428: Shibuya Scramble 2008

Is it still worth playing?

Chunsoft's visual novel adventure, produced by Koichi Nakamura and first for the Wii in Japan in December 2008. It is set in the Shibuya ward of Tokyo, and the story is presented in scrolling text, live action stills and video. You take part in events from the perspectives of several protagonists acting in parallel with no knowledge of each other, in a mystery that cannot be solved without their interactions. The plot advances by following clues in the text and video and by deciding which path each protagonist takes, and your choices open new scenarios that lead to different outcomes. There are over a hundred story pathways and 87 endings. Decisions in one character's story affect the others. Each choice is still a clue for another character's chapter, across stories that run in the same timeframe.