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I grew pretty attached to alot of the regulars and became so interested in what they had to say. The characters are diverse, charming, and unique to this world. However, it’s extremely easy to pick up and piece together the mysteries of this world through character dialogue and news apps on your phone. The lore of the world is deep and rich, with numerous past and current events, governments and organizations that rule the world, and the intriguing coexistence of Lilim (humanoid robots) and humans. The heart of VA-11 HA11-A comes from interacting with your customers, learning about their troubled day to day lives, hearing about their past and what brought them to your bar, and gaining a larger understanding of the world the game takes place in. “Oh! I can touch the screen to navigate the Jukebox, Drink Menu, and Phone Apps more easily! Wait, I’m able to swipe the screen to mix drinks?!? Whaatttt the right and left trigger buttons do something?” I felt like I kept uncovering more and more secrets within the game, with that feeling eventually becoming a huge theme of the game’s story. I played the game on the PS Vita, and kept pleasantly surprising myself as I accidentally came across new controls for the game. The actual controls of the game were an experience in itself. I really enjoyed this type of natural feeling game design, and it just added more to the overall mystery of the game. VA-11 HA11-A is extremely subtle with how your actions change the game’s story to the point where a player could easily miss making the connection that the drinks you serve = certain story routes. If you serve a wrong drink, the game just keeps moving on. Unlike Ace Attorney, for example, there is no “right” way to play this game. Yet, I’m still very happy with the route I took. For example, I held back on including alot of Karmotrine in my drinks since I didn’t want to see the characters I liked become intoxicated, but I later found out that caused me to miss out on moments when those intoxicated characters decided to open up about their mysterious pasts or internal worries. Complete story arcs or characters can be skipped over depending on what you served.

Interestingly, the story completely depends on the accuracy of the drinks you serve and how much Karmotrine (or alcohol) you include in your drinks. You’re given a recipe book of 24 drinks, and customers will either ask you for a specific drink or name a genre of drink (classy or sweet, etc.) that they would like.

While VA-11 HA11-A’s interactions are much more simple than the two previously mentioned games, it was more than enough to keep me playing.Ī majority of the gameplay comes from mixing drinks. However some visual novels, like Ace Attorney and Danganronpa, keep the player involved by having them move the story along through interactions, although with these games there’s often only one “correct” path for the player to follow. I personally don’t really enjoy your typical visual novel the gameplay often consists of going through story based dialogue and making the occasional choice, something I get bored of quickly. VA-11 HA11-A is a visual novel where you play through 20 nights serving a variety of drinks to your customers, listening to their life stories and immersing yourself into the world of Glitch City. I quickly fell in love with the world of Glitch City, and VA-11 HA11-A eventually became the first game I completed on my Vita! However, I got a PS Vita last year, and I found it so much easier to play the game on a handheld during my commutes to school (it’s also on Nintendo Switch!).

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I attempted to play it on PC before, but never got too far since I just never had the time to sit down and play though a visual novel type game. I heard about VA-11 HA11-A years ago when it first came out, and many of my friends and people online had a lot of praise for it’s story and characters, with the game often being called a “waifu bartending sim” (lol).

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A futuristic city full of peculiar characters where you play as Jill, a bartender that works at a small but respectable bar, VA-11 HA11-A, or Valhalla for short.

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