Great slice of life that keeps you invested by it's great characters ,but also because more and more as you read, game constantly gives you these hints that something bad is going down in the background, reminding you that this is SciAdv game after all and, especially if you played Chaos Head and Steins;Gate, it keeps your guard up, cause you are waiting for shit to go down. There are way less "action/serious scenes" than in previous games, but it makes them all the more impactful where they come and impact characters that all matter. Writers really went a long way from Chaos;Head that had characters that were mostly based on tropes to Robotic;Notes where they feel way deeper. Story is great, cast is amazing, visuals, artstyle and music are on point. Can't recommend enough, but preferably after playing Chaos;Head and Steins;Gate first (install CoZ patch).

This one took quite some time for me to get through, which is strange, because I usually finish visual novels much faster than this. I felt that, out of the three main games I’ve played in the series so far (ChäoS;HEAd, Steins;Gate, Robotics;Notes), this third one was the weakest – and this does not mean I didn’t like it! However, I must admit there were some parts where I was a bit bored, and then I shelved the game for a few days or weeks before getting back to it.

The story starts slow, which is fine, that’s how it is in Science Adventure titles, but I think it might be too slow at the beginning… We have to wait quite a lot before it picks up, till about the last third of the plot – but oh boy, it picks up like crazy when you reach that point! I probably would have changed the pacing a little, put some more exciting, action-packed scenes in the first half between the many lengthy, detailed discussions regarding how to build robots. The anime cutscenes were cool, though, and I, for one, liked the 3D character models, as well. The cast was OK, in my opinion (especially Frau, easily the funniest character in the franchise so far, if you ask me), and we even got a few QTE-like gameplay elements just to shake things up a bit. Oh, and I was pleasantly surprised how often they referenced events from the previous entries – as a matter of fact, one of the important side characters is someone we first met in one of them, so this is starting to feel more and more like a universe rather than stand-alone games.

So yeah, all in all I wasn’t disappointed. Maybe just bear in mind that, compared to the gory, much darker ChäoS;HEAd and the tighter, faster paced Steins;Gate, this one is definitely a lighter story (but it still has lots of drama and deep, serious topics, don’t get me wrong). Give it a try if you’re a fan of the series or VNs in general.

Wieder mal ein geniales VN.
Die Texte und die Stimmung sind perfekt.
Wenn es lustig sein möchte, ist es das. Wenn es melancholisch sein möchte, ist es das.
Wenn es spannend sein will, ist es auch das.
Wann immer man einen Kommentar einwirft ist die Chance sehr hoch, dass einer der Protagonisten eben diesen auch raushaut.

Einen halben Stern Abzug muss ich für die bescheuerten 3D Modelle geben, die ständig ihre Bewegungen wiederholen und die Tatsache, dass man mal wieder eine Komplettlösung braucht, wenn man nicht 3 Kapitel überspringen möchte.
Absolute Schwachsinn, den kein Mensch braucht, aber jedes VN einbaut.
Auch dass das Spiel mal wieder mit einer Szene aus dem letzten Kapitel beginnt ist einfach schwach.
Jedes 10. Spiel und jeder 3. Film macht den Mist und es macht nahezu nie Sinn.
Ich habe das Spiel gekauft, ich habe bereits Bock auf die Story, warum spoilert ihr mich?

Abgesehen davon ganz oben dabei.