Date A Live: Arusu Install (2014)

Developer: Compile Heart, Sting Entertainment
Publisher: Compile Heart
Platforms: PlayStation 3
Genres: Adventure, 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 visual novel that leans into romance and branching character drama with multiple endings to chase.

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About

Date A Live: Ars Install is a Japanese visual novel and the second game based on the Date A Live light novel franchise. It features a new characters named Maria Ars and Marina Ars. Chronologically the game takes place after the seventh volume in the light novel series. The game has eight endings based on the characters and one true ending.

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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.