Steins;Gate fans have a big deal that they need to capitalize on if they haven’t purchased the game’s sequel yet, as there’s currently great deal going on for the game. Steins;Gate 0 is currently 44% off the regular price, dropping the price tag to just $30 on PlayStation 4.
Being a sequel to the critically-acclaimed Steins;Gate, Steins;Gate 0 continues with the Time Travelling theme while adding in Artificial Intelligence as a main component. The possibilities of a World War 3 are very real in the game’s world, and it’s up to a group of young students to bend time to prevent it from happening. What the game essentially does is tell the story of what would have happened if the player failed the original game, with the choices you make throughout the game impacting the outcome.
The game kicks off right at the end of the original Steins;Gate, set in the Beta worldline. After failing to prevent the death of Kurisu Makise after inadvertently killing her himself, Rintaro Okabe falls into depression and refuses to travel into the past any further to once again try to save Kurisu and prevent World War 3 from occurring. Several months later, Rintaro meets Maho Hiyajo, a neuroscientist who worked alongside Kurisu in America. Upon learning that Rintaro was allegedly friends with Kurisu (although not in their current world line), Maho and her professor, Alexis Leskinen, make him a tester for their Amadeus program, in which they have created an artificial intelligence from the original Kurisu’s memories from before she came to Japan. As Rintaro interacts with Amadeus Kurisu and gets to know Maho, he once again starts to experience shifts in worldlines outside of his control.
The game is once again delivered in a visual novel form, with character interactions and lots of reading on the player’s part making up the bulk of the game. While the text-heavy nature of the game is off-putting to some, the game’s excellent story and beautiful artwork are key parts of what make the experience engaging throughout. It originally launched on PlayStation 3 in Japan in 2015 before coming to PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita the following year, garnering very positive reviews from critics.
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