Umineko no Naku Koro ni: Jessica to Satsujin Senpuuki (2021)

Umineko no Naku Koro ni: Jessica to Satsujin Senpuuki cover

Developer: 07th Expansion
Publisher: Entergram
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch
Genres: 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 playful, metatextual adventure that traps its characters inside their own staged mystery, blending light comedy with the tension of being unable to leave until the tale resolves.

farcicalself-awarefourth-wall-breakingmysteryinteractivetightly-scriptedwhimsical

About

An extra arc originally included in Umineko no Naku Koro ni Hane where Jessica writes a play and shows it off to Battler and Shannon when Lambdadelta interferes and sucks the three of them into it. The trio must see the story to the end if they want to escape alive.

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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.