The HD-2D style of RPG has become very popular in game development these past few years, and while my interest has risen in recent times, The Second Story R is the first game that I’ve actually gotten to playing due to how beautiful and cool this game looked.
The art direction is honestly so good it’s hard to put into words, like this is a perfect modernization of PS1 styled pre-rendered backgrounds without feeling unfaithful.
The suite of customization for how you want this experience to be is phenomenal, you can change the VA’s, character art, soundtrack, and quality of life changes on top of that makes this game incredibly special.
The story is nothing revolutionary, but the characters are enjoyable and their interactions are cute and fun.
I played Claude’s story and am definitely interested in replaying this game in the future, due to the 99 god damn endings that are available.
This very well may be a 10/10 but I’ll just need to let this experience sit with me for a little before I can speak to that.