428: Shibuya Scramble stands out as one of the best Adventure titles in recent memory.
90
Verdict
95%
Steam
83
IGDB
Verdict score based on confidence-adjusted Steam reviews?
Very Positive on Steam (95% positive from 3K reviews)
Critically acclaimed (83/100 critic average)
No significant drawbacks reported
428: Shibuya Scramble is a visual novel adventure video game produced by Koichi Nakamura with Jiro Ishii serving as executive producer, developed by Nakamura's company Chunsoft, and initially published by Sega, originally in Japan for the Wii on December 4, 2008. The game was ported by Spike to the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable in September 2009. A version for iOS and Android was released in November 2011. PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Windows versions were released internationally in September 2018.
Runs well on modern hardware.
Last updated 6d ago
The legendary visual novel in more ways than one. Easily one of the weirdest VNs I’ve ever played. It doesn’t look special at all, aside from its use of photography, like in ancient porn games from the 2000s - but it is very special. It’s not a perfect VN (the ending was very disappointing, for example) but it was so fun to play that you can forgive it a lot. Amazing work with photography, great characters and funny dialogue - you can tell how much fun everyone involved in development had just by looking at this game. Also the story behind its creation is as interesting as the game itself.
Please give global players the option to play with Japanese text and voice-over. I was disappointed when I found that a Japanese game only supports English for its global release. Sadly, some context and nuance are always lost when a story-heavy game is translated from one language to another. I'm comfortable with Japanese, and I believe there are other players like me who wanted to enjoy the game in its original language, so please give players the choice.
the credits rolled like five separate times and it was glorious each and every time. hilarious and riveting.
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