About This Game Selenon Rising is a sci-fi noir, episodic, mystery visual novel. Buying the base game will give access to Episode 1, with further episodes to be released as DLC in the coming months.The age of the Selenon has begun. When these all-powerful beings arrived to take control of Earth, no one could stand in their way. Now, they rule over humanity from the dark side of the Moon, and the Bureau of Human Protection presides over the last vestiges of the human race. They have forced humankind to obey a single law - halt all technological progress or be annihilated.Violet is an agent of SPECTRA, a group of psychics who work for the Bureau. She and her partner Blue have been given a new assignment - find the culprit of a murder. It seems clear-cut, but things are never that easy... especially when they involve the New Moon Resistance, a group of freedom fighters who want to stop the Selenon at any cost.Their investigation leads to a web of secrets that may reveal humanity's ultimate fate. But first, Violet must discover them before it is too late.Epic storyFour episodes combine into a novel-length story featuring mystery, love, aliens, conspiracies, and sci-fi action in the distant retro-future.Moral choices change your alignment and guide the story towards a number of possible ending combinations.Dossier with detailed, unlockable articles on the characters, world and technology lets you learn more about the world of Selenon Rising.Mind-reading powersUse your detective skills to track down evidence and use them in tense interrogations of potential suspects to uncover their lies.Put your psychic abilities to the test by reading suspects' emotions, and maybe even more than that.Original soundtrackCompletely original soundtrack featuring noir-style tunes. 1075eedd30 Title: Selenon RisingGenre: Adventure, Casual, IndieDeveloper:Fastermind GamesPublisher:Sekai ProjectRelease Date: 29 Apr, 2016 Selenon Rising Free Download [pack] Selenon Rising is a horrible visual novel.Just horrible.Even if it's free don't do this to yourself. DON'T BUY THIS!It's a broken mish mash of games and none of them are done right. The writing is the universal fail of this little incoherent incomplete mess.Selenon Rising's story is just bad. It's directionless and incoherent. The characters are so poorly written it's impossible to get invested. The lazy weird art doesn't match whats being said. I'm talking characters and backgrounds... All suck.Selenon Rising is a visual novel with bad art and bad writing.Instant fail.. I really like the story of this VN. I always have been a sucker for noire style games and that game mixes it with sci-fi. What's not to love. Oh. My. Word.I both had fun playing this and got my heart ripped out toward the end. I can't wait to see where this goes, because I'm invested in Violet's story.. Finished the first episode. IT wasn't... *bad*, but it didn't have anything to it that made it stand out as *good*. * Interrogation mechanics cribbed from Ace Attorney and Danganronpa, but not as entertaining as either. * Interesting setting that you don't get to explore or learn much about. * Plot that changes gears from a crime procedural to a spy drama to some kind of shonen-y thing without warning. * All artwork that isn't character portraits seems underdeveloped. I guess I just wasn't hooked.. NOTE: This is my review for the first episode. I will add and change (maybe) my rating as the episodes release. There's also a demo available on the game's website.Selnon Rising is a sci-fi noire visual novel by the same people who made Icebound. While this game is episodic, the first episode has shown a lot of promise and I was able to get 3 hours worth out of the first episode. You play as Violet, an esper who's special power is being able to read people's emotions. She is out to work on a new case with her partner, Blue. After completing what may be a simple murder case turns out to be much more and starts Violet on her journey to her decision on how to save humanity.In the game, you are met with a couple of investigation scenes and interigation scenes. During the ladder, it's much like L.A. Noire with its system of presenting evidence and doubting someone based on their testimony with their emotions when you can't present something. Out of these parts, you can pretty much expect the usual with visual novels and choices. Similar to Mass Effect's renegade and paragon system, you will be forced to pick choices that will make you allign either towards blue (Law), red (chaos), or stay netural. I only did one playthrough and stayed relatively netural, so I'm not sure what changes there are between the three allignments.For the first episode, I found myself really lost in the world. There are so many questions you find yourself asking and thankfully albeit slowly, the game does give you some answers. There are a few surprises, one even made me scream at my computer. GG writer, gg. For the price, think of it as a Telltale game. There will be 4 episodes and while I'm not sure about the price, it'll likely be around the same price for a TTG game, If you like a sci-fi detective visual novel, then you can't go wrong Selenon Rising.
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