428: Shibuya Scramble

94% positive of 3,804 Steam reviews

Main story: Unknown
Everything: Unknown
Released: 2018
Steam Deck: Playable
Known on: Steam, PlayStation, Amazon

Made by Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd., Abstraction Games. Published by Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd..

About the game

A kidnapping on the streets of Shibuya brings together a hot-blooded detective, hard-hitting journalist, former gang leader, the head researcher of a big pharma manufacturer and a part-timer stuck in cat costume for a series of events each more unexpected and outrageous than the last.

What sets it apart

FMV
Visual Novel
Mystery
Story Rich
Detective
Choices Matter
Adventure
Funny

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428: Shibuya Scramble

94% positive of 3,804 Steam reviews

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Main story: Unknown
Everything: Unknown
Released: 2018
Steam Deck: Playable
Known on: Steam, PlayStation, Amazon

Made by Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd., Abstraction Games. Published by Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd..

About the game

What sets it apart

FMV
Visual Novel
Mystery
Story Rich
Detective
Choices Matter
Adventure
Funny

What players say

Recommended
Great game, excelent story, the only donwside is the text is very slow for the replayed sections, just use the mod for faster or instant text and you will be fine.
14 h played when written. 2 found it helpful.
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Recommended
One of the best visual novels I've played... err.. or rather read, and I remember I've played many. It has everything - good drama, pacing, twists, characters, photo visuals, and music. I'll start with some negatives - the text skip is slow if you want to advance to already read texts, and you can only jump forward to the (save) checkpoints that happen after 5-6 pages of texts (depending on scenario). You play from…
55 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
There's a lot of charm here and I generally enjoyed my time with the first half to 2/3s of it, but there were two fundamental issues that hold me back from giving it a positive review. First, it ends up dragging on for way too long near the ending. Once things began to reach their resolution, the game kept throwing choices and bad ends at you over an over again that required a lot of tedium to get past. But even if…
27 h played when written. 10 found it helpful.
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