between the two. all the twists were amazing, each ending satisfying to reach and enjoy [spoiler] even if i would have loved one more cg in mayushii's ending, maybe when they hug after kurisu leaves [/spoiler]. the mail system was a bit weird to me at first but its a really ingenious way to interact more with the characters and have fun exploring, also making all the achievements fun to get. many many great moments and themes and i cant stress this enough i love the cast sm, every character is wonderful. shoutout mayushii and daru. i dont get y others are saying this a slowburn since i didnt find this particularly slow, except maybe a couple moments here and there. it starts off so strong with the prologue and after that each revelation ab the experiments, the phonewave or sern got me so so excited and hyped since the start. the art is beautiful, looks way better compared to the few images ive seen of the anime. the music is rly strong too. play this blind if u can. cant wait to play this game all over again and the others from this universe as well.

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Steins:Gate is one of those Visual Novels that can leave a lasting emotional Impact on you for the rest of your life. It is, by no means a "perfect" story. Many aspects of how things work are not elaborated on fully or contradict one another, but then again... that's not the focus of the story. I came looking for an interesting Time Travel story, but what I actually got was a Story of loss, of grief, love and most of all humanity. Despite its Sci-fi aspects, this game has such a deeply human story and its reoccuring narrative theme of sacrificing everything for the people you love genuinely made me tear up. Okabe's Character development throughout the story and his relationships with the other characters are so well done that by the end you almost forget how weird of a person he is at the beginning of the narrative (not the bad kind of weird, just the cringe kind) That said, this game is definitely a product of its time in more ways than one. What kept irking me the most was the "humor" typical to anime that boils down to one person (Daru and sometimes Okabe) being a massive pervert. Oh, and can't forget the MC accidentally walking into a shower scene (which, obviously, is fully illustrated). At least Okabe actually feels bad for the two or so times he acts out of line, which is definitely a more mature way to handle such topics than most anime and VNs take (as in just pretending it's normal)... I AM blowing it out of proportion a bit though. It's by no means a focal point and feels more like it's supposed to be critical of japanese moe and otaku culture than anything. It's a speck of dirt on an otherwise truly amazing story that will leave you as an emotional wreck once you're done. Overall, can recommend (though it's a bit expensive. Might want to wait for a sale since those are pretty common)

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