Underplayed Gems

One: Kagayaku Kisetsu he (1999)

One: Kagayaku Kisetsu he cover
Developer
Tactics
Platforms
PlayStation
Genres
Adventure, Visual Novel
The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A hushed, contemplative visual novel where everyday routine quietly blurs into an unexplained, dreamlike inner world.

melancholicquietintrospectivemysteriousslow-pacedwistfulbittersweetdreamlike

About

One's story revolves around Kouhei Orihara, the main protagonist, who suspects that at some point his current life will change while living a peaceful daily routine. Due to this, he begins to seclude himself in the Eternal World, a world within his mind. The game's main recurring motif is a focus on the Eternal World, a mystical alternate space which is never clearly explained, and the details of which are unknown.

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This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.