Big Dipper

Big Dipper

Team Zimno · 2019

A warm winter refuge with fairy-tale charm

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The WhatsNext verdict

For Fans of cozy, romantic visual novels looking for a sweet, short winter tale with fairy-tale warmth.: Its snowy cabin setting and intimate dynamic between two lonely strangers create a soothing, storybook holiday ambiance. Tradeoff: The kinetic novel format offers virtually no gameplay or narrative branching, and the brief romance moves at a brisk, sometimes unpolished pace.

What it does best

  • A warm winter refuge with fairy-tale charm

  • Pretty character art and snowy illustrated scenes

  • A tender romance carried by sympathetic characters

What might put you off

  • Almost completely linear and interactive only in the loosest sense

  • Rushed romance and frequent English typos

The setup

What you are walking into

They say it's hard to find a place to call your own, but what if such a place was not uniquely yours? What if both of you were not willing to give it up? Big Dipper is a visual novel which tells a romantic story of the circumstances that brought two lovers together one fateful New Year's Eve.

Where it lives

PlayStation 4LinuxPC (Microsoft Windows)MacPlayStation VitaNintendo Switch

Genre

Role-playing (RPG)SimulatorIndieVisual Novel

Vibe

FantasyDramaRomance
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