Episode 99: Best Visual Novels (with Lucy Blundell)
Indie developer Lucy Blundell (One Night Stand, the upcoming VIDEOVERSE) joins us to discuss one of Matthew’s favourite genres: the (usually) non-horny visual novel.
This week’s music is from the 428: Shibuya Scramble soundtrack by Naoki Sato and Hideki Sakamoto.
Lucy
- Gnosia. (Shout out for me!)
- Eliza
- Shibuya Scramble
- Mystic Messenger
- Virtue’s Last Reward
Matthew
- Ever 17: The Out of Infinity
- Umineko When They Cry (I’ve not finished it yet, though!)
- Raging Loop
- Steins Gate
- Danganronpa (maybe 3 if I had to pick one?)
Best Gateway Game
- Danganronpa
- Ace Attorney Trilogy if you want less anime bullshit
Best Stories
- Eliza
- Virtue’s Last Reward
- AI: The Somnium Files
- Bury Me, My Love
Best Character
- Kyle Hyde from Hotel Dusk: Room 215
- Nagito Komaeda from Danganronpa
- Kazuma Asogii from Great Ace Attorney
Worst Character
- Toma from Amnesia: Memories
- The entire Steins;Gate cast
- Pearl Fey in Ace Attorney
- In Umineko When They Cry the grating wailing child
Most interactive (games with other gameplay gimmicks mixed in)
- Danganronpa
- AI: The Somnium Files
- 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
- Long Live The Queen
Best Epic to Lose Yourself in
- The House in Fata Morgana
The Visual Novel That Best Respects Your Time
- One Night Stand ;)
- Eliza
- Overboard!