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HM: VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action (PC, 2016)


I can stomach visual novel approaches to things like dialogue in adventure or hybrid genre games, but my (limited) experience with pure VNs has just left me wanting my time and money back. Now this isn't a pure VN, but it is pretty close to it. Each day, you do have several segments where you have to do your job bartender, and correctly mixing drinks that your customers want, and that can take some getting used to. Luckily, they give you visual cues before serving the drink to let you know if you succeeded or failed and should try again, and that's important because you need money to pay your rent each month, and you won't get by being terrible at your job.

The bulk of the game is listening to regulars and newcomers talk about all sorts of things going on in their lives and the world. This is very much a slice-of-life story with plenty of characters having their own arcs, including the bartender Jill. The characters sometimes interact with each other, but it is mostly one-on-one conversations. I think my main problem with the genre before was I only tried reading Japanese VNs. I am just not a fan of the characterization, style of writing, and pacing that you tend to see from there. This being a Venezuelan product, I found myself very engaged with the cast and world in a way that I never thought I would from a VN. I'm very much looking forward to the sequel.

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