VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action

Excelente juego para pasar el rato, estilo novela interactiva

10/10 one of the best story games I've ever played :D

TL;DR It's bartending as paternalism and love as Lilim lithium (I wrote it twice because it goes hard) Blah blah blah, this was the pinnacle of two horny fellas obsessed with h games and h anime as artistic properties that escaped commie vuela. And they really advanced the medium by making the player play house as a bartender as narrative design. And if you read their old logs on sukeban there's a lot of egotistic passion to appreciate. Now what I'm more interested is a psychoanalytic take on a short segment about a story with Alma. There's a small moment where "Alma" recounts her sexual history to which I found quite interesting. You see when a man gets rejected in the bedroom and made fun of for not getting it up it does irreparable harm to how they then go on to model their interactions with women if it was a formative experience. They might even develop unhealthy fixations on things like horse girls or posting hentai religiously for a lark. Because in that moment with a naked woman he got scared plain n simple and likely had other outlets that could provide comfort that didn't require him to meet the needs of a real woman. To which I have no doubt was the main inspiration for Alma as a likely shared story, its a pretty common thing to happen no shade, many have the right to be scared of female sexuality as it may have meant something bad in their past. Big honkers are also quite imposing, they can make nerds regress *snap* in a second. The term not man enough gets thrown around a lot, but its really just someone who'd rather play with toys instead of real women. Or much worse treat real women like toys o.o Thus leaving in some sense, but not exclusively the conclusion that only women can comfort Alma in her pain as the felt narrative conclusion. As women have the language to understand trauma unlike a lot of childish men. All the men are just some flavour of ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ or entirely neutered or stupid or so full of themselves that they need to be placated with booze or tacit female attention of a female bartender that can't leave as narrative and character progression. Not love as a drug or co-dependency or hentai as many men are like to do when put in this situation. It's cyclical in a sense and in the wider world it forces more mothers to exist where there should be mutual love. I feel bad for Jill here as that message poetically is the one that gets repeated when she links up with dana. No strong men, only strong women. Like not even as a "Would" that drops by for one. It's not that we can't have lesbians with cool robot arms, but it's a poorer world for not being more creative about male sexuality. Especially in a games premise that allows for any sort of customer you want to enter, we have a robo loli but not one guy who can sling a shlong?! rofl and the one guy that does have balls is a femboy freedom fighter whos probably suicidal who gets used as mop. It's bartending as paternalism and love as lithium. Also Lilim as the extended metaphor of this where women are turned into quasai robotic vtubers as a means of paternalism through music so they don't have to confront the same sexuality as a body by sublimating male angst, but we're not ready for that holy molly. Alright all done, my belly full. There next game seems to be a remedy .45 parabellum. Though will have to see how they treat power through a woman's eyes as active agent. I'm hopeful as it seems the artist is the main on the project. Though the character does give star child vibes, as she is only an incredible killer or competent because special eyeball power not because shes a badass whos mastered pain the boss style. Externalising power that should be seen as available to femoids inherently is bad feminism unironically. Will see! Can't wait for my next meal from these guys!! Listen if you thought this was verbose and nonsensical.... I learned from the best ;) I mean that with no Irony.

太好玩了，调酒玩法简单有趣，在对话和调酒中可以发掘每个客人的故事和整个时代背景，喜欢剧情流的可以无脑入手，个人觉得十分好玩。以及，save是存档，load是读档，只有休息和在家等特殊剧情可以存档，我一开始不知道打了n次开头哈哈哈

The gameplay gets pretty repetitive and some of the choices you can make basically require a guide but everything else about the game makes up for it. The visuals and soundtrack are great and they give the game such a cozy feeling. The story has a good mix of humorous and emotional moments and the cast of characters is great outside of a couple forgettable ones. I definitely recommend this game to people who enjoy late night gaming sessions. Also Alma is hot

[i] It's time to make drinks and change lives! [/i] The whole premise of the game is serving drinks in a futuristic bar almost taken out of Cyberpunk 2099. There's a lot of dialogue, a lot of drinks, a minigame to bash your head in after dozens of attempts, and it all wraps up in a cohesive light-hearted experience that I thoroughly enjoyed. It's a comfortable game -- a kind of game where you can kick back, get a drink, and watch the dialogue go by. I'm beginning to like comfortable games more and more, especially when getting older. It's able to address the themes of the cyberpunk dystopia the game is set in, but in a way that doesn't affect the overall atmosphere of the game. While it styles itself as a visual novel type game, you don't really have much agency in the same way other games do, with specific dialogue choices. Instead, you affect the game through the drinks you serve. You can choose to spike the Karmotrine content in some of them to produce different dialogues, or serve your regulars their specific drinks to unlock new things. I highly recommend noting things down when playing, or if you're like me, look up a Steam guide to get the optimal drinks. Despite not seeing much of her, Jill is a relatable protagonist, and the members of Glitch City she serves from behind the bar are all remarkably fleshed out and not just vehicles for the gameplay. I would call this one of those "jewelry box" types of games. It's a beautiful experience going through it once or twice (which you can do in the span of a few hours and proper save file management) to get all the achievements and endings. You can savor everything placed inside the box -- all the characters, the soundtrack, the general vibes of everything -- and then put it back when you've had your fill. If you like something to chill out for a few hours (and then maybe waste another few completing Model Warrior Julianne), I would recommend this game. Bonus points if you like reading.

最后玩得开心吗蹦出来还以为是问玩家呢，以一种很巧妙的方式插入了后日谈。非常精彩的作品！！！竟然拥有商务猫咪，真是不可小觑！我们要让世界充满凶悍的美少女！！！！！！前情提要和一月一日是通关后才有的吗之前都没看到诶…？感觉心灵受到慰藉TT