YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of This World
released on Dec 04, 1997
YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of This World
released on Dec 04, 1997
Yu-No: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of this World is a Japanese visual novel/ point-and-click adventure game developed originally as an adult game. The game's protagonist travels between various parallel worlds in order to solve the mystery of his parents' disappearance. Although parallel worlds are not an unfamiliar concept in science fiction, the game uses concepts from physics, mathematics, philosophy, history and religion to construct a unique fictional universe. In particular, the A.D.M.S. or Auto Diverge Mapping System; which visually displays the branching parallel worlds/storylines as a tree, aids the player in navigation.
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This game has always intrigued me. I've heard about it's influence on the visual novel genre a lot, so curiosity got the best of me and I sat down, got an emulator, and checked out what made this thing so influential. At an outsider's glance, it seems like this sex fueled journey with no real point to anything, but after having played it I realize that to be wrong. While there is sex stuff (it's what holds this back from being a full 5 stars, same with the forced use of guide to play this), it is mainly a story about time travel, parallel worlds, and what it means to fight for someone. I was hooked soon after I began, and as the mystery got deeper and deeper, and more answers were being given, I found myself eagerly anticipating every playthrough of this game. I went into this as blind as possible and I'm so happy I did. The emotions I've felt with this game are unrivaled and I have not been this hooked on a game in a long, long time. This is for me a must play of the visual novel genre, and something that I don't think I will ever forget. Thank you Yu-No, for being such a stellar game...