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Half Past Fate
Aug. 8th, 2021 08:32 amHalf Part Fate is a visual romance novel by an American developer that follows three couples on their journey to their first date. There’s a long list of possible achievements to unlock, but the story itself is entirely linear. Although the characters are adults, the tone is 100% PG, and everything is very sweet and wholesome.
The game is divided into twelve chapters, each of which takes about ten to fifteen minutes, depending on how quickly you read and how much you want to explore. You play each chapter as one of the romantic principals in an enhanced 16-bit top-down environment, each of which functions as a small and self-contained stage, sort of like the “town” sections of a JRPG. Your job is to walk around and talk to people, and the gameplay elements are limited: Person A will give you Object B, but only if you trade it for Object C that you get from Person D. There are (mercifully) no puzzles or reflex-based minigames, making the game a very chill and relaxing experience.
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I got Half Past Fate on Nintendo’s online storefront, and I enjoyed playing it as a handheld portable game on the Switch Lite. I’m not sure if the full $10 list price will be worth the three hours of gameplay for everyone, but it definitely was for me (especially considering that paperback novels cost almost $20 these days). Although I would have preferred a bit more bite and tension in the storytelling, the art and graphics are wonderful, and I’m a big fan of this retro JRPG style of structuring a visual novel.
The game is divided into twelve chapters, each of which takes about ten to fifteen minutes, depending on how quickly you read and how much you want to explore. You play each chapter as one of the romantic principals in an enhanced 16-bit top-down environment, each of which functions as a small and self-contained stage, sort of like the “town” sections of a JRPG. Your job is to walk around and talk to people, and the gameplay elements are limited: Person A will give you Object B, but only if you trade it for Object C that you get from Person D. There are (mercifully) no puzzles or reflex-based minigames, making the game a very chill and relaxing experience.
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I got Half Past Fate on Nintendo’s online storefront, and I enjoyed playing it as a handheld portable game on the Switch Lite. I’m not sure if the full $10 list price will be worth the three hours of gameplay for everyone, but it definitely was for me (especially considering that paperback novels cost almost $20 these days). Although I would have preferred a bit more bite and tension in the storytelling, the art and graphics are wonderful, and I’m a big fan of this retro JRPG style of structuring a visual novel.
