Great visual novel with amazing writing, ingenious use of different visuals (including 2d animations and real life footage) and a great cast of characters. The strongest ones being Kusabi, Tokio and Sumio during case 3 imo. While the prologue and case 1 might be a bit boring (and in my case tricked me into thinking there was more interactivity) after that it definitely picks up the pace reaching a huge peak in case 3 and then again in case 5 . While a bit cryptic sometimes and easy to loose track of dates, the placebo side does an amazing job of complimenting each case and by the end of the game i definitely felt that everything tied up nicely with only 1 or 2 questions left. Will definitely pick up FSR soon and someone please for the love of god lend him 50.000

believe in the net
god is in the cables
data transcends time
and multiplies
using billions of clones
gives you undeniable proof
and then people transcend the light

The Silver Case will forever have a reputation as Goichi Suda's first outing as Suda51, so to speak. Being the first title developed at the (in 1999) new Grasshopper Manufacture, it's a cornerstone in Suda's signature style, both in visuals and writing. The game's "Film Window" engine provides just enough visual excitement to separate it from other visual novels, be they contemporary to this game, or more recent, a parallel to Suda's subversion of established styles in the other genre's he's worked on. The writing is jarring, confusing, and often at times loathsomely dull, but provides sharply developed atmosphere that nothing else can quite match; another Suda staple.

The experimentation with cyberpunk tropes of the time, as well as deep thematic integration makes this a definite must-play (must-read?) for those already used to visual novels, or those that are invested in the history of Suda51.

The best mysteries are the ones that make me have to write notes on my thoughts and theories. And The Silver Case made me write multiple pages worth of it.
I haven't played many of them, but The Silver Case probably has to be one of my favorite Visual Novels so far. I love mysteries, and trying to solve them, and this game's mysteries were so addicting to try and figure it out. As with all of Suda51's works that I've play thus far, the presentation is outstanding, presenting its story in such a unique way. It's as if every little image is on a separate window on a computer.
The story I don't really want to mention much as all as I feel mentioning anything of note could potentially spoil parts of this story. But god, it's so worth reading it, it's absolutely amazing. I'm not sure if it's my favorite story of Suda's work so far, as I loved Killer7's story so much, but this is easily a close second.
I was a bit uncertain how much I would like The Silver Case going in, but I mean. Look at my rating, you can probably imagine from that alone that my uncertainty was proved incorrect. This game is absolutely outstanding, and definitely worth the read.