428: Shibuya Scramble
428: Shibuya Scramble is an Adventure, Visual Novel, and Single-player video game created by Chunsoft and published by Spike. The game takes place in the Shibuya ward of Tokyo where the story is presented using the combination of scrolling text, video sequences, and live action. It shares many gameplay and story elements with sound novel game Machi, released in 1998 by Chunsoft. In the game, the player partake in several events from the perspectives of a different protagonist, all serving in parallel with no knowledge. The story is set in the modern Japanese city, Tokyo, where characters are involved in the complex mystery that can’t be solved without interaction, and the plot is progressed by following clues discovered within the text of the game and accompanying video sequences. Depending on the choices of the player, several new scenarios become available, which lead the player to different outcomes and endings. There are over eighty-five possible endings, and the game introduces a cast of characters, including Achi Endo, Shinya Kano, Kenji Osawa, and more.
#1 Night Trap
Night Trap is an Interactive Movie and Single-player video game developed by Digital Pictures and published by Sega for multiple platforms. The game is presented through the use of FMV (Full Motion Video), where the player takes on the role of the protagonist, an agent who is tasked to watch over teenage girls, visiting a house full of danger. During the gameplay, the player must struggle to watch the surveillance footage of the home and triggers deadly traps to capture the girls. In the game, the player freely can switch between different cameras to keep an eye over the girls. The player is guided by the police squad to watch the live footage of the house and save the guests. There are a series of challenging levels, and each level has a set of objectives that the player has to complete at any cost. The story of the game follows the five teenage girls, spending their weekend at the Martin home. With a compelling storyline, addictive gameplay, and dynamic sound effects, Night Trap is the best game to play.
#2 Late Shift
Late Shift is an Adventure, Interactive Movie, and Single-player video game developed by CtrlMovie Ltd. The game serves as the high stakes Full Motion Movie crime thriller. The story revolves around the mathematics student, who must struggle to prove his innocence in the London heist, after being forced into the massive robbery of the auction house. The choices of the player will have a consequence from the start to the end. One small choice could change the entire result in the gameplay that can lead to one of seven different conclusions. How will the player decide to act when everything in the game is going against the protagonist? The player must take decisions for the hero of interact thriller while the movie keeps on running seamlessly. The game comes with multiple-optional storytelling such as one story, limitless storylines and seven different endings. During the gameplay, the player will experience the completely live action, interactive thriller, filmed in High Definition in London. Late Shift includes core features such as 180 Decision Points, Complete Live Action, Multiple Endings, and more. Check it out, and have fun.
#3 Roundabout
Roundabout is a Driving, Full Motion Video, Female Protagonist, Action-Adventure, and Single-player video game created and published by No Goblin LLC for multiple platforms. The game revolves around the continuously rotating limousine which the player has to drive across an open world environment while accomplishing difficult objectives like picking up and dropping people off or locating collectible items. The game takes place in 1977, and the storyline revolves around the adventure of the female protagonist named as Georgia Manos, who is the world’s first limousine driver. The player must drive his vehicle around the inhabitants of the city on their daily needs. In the game, the ultimate task of the player is to pick up the passengers and drive them to their destinations to earn money. The vehicle of the player is constantly spinning in circles. To move across the city, the player requires to time the movement of his limousine with the constant rotation to curve around deadly obstacles, hurdles, building, etc. Roundabout includes core features, addictive gameplay, detailed graphics, and compelling storyline. Try it out, and you’ll like it.
#4 Raging Loop
Raging Loop is an Anime, Adventure, Visual Novel, and Single-player video game developed by KEMCO. The game takes place in the village of Japan named Yasumizu, where the ancient gods attacked to hunt the villagers, and the main task of the player is to rescue the villagers alive from the gods.
The player takes on the role of a young man named Haruaki Fusaishi and serves for the lives of villagers. The game has multiple endings as every time the player battles against the gods in a different style, and when an NPC dies, it provides some information to the player that a player can investigate to get to advance.
The revelation mode allows the player to explore the inner thoughts of the characters and see insight them to reveal several secrets. A situation in the game comes when the player finds himself in the clutch of an inextricable loop, and escape is impossible, and then the character takes advantage of the information gathered before.
The core features of the game are Ancient Gods, NPC Interaction, Revelation Mode, Inextricable Loop, Pieces of Information, Multiple Endings, Horror Gameplay, and Visual Novel.
#5 Root Letter: Last Answer
Root Letter: Last Answer is a Visual Novel, Anime, Detective, and Single-player video game developed by KADOKAWA GAMES Ltd for multiple platforms. During the gameplay, the player takes on the role of a detective and needs to explore the lost girl named Aya Fumino, who is missing for the last 15 years.
The game offers four different scenarios with different locations and gameplay. The player will discover various clues, pieces of evidence, and must reveal the hidden secrets by investigating the clues deeply. The Max mode allows the player to play with friends altogether, where all the players can interact with each other.
The game has five different endings that depend on the player’s route of investigation. The entire game has two different parts, such as Adventure Part and Simulation Part. The adventure part allows the player to investigate different characters that have a deep relationship with the lost girl, while the simulation part permits the player to play through earlier communications with the girl. Root Letter: Last Answer has core features, such as Two Story Parts, Detective Gameplay, Five Endings, Hidden Secrets, and Four Scenarios.