Sega has released the Japanese TV commercial of its upcoming adventure game 428 for the Wii scheduled for December 4 in Japan.
Take photorealistic graphics on the PSP and collide them with 24-style action-drama and you have an idea of what Jiro Ishii's 428: Fuusa Sareta Shibuya De is like. Automaton's Shehzaan Abdulla takes a look at the hilarious, and hilariously underated game in a genre that is almost unheard of outside of Japan: The sound novel. The article covers some of the strong points of the game, making a case for it as an underapperciated gem deserving of localization.
Siliconera: Set in Shibuya, Chunsoft’s visual novel 428 follows five characters locked in the district after a kidnapping. Players switch characters and perspectives ranging from Shinya, a detective, to Tama, a person dressed in a cat mascot costume. Together these characters unknowingly work together to solve the mystery behind the blockade
SCRAWL: "The latest issue of Famitsu magazine has announced that 428, a graphic-novel game for the Wii that received a perfect score in Famitsu, is coming to PlayStation 3 and PSP soon in Japan. Of course, it's nothing to drool over, since those who can't read Japanese can make no use of the game. The PlayStation 3 version will go for 7140 Yen and the PSP version will sell for 5040 Yen."
do you realize what your even saying?
428 sold well on the wii
also this isn't even really a game
i don't see the point in this? the reason for the wii version was because of the lack of dvd playback right?
so why not just make it into a normal DVD?
Oh yeah, now we can import the game!
Region free gaming is too cool!
....What is it anyway? o.o
I know it's a graphic novel game but could someone explain the story?
Easiest explanation is it's like a still life version of Heavy Rain. Heavily story driven. A scripted story plays out and you make decisions that affect all the characters involved, even bringing some into conflict with others. The goal is to try to get all characters to suitable conclusions.
Oh good, I'll be inporting it on PS3 as well. I hope they imporve the graphics engine.
