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- Platform: Nintendo DS
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Suitable for 12 years and over. Not for sale to persons under age 12. By placing an order for this product, you declare that you are 12 years of age or over. - Media: Video Game
- Item Quantity: 1
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SILENT, a fearful mind parasite, is spreading in Kisaragi City. It infects humans and takes control of their minds, pushing them to kill. Akito is a member of FORT, a secret organisation devoted to eradicating this parasite. Will you be able to find the original SILENT and exterminate this threat forever?
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SILENT, a fearful mind parasite, is spreading in Kisaragi City. It infects humans and takes control of their minds, pushing them to kill.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By Peter C
Fun:
4.0 out of 5 stars
I enjoyed playing this game, the plot was unique and interesting. Clearly the writers had very ambitious ideas when they formulating the plot, but in places it was overly ambitious, leaving me quite confused as the player.
At points it wasn't clear who the characters were talking about though and the interchanging between "He" and "She", really didn't help matters. Simply speaking I think their were too many characters for the writers to deal with, which ended up with untimely deaths and loose ends at the conclusion of the game as they were most likely rushing to finish it all.
This game is best when the main character, Saijo, is talking and interacting to his friends, where there are loads of witty one liners that will leave most people in stitches. All in all I would take this game with a pinch of salt, it is most definitly worth a play (especially if you can find it in a bargain bin, like I did), but beware that there is a number of flaws with the plot and story telling that really lets down the production.
At points it wasn't clear who the characters were talking about though and the interchanging between "He" and "She", really didn't help matters. Simply speaking I think their were too many characters for the writers to deal with, which ended up with untimely deaths and loose ends at the conclusion of the game as they were most likely rushing to finish it all.
This game is best when the main character, Saijo, is talking and interacting to his friends, where there are loads of witty one liners that will leave most people in stitches. All in all I would take this game with a pinch of salt, it is most definitly worth a play (especially if you can find it in a bargain bin, like I did), but beware that there is a number of flaws with the plot and story telling that really lets down the production.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By Bluesarat
Fun:
5.0 out of 5 stars
This is the first interactive novel style game that has kept my interest in the characters since Another Code,enough so for me to put in the 15 hours I needed to complete the game including still playing at 2am!
The only drawback to some is it is text heavy but it is more of a manga based story than a "game",however sometimes the interactive sequence can get a bit frantic,I highly recommend a screen protector for your DS,also the translation adds excellent comedy value from the typpos to the reference of male characters as "she" and vice versa,the game is supposedly set in America with Japanese/Chinese characters and in a town called Kiseragi!!! Pure comedy genius, play and enjoy!!
The only drawback to some is it is text heavy but it is more of a manga based story than a "game",however sometimes the interactive sequence can get a bit frantic,I highly recommend a screen protector for your DS,also the translation adds excellent comedy value from the typpos to the reference of male characters as "she" and vice versa,the game is supposedly set in America with Japanese/Chinese characters and in a town called Kiseragi!!! Pure comedy genius, play and enjoy!!
By Crossflower
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Fun:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Be aware that 95% of this game revolves around attempting to immerse the - dare I say it - "player" in the fabricated game world and the characters which inhabit it. As a fan of manga, anime and JRPGs, and as one who usually enjoys slow-paced and immersive introductions, this game just couldn't do it for me. I didn't really care about the characters, there was severe dissonance in certain character interactions, the situations are pretty contrived and it was all just a massive bore. Still, it had some pretty cool ideas that I wouldn't have minded seeing used in a different type of game, and one or two characters I did totally fall in love with. Give it a go if you have money to burn and a whole damn lot of patience, but besides that don't bother.
Fun:
3.0 out of 5 stars
First off, Lux-Pain is what's known a 'visual novel', an interactive story often including moral/conversational choices that the reader can make for the primary character. To use a Western genre, this would be a point and click, so if you're looking for something with fight mechanics you're in completely the wrong place.
Lux-Pain is a pretty good game. The story's interesting and although I wasn't too sure on the 'slice of life' school based parts of it at first, I soon found that all the characters are interesting, funny and well-developed enough to make them worth it.
However, the dialogue can be pretty hit and miss. It's absolutely clear that the translators for this game were either not paying attention or weren't particularly good at English. There's quite a few mix-ups between 'he's' and 'she's', some words are spelt incorrectly and words such as numbers are often abbreviated or hyphanated in the middle of a word which looks horribly tacky.
BUT, the voice ators do go a long way to make up for this. Most of them ignore the exact words put in front of them to read and have produced their own version, and they've done a good job despite it not matching the text onscreen. The voice acting sounds unique to each character and very realistic, not the run-of-the-mill monotone a lot of other translated JRPG games have. But the game does lose points here too for having very few scenes narrated, and having some characters not even given a voice at all.
The game is interesting, the plot is good. It will only tax your decision making, so it's a great game to relax to. If you can ignore the bad translation and want an interesting story, give Lux-Pain a go!
Lux-Pain is a pretty good game. The story's interesting and although I wasn't too sure on the 'slice of life' school based parts of it at first, I soon found that all the characters are interesting, funny and well-developed enough to make them worth it.
However, the dialogue can be pretty hit and miss. It's absolutely clear that the translators for this game were either not paying attention or weren't particularly good at English. There's quite a few mix-ups between 'he's' and 'she's', some words are spelt incorrectly and words such as numbers are often abbreviated or hyphanated in the middle of a word which looks horribly tacky.
BUT, the voice ators do go a long way to make up for this. Most of them ignore the exact words put in front of them to read and have produced their own version, and they've done a good job despite it not matching the text onscreen. The voice acting sounds unique to each character and very realistic, not the run-of-the-mill monotone a lot of other translated JRPG games have. But the game does lose points here too for having very few scenes narrated, and having some characters not even given a voice at all.
The game is interesting, the plot is good. It will only tax your decision making, so it's a great game to relax to. If you can ignore the bad translation and want an interesting story, give Lux-Pain a go!
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Fun:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Lux Pain when i got it i was actually looking forward to at least a decent story with some interesting gameplay elements to it. What i got was a great dissapointment. The sound and animation is ok as well as the storyline but what really gets to me is the weird sometimes even broken text the fact that the storyline leaves very little optional content and also its very hard to actually follow whats going on in the game so half the time you will just be doing guesswork on all the few things you actually get a choice in. If anyone ever decides to get the game my recommendation is to stick on a pair of headphones so you can listen better to what's going on more clearly as the text is just naft.
1 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By V. Henri
Fun:
5.0 out of 5 stars
As someone who's mostly played RPGs and some action games, I was initially slightly reserved about the game. However, my doubts where swept aside the very moment I saw the opening theme. Not only is the story interesting and adequately complex but the game also has a fitting atmosphere. There were a few downsides with the game though. For example, the voice acting is abhorrent as most of the time it doesn't suit the characters at all, however, this can easily be fixed by setting the voices off. Another thing, I don't know for sure whether it's intentional or not, but the text is apparently full of errors, not only duplicate words and letters in sentences, but there are also several occasions of female characters being referred to with the "he" pronoun. The text might be confusing at times, but it's possible to cope with the problem with a little careful thinking. As all it's faults are diminutive enough to be ignored, Lux-Pain emerges from the masses as a game that will keep you entertained for days, truly worth the time. I'm not exaggerating when saying that this game has sparked my interest for the genre anew.
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