Posted on: April 7, 2019

cybernet343

游戏: 262 评论: 1

Bartending is better than ever!

VA-11 Hall-A is essentially a visual novel experience, practically made by a handful of people, with the addition of a drink mixing minigame. It resembles mostly kinetic novels, which means, that there are no branching storylines based on choices (different succes at mixing and money management can result in different endings though). Cyberpunk usually means heavy topics, dystopian futuristic ideas, increasingly blurry border between man and machine and philosophical questions. The game is indeed touching upon these subjects, but thats about it. Its not the main focus of the game. This is not a nicely dressed philosophy essay. The main plotline is our protagonist's, Jill's everyday life. The encounters with her clients. as a bartender. And its a fun, often goofy, pleasant experience. The main strength of the game is its atmosphere. Seemingly everything is subservient to it, but thats absolutely a good thing. Despite being comfortable with using retro-esque cyberpunk as mostly just a setting, it delivers on the matching feeling without failure. The visuals and the music (especially the music!) both enhance these vibes, making a unique, unmatched game. Its futuristic, but retro at the same time. All in all, i loved playing through it, enjoyed every minute. I gave it 4 stars, only because I would have gladly expanded on the deeper, philosophical aspects of the plot and because the mixing minigame is rather easy. I would have gladly experienced trickier mixing techniques and/or more severe consequences. After finishing the game, I could not help but feel that there was more potential to it. But considering how this game was a passion-project of a small crew, they did a wondeful, truly great job! I would recommend it to anyone who likes (or at least is not affraid of) visual novels, anime-esque appearance and retro-feeling!

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Posted on: January 12, 2020

Roisack

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Mature and chill visual novel

Valhalla is a chill visual novel with a strong soundtrack and mostly adult dialogue. The game does not have really have a "story", but it's rather the player being an "NPC" meeting the protagonists of some other cyberpunk stories. It's very refreshing. The gameplay, mixing drinks, does not become too boring due to the game's reasonably short length and there still being a lot of freedom in making your choices. Even if you make a mistake, it does not have major repercussions. My only issue with the game is the lack of text fast forwarding that would pause on unread dialogue. This makes subsequent playthrough a bit annoying. Play this game if you enjoy a semi-anime linear visual novel with a very relaxing theme and some mature themes.

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Posted on: April 18, 2022

BrianOrville

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游戏: 102 评论: 4

Nostalgia, puns and a world coming down.

I am not a visual novel fan. Never was, to be honest, even though I love reading. This is why I love playing RPGs, which involve lots of lore, narrative and story. But VA-11 Hall-A literally changed my life. Not many pieces of art can do that. Not every movie, not every composition, not every story. Yet what you face here is inspiring and honest. So, let's do a quick one about every single aspect: 1. Graphics. Amazing art complements the game design. You see a lot of oldschool-styled pictures of characters, menu designs, fonts. The game is styled so nicely that you'll lose yourself in a nostalgia you didn't even know. It looks 90s from the starting screen to the credits. 2. Gameplay. Don't expect too much - but don't forget, your decisions will directly affect the storyline. The process itself is rather easy, quite repetitive, and yet it doesn't turn into routine. Sometimes you need to serve the exact drink you're asked for. Sometimes you must be more liberal in that. Whatever you do, it will change something - sometimes in a small way, and sometimes it will massively affect much later story. Enjoy and experiment. 3. Soundtrack. I'll be honest - I didn't exactly clicked at first. Yet now only "Safe Haven" makes me home, while "Every Day is Night" is my usual while taking a walk in my wet, dark city at night. It will hook you. Not every single composition, but you'll have your associations. Incredible work by Garoad. 4. Story. This will punch you hard. Developers did their best to transmit their own experience onto completely fantastical world. As a main character, you will watch the world change, move and live. But unlike so many other games, you won't really have a chance to change it big time. Nor should you - your main character got her own life, her own troubles. Her own friends with their lives. So you live it...and change it. In short: this game is alive. You'll see if you try. Expect puns, nostalgia and well-written narrative. 10/10. Replaying it weekly.

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Posted on: December 25, 2021

CardiacShotgun

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游戏: 698 评论: 4

Narrative Centric Gaming at its Best

This is one of, I’d not the finest narrative-centric game I have ever played. When most people laud narrative based experiences, they often reference walking sims like Edith Finch, or poorly written modern ideal praising trash like the Life is Strange series. This game is able to provide opposing viewpoints and interesting discussions without telling you how to feel about specific characters or plot points. It lets you decide who is a positive character and who isn’t. Since it is a game, let’s talk gameplay. It does take a backseat to the narrative but is nonetheless important. Supposedly you can change character interactions by serving them the wrong drinks or by getting them more or less drunk over their visit. The mechanic is kept nebulous about that you don’t even know if it’s working, ala Amnesia TDD’s insanity mechanic. The infrequency of its inclusion also makes perfect sense. People don’t order drinks every second you talk to them. Their style of drink order also rewards your attentiveness. If everyone just said the name of the drink they want, it wouldn’t be that interesting or complicated. It pays to pay attention. The game is very well written, with a cast of likable, or unlikeable, but nonetheless believable and relatable characters whose dialogue and quirkiness carry the title. A great game to play while drunk (duh!) and has a nigh unmatched soundtrack. Get this game!

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Posted on: December 18, 2021

Manzor

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游戏: 278 评论: 6

Not too gamy, but great anyway

Yeah, there's barely any gameplay here. You need to mix drinks but you have unlimited attempts and they are easy, there's no time limit. The challenge is PAYING FREAKING ATTENTION. When you are just clicking fast through text, maybe you don't read in time and you don't remember the drink they asked you. The bartender makes a reminder but if you didn't keep her happy (by buying her the stuff she wants every day), she won't remember either. Even if you are paying full attention, maybe it works as a puzzle, maybe the customer don't ask you directly what he or she wants and you need to guess by using clues. Honestly, simple and scarce gameplay but it's a lot of fun when it happens... and that's not the reason to buy the game. Va-11 Hall-A makes a better, deeper and much more interesting Cyberpunk world to put its lore in, than Cyberpunk 2077. People love the city in that game, but Va-11 Hall-A makes a better city WITHOUT EVEN LETTING YOU SEE IT. The city is there, but the only thing you see is your apartment and the bar. However, it's so well described, their culture, their problems, their news, their worries... that you feel like you know that city. And it's really amazing, fascinating stuff. Not for minors, you know, a lot of sex references and some of them a bit... I don't know, creepy from the start. Like robots (lilims) prostitutes with the appearance of kids. Not... a great start. But it doesn't devolve and it uses those creepy setups to make interesting philosophical questions. You need to think of Va-11 Hall-A as a Novel. Graphic novel. It takes probably around 20 hours to beat comfortably, without rushing. It has some secret customers, at least one secret drink (and at least one half-secret drink), and some other secrets and easter eggs. And the music is pretty damn good too. I can't recommend it enough. If you are a calm player that enjoys reading and science fiction, this game is for you.

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