Underplayed Gems

Yoake Mae yori Ruri-iro na: Brighter than Dawning Blue (2006)

Yoake Mae yori Ruri-iro na: Brighter than Dawning Blue cover
Developer
ARIA
Publisher
Digital Gain
Platforms
PlayStation 2
Genres
Visual Novel

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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 slow, tender visual novel that lingers on quiet emotional moments against the backdrop of an uneasy peace between two worlds.

gentle romanceslow burnmelancholicpost-war undertonesintrospectivebittersweetquietcharacter-focused

About

The story is set in very distant future, in a time when mankind is just recovering from decades of war fought between Earth and a terraformed Moon. The war was so devastating that it set technological progress back by decades if not centuries, which is why the settings don’t look futuristic. Although the world is now at peace, there continues to be distrust between the Sphere Kingdom (Moon) and the Earth Federation. Travel between the two is restricted for diplomatic purposes and confined to a single spaceport on Earth. So anyway, one day the lunar princess, Feena fam Earthlight, comes to the protagonist’s house for home stay…

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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.