Steins;Gate Double Pack (2011)

Developer: 5pb., Nitro Plus
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360
Genres: Visual Novel
Where to get it: Website

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 tense, emotionally charged time-travel visual novel building dread toward an unraveling conspiracy.

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About

An accidentally made time machine is going to start the third world war. But before most people are killed, the two ladies closest to Rintaro might be meeting their deaths. When Rintaro and Mayuri go to a conference, they stumble upon the body of Kurisu. Alarmed, Rintaro sent a mail back to his friend. However, he has no idea that the mail reached the past, and time is changed. Kurisu is alive in this timeline, and from her, he learned of a group called SERN. SERN will do anything to gain control of the time machine. To thwart them, Rintaro has to travel back time repeatedly and lie to a lot of people.

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