[As a heads up this game does have characters say some abliest language for what I assume are the same reasons they remained in the many ports of Final Fantasy 7 and other games released in the 90's and early 2000's]

The Silver Case is the first visual novel in ages that has stuck with my brain for weeks after completing it. I've played several games from Grasshopper Interactive (Killer 7 and No More Heroes being my personal favorites), but it's immensely fascinating seeing where many of the motifs in their games have been coming from for so many years. Its story kept me incredibly engaged the entire way through, and I also cannot stop listening to tracks from the game on repeat. Really this game could not have been made at any time other than the very late 90's when the fear of the millennium and the internet was colliding head on.

This release also includes the sequel to the Silver Case, The recreated version of The 25th Ward, which was originally a phone game that was lost to time. While the 25th ward was not as exhilarating for me, I still overall found it an interesting continuation of where things left off in TSC and in Flower Sun and Rain. It's a very different game interesting in talking about more outright political elements in society, while threading it with the established mythos from the previous games.

I'm honestly really glad No More Heroes is pulling more elements from these games now, because I never would have experienced these games otherwise! Well worth playing if you want to be slightly less confused playing Travis Strikes Again and No More Heroes 3.

Reviewed on Aug 09, 2021


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bruh

2 years ago

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