ghostpia Season One
May 23, 2023
They say this is an ideal town, a true utopia for ghosts…but is it really? Can you really call this place a utopia? More than anything Sayoko longs to return home, but that may prove harder than it seems. With forgotten memories to recover and a mysterious girl to investigate …
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Critic Reviews (9)
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85.0
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30.0
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85.0
"Ghostpia is a visual novel that explores the life of Sayoko in a town inhabited by unique ghosts, offering rich world-building but limited interactivity."
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85.0
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60.0
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95.0
"And as a fan of indie games, I&s;m very pleased to see this type of game developed by Japanese, breaking away from the models of the big studios. As much as I&s;m a fan of the games produced by these …"
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86.0
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78.0
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84.0
"The cast of characters is fun and varied, from the anxious Sayoko to the bubbly and optimistic Yoru, and all of them etch themselves into your memory immediately. Ghostpia never fully throws out an explanation for many of its mysteries, …"
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80.0
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80.0
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95.0
"ghostpia Season One offers five chapters that make a complete plot. Analyzing it from a narrative standpoint, it&s;s hard to describe this visual novel as the impact of the themes it works with will vary from player to player, but, …"
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75.0
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25.0
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65.0
"If you’re down for a visual novel where you’re going to just be along the ride, involving a girl who lives in a town of ghosts, it delivers that"
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90.0
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70.0
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85.0
"I’m definitely returning for Ghostpia season 2. It’s not just that this game looks quirky. Quirky aesthetics are plentiful. It’s that Ghostpia does something purposeful with the quirkiness, and uses it to enhance a pretty affecting and soulful narrative. I …"
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85.0
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60.0
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90.0
"ghostpia is a beautiful experience, and an unfinished one with the potential for season two hovering in the distance, but considering the high price and amount of reading necessary, it is not something I can recommend to most people. For …"
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75.0
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45.0
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65.0
"As off kilter of a “game” as this might be, it’s nonetheless a heady dose of high strangeness, a cafe blend of Twin Peaks meets Watamote with a fair dash of When Our Journey Ends and just a touch of …"
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70.0
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65.0
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85.0
"ghostpia Season One is a visual novel that has an incredible artistic section and that will sincerely surprise you if you like what is different."
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