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[A Huge Battleship]

Date A Live: Rinne Utopia
Platform: PS3
Developer: Sting
Publisher: Compile Heart (website)
Genre: ADV / Visual Novel
Original Character Design: Tsunako
Release: 27 June 2013
Price: 7,140¥ (standard edition), 9,240¥ (limited edition), 6,300¥ (digital)

• Trailer 1
• Trailer 2
• Intro

It's an ADV game. I sure hope you like text.

Date A Live background:

Thirty years ago a strange phenomena called a "spacequake" devastated the center of Eurasia, claiming the lives of at least 150 million people. Since then, smaller spacequakes plague the world on a irregular basis.

Shidō Itsuka, a seemingly ordinary high schooler, comes across a mysterious girl at the ground zero of a spacequake. He learns from his sister, Kotori, that she is one of the "Spirits" who are the real cause of the spacequakes, which occur when they manifest themselves in the world.

He also learns that Kotori is the captain of the anti-Spirit organisation Ratatoskr. She recruits him to make use of his mysterious ability to seal the Spirits' powers, stopping them from being a threat to mankind. However, there is a catch: to seal a Spirit, he must make her fall in love with him.

"I don't ask you to beat the spirit. Just let her fall in love with you and save the world."

As for the story for the game itself, it's this:

My nonexistent command of the Japanese language tells me there are waifus involved.

Itsuka Shido
Main character. No other redeeming features.

Yatogami Tohka
Lead heroine of the main series, making her the inevitable 'winner'.

Sonogami Rinne
New girl on the block. Presumably the game's lead heroine.

Itsuka Kotori
Main character's little sister. Honest.

Tobiichi Origami
Strike witch. Unpopular with fans of the anime, for reasons that'll doubtlessly become clear when I watch it.

Yoshino
Rabbit season.

Tokisaki Kurumi
Killer. Seductress. Psychopath. Why is she so perfect?

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This'll never get a western release, but like hell that'll stop me buying it.

 

[kayos90]

That last pic might be a bit nsfw...

 

[peaceiscloser]

Is this for real

(I thought the new girl was Origami)

 

[R_thanatos]

There is a OT for this game ?

Are so many people gonna buy this ???

i like DAL but i don't have money for this.

 

[Niwa]

The thrill of a psychopath killer.. Damn.

 

[A Huge Battleship]

That last pic might be a bit nsfw...

It survived the preview thread. Failing that, I'll blame icecream for being a bad

Spoiler

good

influence.

 

[cajunator]

Kurumi > Tohka > Kotori > Reine > Yoshino > Mana > Teacher > Origami

Kurumi is a goddess so this ranking is not fair to the others.

Origami is cute but...worst girl.

 

[firehawk12]

Truly, the Citizen Kane of video games.

 

[darkside31337]

Tohka > Kotori > Yoshino > Origami > Kurumi.

Kurumi is so god damn awful. Show went from enjoyable ride to downright awful once they introduced her.

Rinne looks interesting.

 

[Acosta]

Kurumi>Kurumi>Kurumi>Kurumi>Kurumi

Knowing I won't be able to play this makes me sad. 12 episodes was way too short.

 

[PaulExcellent]

That last pic might be a bit nsfw...

You mean a bit perfect?
Because it's swell.

 

[A Huge Battleship]

Step 1 (buy the game) complete! Step 2 is the whole learning Japanese thing, which shouldn't take more than a few hours.

 

[Mauricio_Magus]

I love the art, and let me guess that girl isn't really the MC's little sister :/

 

[BosSin]

Sugoi Kawaii

 

[R_thanatos]

I love the art, and let me guess that girl isn't really the MC's little sister :/

The

Spoiler

real little sister of the Main character exist

but she isn't in the game but exist in the anime/novel.

 

[chrono01]

Date A Live (JP) |OT| Live A Harem

I approve!

 

[InternHertz]

Mh, it's on my list of games to pick up when I've got a bit more money. Liking the novel, and I'm curious to see how the story's going here.
Plus, the character design from Chou Jigen Game Neptune is giving it a sweet visual flare.

 

[Nephitamine]

He also learns that Kotori is the captain of the anti-Spirit organisation Ratatoskr. She recruits him to make use of his mysterious ability to seal the Spirits' powers, stopping them from being a threat to mankind. However, there is a catch: to seal a Spirit, he must make her fall in love with him.

"I don't ask you to beat the spirit. Just let her fall in love with you and save the world."

So... TWGOK?

 

[StayDead]

If I had more money I probably would have got this. I love me them adventure games <3

 

[Wynnebeck]

Man, why did I come into this thread thinking this was a sequel to LIVE A LIVE? Leaving extremely disappointed.

 

[Mortimer Brewster]

I already have too many VN's to play through to pick it up at the moment.

 

[Hexa]

It has come to the point that I think several times a day I would enjoy life a lot more if I knew Japanese. :/

Rosetta Stone here I come.

 

[Andrefpvs]

Seriously loved the tone of the OP. OP seems like a very funny person. Will read more posts from OP. Added OP to NeoGAF friends list (why does this even exist).

 

[Zee-Row]

Waifu game?

 

[The Last Wizard]

It has come to the point that I think several times a day I would enjoy life a lot more if I knew Japanese. :/

Rosetta Stone here I come.

I know what you mean.

 

[Pikawil]

Tobiichi Origami
Strike witch.

She looks more like an Infinite Stratos than a Strike Witch to me!