The WhatsNext verdict
For Fans of ambitious supernatural fiction, urban fantasy, and lavish visual novels who love rich prose, dark atmospheres, and deep character routes.: It pairs Kinoko Nasu's richly stylized prose and intricate occult worldbuilding with stunning visual-novel direction, unforgettable character relationships, and an all-consuming mood of moonlit dread. Tradeoff: As a pure visual novel covering only the Near Side routes, it offers virtually no conventional action gameplay, demands dozens of hours of patient reading, and features sudden spikes of graphic violence.
What it does best
Literary supernatural fiction with a voice all its own
A cast whose relationships carry the entire experience
A romantic city-night mood steeped in supernatural dread
A lavish visual-novel presentation that makes reading feel cinematic
What might put you off
Only the Near Side routes are included
Long, dense, and sometimes disturbing
The setup
What you are walking into
A remake of Type-Moon's classic doujin game Tsukihime, featuring a rewritten scenario with major differences in its setting and plot, as well as several new characters.
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