VIDEOVERSE

Nov 1, 2023

While Videoverse might not hit as hard for you if you weren’t around back then, it absolutely delivered in making me think fondly of the past, and delivered a heartfelt story with the closest time capsule experience to the early 2000s internet there has ever been. I can’t wait to see what developer Kinmoku does next. This one is special. The only game to get me nostalgic like this before was Gone Home, and I think Videoverse ended up excelling over that in just about every way. If the premise sounds interesting, just grab it. You won’t regret it. Videoverse Steam Deck review score: 5/5 Little Goody Two Shoes Steam Deck Review With this time of the year so packed with new releases across most platforms, I almost missed AstralShift’s Little Goody Two Shoes.

Aug 7, 2023

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Sep 1, 2023

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Aug 17, 2023

Videoverse has to be one of the most authentic time travel pieces of media I’ve ever experienced. I’ve played countless games that lean heavily on nostalgia—oftentimes cheaply—to try to make me feel like a kid again or at least like I was immersed in something similar to those RPGs of yore. Videoverse might be the only title to truly accomplish that. It’s no accident that I was pulled back to my tender teenage years and remembered things I hadn’t for so long.

Aug 22, 2023

Videoverse is game that managed to hit me with the force of a truck in various ways, from the more subtle things like the in-game community’s reaction to a collapsing world around them to the parts that were more upfront, like Emmett and Vivi’s budding relationship. But even if you don’t have any emotional connections to similar online groups, what’s here is still an engrossing visual novel, one with a great story and a clever retro gaming world to explore. Videoverse is a definite highlight for the genre and one not to be missed out on.

Aug 13, 2023

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Aug 7, 2023

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Aug 23, 2023

VIDEOVERSE may seem like a product for a niche audience, and admittedly it probably hits different if you experienced the early internet, but its ideas and themes are relevant today. If you’re at all interested in stories about online communities and relationships, VIDEOVERSE is well worth your time. VIDEOVERSE IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED If you are looking for another visual novel, you may enjoy The Shell Part I: Inferno.

Aug 10, 2023

Videoverse joins an immensely charming, detailed snapshot of early 2000s online fandom with an intermeshed web of heartfelt and incredibly human (sub)plots. 8.5 Gamezeen is a Zeen theme demo site.

Aug 11, 2023

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