Board 8 > Does 428: Shibuya Scramble get better than *spoilers"

(+) Yeah! (+)

the first 3 hours of the in-game time. I'm about 12 hours in and am literally about to call it quits (at 13:00-14:00 o' clock segments in the game)

This game came up on my radar after a lot of people rated it very highly in the rate the VG story topics. I remember this one in particular catching my eye because it was ranked right next to Judgment and that game has one of my favorite stories in gaming.

Well on to topic, the game got off to a very intriguing start but then the pacing goes absolutely out of whack bananas after about the 2nd in-game hour. Too many chases too many ridiculous pointless bad endings. Stuff and story arcs about underage gang members (lol). Meaningless slice of boring life expositions prime example being that fat girl who can eat 5000 calories in a single meal, failed attempt at psychological horror with that douchebag Kashiwara. Just too many things where they drop the ball with comedy, psychology and entertainment.

For the characters, I think all of them are ok-good except Tama (and I seriously suspect her identity to be Maria given how they are going out of their way to hide her appearance). Her segment with all the juvenile comedy and the motive being a fundraiser for a fucking necklace is the killer for me so far.

I do think the game can be great when it hits its stride though. Osawa's story is really really interesting (except for the Kashiwagi shit) for one. The stuff about the UA virus is the most intriguing part of the game. Minorikawa is a very entertaining character stuck in a meaningless plotline at the moment. Kano's detective perspective in the story is great when it is not sidetracked by goofiness. And Achi and Hitomi's steadily developing relationship is done well when they aren't in endless chases and the lol pre pubescent gangs of Japan storyline.

So I really wanna ask the people who rated the game in the VG story topic, does this get better in context of what I have said? Does the game's pacing get better, does the overall storyline become more serious and intriguing rather than just beating around the bush with endless chases and meaningless juvenile comedy that take up about half of the story's content?

I love the game. I don't agree with basically any of your cons though.

But regardless it keeps getting better

I can see your points. There's definitely a lot of comedy where you're at, but as it gets later in the day...

Oh dang, Tama still hasn't been unmasked yet? Keep freaking going!

I tried this game for about 4 hours back when I was going through an enormous VN phase and just could NOT get into it.

I think the live action aspect is just too much of a turnoff.

It gets better, but not drastically so. I will say that since you enjoy the UA Virus plotline, you will almost definitely like the second half better. I'd say at least keep going for a bit until the big reveal in the ------Tama------ section and then see if you wanna keep playing from there.

I thought once you reached the climax things were suitably tense and the stakes were dramatic enough.

Game was a very enjoyable experience in how different it was and once you get into the groove it feels pretty fast paced because you're never really stuck in a character for too long and all the big twists start coming in thick and fast.

At least in the order I played.

The posts are encouraging. I'll stick with it for a few more hours and hopefully it will click with me by then.

Going into a fucking loop in Tama and Minorikawa's 13.00-14.00 segment. The lack of skipping previously read text is really killing my interest in continuing on.