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This game is rated "Overwhelmingly Postive" for a good reason.

I've been sitting her for awhile trying to think of the words to explain why I thought Doki Doki Literature Club is great, but unlike the fellow poets in the game, I can't put my feelings into words.

Just to keep it short and simple, it's interesting and Team Salvato really showed how they put their heart into this game once you look into it a bit.

All what I can say, please, just play this game.

There's a lot to say about this game, so prepare yourself for a long review. If you just want to see my TL;DR, just scroll to the bottom. I'll also try to keep this as spoiler-free as possible, with using just general concepts.

In VA-11 Hall-A, you play as the bartender Jill Stingray who works in Glitch City. It is located in a futuristic setting, where cars can fly and AIs, or Lilim, behave similar to humans. The game has you serve drinks to customers and listen to them and interact with them. Your job is to try to pay all your bills and satisfy customers with the correct drinks.


Since VA-11 Hall-A is more of a visual novel than game, I won't spend much time here. The main gameplay aspect is serving drinks to customers, with your job being to try to get all orders correct. By getting orders correct, you are given money which allows you to pay for Jill's bills and items. You have a calender for when each payment is due, giving you something to watch your budget and time. Failing to give the correct order means you earn zero dollars from that order. The previously mentioned items are purchased at the beginning of each day, and serve to let Jill remember each order. Failing to do so results in Jill forgetting orders during making drinks, forcing the player to rely on their memory. What you serve to customers and how you pay will affect the ending of the story.

For a virtual novel, the gameplay is decent. You have something (time and money) which give you a small sense of responsibility when playing the game. With that being said, if you're expecting it to be similar to resturant-like games where you have to a ton of orders with a pace, then it's safe to say this isn't that type of game. There is no timer on time it takes to get an order done, and you an average of 9-12 drinks served a day.

There is also a bit of replayability, where you can try to find bonus characters and discover other endings, as well as attempting to collect all purchaseable items.

The game isn't gameplay intensive and is based more around story (obviously, being a virtual novel), which leads to my next point.


VA-11 Hall-A takes place in the future in a place called Glitch City. Within Glitch City, there is many political tension going on between oppressed citizens, powerful coorperations and forces that make sure people obey the laws. You play as Jill Stingray, a bartender who works for a bar called "VA-11 Hall-A", aka, "Valhalla". You listen to and meet many different customers and interact with them.

The most important thing for a visual novel to do is have a great story that keeps the player interested, and this is something that Sukeban Games - the developer - ensures. You learn about the enviorment around you by talking to the characters and reading articles and chatlogs, where you get to hear many opinions and news. There is always something going on in Glitch City that leaves you saying "I need to know more!", making you want to play and play and play until you're done.

Saving the best for last, one of the most hands down reasons to purchase VA-11 Hall-A is for the characters. Each character you meet is memorable in their own way. They all have very noticeable and outgoing personalities and you're sure to remember each one. You'll grow attached to many of these characters, wanting to see them show up at the bar again and worry for their well-being as the story's atmosphere tenses up. They are all well-written, with some fantastic character development to add to that. Since the story is practically convayed entirely through dialogue, you'll love to hear the story go on and on. It also manages to find the right to place its humorus topics and serious themes without making the game feel awkward.


VA-11 Hall-A's graphics follow a 2D vibrant, futuristic-retro style.

At the time of writing this review, my profile is literally based on VA-11 Hall-A's artstyle just because of how much I loved it. It felt unique, memorable, warm and gave every detail in the game life. It makes the world around you pop out and supports the world around it.

The expressions on each character as well as their designs go with them perfectly and shows the emotions of not only the characters, but of the artist that created them. The graphics alone are worth experiencing.

An absolutely amazing game.

The game follows a murder mystery theme and contains many different twists and turns, great for people who enjoy detective based-games, as well as minigames within the detective work to keep players thinking and enjoying other elements of playing.
Aside from the main story line, players can find some bonus features which are all fun in their own ways.

The soundtrack for the game is remarkable. It fits each theme the game attemps to bring extremley well and is very pleasent to listen to while playing. Heck, even when not playing the game, I would listen to the soundtrack.

The characters are all unique, have colourful personalities and make the player feel drawn towards them. I'll admit, this game was the first to make me cry over a character's death. The player is encouraged to interact with different characters they find appealing, while making the player holding the edge of their seat hoping they are murdered or be the murderers. Some characters go through development, which alone does a good job of changing the player's heart and opinions of that character.

I have no regrets buying this game, and this is easily one of the best games I've purchased. It's been about 2-3 weeks since the game launched on steam and as of my time writing this review, I've already spent around 72 hours playing it.

On a side note, I'd recommend either buying Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc or at least watching it's anime to get a smaller grasp on the story. But, the game is designed very well that you wouldn't need to of played other Danganronpa games to understand it.

A simple and easy to play game.
The user is in charge of running an amusement park, and is allowed to make their own coasters and rides, along with placing foods and drinks, souvineirs and maps around the park, whilst remaining in budget and keeping customers happy.
With an endless combination of how you want to run your park and how you want it to look like, you're able to let your imagination go wild.

I recommend this game to people who enjoy to make their own creations, and building simulators.

This can be fixed by installing OpenRCT, and I highly recommend this extension if you plan on playing this game. Because the crashes are random, you do not know when to save. OpenRCT fixes these crashes.

Simply amazing. I have no end of enjoyment on this game.
It's community and gameplay is outstanding.