Necrobarista
| Necrobarista | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Route 59 |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
| Release | October 2017 |
Necrobarista is a visual novel video game in development by Route 59, planned for release in October 2017 for Microsoft Windows.
Overview
Necrobarista is a visual novel, set in a coffee shop in Melbourne, which serves both the living and dead, and is visited by gangsters, hipsters, and necromancers.[1][2] Unlike the 2D art typical to the genre, it is presented through cinematic 3D sequences.[1][3]
Development and release
The game is developed by the Australian studio Route 59.[2] The visual style of the 3D cinematics was influenced by anime.[1] The game is planned for release in October 2017 for Microsoft Windows.[2]
Reception
Pre-release
In pre-release coverage, multiple critics praised the game's presentation.[1][2][4] Nathan Grayson at Kotaku and Kyle LeClair at Hardcore Gamer both compared it to the Japanese developer Atlus's titles,[2][4] with the Grayson describing it as stylish and like Persona in a coffee shop,[4] and LeClair saying that the anime-like aesthetics, the music and the atmosphere "wouldn't seem out of place in a top-level Atlus game".[2] Rock, Paper, Shotgun's Kate Gray said that the game looks "so good you just want to eat [it]", praising the sunset-like color palette used and comparing it to the visual style of the game Firewatch.[1] Joel Couture of Siliconera called the art style "striking", with its use of 3D art rather than the traditional animation and static 2D images common to the visual novel genre.[3] Gray, while noting that it was difficult to pinpoint the exact tone intended from just the trailer, also said that she liked the concept of a coffee shop visited by both the dead and the living,[1] and LeClair said that the environment interaction and investigation shown in the trailer felt like they were setting up an interesting mystery.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Gray, Kate (2017-01-21). "Necrobarista is about hipsters, baristas, and death". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Archived from the original on 2017-01-21. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c d e f g LeClair, Kyle (2017-01-20). "Supernatural Visual Novel Necrobarista Coming This October". Hardcore Gamer. Archived from the original on 2017-01-21. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b Couture, Joel (2017-01-19). "Visual Novel Necrobarista Serves Coffee Or Booze To The Dead & The Living". Siliconera. Archived from the original on 2017-01-21. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c Grayson, Nathan (2017-01-18). "Necrobarista is a game about "a supernatural cafe where the living come to mingle with the dead."". Kotaku. Gizmodo Media Group. Archived from the original on 2017-01-21. Retrieved 2017-01-21.
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