We’ve reached a time limit the place the early days of the Web are typically nostalgic, however until you had been teenager within the early 2000s, you in all probability gained’t vibe with VIDEOVERSE fairly the identical.
The sport – evidently impressed by early social networks like MySpace and AOL Instantaneous Messenger – guarantees an “emotionally resonant narrative journey that explores the bonds between id, connectivity, and know-how”.
It’s set in an alternate 2003 the place a fictional online game console referred to as the Kinmoku Shark dominated supreme.
You’ll play as a personality known as Emmett, the place you’ll navigate bustling on-line communities, partaking with different customers and “unravelling the company mysteries lurking behind Kinmoku Shark’s beloved console”.
It is a visible novel in the identical type of vein as Needy Streamer Overload, utilizing nostalgic 1-bit visuals to create its distinctive digital world. The choices you make all through the sport may have a direct affect on the end result of the story.
This one has obtained rave critiques on PC already, averaging a 90 on the time of writing on Metacritic. It’s coming to the PS5 and PS4 on 14th November, and could possibly be effectively value a glance for those who discover the topic materials compelling.
